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Ron Clark
Ronald Bruce Clark

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 14, 1943 in Fort Worth, TX
High School: Brewer (White Settlement, TX)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1966
Final Game: September 26, 1975
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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
1966	23	MIN	AL	5	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	.500	1.000	1.500	308	1	0	0	0	1	0	/5
1967	24	MIN	AL	20	65	60	7	10	3	1	2	11	0	0	4	9	.167	.215	.350	.565	60	21	3	0	0	1	0	5
1968	25	MIN	AL	104	250	227	14	42	5	1	1	13	3	2	16	44	.185	.245	.229	.474	41	52	2	2	5	0	2	564
1969	26	TOT	AL	62	188	171	9	33	5	0	0	12	1	0	13	29	.193	.253	.222	.475	36	38	2	1	2	1	2	65/43
1969	26	MIN	AL	5	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-31	1	1	0	0	0	0	/5
1969	26	SEP	AL	57	180	163	9	32	5	0	0	12	1	0	13	29	.196	.258	.227	.485	39	37	1	1	2	1	2	65/43

1971	28	OAK	AL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	54	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	29	TOT	AL	36	79	69	9	14	3	1	2	6	0	0	7	15	.203	.273	.362	.635	91	25	3	0	2	1	0	45
1972	29	OAK	AL	14	18	15	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.267	.353	.400	.753	129	6	1	0	1	0	0	4/5
1972	29	MIL	AL	22	61	54	8	10	1	1	2	5	0	0	5	11	.185	.250	.352	.602	81	19	2	0	1	1	0	45

1975	32	PHI	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Seasons				230	587	530	40	100	16	3	5	43	4	2	41	98	.189	.249	.258	.508	48	137	10	3	9	4	4
162 Game Avg.				162	413	373	28	70	11	2	4	30	3	1	29	69	.189	.249	.258	.508	48	96	7	2	6	3	3

MIN (4 yrs)				134	325	296	22	54	8	2	3	25	3	2	20	53	.182	.238	.253	.491	44	75	6	2	5	2	2
OAK (2 yrs)				16	20	16	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.250	.368	.375	.743	126	6	1	0	1	0	0
MIL (2 yrs)				79	241	217	17	42	6	1	2	17	1	0	18	40	.194	.256	.258	.514	49	56	3	1	3	2	2
PHI (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				229	586	529	40	100	16	3	5	43	4	2	41	97	.189	.250	.259	.509	48	137	10	3	9	4	4
NL (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1966	23	MIN	AL	2	1	1	27.0	95	.500	1.000	.256	.500	.324	1.000	.394	1.500	.718	308	.972	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
1967	24	MIN	AL	65	54	4	2.0	91	.160	.167	.252	.215	.322	.350	.377	.565	.700	60	.241	-3.4	-0.4	.472	.250	.183	.0
1968	25	MIN	AL	250	194	14	1.9	85	.225	.185	.245	.245	.316	.229	.363	.474	.679	41	.252	-17.0	-2.0	.376	.119	.044	1.5
1969	26	TOT	AL	188	143	11	2.1	92	.231	.193	.251	.253	.327	.222	.379	.475	.706	36	.214	-14.6	-1.5	.379	.111	.029	.0
1969	26	MIN	AL	8	8	0	0.0	98	.125	.125	.259	.125	.336	.125	.390	.250	.727	-31	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
1969	26	SEP	AL	180	135	11	2.2	92	.237	.196	.251	.258	.327	.227	.379	.485	.706	39	.233	-13.1	-1.4	.394	.117	.031	.0

1971	28	OAK	AL	2	1	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.253	.500	.324	.000	.375	.500	.700	54	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
1972	29	TOT	AL	79	61	7	3.1	80	.226	.203	.243	.273	.311	.362	.350	.635	.661	91	.425	-0.9	-0.1	.552	.261	.159	.0
1972	29	OAK	AL	18	13	2	4.1	79	.364	.267	.241	.353	.309	.400	.348	.753	.657	129	.560	0.7	0.1	.667	.267	.133
1972	29	MIL	AL	61	48	5	2.8	81	.190	.185	.243	.250	.311	.352	.351	.602	.662	81	.383	-1.5	-0.2	.522	.259	.167	.0

