Phil Clark
Phillip Benjamin Clark
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 6, 1968 in Crockett, TX
High School: Crockett (Crockett, TX)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 27, 1992
Final Game: April 30, 1996
Relatives: Brother of Jerald Clark
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Standard Batting

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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
1992 24 DET AL 23 61 54 3 22 4 0 1 5 1 0 6 9 .407 .467 .537 1.004 180 29 2 0 1 0 1 /9D7
1993 25 SDP NL 102 256 240 33 75 17 0 9 33 2 0 8 31 .313 .345 .496 .841 121 119 2 5 1 2 2 3792/5
1994 26 SDP NL 61 160 149 14 32 6 0 5 20 1 2 5 17 .215 .250 .356 .606 58 53 1 3 0 3 1 37/295
1995 27 SDP NL 75 108 97 12 21 3 0 2 7 0 2 8 18 .216 .278 .309 .587 57 30 3 1 0 2 1 97/3
1996 28 BOS AL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /35D
5 Seasons 264 588 543 62 150 30 0 17 65 4 4 27 76 .276 .317 .425 .743 97 231 9 9 2 7 5
162 Game Avg. 162 361 333 38 92 18 0 10 40 2 2 17 47 .276 .317 .425 .743 97 142 6 6 1 4 3
SDP (3 yrs) 238 524 486 59 128 26 0 16 60 3 4 21 66 .263 .302 .416 .718 89 202 6 9 1 7 4
BOS (1 yr) 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 23 61 54 3 22 4 0 1 5 1 0 6 9 .407 .467 .537 1.004 180 29 2 0 1 0 1
NL (3 yrs) 238 524 486 59 128 26 0 16 60 3 4 21 66 .263 .302 .416 .718 89 202 6 9 1 7 4
AL (2 yrs) 26 64 57 3 22 4 0 1 5 1 0 6 10 .386 .444 .509 .953 165 29 3 0 1 0 1

