Howie Clark

Howard Roddy Clark

Positions: Outfielder, Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 13, 1974 in San Diego, CA
High School: Huntington Beach HS (Huntington Beach, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 27th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 2002
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Orioles/Twins 2002-2008

Final Game: May 24, 2008
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1992	18	BAL-min	Rk	43	153	138	12	33	7	1	0	6	1	2	12	21	.239	.309	.304	.614		42	2	2	1	0	2		OLS · GULF
1993	19	BAL-min	Rk,A	65	232	197	31	57	10	1	3	31	3	2	26	37	.289	.377	.396	.773		78	5	4	1	4	2		BLD,ABY · APPY,SALL
1994	20	BAL-min	A,A+	110	423	360	57	96	23	7	2	47	5	4	51	60	.267	.368	.386	.754		139	8	7	4	1	3		ABY,FDK · SALL,CARL
1995	21	BAL-min	A+	100	371	329	50	85	20	2	5	40	12	6	32	51	.258	.329	.377	.706		124	4	4	3	3	0		HDS · CALL
1996	22	BAL-min	AA	127	527	449	55	122	29	3	4	52	2	8	59	54	.272	.354	.376	.730		169	8	2	10	7	1		BOW · EL
1997	23	BAL-min	AA	105	351	314	39	90	16	0	9	37	2	2	32	38	.287	.351	.424	.775		133	5	1	1	3	2		BOW · EL
1998	24	BAL-min	AA,AAA	118	413	371	50	101	20	1	12	53	2	3	38	53	.272	.344	.429	.772		159	9	3	0	1	2		BOW,ROC · EL,IL
1999	25	BAL-min	AAA,AA	118	456	405	50	119	25	4	8	40	3	2	44	36	.294	.367	.435	.802		176	8	4	1	2	2		ROC,BOW · IL,EL
2000	26	BAL-min	AAA,AA	67	276	242	36	72	16	0	4	30	3	1	29	20	.298	.375	.413	.788		100	5	2	1	2	0		ROC,BOW · IL,EL
2001	27	YUC	AAA	121	547	493	68	164	42	7	5	64	5	4	43	47	.333	.385	.477	.862		235	12	2	4	5	3		YUC · MEX
2002	28	BAL-min	AAA	108	468	418	57	129	21	4	7	43	3	4	41	28	.309	.369	.428	.797		179	11	2	2	5	2		ROC · IL
2002	28	BAL	AL	14	58	53	3	16	5	0	0	4	0	0	3	6	.302	.362	.396	.758	107	21	5	2	0	0	0	/D73
2003	29	TOR-min	AAA	66	285	252	29	65	14	1	4	30	1	0	21	20	.258	.316	.369	.685		93	3	3	3	6	2		SYR · IL
2003	29	TOR	AL	38	77	70	9	25	3	1	0	7	0	1	3	6	.357	.400	.429	.829	116	30	3	2	2	0	0	5/D74396
2004	30	TOR-min	AAA	72	305	256	43	80	14	2	6	32	1	0	40	18	.313	.407	.453	.860		116	3	3	3	3	2		SYR · IL
2004	30	TOR	AL	40	133	115	17	25	6	0	3	12	0	0	13	15	.217	.292	.348	.640	64	40	2	0	3	2	0	39/7D45

