Mel Clark

Melvin Earl Clark

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 7, 1926 in Letart, WV
School: Ohio University (Athens, OH)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1951
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Tigers 1951-1957

Final Game: May 1, 1957
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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
1947	20	PHI-min	D	41	147	147		51	7	4	1						.347	.347	.469	.816		69							APP · WISL
1948	21	PHI-min	D	137	550	550		191	30	22	8						.347	.347	.525	.873		289							BTR · EVAN
1949	22	PHI-min	A,B	104	412	412		109	16	10	2						.265	.265	.367	.631		151							UTI,TER · EL,IIIL
1950	23	PHI-min	A	91	352	352		117	19	7	2						.332	.332	.443	.776		156							UTI · EL
1951	24	PHI-min	A	131	500	500		147	29	10	10						.294	.294	.452	.746		226							SDY · EL
1951	24	PHI	NL	10	31	31	2	10	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	3	.323	.323	.452	.774	108	14	0	0	0			/O97
1952	25	PHI	NL	47	167	155	20	52	6	4	1	15	2	1	6	13	.335	.364	.445	.809	124	69	4	1	5			O97/5
1953	26	PHI	NL	60	212	198	31	59	10	4	0	19	1	0	11	17	.298	.338	.389	.727	89	77	10	1	2			O9/7
1954	27	PHI	NL	83	256	233	26	56	9	7	1	24	0	1	17	21	.240	.291	.352	.643	67	82	13	0	5	1		97
1955	28	PHI-min	AAA	92	355	314	48	95	11	8	6	43	4		29	24	.303	.366	.446	.812		140		4	5	3			SYR · IL
1955	28	PHI	NL	10	35	32	3	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.156	.229	.250	.479	28	8	2	0	0	0	0	/9

1956	29	PHI-MIN-min	AAA	63	197	182	16	41	5	3	1	9	2		12	21	.225	.272	.302	.574		55		0	2	1			MIA,LOU · IL,AA
1957	30	DET-min	AAA	115	399	376	42	107	21	6	7	48	1		16	28	.285	.314	.428	.742		161		1	4	2	2		CHL · AA
1957	30	DET	AL	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	/7
1958	31	DET-min	AA	140	542	542		160	42	7	9						.295	.295	.448	.744		243							BIR · SOUA
6 Yrs				215	708	656	82	182	29	15	3	63	3	3	37	61	.277	.318	.381	.699	85	250	30	2	12	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	533	494	62	137	22	11	2	47	2	2	28	46	.277	.318	.381	.699	85	188	23	2	9

PHI (5 yrs)				210	701	649	82	182	29	15	3	62	3	3	37	58	.280	.321	.385	.706	87	250	29	2	12	1	0
DET (1 yr)				5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				210	701	649	82	182	29	15	3	62	3	3	37	58	.280	.321	.385	.706	87	250	29	2	12	1	0
AL (1 yr)				5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	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
1951	24	PHI	NL	10	31	0	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.1	.494	.500	0.1	-0.0	0	$	/O97
1952	25	PHI	NL	47	167	5	-0	-0	2	-2	4	0.5	6	10	1.0	.510	.503	0.8	0.0	8	$	O97/5
1953	26	PHI	NL	60	212	-2	1	-2	5	-2	0	-0.0	7	7	0.7	.500	.500	0.3	0.2	2	$	O9/7
1954	27	PHI	NL	83	256	-11	-0	-1	2	-3	-13	-1.4	8	-5	-0.6	.483	.491	-0.7	-0.2	-6	$	97
1955	28	PHI	NL	10	35	-3	-0	-0	3	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.490	.499	-0.3	0.2	-2	$	/9

1957	30	DET	AL	5	7	-2	0	-0	1	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.470	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	/7
6 Seasons				215	708	-13	0	-4	12	-8	-12	-1.3	24	12	1.1	.494	.499	0.0	0.4	0	$

