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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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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 22 SFG NL 111 458 408 66 117 27 2 11 41 4 7 34 76 .287 .343 .444 .787 121 181 3 3 9 4 10 3 RoY-5
1987 23 SFG NL 150 588 529 89 163 29 5 35 91 5 17 49 98 .308 .371 .580 .951 152 307 2 5 3 2 11 *3 MVP-5
1988 24 SFG NL 162 689 575 102 162 31 6 29 109 9 1 100 129 .282 .386 .508 .894 160 292 9 4 0 10 27 *3 AS,MVP-5
1989 25 SFG NL 159 675 588 104 196 38 9 23 111 8 3 74 103 .333 .407 .546 .953 175 321 6 5 0 8 14 *3 AS,MVP-2,SS
1990 26 SFG NL 154 678 600 91 177 25 5 19 95 8 2 62 97 .295 .357 .448 .805 125 269 7 3 0 13 9 *3 AS
1991 27 SFG NL 148 622 565 84 170 32 7 29 116 4 2 51 91 .301 .359 .536 .895 154 303 5 2 0 4 12 *3 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1992 28 SFG NL 144 601 513 69 154 40 1 16 73 12 7 73 82 .300 .384 .476 .860 150 244 5 4 0 11 23 *3 AS
1993 29 SFG NL 132 567 491 82 139 27 2 14 73 2 2 63 68 .283 .367 .432 .799 117 212 10 6 1 6 6 *3
1994 30 TEX AL 110 469 389 73 128 24 2 13 80 5 1 71 59 .329 .431 .501 .932 140 195 5 3 0 6 11 *3/D AS,MVP-15
1995 31 TEX AL 123 537 454 85 137 27 3 16 92 0 1 68 50 .302 .389 .480 .869 123 218 7 4 0 11 6 *3/D
1996 32 TEX AL 117 512 436 69 124 25 1 13 72 2 1 64 67 .284 .377 .436 .813 101 190 10 5 0 7 5 *3
1997 33 TEX AL 110 450 393 56 128 29 1 12 51 0 0 49 62 .326 .400 .496 .896 128 195 4 3 0 5 11 3/D
1998 34 TEX AL 149 636 554 98 169 41 1 23 102 1 0 72 97 .305 .384 .507 .891 126 281 15 3 0 7 5 *3D
1999 35 BAL AL 77 294 251 40 76 15 0 10 29 2 2 38 42 .303 .395 .482 .877 127 121 5 2 0 3 2 3/D
2000 36 TOT MLB 130 507 427 78 136 30 2 21 70 5 2 69 69 .319 .418 .546 .964 144 233 7 7 0 4 3 *3/D
2000 36 BAL AL 79 310 256 49 77 15 1 9 28 4 2 47 45 .301 .413 .473 .886 129 121 4 4 0 3 3 3/D
2000 36 STL NL 51 197 171 29 59 15 1 12 42 1 0 22 24 .345 .426 .655 1.081 166 112 3 3 0 1 0 3
15 Seasons 1976 8283 7173 1186 2176 440 47 284 1205 67 48 937 1190 .303 .384 .497 .880 137 3562 100 59 13 101 155
162 Game Avg. 162 679 588 97 178 36 4 23 99 5 4 77 98 .303 .384 .497 .880 137 292 8 5 1 8 13
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
SFG (8 yrs) 1160 4878 4269 687 1278 249 37 176 709 52 41 506 744 .299 .373 .499 .872 145 2129 47 32 13 58 112
TEX (5 yrs) 609 2604 2226 381 686 146 8 77 397 8 3 324 335 .308 .395 .485 .880 123 1079 41 18 0 36 38
BAL (2 yrs) 156 604 507 89 153 30 1 19 57 6 4 85 87 .302 .404 .477 .881 128 242 9 6 0 6 5
STL (1 yr) 51 197 171 29 59 15 1 12 42 1 0 22 24 .345 .426 .655 1.081 166 112 3 3 0 1 0
NL (9 yrs) 1211 5075 4440 716 1337 264 38 188 751 53 41 528 768 .301 .375 .505 .880 146 2241 50 35 13 59 112
AL (7 yrs) 765 3208 2733 470 839 176 9 96 454 14 7 409 422 .307 .397 .483 .880 124 1321 50 24 0 42 43

