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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1940	18	STL-min	D	3	4	.429	7.77	21	10					73.0	108	80	63		48								2.137	13.3		5.9			HAM · PONY
1941	19	STL-min	D	15	12	.556	3.22	35						229.0	191	111	82		93								1.240	7.5		3.7			HAM · PONY
1942	20	STL-min	B,AA	4	3	.571	4.37	20	3		0	0		70.0	75	44	34		41		6	0	1	1			1.657	9.6		5.3	0.8	0.15	MOB,ROC · SEAL,IL
1946	24	STL-min	A	12	8	.600	3.65	25						170.0	172	85	69		45								1.276	9.1		2.4			CBS · SALL
1947	25	STL-min	A	13	12	.520	3.01	36						230.0	225	108	77		107								1.443	8.8		4.2			CBS · SALL
1948	26	STL-min	A	12	15	.444	3.29	35						235.0	226	112	86		77								1.289	8.7		2.9			CBS · SALL
1949	27	STL-min	A	18	8	.692	2.33	29						240.0	200	80	62		75								1.146	7.5		2.8			CBS · SALL
1950	28	STL-min	AAA	9	10	.474	5.07	29	19		5	1		135.0	146	87	76		55		75	5	3	3			1.489	9.7		3.7	5.0	1.36	CLB · AA
1951	29	STL-min	AA,AAA	10	10	.500	3.24	36	21		0	0		164.0	139	63	59		59		12	1	4	1			1.207	7.6		3.2	0.7	0.20	HSN,SLE · TL,PCL
1952	30	STL-min	AA	9	5	.643	1.90	17	15					128.0	87	32	27		39								0.984	6.1		2.7			HSN · TL
1952	30	STL	NL	2	0	1.000	6.04	12	4	5	0	0	0	25.1	32	18	17	2	14		10	0	0	1	121	62	1.816	11.4	0.7	5.0	3.6	0.71
1953	31	STL-min	AA	2	2	.500		10																									HSN · TL
1953	31	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	4.79	23	2	8	0	0	1	35.2	46	21	19	2	21		17	2	0	1	171	89	1.879	11.6	0.5	5.3	4.3	0.81
1954	32	CHC-STL-min	AA	13	9	.591	4.29	34	31		12	1		218.0	219	107	104	16	70		117	4	0	5			1.326	9.0	0.7	2.9	4.8	1.67	BMT,HSN · TL
1955	33	ATL-min	AA	9	17	.346	4.80	43	25		11	0		197.0	226	122	105	19	79	7	88	2	0	0			1.548	10.3	0.9	3.6	4.0	1.11	BMT,ATA · TL,SOUA
1956	34	ATL-min	AA	9	6	.600	3.78	48	23		7	1		188.0	174	93	79	14	96	8	85	3	0	2			1.436	8.3	0.7	4.6	4.1	0.89	AUS · TL
1957	35	ATL-min	AA	14	11	.560	2.75	39	31		12	2		229.0	223	85	70	7	58	7	105	5	0	6			1.227	8.8	0.3	2.3	4.1	1.81	AUS · TL
1958	36	ATL-min	AA	10	11	.476	3.46	50	11		4	0		130.0	125	62	50	11	44	12	57	1	0	0			1.300	8.7	0.8	3.0	3.9	1.30	AUS · TL
1959	37	DAL,HSN	AAA	1	3	.250	3.66	49	0		0	0		86.0	104	41	35	4	34	12	26	1	0	1			1.605	10.9	0.4	3.6	2.7	0.76	DAL,HSN · AA
2 Yrs				3	0	1.000	5.31	35	6	13	0	0	1	61.0	78	39	36	4	35		27	2	0	2	292	77	1.852	11.5	0.6	5.2	4.0	0.77
162 Game Avg.				5	0	1.000	5.31	58	10	22	0	0	2	101	129	65	60	7	58		45	3	0	3	484	77	1.852	11.5	0.6	5.2	4.0	0.77