2005	31	PIT-min	AA,Rk	39	160	137	22	54	6	1	2	17	2	1	22	7	.394	.475	.496	.971		68	2	0	0	1	0		ATO,BRD · EL,GULF
2006	32	BAL-min	AAA	86	350	308	41	81	16	1	3	27	2	2	36	28	.263	.342	.351	.693		108	5	2	2	2	3		OTT · IL
2006	32	BAL	AL	7	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.143	.333	.143	.476	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	/5D
2007	33	TOR-min	AAA,AA	23	91	84	8	23	3	0	3	15	1	0	7	6	.274	.330	.417	.746		35	2	0	0	0	0		SYR,MAN · IL,EL
2007	33	TOR	AL	31	57	49	6	10	2	0	0	2	1	0	7	5	.204	.298	.245	.543	46	12	1	0	0	1	1	5/D346
2008	34	MIN-min	AAA	93	371	338	50	99	17	6	6	48	2	1	25	30	.293	.341	.432	.772		146	12	2	1	5	4		ROC · IL
2008	34	MIN	AL	4	8	8	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	97	4	0	0	0	0	0	/345
2009	35	TOR-min	AAA	96	434	387	66	121	24	1	6	50	3	2	34	27	.313	.370	.426	.797		165	12	2	10	1	0		LVG · PCL
6 Yrs				134	343	302	36	79	18	1	3	26	1	1	28	36	.262	.329	.358	.687	80	108	11	4	6	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	415	365	44	96	22	1	4	31	1	1	34	44	.262	.329	.358	.687	80	131	13	5	7	4	1

TOR (3 yrs)				109	267	234	32	60	11	1	3	21	1	1	23	26	.256	.324	.350	.675	75	82	6	2	5	3	1
BAL (2 yrs)				21	68	60	4	17	5	0	0	4	0	0	5	8	.283	.358	.367	.725	97	22	5	2	1	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				4	8	8	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	97	4	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2002	28	BAL	AL	14	58	0	-0	-1	1	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.491	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/D73
2003	29	TOR	AL	38	77	3	-1	-0	3	-1	5	0.5	2	7	0.7	.512	.503	0.4	0.2	4	$	5/D74396
2004	30	TOR	AL	40	133	-7	-0	1	4	-2	-4	-0.4	4	0	0.0	.490	.497	-0.4	0.2	-4	$	39/7D45

2006	32	BAL	AL	7	10	-1	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.487	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/5D
2007	33	TOR	AL	31	57	-4	1	0	1	-0	-2	-0.2	2	-1	0.0	.492	.498	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	5/D346
2008	34	MIN	AL	4	8	-0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/345
6 Seasons				134	343	-8	-1	0	9	-4	-4	-0.3	11	7	0.7	.497	.500	-0.3	0.6	-2	$

TOR (3 yrs)				109	267	-8	-0	1	8	-3	-2	-0.1	9	7	0.7	.498	.500	-0.2	0.6	-1	$
BAL (2 yrs)				21	68	-0	-1	-1	1	-1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.490	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
MIN (1 yr)				4	8	-0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2002	28	BAL	AL	58	42	6	3.8	101	.340	.302	.258	.362	.325	.396	.416	.758	.741	107	.384	0.8	0.1	.619	.151	.094
2003	29	TOR	AL	77	51	11	5.8	110	.391	.357	.272	.400	.339	.429	.436	.829	.775	116	.562	1.6	0.2	.694	.100	.071
2004	30	TOR	AL	133	97	12	3.3	113	.222	.217	.275	.292	.344	.348	.442	.640	.786	64	.306	-6.3	-0.6	.576	.243	.130	.0

2006	32	BAL	AL	10	7	1	3.8	110	.200	.143	.274	.333	.339	.143	.436	.476	.775	31	.360	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.286	.000
2007	33	TOR	AL	57	41	4	2.6	107	.222	.204	.271	.298	.339	.245	.424	.543	.762	46	.229	-3.6	-0.3	.500	.204	.041	.0
2008	34	MIN	AL	8	6	1	4.5	102	.333	.250	.263	.250	.331	.500	.414	.750	.744	97	.452	0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.250
6 Yrs				343	244	35	3.8	109	.286	.262	.271	.329	.338	.358	.432	.687	.770	80	.375	-8.2	-0.8	.596	.189	.096	1.5
162 Game Avg.				415	295	42	3.8	109	.286	.262	.271	.329	.338	.358	.432	.687	.770	80	.375	-8.2	-0.8	.596	.189	.096	2

