Dave Clark
David Earl Clark
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 3, 1962 in Tupelo, MS
High School: Shannon (Shannon, MS)
School: Jackson State University
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1986
Final Game: September 27, 1998
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 CLE AL 23 OF 10 9 86.1 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 16.7 1.2 0.9 0.3 0 2.71 2.60 .981 2.39 2.06
1986 CLE AL 23 RF 10 9 86.1 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 16.7 1.2 0.9 0.3 0 2.71 2.60 .973 2.11 1.79
1986 CLE AL 23 DH 7
1987 CLE AL 24 OF 13 12 89.0 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -17.5 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 -1 2.53 1.92 .980 2.31 2.00
1987 CLE AL 24 DH 12
1987 CLE AL 24 RF 12 11 82.0 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -13.2 0.1 0.4 -0.3 -1 2.74 2.08 .980 2.12 1.75
1987 CLE AL 24 LF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -68.6 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0.00 0.00 2.06 1.70
1988 CLE AL 25 DH 27
1988 CLE AL 25 OF 23 17 165.1 38 36 0 2 0 .947 -1.5 -10.9 -1.5 0.2 -1.6 0 1.96 1.57 .979 2.47 2.14
1988 CLE AL 25 RF 15 10 101.0 27 25 0 2 0 .926 -0.5 -5.9 -0.5 1.0 -1.4 0 2.23 1.67 .974 2.24 1.89
1988 CLE AL 25 LF 10 7 64.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -18.7 -1.0 -0.8 -0.2 0 1.68 1.20 .975 2.25 1.85
1989 CLE AL 26 DH 55
1989 CLE AL 26 OF 21 16 157.1 28 27 0 1 0 .964 -3.5 -26.7 -2.5 -1.4 -1.1 -1 1.54 1.29 .979 2.42 2.12
1989 CLE AL 26 LF 12 8 83.1 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -14.4 -1.0 0.1 -1.1 0 1.40 1.08 .977 2.16 1.83
1989 CLE AL 26 RF 11 8 74.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -2.5 -40.5 -1.5 -1.5 0.0 -1 1.70 1.27 .980 2.34 1.90
1990 CHC NL 27 LF 39 35 276.0 60 59 1 0 0 1.000 -5.5 -23.9 -4.5 -2.3 -2.2 -1 1.96 1.54 .978 2.19 1.71
1990 CHC NL 27 OF 39 35 276.0 62 60 2 0 0 1.000 -5.5 -23.9 -4.5 -2.3 -2.2 -1 2.02 1.59 .981 2.39 2.01
1991 KCR AL 28 DH 1
1991 KCR AL 28 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1991 KCR AL 28 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1992 PIT NL 29 OF 8 7 58.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -29.0 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 -1 1.55 1.25 .980 2.34 1.96
1992 PIT NL 29 RF 7 7 55.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -30.5 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 -1 1.47 1.29 .978 2.08 1.66
1992 PIT NL 29 LF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.60
1993 PIT NL 30 OF 91 75 623.1 141 132 3 6 1 .957 -2.1 -4.0 -1.1 -4.3 3.2 -1 1.95 1.48 .979 2.34 2.00
1993 PIT NL 30 RF 52 42 345.1 82 74 2 6 1 .927 0.8 2.8 -0.2 -1.4 1.2 1 1.98 1.46 .977 2.17 1.78
1993 PIT NL 30 LF 41 33 278.0 59 58 1 0 0 1.000 -2.9 -12.5 -0.9 -2.9 2.0 -2 1.91 1.44 .975 2.11 1.69
1994 PIT NL 31 OF 57 54 452.0 115 107 5 3 1 .974 -0.4 -1.1 0.6 0.9 -0.3 -1 2.23 1.96 .980 2.24 1.90
1994 PIT NL 31 RF 49 46 383.1 106 98 5 3 1 .972 0.3 0.9 1.3 2.1 -0.8 -1 2.42 2.10 .975 2.18 1.82
1994 PIT NL 31 LF 9 8 68.2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -12.2 -0.7 -1.2 0.5 0 1.31 1.11 .980 1.91 1.44
1995 PIT NL 32 OF 61 44 406.2 103 98 1 4 0 .961 -2.6 -7.7 -1.6 -0.7 -0.9 -1 2.19 1.62 .980 2.15 1.82