Advanced Batting

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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
1992 24 DET AL 61 35 13 10.0 95 .477 .407 .260 .467 .330 .537 .387 1.004 .716 180 .818 6.1 0.6 1.059 .259 .130 1.0
1993 25 SDP NL 256 170 42 6.6 105 .327 .313 .273 .345 .339 .496 .416 .841 .755 121 .657 6.6 0.6 .802 .225 .183 3.3
1994 26 SDP NL 160 123 13 2.8 107 .208 .215 .271 .250 .337 .356 .424 .606 .761 58 .267 -9.4 -0.9 .500 .168 .141 1.7
1995 27 SDP NL 108 83 8 2.6 104 .241 .216 .267 .278 .336 .309 .416 .587 .752 57 .241 -5.9 -0.6 .457 .155 .093 .0
1996 28 BOS AL 3 4 0 0.0 117 .000 .000 .278 .000 .352 .000 .447 .000 .799 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
5 Seasons 588 415 76 4.9 104 .291 .276 .270 .317 .337 .425 .415 .743 .753 97 .517 -3.6 -0.3 .658 .199 .149 6.5
162 Game Avg. 361 255 47 4.9 104 .291 .276 .270 .317 .337 .425 .415 .743 .753 97 .517 -3.6 -0.3 .658 .199 .149 4
SDP (3 yrs) 524 376 63 4.5 105 .273 .263 .271 .302 .338 .416 .418 .718 .756 89 .473 -8.8 -0.8 .628 .193 .152 5.1
BOS (1 yr) 3 4 0 0.0 117 .000 .000 .278 .000 .352 .000 .447 .000 .799 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
DET (1 yr) 61 35 13 10.0 95 .477 .407 .260 .467 .330 .537 .387 1.004 .716 180 .817 6.1 0.6 1.059 .259 .130 1.0
NL (3 yrs) 524 376 63 4.5 105 .273 .263 .271 .302 .338 .416 .418 .718 .756 89 .473 -8.8 -0.8 .628 .193 .152 5.1
AL (2 yrs) 64 39 13 9.0 96 .457 .386 .261 .444 .331 .509 .390 .953 .721 165 .782 5.2 0.5 .947 .246 .123 1.0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1992 24 DET AL 61 1.6% 14.8% 9.8% 8.2% 23% 1.50 6.0 54.0 10.8 1.00 2.57 72% 26% 5.6% 18%
1993 25 SDP NL 256 3.5% 12.1% 3.1% 10.2% 35% 3.88 7.7 26.7 7.3 0.76 0.96 79% 19% 8.3% 9%
1994 26 SDP NL 160 3.1% 10.6% 3.1% 6.9% 34% 3.40 8.8 29.8 7.5 0.67 0.65 81% 13% 7.1% 14%
1995 27 SDP NL 108 1.9% 16.7% 7.4% 4.6% 24% 2.25 5.4 48.5 13.9 0.59 0.65 73% 15% 4.3% 10%
1996 28 BOS AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 1.00 2.00 67% 0% 0.0% 0%
5 Seasons 588 2.9% 12.9% 4.6% 8.0% 31% 2.81 7.1 31.9 8.4 0.72 0.85 78% 17% 7.0% 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1992 24 DET AL 1 0 7% 40 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1993 25 SDP NL 3 0 30% 105 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 44% 7 5 2 4 1 3 7 3 3
1994 26 SDP NL 3 0 26% 47 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 46% 6 5 1 2 0 2 5 2 3
1995 27 SDP NL 2 0 36% 26 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 27% 5 4 1 2 1 0 4 2 2
1996 28 BOS AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 9 0 27% 219 4 4 50% 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 14 37% 21 17 4 8 2 5 17 8 8
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1992 24 DET AL 61 72% 22 4 1 5 3 0 1 3.03 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 50% 7 2 29% 4 1 25% 31 4 13% 2 1 50% 4 3 75% 0
1993 25 SDP NL 256 57% 75 5 0 37 13 1 6 1.63 9 0 10 5 4 6 3 0 1 1 100% 43 2 5% 21 12 57% 161 26 16% 20 13 65% 17 10 59% 0
1994 26 SDP NL 160 53% 32 3 0 20 4 0 3 2.03 5 0 3 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 30 1 3% 20 8 40% 116 15 13% 9 7 78% 15 5 33% 0
1995 27 SDP NL 108 69% 21 2 0 38 8 1 3 1.50 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 26 3 12% 8 3 38% 79 5 6% 7 3 43% 7 1 14% 0
1996 28 BOS AL 3 67% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 588 60% 150 14 1 101 28 2 13 1.75 17 0 17 8 9 11 6 0 3 2 67% 108 9 8% 53 24 45% 392 50 13% 38 24 63% 43 19 44% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1992 24 DET AL 61 228 3.74 137 60% 18% 19% 29% 34% 82% 4% 49% 77% 25% 11% 7 0 23% 14 6 5% 3 3 33% 0 0 0
1993 25 SDP NL 249 805 3.23 521 65% 21% 16% 23% 40% 79% 3% 51% 80% 35% 5% 12 1 13% 32 13 4% 9 8 17% 7 0 0
1994 26 SDP NL 156 496 3.18 334 67% 15% 16% 30% 39% 85% 1% 57% 81% 41% 4% 7 1 12% 19 7 7% 11 11 24% 4 0 0
1995 27 SDP NL 104 371 3.57 226 61% 20% 14% 31% 35% 80% 1% 49% 82% 37% 7% 7 1 14% 15 8 7% 7 2 38% 4 0 0
1996 28 BOS AL 3 9 3.00 7 78% 14% 14% 43% 29% 86% 0% 67% 83% 33% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 573 1909 3.33 1225 64% 19% 16% 27% 38% 81% 2% 52% 80% 36% 6% 33 3 14% 80 34 5% 30 24 25% 15 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1992 24 23 61 54 3 22 4 0 1 5 1 0 6 9 .407 .467 .537 1.004 180 29 2 0 1 0 1
1993 25 125 317 294 36 97 21 0 10 38 3 0 14 40 .330 .368 .503 .872 132 148 4 5 2 2 3
1994 26 186 477 443 50 129 27 0 15 58 4 2 19 57 .291 .328 .454 .782 107 201 5 8 2 5 4
1995 27 261 585 540 62 150 30 0 17 65 4 4 27 75 .278 .319 .428 .747 98 231 8 9 2 7 5
1996 28 264 588 543 62 150 30 0 17 65 4 4 27 76 .276 .317 .425 .743 97 231 9 9 2 7 5

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
1992 24 23 60 54 3 22 4 0 1 5 1 6 9 .407 .467 .537 1.004 14 23
1993 25 102 255 240 32 75 17 0 9 32 2 8 31 .313 .345 .496 .841 40 102
1994 26 86 226 211 19 46 9 0 7 28 1 7 24 .218 .252 .360 .612 18 61
1995 27 84 120 108 14 23 3 0 2 8 0 9 20 .213 .275 .296 .571 9 75
1996 28 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
5 Seasons 298 664 616 68 166 33 0 19 73 4 30 85 .269 .310 .416 .726 81 264
162 Game Avg. 162 361 335 37 90 18 0 10 40 2 16 46 .269 .310 .416 .726 44 264

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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