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Dave Clark

David Earl Clark

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 3, 1962 in Tupelo, MS
High School: Shannon HS (Shannon, MS)
School: Jackson State University (Jackson, MS)
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
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Indians/Cubs/Astros/Dodgers/... 1986-1998

Final Game: September 27, 1998
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 CLE AL 23 OF 10 9 8 86.1 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 1 17 2.71 2.60 .980 2.39 2.37
1986 CLE AL 23 RF 10 9 8 86.1 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 1 17 2.71 2.60 .975 2.10 2.08
1986 CLE AL 23 DH 7 6
1987 CLE AL 24 OF 13 12 4 89.0 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -18 2.53 1.92 .980 2.31 2.29
1987 CLE AL 24 DH 12 10
1987 CLE AL 24 RF 12 11 4 82.0 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -13 2.74 2.08 .979 2.12 2.10
1987 CLE AL 24 LF 1 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -69 0.00 0.00 2.06 2.10
1988 CLE AL 25 DH 27 21
1988 CLE AL 25 OF 23 17 16 165.1 38 36 0 2 0 .947 -2 -11 1.96 1.57 .979 2.47 2.45
1988 CLE AL 25 RF 15 10 10 101.0 27 25 0 2 0 .926 -0 -6 2.23 1.67 .974 2.24 2.22
1988 CLE AL 25 LF 10 7 6 64.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -19 1.68 1.20 .977 2.25 2.24
1989 CLE AL 26 DH 54 47
1989 CLE AL 26 OF 21 16 15 157.1 28 27 0 1 0 .964 -4 -27 1.54 1.29 .980 2.42 2.39
1989 CLE AL 26 LF 12 8 8 83.1 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -14 1.40 1.08 .977 2.16 2.14
1989 CLE AL 26 RF 11 8 7 74.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -2 -41 1.70 1.27 .979 2.34 2.30
1990 CHC NL 27 LF 39 35 13 276.0 60 59 1 0 0 1.000 -6 -24 1.96 1.54 .979 2.19 2.18
1990 CHC NL 27 OF 39 35 13 276.0 62 60 2 0 0 1.000 -6 -24 2.02 1.59 .981 2.39 2.37
1991 KCR AL 28 DH 1 0
1991 KCR AL 28 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1991 KCR AL 28 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
1992 PIT NL 29 OF 8 7 4 58.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -29 1.55 1.25 .983 2.34 2.34
1992 PIT NL 29 RF 7 7 4 55.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -31 1.47 1.29 .979 2.08 2.09
1992 PIT NL 29 LF 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 1.00 .980 2.10 2.20
1993 PIT NL 30 OF 91 75 44 623.1 141 132 3 6 1 .957 -2 -4 1.95 1.48 .979 2.34 2.33
1993 PIT NL 30 RF 52 42 23 345.1 82 74 2 6 1 .927 1 3 1.98 1.46 .976 2.17 2.15
1993 PIT NL 30 LF 41 33 21 278.0 59 58 1 0 0 1.000 -3 -13 1.91 1.44 .975 2.11 2.10
1994 PIT NL 31 OF 57 54 34 452.0 115 107 5 3 1 .974 -0 -1 2.23 1.96 .980 2.24 2.23
1994 PIT NL 31 RF 49 46 27 383.1 106 98 5 3 1 .972 0 1 2.42 2.10 .975 2.18 2.17
1994 PIT NL 31 LF 9 8 7 68.2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -12 1.31 1.11 .981 1.91 1.90
1995 PIT NL 32 OF 61 44 32 406.2 103 98 1 4 0 .961 -3 -8 2.19 1.62 .979 2.15 2.14
1995 PIT NL 32 LF 34 24 14 224.0 58 55 0 3 0 .948 -4 -21 2.21 1.62 .972 1.87 1.86
1995 PIT NL 32 RF 29 20 18 182.2 42 40 1 1 0 .976 1 9 2.02 1.41 .978 2.08 2.07
1996 TOT NL 33 OF 62 46 26 413.0 84 80 3 1 1 .988 -6 -17 1.81 1.34 .978 2.13 2.12
