Will Clark
William Nuschler Clark Jr. (the Thrill)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 13, 1964 in New Orleans, LA
High School: Jesuit (New Orleans, LA)
School: Mississippi State University
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1986
Final Game: October 1, 2000
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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
1986 SFG NL 22 1B 102 99 882.2 1025 942 72 11 76 .989 2.2 3.0 2.2 1.6 0.7 0 10.34 9.94 .992 9.94 8.31 RoY-5
1987 SFG NL 23 1B 139 133 1196.2 1369 1253 103 13 130 .991 -0.8 -0.8 -1.8 0.4 -2.2 1 10.20 9.76 .991 7.52 7.19 MVP-5
1988 SFG NL 24 1B 158 157 1369.1 1608 1492 104 12 126 .993 0.4 0.4 1.4 -4.4 5.8 -1 10.49 10.10 .991 6.57 6.33 AS,MVP-5
1989 SFG NL 25 1B 158 157 1374.0 1566 1445 111 10 117 .994 8.9 7.8 7.9 3.0 4.9 1 10.19 9.85 .992 6.55 6.33 AS,MVP-2,SS
1990 SFG NL 26 1B 153 152 1337.1 1587 1456 119 12 118 .992 -2.7 -2.4 -3.7 -1.2 -2.5 1 10.60 10.29 .992 6.73 6.54 AS
1991 SFG NL 27 1B 144 143 1234.1 1387 1273 110 4 115 .997 0.8 0.8 0.8 2.2 -1.4 0 10.08 9.60 .992 7.29 6.94 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1992 SFG NL 28 1B 141 141 1230.0 1390 1275 105 10 130 .993 -3.4 -3.3 -3.4 -1.6 -1.8 0 10.10 9.79 .993 7.32 7.09 AS
1993 SFG NL 29 1B 129 129 1113.1 1180 1078 88 14 113 .988 -6.8 -7.3 -6.8 -1.9 -4.9 0 9.43 9.04 .992 8.08 7.75
1994 TEX AL 30 1B 107 106 920.0 1051 968 73 10 87 .990 -2.6 -3.4 -2.6 -1.3 -1.3 0 10.18 9.73 .992 9.57 8.49 AS,MVP-15
1994 TEX AL 30 DH 1 AS,MVP-15
1995 TEX AL 31 1B 122 122 1058.1 1171 1076 88 7 125 .994 0.6 0.7 0.6 -1.5 2.1 0 9.90 9.54 .993 8.50 8.20
1995 TEX AL 31 DH 1
1996 TEX AL 32 1B 117 116 994.2 1033 956 73 4 90 .996 4.2 5.1 5.2 -1.4 6.6 -1 9.31 8.79 .992 9.05 7.92
1997 TEX AL 33 1B 100 98 848.0 946 880 62 4 86 .996 8.1 11.5 8.1 4.8 3.3 0 10.00 9.42 .992 9.31 8.04
1997 TEX AL 33 DH 7
1998 TEX AL 34 1B 134 133 1147.1 1165 1079 73 13 112 .989 -4.6 -4.8 -4.6 -1.2 -3.4 0 9.04 8.60 .992 7.84 7.46
1998 TEX AL 34 DH 15
1999 BAL AL 35 1B 63 62 532.1 620 575 42 3 54 .995 -1.7 -3.8 -1.7 -2.2 0.5 0 10.43 9.79 .992 9.50 8.33
1999 BAL AL 35 DH 4
2000 TOT MLB 36 1B 122 117 1011.0 1027 948 70 9 92 .991 -0.3 -0.4 0.7 -0.7 1.5 -1 9.06 8.34 .993 9.32 7.99
2000 BAL AL 36 1B 72 71 607.1 633 584 43 6 58 .991 -0.8 -1.6 0.2 -1.1 1.4 -1 9.29 8.71 .993 9.37 8.17
2000 BAL AL 36 DH 6
2000 STL NL 36 1B 50 46 403.2 394 364 27 3 34 .992 0.5 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.1 0 8.72 7.82 .992 9.25 7.73
15 Seasons 1B 1889 1865 16249.1 18125 16696 1293 136 1571 .992 2.3 0.2 2.3 -5.4 7.9 0 9.96 9.52 .992 8.00 7.40
6 Seasons DH 34
15 Seasons TOT 1889 1865 16249.1 18125 16696 1293 136 1571 .992 2.3 0.2 2.3 -5.4 7.9 0 9.96 9.52 .985 8.00 7.40
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
1986 SFG NL 22 111 99 111 102 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1987 SFG NL 23 150 133 150 139 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
1988 SFG NL 24 162 157 162 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1989 SFG NL 25 159 157 159 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1990 SFG NL 26 154 152 154 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1991 SFG NL 27 148 143 148 144 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1992 SFG NL 28 144 141 144 141 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1993 SFG NL 29 132 129 132 129 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1994 TEX AL 30 110 107 110 107 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