PHI (5 yrs)				210	701	-11	0	-3	11	-8	-10	-1.2	23	13	1.2	.495	.499	0.2	0.3	2	$
DET (1 yr)				5	7	-2	0	-0	1	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.470	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$

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
1951	24	PHI	NL	31	22	4	4.9	102	.333	.323	.265	.323	.339	.452	.402	.774	.740	108	.536	0.1	0.0	.591	.097	.129	.0
1952	25	PHI	NL	167	113	25	5.9	96	.362	.335	.260	.364	.333	.445	.387	.809	.721	124	.657	4.3	0.4	.713	.155	.110	1.3
1953	26	PHI	NL	212	151	26	4.6	110	.326	.298	.274	.338	.345	.389	.427	.727	.773	89	.474	-3.4	-0.3	.604	.152	.091	.0
1954	27	PHI	NL	256	197	24	3.3	109	.259	.240	.274	.291	.345	.352	.424	.643	.769	67	.331	-12.4	-1.2	.513	.180	.112	.0
1955	28	PHI	NL	35	29	2	1.8	104	.179	.156	.263	.229	.334	.250	.417	.479	.751	28	.153	-3.2	-0.3	.379	.188	.094

1957	30	DET	AL	7	8	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.267	.000	.339	.000	.403	.000	.742	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				708	520	81	4.2	106	.302	.277	.270	.318	.342	.381	.415	.699	.756	85	.451	-16.6	-1.6	.570	.160	.104	3.0
162 Game Avg.				533	392	61	4.2	106	.302	.277	.270	.318	.342	.381	.415	.699	.756	85	.451	-16.6	-1.6	.570	.160	.104	2

PHI (5 yrs)				701	512	81	4.2	106	.304	.280	.270	.321	.342	.385	.415	.706	.756	87	.458	-14.6	-1.4	.579	.162	.105	3.0
DET (1 yr)				7	8	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.267	.000	.339	.000	.403	.000	.742	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

NL (5 yrs)				701	512	81	4.2	106	.304	.280	.270	.321	.342	.385	.415	.706	.756	87	.458	-14.6	-1.4	.579	.162	.105	3.0
AL (1 yr)				7	8	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.267	.000	.339	.000	.403	.000	.742	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1951	24	PHI	NL	31	3.2%	9.7%	0.0%	6.5%	20%		10.3	31.0	10.3	1.50	87%
1952	25	PHI	NL	167	0.6%	7.8%	3.6%	6.6%	21%	2.17	11.9	155.0	10.3	1.76	84%
1953	26	PHI	NL	212	0.0%	8.0%	5.2%	6.6%	24%	1.55	11.6		10.4	1.19	85%
1954	27	PHI	NL	256	0.4%	8.2%	6.6%	6.6%	30%	1.24	11.1	233.0	9.7	1.39	83%
1955	28	PHI	NL	35	0.0%	11.4%	8.6%	8.6%	60%	1.33	8.0		32.0	2.00	80%

1957	30	DET	AL	7	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%			2.3		7.0	1.50	57%
6 Yrs				708	0.4%	8.6%	5.2%	6.6%	26%	1.65	10.8	218.7	10.4	1.42	84%
MLB Averages					2.1%	11.2%	9.3%	6.5%	28%	1.20	7.9	41.3	8.2	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1951	24	PHI	NL	0.1	0.0	8	0.0	0.2	-0.2	1.36	0.1	-0.1	0.7	0.1	1.09	1.3	1.07	2
1952	25	PHI	NL	4.3	0.4	143	-0.2	2.0	-2.1	.94	0.1	-0.3	3.1	0.3	0.94	0.8	0.81	9
1953	26	PHI	NL	-3.1	-0.3	200	-0.9	2.9	-3.8	1.00	-0.2	-0.7	-6.2	-0.6	0.93	-4.4	1.52	8
1954	27	PHI	NL	-12.4	-1.2	228	-0.5	3.6	-4.1	1.00	-0.8	0.3	-9.3	-0.9	0.94	-11.3	1.28	19
1955	28	PHI	NL	-3.2	-0.3	35	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.81	-0.3	-0.2	-4.0	-0.4	0.88	-3.3	1.73	2