1975	32	PHI	NL	1	1	0	0.0	100		.000	.270	.000	.342	.000	.390	.000	.732	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
7 Seasons				587	455	37	2.2	87	.220	.189	.248	.249	.320	.258	.368	.508	.688	48	.269	-35.6	-3.9	.414	.151	.070	4.4
162 Game Avg.				413	320	26	2.2	87	.220	.189	.248	.249	.320	.258	.368	.508	.688	48	.269	-35.6	-3.9	.414	.151	.070	3

MIN (4 yrs)				325	257	19	2.0	86	.211	.182	.247	.238	.318	.253	.367	.491	.684	44	.255	-21.4	-2.4	.392	.142	.071	3.0
OAK (2 yrs)				20	14	2	3.8	80	.333	.250	.242	.368	.310	.375	.350	.743	.660	126	.521	0.7	0.1	.692	.313	.125
MIL (2 yrs)				241	183	16	2.4	89	.226	.194	.249	.256	.323	.258	.372	.514	.695	49	.269	-14.6	-1.5	.427	.152	.065	1.3
PHI (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	100		.000	.270	.000	.342	.000	.390	.000	.732	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

AL (6 yrs)				586	454	37	2.2	87	.220	.189	.248	.250	.320	.259	.368	.509	.688	48	.270	-35.3	-3.9	.415	.151	.070	4.4
NL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	100		.000	.270	.000	.342	.000	.390	.000	.732	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

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	GO/AO	IP%
1966	23	MIN	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				1.0	0.00	100%
1967	24	MIN	AL	65	3.1%	13.9%	6.2%	9.2%	60%	2.25	6.7	30.0	5.5	1.35	77%
1968	25	MIN	AL	250	0.4%	17.6%	6.4%	2.8%	17%	2.75	5.2	227.0	17.5	0.88	73%
1969	26	TOT	AL	188	0.0%	15.4%	6.9%	2.7%	15%	2.23	5.9		14.3	0.96	76%
1969	26	MIN	AL	8	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					1.67	100%
1969	26	SEP	AL	180	0.0%	16.1%	7.2%	2.8%	16%	2.23	5.6		13.6	0.93	75%

1971	28	OAK	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%		0.00				0.00	50%
1972	29	TOT	AL	79	2.5%	19.0%	8.9%	7.6%	43%	2.14	4.6	34.5	11.5	1.00	67%
1972	29	OAK	AL	18	0.0%	22.2%	11.1%	11.1%	50%	2.00	3.8		15.0	1.25	61%
1972	29	MIL	AL	61	3.3%	18.0%	8.2%	6.6%	40%	2.20	4.9	27.0	10.8	0.95	69%

1975	32	PHI	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
7 Seasons				587	0.9%	16.7%	7.0%	4.1%	24%	2.39	5.4	106.0	12.3	0.96	73%
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1966	23	MIN	AL	0	0	100%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1967	24	MIN	AL	4	0	42%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	40%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
1968	25	MIN	AL	7	0	22%	86	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	36%	5	4	1	3	2	1	6	1	3
1969	26	TOT	AL	2	0	19%	61	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	55%	4	2	2	1	0	0	6	1	4
1969	26	MIN	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	26	SEP	AL	2	0	20%	61	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	55%	4	2	2	1	0	0	6	1	4

1971	28	OAK	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	29	TOT	AL	0	0	37%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	60%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1972	29	OAK	AL	0	0	17%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1972	29	MIL	AL	0	0	46%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1

