Phil Clark

Phillip Benjamin Clark

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 6, 1968 in Crockett, TX
High School: Crockett HS (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
Teams (by GP): Padres/Tigers/RedSox 1992-1996

Final Game: April 30, 1996
Relatives: Brother of Jerald Clark
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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
1986	18	DET-min	Rk	66	277	247	40	82	4	2	4	36	12	1	19	42	.332	.388	.413	.801		102		6	1	4	2		BRS · APPY
1987	19	DET-min	A	135	582	542	83	160	26	9	8	79	25	9	25	43	.295	.329	.421	.749		228		6	1	8	0		FAY · SALL
1988	20	DET-min	A	109	437	403	60	120	17	4	9	66	16	7	15	43	.298	.333	.427	.760		172	9	10	2	7	2		LAK · FLOR
1989	21	DET-min	AA	104	415	373	43	108	15	4	8	42	2	2	31	49	.290	.356	.416	.771		155		8	2	1	1		LON · EL
1990	22	DET-min	AAA	75	233	207	15	47	14	1	2	22	1	1	14	35	.227	.286	.333	.620		69		4	6	2	0		TOL · IL
1991	23	DET-min	AAA	110	393	362	47	92	14	4	4	45	6	6	21	49	.254	.303	.348	.651		126	10	5	3	2	0		TOL · IL
1992	24	DET-min	AAA	79	292	271	29	76	20	0	10	39	4	2	16	35	.280	.323	.465	.788		126	8	2	1	2	0		TOL · IL
1992	24	DET	AL	23	61	54	3	22	4	0	1	5	1	0	6	9	.407	.467	.537	1.004	182	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	122	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-min	AAA	97	399	369	57	120	36	2	12	69	3	6	17	32	.325	.368	.531	.900		196	10	10	0	3	4		PAW · IL
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
1997	29	KSU	Fgn																										KSU · JPPL
1998	30	KSU	Fgn																										KSU · JPPL
1999	31	OSA	Fgn																										OSA · JPPL
2000	32	OSA	Fgn																										OSA · JPPL
5 Yrs				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	182	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	166	29	3	0	1	0	1

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
1992	24	DET	AL	23	61	6	-1	-0	-0	-1	4	0.4	2	6	0.6	.516	.502	0.6	-0.2	6	$	/9D7
1993	25	SDP	NL	102	256	7	0	1	3	-3	8	0.9	7	15	1.6	.508	.505	1.2	0.1	12	$122,500	3792/5
1994	26	SDP	NL	61	160	-8	-0	0	-1	-2	-12	-1.2	4	-7	-0.7	.481	.493	-0.6	-0.3	-6	$155,000	37/295
1995	27	SDP	NL	75	108	-6	-2	-1	-1	-2	-11	-1.1	3	-8	-0.8	.485	.493	-0.7	-0.3	-7	$200,000	97/3
1996	28	BOS	AL	3	3	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.456	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/35D
5 Seasons				264	588	-2	-3	-0	0	-8	-12	-1.1	16	4	0.6	.495	.498	0.4	-0.6	4	$477,500

SDP (3 yrs)				238	524	-7	-2	1	0	-6	-14	-1.4	14	-1	0.1	.494	.497	-0.1	-0.5	-1	$477,500
BOS (1 yr)				3	3	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.456	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
DET (1 yr)				23	61	6	-1	-0	-0	-1	4	0.4	2	6	0.6	.516	.502	0.6	-0.2	6	$

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
1992	24	DET	AL	61	35	13	10.0	94	.477	.407	.259	.467	.328	.537	.385	1.004	.713	182	.818	6.2	0.6	1.059	.259	.130	1.0
1993	25	SDP	NL	256	170	42	6.6	104	.327	.313	.272	.345	.337	.496	.415	.841	.752	122	.657	6.9	0.7	.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	-9.5	-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 Yrs				588	415	76	4.9	104	.291	.276	.270	.317	.336	.425	.415	.743	.751	97	.518	-3.2	-0.3	.658	.199	.149	6.5
162 Game Avg.				361	255	47	4.9	104	.291	.276	.270	.317	.336	.425	.415	.743	.751	97	.518	-3.2	-0.3	.658	.199	.149	4

SDP (3 yrs)				524	376	63	4.5	105	.273	.263	.271	.302	.337	.416	.418	.718	.755	89	.473	-8.5	-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	94	.477	.407	.259	.467	.328	.537	.385	1.004	.713	182	.818	6.2	0.6	1.059	.259	.130	1.0