1957	30	DET	AL	-2.0	-0.2	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.92	-0.2	0.0	-1.8	-0.2	1.13	-1.8	2.88	3
6 Yrs				-16.3	-1.6	621	-2.2	8.9	-11.2	.99	-1.3	-0.9	-17.4	-1.7	0.94	-18.8	1.35	43

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
1951	24	PHI	NL	0	0	11%	3	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1952	25	PHI	NL	4	0	33%	47	2	1	67%	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	4	31%	9	7	1	2	1	1	5	2	3
1953	26	PHI	NL	4	0	44%	85	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	45%	11	6	5	4	3	1	5	2	3
1954	27	PHI	NL	4	0	35%	71	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	63%	8	3	5	3	2	1	5	1	4
1955	28	PHI	NL	1	0	38%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0

1957	30	DET	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				13	0	36%	217	3	3	50%	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	11	11	43%	31	18	12	10	7	3	17	7	10

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
1951	24	PHI	NL	31	50%	10			2	0	0	0	1.07	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		8	1	13%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1952	25	PHI	NL	167	41%	52			9	1	0	0	0.81	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	6	5	83%	32	4	13%	14	8	57%	80	13	16%	10	7	70%	4	3	75%	0
1953	26	PHI	NL	212	70%	59			8	3	0	1	1.52	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	45	10	22%	26	8	31%	120	17	14%	17	6	35%	5	2	40%	0
1954	27	PHI	NL	256	57%	56			19	2	0	1	1.28	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	5	5	100%	47	13	28%	22	10	45%	142	19	13%	12	5	42%	6	4	67%	0
1955	28	PHI	NL	35	34%	5			2	0	0	0	1.73	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	2	29%	2	0	0%	19	1	5%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1957	30	DET	AL	7	86%	0			3	0	0	1	2.88	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	2	1	50%	6	1	17%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
6 Yrs				708	56%	182			43	6	0	3	1.35	3	0	11	0	2	0	3	0	13	12	92%	135	30	22%	66	27	41%	375	52	14%	41	19	46%	17	10	59%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			83%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

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
1951	24	10	31	31	2	10	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	3	.323	.323	.452	.774	108	14	0	0	0
1952	25	57	198	186	22	62	7	4	2	18	2	2	6	16	.333	.358	.446	.804	121	83	4	1	5
1953	26	117	410	384	53	121	17	8	2	37	3	2	17	33	.315	.347	.417	.764	104	160	14	2	7
1954	27	200	666	617	79	177	26	15	3	61	3	3	34	54	.287	.326	.392	.718	90	242	27	2	12	1
1955	28	210	701	649	82	182	29	15	3	62	3	3	37	58	.280	.321	.385	.706	87	250	29	2	12	1	0
1956	29	210	701	649	82	182	29	15	3	62	3	3	37	58	.280	.321	.385	.706	87	250	29	2	12	1	0
1957	30	215	708	656	82	182	29	15	3	63	3	3	37	61	.277	.318	.381	.699	85	250	30	2	12	1	0

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
1951	24	10	33	33	2	11	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	.333	.333	.455	.788	5	10
1952	25	49	178	165	23	57	7	4	1	17	2	7	14	.345	.376	.455	.830	28	47
1953	26	62	217	203	30	59	10	4	0	18	1	11	18	.291	.330	.379	.710	25	60
1954	27	87	268	244	26	58	9	7	1	24	0	18	22	.238	.289	.344	.633	24	83
1955	28	11	38	34	3	6	4	0	0	1	0	4	4	.176	.263	.294	.557	2	10

1957	30	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
6 Yrs		224	741	686	84	191	31	15	3	64	3	40	64	.278	.320	.380	.700	84	215
162 Game Avg.		162	536	496	61	138	22	11	2	46	2	29	46	.278	.320	.380	.700	61	215

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