Mike Clark

Michael John Clark

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 12, 1922 in Camden, NJ
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1952
Team: Cardinals 1952-1953

Final Game: July 18, 1953
Died: January 25, 1996 in Camden, NJ
Buried: New St. Mary Cemetery, Bellmawr, NJ
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1940	18	STL-min	D	21	28	28		1	0	0						.036	.036	.036	.071		1							HAM · PONY
1941	19	STL-min	D	39	95	95		11	1	0						.116	.116	.126	.242		12							HAM · PONY
1942	20	STL-min	AA,B	13	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400		1	0	0	0				ROC,MOB · IL,SEAL
1946	24	STL-min	A	25	63	63		12	1	1						.190	.190	.238	.429		15							CBS · SALL
1947	25	STL-min	A	36	88	88		13	1	1						.148	.148	.182	.330		16							CBS · SALL
1948	26	STL-min	A	37	82	82		11	2	0						.134	.134	.159	.293		13							CBS · SALL
1949	27	STL-min	A	29	88	88		15	2	1						.170	.170	.216	.386		19							CBS · SALL
1950	28	STL-min	AAA	29	47	44	3	6	1	0	0	0		1	12	.136	.156	.159	.315		7	3	0	2				CLB · AA
1951	29	STL-min	AA,AAA	36	52	52	0	6	1	0	0	0		0	1	.115	.115	.135	.250		7		0	0				HSN,SLE · TL,PCL
1952	30	STL-min	AA	17	43	43		5	0	0						.116	.116	.116	.233		5							HSN · TL
1952	30	STL	NL	12	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			1
1953	31	STL-min	AA	10	11	11	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.182	.182	.182	.364		2		0	0				HSN · TL
1953	31	STL	NL	23	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0			1
1954	32	STL-CHC-min	AA	34	83	74	4	13	2	0	7	0	0	2	15	.176	.195	.203	.398		15		0	6	1			HSN,BMT · TL
1955	33	ATL-min	AA	44	73	65	3	9	0	0	3	0	0	4	10	.138	.200	.138	.338		9		1	3	0			BMT,ATA · TL,SOUA
1956	34	ATL-min	AA	48	65	56	4	7	0	0	6	0	0	2	18	.125	.169	.125	.294		7		1	6	0			AUS · TL
1957	35	ATL-min	AA	39	84	69	5	8	1	0	0	0	0	4	18	.116	.164	.130	.295		9		0	11	0			AUS · TL
1958	36	ATL-min	AA	50	37	35	2	8	0	1	1	0	0	1	7	.229	.250	.286	.536		10		0	1	0			AUS · TL
1959	37	HSN,DAL	AAA	49	18	16	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	7	.063	.118	.063	.180		1		0	1	0	0		HSN,DAL · AA
2 Yrs				35	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	51	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	5	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	Rdp	Rpos	RAA	WAA	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1952	30	STL	NL	12	5	-1	0	1	-0	-0.1	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1953	31	STL	NL	23	6	-2	-0	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
2 Seasons				35	11	-3	0	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1952	30	STL	NL	5	5	97	.000	.000	.262	.000	.334	.000	.389	.000	.724	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1953	31	STL	NL	6	7	110	.000	.000	.274	.000	.345	.000	.427	.000	.773	-100	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
2 Yrs				11	12	104	.000	.000	.268	.000	.340	.000	.410	.000	.750	-100	.000	-3.1	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				51	56	104	.000	.000	.268	.000	.340	.000	.410	.000	.750	-100	.000	-3.1	-0.3	.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%
1952	30	STL	NL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.7				40%
1953	31	STL	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%			6.0				83%
2 Yrs				11	0.0%	36.4%	0.0%	0.0%			2.8				64%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.8%	9.2%	6.4%	28%	1.18	8.2	44.8	8.3	0.98	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1952	30	STL	NL	-1.4	-0.1	2	-0.1	-0.1	.93	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.20	-0.7
1953	31	STL	NL	-1.8	-0.2	6	-0.1	-0.1	.58	-0.2	-0.0	-2.8	-0.3	1.02	-2.3
2 Yrs				-3.1	-0.3	8	-0.2	-0.2	.66	-0.3	-0.0	-3.7	-0.4	1.06	-2.9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg
1952	30	STL	NL
1953	31	STL	NL
2 Yrs

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
1952	30	STL	NL	5	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1953	31	STL	NL	6	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				11	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	0	0%	7	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					50%																			87%			11%			32%			15%			51%			56%

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
1952	30	12	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1953	31	35	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	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	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1952	30	13	5	5	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	12
1953	31	24	6	6	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	23
2 Yrs		37	11	11	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	35
162 Game Avg.		162	48	48	18	.000	.000	.000	.000	35

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