1995 TEX AL 31 123 123 123 122 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1996 TEX AL 32 117 116 117 117 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1997 TEX AL 33 110 104 110 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0
1998 TEX AL 34 149 148 149 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 0
1999 BAL AL 35 77 65 77 63 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 0
2000 BAL AL 36 79 77 79 72 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
2000 STL NL 36 51 46 51 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Seasons 1976 1897 1976 1889 0 0 1889 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 68 1
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 -- 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%
1986 SFG NL 22 3869 52% 75% 29% 253 92% 4 947 52 880 15 124 70 44 12 2 3 11 2 8 1 8 78 1 0 3 72 4 6 2 4 20 80%
1987 SFG NL 23 5297 53% 75% 28% 297 93% 4 1263 76 1154 33 112 99 66 17 3 2 13 4 9 0 7 133 6 3 0 118 11 15 2 13 21 81%
1988 SFG NL 24 5886 57% 79% 33% 368 94% 4 1489 96 1371 20 157 103 74 14 1 1 12 2 8 2 9 127 3 0 0 117 4 10 6 3 30 93%
1989 SFG NL 25 5929 51% 79% 32% 391 94% 1 1448 112 1312 20 158 111 77 19 3 4 10 0 9 1 8 120 6 1 1 109 10 10 2 8 33 88%
1990 SFG NL 26 5997 50% 79% 33% 365 94% 5 1461 94 1330 34 154 120 69 22 3 8 12 1 9 2 11 118 5 4 0 109 11 7 1 6 32 91%
1991 SFG NL 27 5499 55% 77% 31% 358 90% 2 1274 103 1138 30 129 111 65 23 0 4 4 1 1 2 2 115 2 1 3 107 6 8 1 7 33 91%
1992 SFG NL 28 5308 53% 77% 32% 317 91% 2 1276 94 1165 17 111 105 69 13 2 8 10 0 3 7 5 130 4 1 1 118 6 11 3 8 21 95%
1993 SFG NL 29 4750 57% 76% 31% 281 91% 0 1080 92 973 16 95 86 58 11 1 6 14 4 6 4 8 115 1 1 0 102 4 12 3 8 20 80%
1994 TEX AL 30 4261 58% 77% 35% 224 91% 2 965 57 894 14 82 74 55 12 1 2 12 4 7 1 7 87 0 2 2 81 4 6 1 4 8 88%
1995 TEX AL 31 4738 53% 76% 32% 235 94% 5 1074 66 985 17 80 86 59 10 2 3 7 0 6 1 6 124 3 2 0 118 7 5 2 2 13 77%
1996 TEX AL 32 4479 52% 75% 30% 254 93% 2 955 71 855 19 105 74 46 16 2 3 4 0 3 1 3 90 0 0 1 83 2 6 3 3 6 67%
1997 TEX AL 33 3862 56% 77% 31% 209 95% 1 878 71 783 16 73 61 43 11 0 4 4 1 2 1 2 86 0 0 2 78 5 6 2 4 4 75%
1998 TEX AL 34 5211 52% 76% 30% 306 79% 1 1076 82 981 11 101 73 52 9 4 3 13 4 8 1 8 112 0 0 4 97 7 15 6 9 9 67%
1999 BAL AL 35 2409 52% 74% 33% 131 91% 0 574 31 538 6 51 40 30 7 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 54 1 0 1 51 3 3 0 3 7 86%
2000 BAL AL 36 2837 54% 75% 28% 155 97% 1 581 42 533 6 69 42 33 5 1 3 6 0 6 0 4 58 0 0 1 48 1 10 2 8 9 100%
2000 STL NL 36 1790 54% 74% 27% 99 96% 1 367 33 330 4 36 26 23 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 2 34 0 0 0 29 0 5 1 4 4 75%
15 Seasons 72122 54% 77% 31% 4243 92% 35 16708 1172 15222 278 1637 1281 863 204 26 59 138 24 90 24 92 1581 32 15 19 1437 85 135 37 94 270 86%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 93% 85%

* 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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