1996 TOT NL 33 LF 35 25 9 214.2 49 48 1 0 0 1.000 -3 -19 2.05 1.40 .975 1.85 1.83
1996 PIT NL 33 OF 61 45 26 404.0 84 80 3 1 1 .988 -6 -17 1.85 1.36 .978 2.13 2.12
1996 PIT NL 33 LF 34 24 9 205.2 49 48 1 0 0 1.000 -3 -19 2.14 1.44 .975 1.85 1.83
1996 PIT NL 33 RF 28 21 17 198.1 36 33 2 1 1 .972 -2 -15 1.59 1.25 .974 2.06 2.05
1996 LAD NL 33 LF 1 1 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -13 0.00 0.00 1.90 1.80
1996 LAD NL 33 OF 1 1 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -13 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.10
1997 CHC NL 34 OF 25 20 9 161.0 43 39 2 2 0 .953 -3 -20 2.29 1.64 .980 2.13 2.12
1997 CHC NL 34 LF 24 20 9 160.0 43 39 2 2 0 .953 -3 -20 2.31 1.71 .980 1.95 1.93
1997 CHC NL 34 DH 4 4
1997 CHC NL 34 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1998 HOU NL 35 OF 22 16 4 130.0 26 22 1 3 0 .885 -4 -37 1.59 1.05 .980 2.17 2.16
1998 HOU NL 35 RF 13 9 1 72.2 15 13 1 1 0 .933 -1 -20 1.73 1.08 .976 2.08 2.07
1998 HOU NL 35 LF 9 7 3 57.1 11 9 0 2 0 .818 -3 -59 1.41 1.00 .975 1.88 1.88
1998 HOU NL 35 DH 4 3
13 Seasons OF 433 351 209 3019.0 701 661 18 22 3 .969 -30 -12 2.02 1.57 .979 2.27 2.25
12 Seasons RF 228 183 119 1582.2 383 356 12 15 3 .961 -5 -4 2.09 1.61 .976 2.15 2.13
11 Seasons LF 215 168 90 1436.1 316 304 5 7 0 .978 -24 -20 1.94 1.44 .976 2.02 2.00
13 Seasons TOT 433 351 209 3019.0 701 661 18 22 3 .969 -30 -12 2.02 1.57 .979 2.27 2.25
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1986 CLE AL 23 RF 1 17 1 0 1 0
1987 CLE AL 24 RF -1 -13 0 -0 0 -1
1987 CLE AL 24 LF -0 -69 -0 -0 0
1988 CLE AL 25 RF -0 -6 -0 -1 1 0
1988 CLE AL 25 LF -1 -19 -1 -0 -1 0
1989 CLE AL 26 LF -1 -14 -1 -1 0 0
1989 CLE AL 26 RF -2 -41 -2 0 -2 -1
1990 CHC NL 27 LF -6 -24 -4 -2 -2 -1
1991 KCR AL 28 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1992 PIT NL 29 RF -1 -31 -0 -1 0 -1
1992 PIT NL 29 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 PIT NL 30 RF 1 3 -0 1 -1 1
1993 PIT NL 30 LF -3 -13 -1 2 -3 -2
1994 PIT NL 31 RF 0 1 1 -1 2 -1
1994 PIT NL 31 LF -1 -12 -1 0 -1 0
1995 PIT NL 32 LF -4 -21 -4 -1 -3 0
1995 PIT NL 32 RF 1 9 2 0 2 -1
1996 PIT NL 33 LF -3 -19 -3 -1 -2 0
1996 PIT NL 33 RF -2 -15 -3 -3 -0 1
1996 LAD NL 33 LF -0 -13 -0 0 -0 0
1997 CHC NL 34 LF -3 -20 -1 -0 -0 -2
1997 CHC NL 34 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1998 HOU NL 35 RF -1 -20 -1 -0 -1 0
1998 HOU NL 35 LF -3 -59 -2 -0 -1 -1
12 Seasons RF -5 -4 -2 -5 3 -3
11 Seasons LF -24 -20 -18 -4 -14 -6
13 Seasons TOT -30 -12 -21 -9 -11 -9
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 7 2 1
1987 CLE AL 24 29 22 29 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 13 12 6 1
1988 CLE AL 25 63 38 63 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 15 25 27 20 2
1989 CLE AL 26 102 63 102 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 11 23 54 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 1 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 93 0 29 0
1994 PIT NL 31 86 54 86 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 49 58 0 30 0
1995 PIT NL 32 77 44 77 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 29 63 0 30 0