1995 PIT NL 32 LF 34 24 224.0 58 55 0 3 0 .948 -3.9 -20.9 -3.9 -2.6 -1.3 0 2.21 1.62 .972 1.87 1.43
1995 PIT NL 32 RF 29 20 182.2 42 40 1 1 0 .976 1.3 8.5 2.3 1.9 0.4 -1 2.02 1.41 .979 2.08 1.76
1996 TOT NL 33 OF 62 46 413.0 85 81 3 1 1 .988 -5.8 -16.9 -6.8 -2.6 -4.2 1 1.83 1.35 .978 2.13 1.80
1996 TOT NL 33 LF 35 25 214.2 48 47 1 0 0 1.000 -3.4 -19.0 -3.4 -2.3 -1.1 0 2.01 1.37 .975 1.85 1.45
1996 PIT NL 33 OF 61 45 404.0 85 81 3 1 1 .988 -5.7 -16.9 -6.7 -2.5 -4.2 1 1.87 1.38 .978 2.13 1.80
1996 PIT NL 33 LF 34 24 205.2 48 47 1 0 0 1.000 -3.3 -19.3 -3.3 -2.2 -1.1 0 2.10 1.41 .975 1.85 1.45
1996 PIT NL 33 RF 28 21 198.1 37 34 2 1 1 .973 -2.4 -14.5 -3.4 -0.3 -3.1 1 1.63 1.29 .973 2.07 1.71
1996 LAD NL 33 LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.90 1.40
1996 LAD NL 33 OF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
1997 CHC NL 34 OF 25 20 161.0 43 39 2 2 0 .953 -2.7 -20.1 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 -2 2.29 1.64 .981 2.13 1.77
1997 CHC NL 34 LF 24 20 160.0 43 39 2 2 1 .953 -2.7 -20.3 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 -2 2.31 1.71 .981 1.95 1.48
1997 CHC NL 34 DH 4
1997 CHC NL 34 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1998 HOU NL 35 OF 22 16 130.0 26 22 1 3 0 .885 -4.0 -36.9 -3.0 -2.1 -0.9 -1 1.59 1.05 .981 2.17 1.78
1998 HOU NL 35 RF 13 9 72.2 15 13 1 1 0 .933 -1.2 -19.8 -1.2 -0.7 -0.5 0 1.73 1.08 .980 2.08 1.66
1998 HOU NL 35 LF 9 7 57.1 11 9 0 2 0 .818 -2.8 -58.6 -1.8 -1.4 -0.4 -1 1.41 1.00 .982 1.88 1.38
1998 HOU NL 35 DH 4
13 Seasons OF 433 351 3019.0 702 662 18 22 3 .969 -29.6 -11.8 -20.6 -11.1 -9.4 -9 2.03 1.57 .980 2.27 1.92
12 Seasons RF 228 183 1582.2 384 357 12 15 3 .961 -5.3 -4.0 -2.3 2.8 -5.0 -3 2.10 1.62 .976 2.15 1.78
11 Seasons LF 215 168 1436.1 315 303 5 7 1 .978 -24.3 -20.3 -18.3 -13.9 -4.4 -6 1.93 1.43 .977 2.02 1.58
7 Seasons DH 110
13 Seasons TOT 436 351 3019.0 699 659 18 22 4 .969 -29.6 -11.8 -20.6 -11.1 -9.4 -9 2.02 1.55 .947 2.20 1.83
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1986 CLE AL 23 18 15 18 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 6 2 1
1987 CLE AL 24 29 22 29 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 13 10 6 1
1988 CLE AL 25 63 38 63 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 15 23 21 20 2
1989 CLE AL 26 102 63 102 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 11 22 47 37 0
1990 CHC NL 27 84 35 84 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 39 0 48 0
1991 KCR AL 28 11 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 0
1992 PIT NL 29 23 7 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 0 15 0
1993 PIT NL 30 110 75 110 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 52 91 0 29 0
1994 PIT NL 31 86 54 86 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 49 57 0 30 0
1995 PIT NL 32 77 44 77 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 29 61 0 30 0
1996 PIT NL 33 92 45 92 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 28 61 0 40 1
1996 LAD NL 33 15 1 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 0
1997 CHC NL 34 102 24 102 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 1 25 4 76 0
1998 HOU NL 35 93 19 93 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 13 22 3 72 0
13 Seasons 905 442 905 434 0 0 0 0 0 0 215 0 228 434 91 430 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 CLE AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 40% 80% 29% 0