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1952	30	STL	NL	25.1	12	4	18	6.39	4.28	0.22	98.0	3.98	-7	-0.7	.4	0.1	-0.4	-4	.441	.496	$
1953	31	STL	NL	35.2	23	2	21	5.30	5.04	0.05	100.0	5.00	-1	-0.1	.8	-0.0	0.2	3	.496	.499	$
2 Seasons				61.0	35	6	39	5.75	4.73	0.12	99.2	4.58	-8	-0.8	.7	0.0	-0.2	-1	.477	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1952	30	STL	NL	12	68	103	18	32	4	0	2	0	0	14	10	.311	.393	.408	.801	.330	42	0	0	4	0	0
1953	31	STL	NL	23	145	147	21	46	7	1	2	4	1	21	17	.313	.406	.415	.821	.344	61	2	2	2	0	4
2 Yrs				35	213	250	39	78	11	1	4	4	1	35	27	.312	.401	.412	.813	.338	103	2	2	6	0	4
162 Game Avg.				58	353	415	65	129	18	2	7	7	2	58	45	.312	.401	.412	.813	.338	171	3	3	10	0	7
MLB Averages																.258	.331	.378	.709	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1952	30	STL	NL	-6.0	-0.6	70	-0.3	0.8	-1.2	.86	-0.5	0.1	-6.3	-0.6	0.85	-5.3	0	0	5
1953	31	STL	NL	-1.8	-0.2	157	-0.2	1.3	-1.5	.52	-0.5	0.1	-3.9	-0.4	0.52	-3.2	2	5	11
2 Yrs				-7.8	-0.8	227	-0.5	2.2	-2.7	.63	-0.9	0.0	-10.3	-1.0	0.62	-8.5	2	5	16

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1952	30	STL	NL	12	4	0	0	4	0	0	3	1	.750	0	2	0	0	0	0%	36.0	43	27	5	2	1	1	6.4	3.6	2.1
1953	31	STL	NL	23	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	43.0	48	38	12	1	0	0	5.5	10.3	2.8
2 Yrs				35	6	1	0	5	1	0	4	2	.667	0	2	0	0	0	0%	38	48	27	17	3	1	1	6.1	7.5	2.3
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	106	-6					4.4	4.4	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1952	30	STL	NL	12	8	5	2	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%		.863	0	0	5	0	5	2	3	4	1	2	1	6.4
1953	31	STL	NL	23	21	8	0	1	1	100%	3	1	16	6	38%	8	.523	2	5	11	4	14	10	8	11	6	10	5	4.3
2 Yrs				35	29	13	2	1	1	100%	3	1	19	8	42%		.632	2	5	16	4	19	12	11	15	7	12	6	4.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1952	30	STL	NL	121	66%	2.9%	14.7%	20.6%	8.8%	19%	1.20	134%	20	0	0%
1953	31	STL	NL	172	70%	1.4%	11.7%	14.5%	6.9%	22%	0.80	88%	35	2	6%
2 Yrs				293	69%	1.9%	12.7%	16.4%	7.5%	21%	0.91	103%	55	2	4%
MLB Averages					50%	2.2%	12.1%	10.3%	6.7%	26%	0.96	85%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1952	30	STL	NL	68	32			2	0	3	1	0	0	1	4	2	0	50%	0	1	0	38	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	53
1953	31	STL	NL	145	46			2	0	7	1	1	0	2	14	6	1	43%	4	1	0	68	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	27
2 Yrs				213	78			4	0	10	2	1	0	3	18	8	1	44%	4	2	0	106	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	80
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1952	30	2	0	1.000	6.04	12	4	5	0	0	0	25.1	32	18	17	2	14		10	0	0	1	121	62	1.816	11.4	0.7	5.0	3.6	0.71	62
1953	31	3	0	1.000	5.31	35	6	13	0	0	1	61.0	78	39	36	4	35		27	2	0	2	292	77	1.852	11.5	0.6	5.2	4.0	0.77	77

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1952	30	1	1	.500	6.84	25.0	35	21	19	2	15	10	0	2.000	12.6	5.4	3.6	0.67	0.7	12
1953	31	2	2	.500	4.75	36.0	46	21	19	2	21	17	2	1.861	11.5	5.3	4.3	0.81	0.5	23
2 Yrs		3	3	.500	5.61	61.0	81	42	38	4	36	27	2	1.918	12.0		4.0	0.75	0.6	35

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