TOR (3 yrs)				267	189	27	3.8	111	.274	.256	.273	.324	.341	.350	.436	.675	.778	75	.370	-8.3	-0.8	.591	.192	.094	1.5
BAL (2 yrs)				68	49	7	3.8	102	.327	.283	.260	.358	.327	.367	.418	.725	.745	97	.380	0.1	0.0	.604	.167	.083
MIN (1 yr)				8	6	1	4.5	102	.333	.250	.263	.250	.331	.500	.414	.750	.744	97	.451	0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.250

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2002	28	BAL	AL	58	0.0%	10.3%	5.2%	8.6%	31%	2.00	8.8		13.3	0.62	1.31	81%	32%	0.0%	7%
2003	29	TOR	AL	77	0.0%	7.8%	3.9%	5.2%	16%	2.00	11.7		10.0	1.00	1.87	83%	24%	0.0%	3%
2004	30	TOR	AL	133	2.3%	11.3%	9.8%	6.8%	36%	1.15	7.7	38.3	9.6	0.85	1.38	74%	14%	6.3%	13%

2006	32	BAL	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	3.5			1.50	1.50	50%	0%	0.0%	50%
2007	33	TOR	AL	57	0.0%	8.8%	12.3%	3.5%	20%	0.71	9.8		24.5	0.80	1.12	79%	27%	0.0%	12%
2008	34	MIN	AL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	25.0%	100%		4.0		8.0	0.50	1.00	75%	50%	0.0%	25%
6 Yrs				343	0.9%	10.5%	8.2%	6.4%	28%	1.29	8.4	100.7	11.6	0.83	1.40	78%	22%	2.3%	10%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.9%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	1.98	5.3	32.5	7.6	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.8%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2002	28	BAL	AL	0.8	0.1	59	-0.5	0.9	-1.4	1.15	-0.1	-0.3	-5.0	-0.5	0.99	-2.1	1.71	1
2003	29	TOR	AL	1.6	0.2	79	0.2	1.2	-1.0	.94	0.0	0.2	1.1	0.1	0.87	1.0	1.91	6
2004	30	TOR	AL	-6.3	-0.6	133	-1.1	1.3	-2.4	.98	-0.5	-0.6	-8.9	-0.8	0.96	-6.8	0.98	6

2006	32	BAL	AL	-0.7	-0.1	10	0.0	0.2	-0.1	1.14	-0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	1.16	-0.2	1.80	3
2007	33	TOR	AL	-3.6	-0.3	61	-0.5	0.7	-1.2	1.17	-0.3	-0.1	-6.0	-0.6	1.01	-4.6	1.48	11
2008	34	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0	8	0.3	0.4	-0.1	1.27	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.99	-0.3		0
6 Yrs				-8.2	-0.8	350	-1.5	4.7	-6.2	1.05	-0.9	-0.6	-18.0	-1.7	0.96	-13.1	1.51	27

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2002	28	BAL	AL	0	0	14%	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11%	5	5	0	0	0	0	4	3	1
2003	29	TOR	AL	2	0	30%	43	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	6	4	2	2	1	1	4	3	1
2004	30	TOR	AL	1	0	40%	48	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	40%	11	7	4	4	2	1	5	2	3

2006	32	BAL	AL	0	0	33%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2007	33	TOR	AL	0	0	35%	26	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	25%	7	5	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
2008	34	MIN	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				3	0	31%	151	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	30%	29	21	8	7	4	2	14	9	5

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2002	28	BAL	AL	58	95%	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.71	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16	5	31%	8	1	13%	41	4	10%	3	1	33%	4	1	25%	0
2003	29	TOR	AL	77	99%	25	2	0	6	2	0	1	1.91	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	9	3	33%	5	2	40%	39	7	18%	1	1	100%	5	3	60%	0
2004	30	TOR	AL	133	93%	25	1	0	6	0	0	0	0.98	3	0	5	3	0	3	0	0	3	3	100%	31	2	6%	23	10	43%	80	10	13%	10	6	60%	7	2	29%	0