1996 PIT NL 33 92 45 92 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 28 62 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 4 72 0
13 Seasons 905 442 905 434 0 0 0 0 0 0 215 0 228 443 109 430 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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 32 44% 88% 31% 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% 0 256 47% 84% 41% 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 1 0 0 12 9 75.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 357 70% 82% 42% 36 36%
1990 CHC NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 13 1 11 0 0 9 6 0 3 1 0 4 4 0 43 24 55.8% 18 1 2.3% 0 1132 49% 81% 39% 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 18 12 0 11 3 0 7 6 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 42 22 52.4% 20 0 0.0% 1 1192 76% 85% 43% 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% 0 293 72% 83% 43% 37 27%
1995 PIT NL 32 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 5 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 21 14 66.7% 7 0 0.0% 0 947 61% 81% 40% 114 48%
1996 PIT NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 9 0 7 2 0 5 3 0 4 2 0 6 5 0 33 21 63.6% 12 0 0.0% 1 893 66% 79% 37% 119 41%
1996 LAD NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 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 3 1 1 6 0 1 8 4 0 3 0 0 5 4 0 25 9 36.0% 14 2 8.0% 0 689 56% 78% 39% 90 46%
1998 HOU NL 35 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 237 68% 73% 35% 20 45%
11 Seasons 7 0 7 0 1 5 0 2 0 1 72 56 2 43 7 1 40 29 0 17 4 0 24 18 0 196 114 58.2% 79 3 1.5% 2 6080 62% 81% 40% 729 42%
MLB Averages 60.9% 2.7% 58% 79% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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 5 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 13 6 46.2% 7 0 0.0% 0 367 60% 84% 33% 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% 1 374 52% 84% 28% 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 2 1 0 11 5 45.5% 6 0 0.0% 0 434 61% 81% 41% 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% 0 303 59% 81% 38% 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% 0 227 59% 88% 34% 17 53%
1993 PIT NL 30 6 0 6 0 4 2 0 1 0 1 23 15 0 16 5 0 4 3 0 5 0 1 9 4 0 57 27 47.4% 29 1 1.8% 1 1515 60% 83% 43% 164 46%
1994 PIT NL 31 3 0 3 0 0 5 0 4 0 1 24 10 0 16 4 1 11 8 0 8 1 0 13 5 1 72 28 38.9% 42 2 2.8% 3 1681 69% 79% 38% 199 51%
1995 PIT NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 2 1 6 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 7 1 0 27 7 25.9% 19 1 3.7% 0 817 57% 77% 39% 75 55%
1996 PIT NL 33 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 13 7 0 8 2 1 5 3 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 31 15 48.4% 15 1 3.2% 1 889 67% 80% 37% 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% 1 302 67% 77% 34% 26 50%
12 Seasons 15 0 15 0 5 12 1 5 2 3 84 41 1 57 15 2 27 19 0 23 2 1 43 18 1 234 95 40.6% 134 5 2.1% 7 6920 63% 81% 38% 726 50%
MLB Averages 42.8% 2.6% 58% 79% 39% 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1993 NL  6 (5th)

                                         

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