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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1966 MIN AL 23 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -240.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.80
1967 MIN AL 24 3B 16 15 135.0 46 7 34 5 0 .891 0.1 0.9 0.1 1.4 -1.3 0 2.73 2.56 .959 3.13 2.72
1968 MIN AL 25 3B 52 12 185.2 73 17 51 5 4 .932 3.2 20.7 3.2 3.3 -0.1 0 3.30 1.31 .952 3.05 2.67
1968 MIN AL 25 SS 43 38 348.2 173 56 106 11 14 .936 -0.9 -3.1 -1.9 -0.2 -1.8 1 4.18 3.77 .963 4.79 4.07
1968 MIN AL 25 2B 10 4 34.2 27 10 16 1 1 .963 -0.5 -17.3 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 6.75 2.60 .978 5.11 4.34
1969 TOT AL 26 3B 17 15 130.2 38 5 30 3 1 .921 -0.5 -4.6 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 2.41 2.06 .958 3.16 2.74
1969 MIN AL 26 3B 2 2 13.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -18.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.69 0.50 1.000 3.18 2.75
1969 SEP AL 26 SS 38 29 281.0 148 63 80 5 14 .966 -9.4 -40.1 -7.4 -5.3 -2.1 -2 4.58 3.76 .966 4.96 4.43
1969 SEP AL 26 3B 15 13 117.2 37 5 29 3 1 .919 -0.3 -3.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 2.60 2.27 .957 3.16 2.74
1969 SEP AL 26 2B 5 4 35.2 17 9 7 1 2 .941 -2.4 -80.7 -2.4 -1.4 -1.0 0 4.04 3.20 .976 5.22 4.58
1969 SEP AL 26 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.30
1972 TOT AL 29 2B 22 9 109.2 76 31 43 2 11 .974 0.8 8.8 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 1 6.07 3.36 .978 5.17 4.42
1972 TOT AL 29 3B 13 8 69.0 31 8 18 5 5 .839 -1.3 -22.6 -2.3 -1.6 -0.7 1 3.39 2.00 .961 2.99 2.70
1972 OAK AL 29 2B 11 3 36.0 22 12 10 0 5 1.000 -0.7 -23.3 -1.7 -0.4 -1.3 1 5.50 2.00 .977 5.18 4.42
1972 OAK AL 29 3B 3 0 9.0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.4 53.3 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 .967 3.00 2.70
1972 MIL AL 29 2B 11 6 73.2 54 19 33 2 6 .963 1.5 24.4 1.5 0.0 1.5 0 6.35 4.73 .978 5.17 4.42
1972 MIL AL 29 3B 10 8 60.0 28 8 15 5 4 .821 -1.7 -34.0 -2.7 -2.0 -0.7 1 3.45 2.30 .961 2.98 2.70
5 Seasons 3B 99 50 522.1 188 37 133 18 10 .904 1.1 2.5 0.1 2.8 -2.7 1 2.93 1.72 .956 3.09 2.69
2 Seasons SS 81 67 629.2 321 119 186 16 28 .950 -10.3 -19.6 -9.3 -5.5 -3.9 -1 4.36 3.77 .964 4.87 4.24
3 Seasons 2B 37 17 180.0 120 50 66 4 14 .967 -2.1 -14.0 -3.1 -2.3 -0.8 1 5.80 3.14 .977 5.17 4.42
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.30
7 Seasons TOT 218 134 1333.0 631 208 385 38 52 .940 -11.3 -10.2 -12.3 -5.0 -7.4 1 4.00 2.72 .904 4.22 3.59
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1966 MIN AL 23 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1967 MIN AL 24 20 15 20 20 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1968 MIN AL 25 104 54 104 104 0 0 0 10 52 43 0 0 0 0 14 6
1969 SEP AL 26 57 46 57 57 0 0 1 5 15 38 0 0 0 0 0 4
1969 MIN AL 26 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1971 OAK AL 28 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1972 MIL AL 29 22 14 22 22 0 0 0 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1972 OAK AL 29 14 3 14 14 0 0 0 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1975 PHI NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Seasons 230 134 230 229 0 0 1 37 99 81 0 0 0 0 0 32 14
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1966 MIN AL 23 12 50% 92% 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 MIN AL 24 572 63% 75% 26% 46 87% 0 7 6 0 1 34 31 3 0 0 5 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1968 MIN AL 25 786 65% 77% 28% 75 88% 1 17 12 2 3 56 48 6 1 0 5 0 4 1 5 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 0
1969 SEP AL 26 561 48% 74% 26% 38 87% 1 4 4 0 0 30 26 2 1 0 3 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 MIN AL 26 60 57% 73% 23% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 MIL AL 29 272 74% 81% 28% 26 77% 0 8 4 2 2 15 11 4 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 100%
1972 OAK AL 29 43 60% 79% 30% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2306 61% 76% 27% 189 86% 2 36 26 4 6 139 119 16 2 0 18 0 15 3 17 9 7 0 9 0 0 0 3 67%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1968 MIN AL 25 1447 70% 76% 26% 150 92% 1 55 38 13 4 109 93 14 0 1 11 0 10 1 10 14 7 0 3 0 3 13 7 6 1 1 0
1969 SEP AL 26 1296 61% 74% 23% 118 92% 1 62 36 19 7 81 46 25 0 4 5 0 4 1 4 15 5 0 3 0 0 9 5 4 6 4 2
2 Seasons 2743 65% 75% 25% 268 92% 2 117 74 32 11 190 139 39 0 5 16 0 14 2 14 29 12 0 6 0 3 22 12 10 7 5 2
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1968 MIN AL 25 169 59% 75% 26% 15 87% 0 9 1 3 5 12 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
1969 SEP AL 26 168 52% 77% 25% 8 88% 0 9 2 5 2 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1972 MIL AL 29 302 66% 87% 34% 31 94% 0 19 2 11 6 31 27 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 6 3 1 2 0 6 2 4 0 0 0
1972 OAK AL 29 151 58% 81% 23% 13 92% 0 12 7 5 0 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 0 4 3 1 1 1 0
3 Seasons 790 60% 81% 28% 67 91% 0 49 12 24 13 58 48 8 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 15 5 2 5 0 14 5 8 1 1 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1969 SEP AL 26 3 67% 67% 33% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3 67% 67% 33% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 89%

* 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.

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