1975	32	PHI	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Seasons				13	0	25%	202	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	7	43%	16	11	5	4	2	1	17	3	10
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
1966	23	MIN	AL	2	50%	1			0	0	0	1	2.98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1967	24	MIN	AL	65	32%	10			3	0	0	0	0.79	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		9	3	33%	7	2	29%	41	10	24%	4	2	50%	3	2	67%	0
1968	25	MIN	AL	250	24%	42			12	1	0	1	1.86	1	0	10	0	1	1	0	0	5	5	100%	37	2	5%	26	6	23%	147	12	8%	12	1	8%	17	3	18%	0
1969	26	TOT	AL	188	40%	33			3	1	0	0	0.94	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	43	2	5%	21	9	43%	135	12	9%	10	6	60%	9	4	44%	0
1969	26	MIN	AL	8	75%	1			3	1	0	0	0.94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	26	SEP	AL	180	39%	32			0	0	0	0		0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	41	1	2%	21	9	43%	130	12	9%	10	6	60%	9	4	44%	0

1971	28	OAK	AL	2	0%	0			1	0	0	0	1.61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1972	29	TOT	AL	79	32%	14			7	1	0	0	1.09	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	100%	15	3	20%	9	5	56%	44	4	9%	3	2	67%	6	3	50%	0
1972	29	OAK	AL	18	44%	4			2	0	0	0	2.28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	10	1	10%	1	0	0%	4	2	50%	0
1972	29	MIL	AL	61	28%	10			5	1	0	0	0.62	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	12	2	17%	7	4	57%	34	3	9%	2	2	100%	2	1	50%	0

1975	32	PHI	NL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	2.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
7 Seasons				587	31%	100			27	3	0	2	1.45	5	0	21	3	2	4	1	0	10	9	90%	105	10	10%	64	23	36%	369	39	11%	30	12	40%	35	12	34%	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
1966	23	5	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	.500	1.000	1.500	308	1	0	0	0	1	0
1967	24	25	67	61	8	11	3	1	2	12	0	0	4	9	.180	.224	.361	.585	65	22	3	0	0	2	0
1968	25	129	317	288	22	53	8	2	3	25	3	2	20	53	.184	.240	.257	.497	46	74	5	2	5	2	2
1969	26	191	505	459	31	86	13	2	3	37	4	2	33	82	.187	.245	.244	.489	42	112	7	3	7	3	4
1970	27	191	505	459	31	86	13	2	3	37	4	2	33	82	.187	.245	.244	.489	42	112	7	3	7	3	4
1971	28	193	507	460	31	86	13	2	3	37	4	2	34	82	.187	.246	.243	.489	42	112	7	3	7	3	4
1972	29	229	586	529	40	100	16	3	5	43	4	2	41	97	.189	.250	.259	.509	48	137	10	3	9	4	4
1973	30	229	586	529	40	100	16	3	5	43	4	2	41	97	.189	.250	.259	.509	48	137	10	3	9	4	4
1974	31	229	586	529	40	100	16	3	5	43	4	2	41	97	.189	.250	.259	.509	48	137	10	3	9	4	4
1975	32	230	587	530	40	100	16	3	5	43	4	2	41	98	.189	.249	.258	.508	48	137	10	3	9	4	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1966	23	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	5
1967	24	20	64	59	7	9	3	1	2	12	0	4	9	.153	.203	.339	.542	4	20
1968	25	104	255	234	17	49	6	1	1	15	4	19	44	.209	.275	.256	.531	16	104
1969	26	62	193	176	10	38	6	0	0	14	1	15	29	.216	.280	.250	.530	12	62

1971	28	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	2
1972	29	38	83	74	13	17	4	1	2	9	0	8	16	.230	.301	.392	.693	9	36

1975	32	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
7 Seasons		232	600	546	48	113	19	3	5	51	5	47	99	.207	.272	.280	.552	42	230
162 Game Avg.		162	419	381	34	79	13	2	3	36	3	33	69	.207	.272	.280	.552	29	230

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