Howie Clark
Howard Roddy Clark
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 191 lb.

Born: February 13, 1974 in San Diego, CA
High School: Huntington Beach (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
Final Game: May 24, 2008
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2002 BAL AL 28 DH 8
2002 BAL AL 28 LF 4 4 34.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 38.8 1.1 -0.1 1.2 0 2.65 2.50 .980 2.14 1.75
2002 BAL AL 28 OF 4 4 34.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 38.8 1.1 -0.1 1.2 0 2.65 2.50 .980 2.36 2.05
2002 BAL AL 28 1B 1 1 8.0 7 7 0 0 2 1.000 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 7.88 7.00 1.000 9.34 8.00
2003 TOR AL 29 3B 13 10 84.1 23 2 20 1 4 .957 -0.5 -7.1 -0.5 -0.6 0.1 0 2.35 1.69 .957 2.67 2.35
2003 TOR AL 29 DH 6
2003 TOR AL 29 OF 5 3 25.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 19.2 0.4 -0.3 0.7 0 1.44 0.80 .975 2.34 2.08
2003 TOR AL 29 LF 4 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 33.3 0.5 -0.3 0.8 0 1.50 0.75 1.000 2.15 1.85
2003 TOR AL 29 2B 3 3 24.0 19 5 13 1 1 .947 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.1 0.9 -1 6.75 6.00 .984 4.95 4.37
2003 TOR AL 29 1B 2 0 4.0 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.45 8.30
2003 TOR AL 29 RF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.06 1.80
2003 TOR AL 29 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.10
2004 TOR AL 30 OF 19 17 131.1 36 33 2 1 0 .972 -2.3 -21.0 -2.3 -1.7 -0.6 0 2.40 1.84 .986 2.30 2.05
2004 TOR AL 30 1B 11 11 93.0 112 106 6 0 8 1.000 2.0 25.8 1.0 1.4 -0.4 1 10.84 10.18 .994 9.31 8.01
2004 TOR AL 30 RF 11 10 66.2 18 17 0 1 0 .944 -1.0 -18.0 -1.0 -1.4 0.4 0 2.30 1.55 .983 2.23 1.92
2004 TOR AL 30 LF 9 7 64.2 18 16 2 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -24.1 -1.3 -0.3 -1.0 0 2.51 2.00 .983 2.05 1.73
2004 TOR AL 30 DH 4
2004 TOR AL 30 2B 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 -165.0 -1.1 -1.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.40
2004 TOR AL 30 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -720.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
2006 BAL AL 32 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
2006 BAL AL 32 DH 1
2007 TOR AL 33 3B 10 7 65.0 21 4 17 0 2 1.000 1.2 22.2 1.2 -0.2 1.4 0 2.91 2.10 .957 2.63 2.34
2007 TOR AL 33 1B 3 2 13.0 18 17 1 0 3 1.000 0.4 36.9 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 12.46 6.00 .994 9.35 7.93
2007 TOR AL 33 2B 3 2 19.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.2 12.6 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0 2.84 2.00 .983 4.97 4.53
2007 TOR AL 33 SS 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 3.95
2008 MIN AL 34 1B 2 0 5.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 48.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 7.20 2.00 1.000 9.18 8.00
2008 MIN AL 34 2B 1 0 3.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.4 160.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 5.10 4.50
2008 MIN AL 34 3B 1 1 8.0 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 0.5 75.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 5.62 5.00 .960 2.70 2.40
3 Seasons OF 28 24 190.1 50 47 2 1 0 .980 -0.8 -5.0 -0.8 -2.1 1.3 0 2.32 1.75 .984 2.32 2.05
5 Seasons 3B 26 18 160.1 49 9 39 1 7 .980 0.6 4.5 0.6 -0.9 1.5 0 2.69 1.85 .957 2.66 2.35
5 Seasons 1B 19 14 123.0 145 137 8 0 14 1.000 2.0 19.5 1.0 1.5 -0.5 1 10.61 7.63 .994 9.31 8.03
4 Seasons DH 19
3 Seasons LF 17 13 116.2 31 29 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 3.1 0.3 -0.7 1.0 0 2.39 1.82 .984 2.09 1.76
2 Seasons RF 12 11 73.2 19 18 0 1 0 .947 -1.1 -17.9 -1.1 -1.4 0.3 0 2.20 1.50 .984 2.21 1.91
4 Seasons 2B 8 6 54.0 27 7 19 1 2 .963 -0.5 -11.1 0.5 -0.7 1.2 -1 4.33 3.25 .985 4.97 4.45
2 Seasons SS 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -120.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.00
6 Seasons TOT 85 62 531.2 271 200 68 3 23 .989 0.9 2.0 0.9 -2.2 3.1 0 0 4.54 3.15 .974 4.26 3.70
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp 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
2002 BAL AL 28 14 13 14 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 8 1 0
2003 TOR AL 29 38 19 38 23 0 0 2 3 13 1 4 0 1 5 3 9 5
2004 TOR AL 30 40 31 40 31 0 0 11 1 1 0 9 0 11 19 2 6 2
2006 BAL AL 32 7 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
2007 TOR AL 33 31 11 31 18 0 0 3 3 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 4
2008 MIN AL 34 4 1 4 4 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 134 76 134 82 0 0 19 8 26 3 17 0 12 28 14 33 11
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 -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2003 TOR AL 29 395 57% 75% 34% 24 88% 0 2 1 1 0 20 14 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 0%
2004 TOR AL 30 5 80% 80% 40% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 BAL AL 32 9 33% 78% 22% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 TOR AL 33 289 50% 75% 35% 25 80% 0 4 3 1 0 17 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0%
2008 MIN AL 34 42 64% 71% 10% 4 100% 0 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
5 Seasons 740 54% 75% 33% 54 83% 0 9 6 2 1 39 29 9 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 5 0 6 0 0 0 3 33%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 88% 65%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2002 BAL AL 28 35 69% 77% 29% 1 100% 0 7 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2003 TOR AL 29 19 63% 79% 32% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 TOR AL 30 399 49% 72% 32% 29 97% 0 106 9 93 3 16 6 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 7 3 1 0 1 0
2007 TOR AL 33 61 38% 70% 33% 3 100% 0 17 1 15 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
2008 MIN AL 34 21 67% 81% 33% 1 100% 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 535 50% 73% 32% 34 97% 0 137 10 122 4 18 8 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 1 13 3 1 0 1 1 100%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 94% 83%

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%
2002 BAL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 147 52% 78% 41% 17 59%
2003 TOR AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 77 58% 73% 44% 6 50%
2004 TOR AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 8 4 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 14 8 57.1% 4 2 14.3% 0 297 35% 80% 38% 41 44%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 12 7 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 20 13 65.0% 5 2 10.0% 0 521 43% 79% 40% 64 48%
MLB Averages 62.4% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 46%

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%
2003 TOR AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 29 76% 72% 45% 2 50%
2004 TOR AL 30 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 296 65% 76% 41% 33 52%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 325 66% 76% 41% 35 51%
MLB Averages 48.5% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2003 TOR AL 29 101 57% 78% 44% 16 94% 0 5 2 3 0 13 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2004 TOR AL 30 43 40% 81% 37% 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
2007 TOR AL 33 79 51% 81% 39% 6 100% 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 MIN AL 34 12 17% 67% 25% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 235 50% 79% 40% 24 96% 0 7 4 3 0 19 18 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2003 TOR AL 29 4 25% 50% 25% 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
2007 TOR AL 33 14 50% 57% 21% 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
2 Seasons 18 44% 56% 22% 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
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 90%

* 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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