Phil Clark

Philip James Clark

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 3, 1932 in Albany, GA
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Team: Cardinals 1958-1959

Final Game: April 29, 1959
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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
1951	18	STL-min	D	18	7	.720	2.96	34						219.0	164	85	72		103								1.219	6.7		4.2			ABY · GAFL
1954	21	STL-min	A,AAA,AA	6	8	.429	4.41	34	13					102.0	65	65	50	5	35								0.980	5.7	0.4	3.1			CBS,CLB,HSN,OMA · SALL,AA,TL,WL
1955	22	STL-min	A	8	9	.471	3.39	43	20					178.0	178	82	67	16	66								1.371	9.0	0.8	3.3			CBS · SALL
1956	23	STL-min	AA	7	3	.700	3.71	49	2		0	0		102.0	108	47	42	5	33	9	69	5	0	2			1.382	9.5	0.4	2.9	6.1	2.09	HSN · TL
1957	24	STL-min	AA	16	6	.727	1.83	63	0		0	0		123.0	81	27	25	3	33	3	85	0	0	3			0.927	5.9	0.2	2.4	6.2	2.58	HSN · TL
1958	25	STL-min	AAA	10	6	.625	2.75	44	0		0	0		85.0	77	33	26	6	35	7	53	1	0	1			1.318	8.2	0.6	3.7	5.6	1.51	OMA · AA
1958	25	STL	NL	0	1	.000	3.52	7	0	3	0	0	1	7.2	11	5	3	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	35	123	1.826	12.9	2.3	3.5	1.2	0.33
1959	26	LAD-STL-min	AAA	3	7	.300	3.47	46	2		0	0		83.0	76	37	32	9	36	9	45	2	0	2			1.349	8.2	1.0	3.9	4.9	1.25	STP,OMA · AA
1959	26	STL	NL	0	1	.000	12.86	7	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	8	11	10	0	8	1	5	0	0	0	36	35	2.286	10.3	0.0	10.3	6.4	0.63
1960	27	LAD-min	AAA	8	7	.533	3.70	60	3					112.0	126	59	46	4	49								1.562	10.1	0.3	3.9			STP · AA
1961	28	LAD-min	AA,AAA	4	2	.667	4.84	38	1					70.2	77	47	38	7	40								1.656	9.8	0.9	5.1			MAC,OMA · SOUA,AA
2 Yrs				0	2	.000	7.98	14	0	5	0	0	1	14.2	19	16	13	2	11	1	6	0	0	0	71	55	2.045	11.7	1.2	6.8	3.7	0.55
162 Game Avg.				0	10	.000	7.98	68	0	24	0	0	5	71	92	78	63	10	53	5	29	0	0	0	345	55	2.045	11.7	1.2	6.8	3.7	0.55

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1958	25	STL	NL	7.2	7	5	5.87	5.01	0.04	104.8	5.21	-1	-0.1	.6	-0.0	0.0	0	.492	.500	$
1959	26	STL	NL	7.0	7	11	14.14	4.53	-0.20	103.5	4.89	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-6	.400	.496	$
2 Seasons				14.2	14	16	9.82	4.78	-0.08	104.2	5.06	-8	-0.8	.8	-0.0	-0.6	-6	.446	.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	IBB	ROE
1958	25	STL	NL	7	35	31	5	11	2	1	2	1	0	3	1	.355	.412	.677	1.089	.321	21	2	0	1	0	0	1
1959	26	STL	NL	7	37	28	11	8	1	0	0	1	0	8	5	.286	.444	.321	.766	.348	9	1	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				14	72	59	16	19	3	1	2	2	0	11	6	.322	.429	.508	.937	.333	30	3	0	1	0	1	1
162 Game Avg.				68	350	287	78	92	15	5	10	10	0	53	29	.322	.429	.508	.937	.333	146	15	0	5	0	5	5
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.393	.717	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1958	25	STL	NL	-0.0	0.0	36	-1.0	0.2	-1.2	.47	-0.2	-1.9	-4.5	-0.4	0.47	-3.2	1	1	5
1959	26	STL	NL	-6.0	-0.6	38	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	.73	-0.2	-0.5	-3.9	-0.4	0.73	-2.1	2	0	5
2 Yrs				-6.0	-0.6	74	-1.5	0.5	-2.0	.61	-0.4	-2.1	-8.4	-0.8	0.61	-5.3	3	1	10

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1958	25	STL	NL	7	7	3	1	2	1	1	50%	2	5	4	80%	7	.474	1	1	5	2	0	5	3	4	2	3	2	0	3.3
1959	26	STL	NL	7	7	2	1	0	0	0		0	4	1	25%	8	.730	2	0	5	0	2	5	2	5	3	4	3	1	3.0
2 Yrs				14	14	5	2	2	1	1	50%	2	9	5	56%		.606	3	1	10	2	2	10	5	9	5	7	5	1	3.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1958	25	STL	NL	35	74%	5.7%	2.9%	8.6%	14.3%	46%	1.00	80%	10	2	20%
1959	26	STL	NL	37	76%	0.0%	13.5%	21.6%	2.7%	13%	1.29	62%	7	1	14%
2 Yrs				72	75%	2.8%	8.3%	15.3%	8.3%	32%	1.11	71%	17	3	18%
MLB Averages					52%	2.4%	13.2%	8.7%	6.7%	29%	1.01	75%			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
1958	25	STL	NL	35	11			2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	19	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	26	STL	NL	37	8			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0%	0	0	0	15	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				72	19			2	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0%	1	0	0	34	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MLB Averages																		51%							59%

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+
1958	25	0	1	.000	3.52	7	0	3	0	0	1	7.2	11	5	3	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	35	123	1.826	12.9	2.3	3.5	1.2	0.33	123
1959	26	0	2	.000	7.98	14	0	5	0	0	1	14.2	19	16	13	2	11	1	6	0	0	0	71	55	2.045	11.7	1.2	6.8	3.7	0.55	55

Neutralized Pitching

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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	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1958	25	3.38	8.0	11	3	3	2	3	1	1.750	12.4	3.4	1.1	0.33	2.3	7
1959	26	11.57	7.0	8	10	9	0	8	5	2.286	10.3	10.3	6.4	0.63	0.0	7
2 Yrs		7.20	15.0	19	13	12	2	11	6	2.000	11.4		3.6	0.55	1.2	14

* 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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