2006	32	BAL	AL	10	80%	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1.80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	2	1	50%	9	0	0%	0	0		3	3	100%	0
2007	33	TOR	AL	57	96%	10	0	0	11	2	0	1	1.48	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	1	11%	9	3	33%	40	2	5%	6	1	17%	5	3	60%	0
2008	34	MIN	AL	8	63%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	1	20%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
6 Yrs				343	94%	79	3	0	27	5	0	2	1.51	3	0	11	3	0	3	0	0	6	6	100%	73	11	15%	49	17	35%	214	24	11%	21	9	43%	24	12	50%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2002	28	BAL	AL	58	188	3.24	127	68%	25%	7%	31%	37%	75%	0%	51%	91%	33%	2%	1	0	14%	8	7	3%	2	2	50%	0	0	0
2003	29	TOR	AL	77	279	3.62	189	68%	29%	8%	29%	35%	71%	0%	48%	89%	23%	4%	3	0	16%	12	6	6%	5	3	50%	0	0	0
2004	30	TOR	AL	133	494	3.71	314	64%	35%	5%	27%	33%	65%	0%	41%	93%	26%	8%	10	0	17%	23	4	12%	16	7	40%	0	0	0

2006	32	BAL	AL	10	39	3.90	21	54%	33%	19%	19%	29%	67%	0%	36%	71%	20%	30%	3	0	30%	3	0	10%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
2007	33	TOR	AL	58	228	3.93	134	59%	35%	5%	26%	34%	65%	4%	38%	92%	12%	5%	3	0	24%	14	5	14%	8	4	20%	-1	0	0
2008	34	MIN	AL	8	36	4.50	22	61%	41%	18%	14%	27%	59%	0%	36%	69%	0%	25%	2	0	25%	2	0	25%	2	1	0%	0	0	0
6 Yrs				344	1264	3.67	807	64%	32%	7%	27%	34%	68%	1%	43%	90%	23%	6%	22	0	18%	62	22	10%	34	18	36%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2002	28	14	58	53	3	16	5	0	0	4	0	0	3	6	.302	.362	.396	.758	107	21	5	2	0	0	0
2003	29	52	135	123	12	41	8	1	0	11	0	1	6	12	.333	.383	.415	.798	112	51	8	4	2	0	0
2004	30	92	268	238	29	66	14	1	3	23	0	1	19	27	.277	.338	.382	.721	88	91	10	4	5	2	0
2005	31	92	268	238	29	66	14	1	3	23	0	1	19	27	.277	.338	.382	.721	88	91	10	4	5	2	0
2006	32	99	278	245	30	67	14	1	3	23	0	1	21	29	.273	.338	.376	.714	86	92	10	4	6	2	0
2007	33	130	335	294	36	77	16	1	3	25	1	1	28	34	.262	.331	.354	.685	80	104	11	4	6	3	1
2008	34	134	343	302	36	79	18	1	3	26	1	1	28	36	.262	.329	.358	.687	80	108	11	4	6	3	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2002	28	14	58	53	3	16	5	0	0	4	0	3	6	.302	.362	.396	.758	7	14
2003	29	38	76	69	9	24	3	1	0	7	0	3	6	.348	.392	.420	.812	11	38
2004	30	40	131	114	16	24	6	0	3	11	0	12	15	.211	.281	.342	.623	11	40

2006	32	7	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	7
2007	33	31	59	50	7	11	2	0	0	2	1	8	5	.220	.322	.260	.582	4	31
2008	34	4	8	8	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	1	4
6 Yrs		134	342	301	35	77	18	1	3	25	1	28	36	.256	.324	.352	.677	34	134
162 Game Avg.		162	413	364	42	93	22	1	4	30	1	34	44	.256	.324	.352	.677	41	134

* 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.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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