1988 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 264 45% 81% 39% 22 55%
1989 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 81.8% 2 0 0.0% 0 368 68% 79% 41% 36 36%
1990 CHC NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 8 0 11 0 0 9 6 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 35 18 51.4% 17 0 0.0% 1 1175 47% 78% 38% 131 46%
1992 PIT NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 15 20% 73% 47% 1 100%
1993 PIT NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15 11 0 11 3 0 7 6 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 38 21 55.3% 17 0 0.0% 1 1247 73% 81% 41% 156 38%
1994 PIT NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 85.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 308 69% 79% 41% 37 27%
1995 PIT NL 32 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 5 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 19 12 63.2% 7 0 0.0% 0 993 58% 77% 38% 114 48%
1996 PIT NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 8 0 7 2 0 5 3 0 4 2 0 6 5 0 31 20 64.5% 11 0 0.0% 1 951 62% 74% 35% 119 41%
1996 LAD NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 37 49% 78% 32% 3 0%
1997 CHC NL 34 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 1 8 4 0 3 0 0 4 3 0 22 8 36.4% 13 1 4.5% 1 715 54% 75% 38% 90 46%
1998 HOU NL 35 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 242 66% 71% 34% 20 45%
11 Seasons 7 0 7 0 1 5 0 2 0 1 54 45 0 43 7 1 40 29 0 17 4 0 19 15 0 173 100 57.8% 72 1 0.6% 4 6350 60% 78% 38% 729 42%
MLB Averages 59.6% 2.5% 56% 76% 37% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1986 CLE AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 10 5 50.0% 5 0 0.0% 0 380 58% 81% 32% 51 51%
1987 CLE AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 388 50% 81% 27% 28 86%
1988 CLE AL 25 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 10 5 50.0% 5 0 0.0% 0 448 59% 79% 40% 47 53%
1989 CLE AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 11 4 36.4% 7 0 0.0% 0 311 58% 79% 37% 34 41%
1991 KCR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75% 25% 0% 0
1992 PIT NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 247 54% 81% 31% 17 53%
1993 PIT NL 30 6 0 6 0 4 2 0 1 0 1 20 14 0 16 5 0 4 3 0 5 0 1 7 4 0 52 26 50.0% 25 1 1.9% 1 1588 57% 79% 41% 164 46%
1994 PIT NL 31 3 0 3 0 0 5 0 4 0 1 20 9 0 16 4 1 11 8 0 8 1 0 9 4 1 64 26 40.6% 36 2 3.1% 3 1733 67% 77% 37% 199 51%
1995 PIT NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 6 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 5 1 0 24 7 29.2% 17 0 0.0% 1 843 55% 74% 38% 75 55%
1996 PIT NL 33 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 10 5 0 8 2 1 5 3 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 28 13 46.4% 14 1 3.6% 1 928 64% 76% 35% 85 40%
1997 CHC NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 86% 100% 14% 0
1998 HOU NL 35 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 1 311 65% 75% 33% 26 50%
12 Seasons 15 0 15 0 5 12 1 5 2 3 70 36 0 57 15 2 27 19 0 23 2 1 34 17 1 211 89 42.2% 118 4 1.9% 8 7188 60% 78% 37% 726 50%
MLB Averages 44.4% 2.5% 56% 76% 37% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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