NL (3 yrs)				524	376	63	4.5	105	.273	.263	.271	.302	.337	.416	.418	.718	.755	89	.473	-8.5	-0.8	.628	.193	.152	5.1
AL (2 yrs)				64	39	13	9.0	95	.457	.386	.260	.444	.329	.509	.388	.953	.718	166	.782	5.2	0.5	.947	.246	.123	1.0

Ratio Batting*

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 Yrs				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					2.5%	15.7%	8.9%	7.3%	31%	1.77	5.7	36.2	7.8	0.82	1.08	71%	21%	7.3%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1992	24	DET	AL	6.1	0.6	63	0.4	1.4	-1.0	1.19	0.5	-0.2	4.8	0.5	0.89	6.2	2.99	6
1993	25	SDP	NL	6.6	0.6	264	-0.3	4.8	-5.1	1.12	0.9	-1.2	6.0	0.6	0.94	11.2	1.58	37
1994	26	SDP	NL	-9.5	-0.9	164	-1.3	2.8	-4.1	1.20	-0.7	-0.4	-8.9	-0.9	1.02	-8.8	1.98	20
1995	27	SDP	NL	-5.9	-0.6	113	-0.8	1.4	-2.2	1.07	-0.7	-0.0	-6.4	-0.6	1.03	-7.0	1.49	38
1996	28	BOS	AL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.56	-0.1	-0.1	-1.9	-0.2	1.39	-1.3	3.51	2
5 Yrs				-3.6	-0.3	607	-2.2	10.4	-12.6	1.14	0.0	-1.9	-6.4	-0.6	0.98	0.3	1.75	103

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

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
1992	24	DET	AL	61	72%	22	4	1	6	3	0	1	2.99	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	50%	7	2	29%	4	1	25%	31	4	13%	2	1	50%	4	4	100%	0
1993	25	SDP	NL	256	57%	75	5	0	37	13	1	6	1.58	9	0	10	5	4	6	3	0	1	1	100%	43	2	5%	21	12	57%	161	26	16%	20	13	65%	11	7	64%	0
1994	26	SDP	NL	160	53%	32	3	0	20	4	0	3	1.98	5	0	3	2	3	4	1	0	0	0		30	1	3%	20	8	40%	116	15	13%	9	7	78%	8	4	50%	0
1995	27	SDP	NL	108	69%	21	2	0	38	8	1	3	1.49	2	0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		26	3	12%	8	3	38%	79	5	6%	7	3	43%	4	2	50%	0
1996	28	BOS	AL	3	67%	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				588	60%	150	14	1	103	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%	27	17	63%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	252	813	3.23	525	65%	22%	16%	23%	39%	78%	3%	51%	80%	35%	5%	12	1	13%	32	13	4%	9	8	17%	4	0	0
1994	26	SDP	NL	157	498	3.17	335	67%	15%	16%	30%	39%	85%	1%	57%	81%	41%	4%	7	1	12%	19	7	7%	11	11	24%	3	0	0
1995	27	SDP	NL	105	373	3.55	227	61%	21%	14%	30%	35%	79%	1%	48%	82%	36%	7%	7	1	14%	15	8	7%	7	2	38%	3	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 Yrs				578	1921	3.32	1231	64%	19%	16%	27%	38%	81%	2%	52%	80%	36%	6%	33	3	14%	80	34	5%	30	24	25%	10	0	0
MLB Averages						3.68		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	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	1	5	1	0	6	9	.407	.467	.537	1.004	182	29	2	0	1	0	1
1993	25	125	317	294	36	97	21	10	38	3	0	14	40	.330	.368	.503	.872	133	148	4	5	2	2	3
1994	26	186	477	443	50	129	27	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	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	17	65	4	4	27	76	.276	.317	.425	.743	97	231	9	9	2	7	5

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1992	24	23	64	56	3	24	4	1	6	1	7	9	.429	.492	.554	1.046	15	23
1993	25	102	255	239	32	74	17	9	32	2	8	31	.310	.343	.494	.836	39	102
1994	26	86	226	211	20	46	9	7	29	1	7	24	.218	.252	.360	.612	18	61
1995	27	84	120	108	13	23	3	2	8	0	9	20	.213	.275	.296	.571	9	75
1996	28	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
5 Yrs		298	668	617	68	167	33	19	75	4	31	85	.271	.312	.417	.729	81	264
162 Game Avg.		162	363	335	37	91	18	10	41	2	17	46	.271	.312	.417	.729	44	264

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