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 23 SFG NL NLCS STL L 7 28 25 3 9 2 0 1 3 1 1 3 6 .360 .429 .560 .989 14 1 0 0 0 1
1989 25 SFG NL NLCS CHC W 5 22 20 8 13 3 1 2 8 0 0 2 2 .650 .682 1.200 1.882 24 0 0 0 0 0
1989 25 SFG NL WS OAK L 4 17 16 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .294 .313 .607 5 0 0 0 0 0
1996 32 TEX AL ALDS NYY L 4 19 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .125 .263 .125 .388 2 1 0 0 0 1
1998 34 TEX AL ALDS NYY L 3 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091 .167 .091 .258 1 0 0 0 0 0
2000 36 STL NL NLDS ATL W 3 14 12 3 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .250 .357 .500 .857 6 0 1 0 0 1
2000 36 STL NL NLCS NYM L 5 20 17 3 7 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 .412 .500 .706 1.206 12 0 1 0 0 0
5 Seasons (7 Series) 31 132 117 20 39 8 1 5 16 1 1 13 19 .333 .409 .547 .956 64 2 2 0 0 3
1 NLDS 3 14 12 3 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .250 .357 .500 .857 6 0 1 0 0 1
2 ALDS 7 31 27 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .111 .226 .111 .337 3 1 0 0 0 1
3 NLCS 17 70 62 14 29 7 1 4 12 1 1 7 9 .468 .529 .806 1.335 50 1 1 0 0 1
1 WS 4 17 16 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .294 .313 .607 5 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
2006 BBWAA ( 4.4%)

All-Star Games
1988 (1B)
1989 (1B)
1990 (1B)
1991 (1B)
1992 *
1994 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1989 NL NLCS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1987 NL (5, 38%)
1988 NL (5, 40%)
1989 NL (2, 67%)
1991 NL (4, 35%)
1994 AL (15, 4%)
1.84 Career Shares (108th)

Gold Gloves
1991 NL (1B)

Silver Sluggers
1989 NL (1B)
1991 NL (1B)
All multiple winners

Batting Average s c a p y
1987 NL  .308 (6th)
1989 NL  .333 (2nd)
1991 NL  .301 (8th)
1994 AL  .329 (8th)
Career  .303 (159th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1988 NL  .386 (3rd)
1989 NL  .407 (3rd)
1992 NL  .384 (8th)
1994 AL  .431 (5th)
Career  .384 (144th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1987 NL  .580 (4th)
1988 NL  .508 (3rd)
1989 NL  .546 (3rd)
1991 NL  .536 (1st)
1992 NL  .476 (9th)
Career  .497 (116th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1987 NL  .951 (8th)
1988 NL  .894 (2nd)
1989 NL  .953 (2nd)
1991 NL  .895 (2nd)
1992 NL  .860 (8th)
Career  .880 (94th)

Games Played s c a p y
1988 NL  162 (1st)
1989 NL  159 (8th)
Career  1976 (241st)

At Bats s c a p y
1989 NL  588 (10th)
1990 NL  600 (9th)
Career  7173 (232nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1988 NL  689 (1st)
1989 NL  675 (7th)
1990 NL  678 (7th)
Career  8283 (203rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1988 NL  102 (3rd)
1989 NL  104 (1st)
Career  1186 (175th)

Hits s c a p y
1989 NL  196 (2nd)
1990 NL  177 (8th)
1991 NL  170 (6th)
Career  2176 (175th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1987 NL  307 (5th)
1988 NL  292 (5th)
1989 NL  321 (2nd)
1991 NL  303 (1st)
Career  3562 (136th)

Doubles s c a p y
1989 NL  38 (4th)
1992 NL  40 (2nd)
1998 AL  41 (7th)
Career  440 (102nd)

Triples s c a p y
1989 NL  9 (3rd)
1991 NL  7 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1987 NL  35 (6th)
1988 NL  29 (3rd)
1989 NL  23 (10th)
1991 NL  29 (6th)
Career  284 (144th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1988 NL  109 (1st)
1989 NL  111 (3rd)
1990 NL  95 (9th)
1991 NL  116 (2nd)
Career  1205 (131st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1988 NL  100 (1st)
1994 AL  71 (6th)
Career  937 (143rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1988 NL  129 (3rd)
Career  1190 (141st)

Singles s c a p y
1989 NL  126 (6th)
1990 NL  128 (8th)
1994 AL  89 (9th)
Career  1405 (242nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1987 NL  152 (7th)
1988 NL  160 (2nd)
1989 NL  175 (2nd)
1991 NL  154 (2nd)
1992 NL  150 (7th)
Career  137 (93rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1988 NL  120 (1st)
1989 NL  136 (1st)
1990 NL  101 (9th)
1991 NL  110 (4th)
1994 AL  91 (10th)
Career  1415 (97th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1987 NL  38 (9th)
1988 NL  49 (1st)
1989 NL  59 (2nd)
1991 NL  38 (3rd)
1992 NL  38 (7th)
1994 AL  28 (8th)
Career  405 (71st)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1987 NL  3.6 (9th)
1988 NL  5.1 (1st)
1989 NL  6.1 (2nd)
1991 NL  3.9 (3rd)
1992 NL  3.9 (7th)
1994 AL  2.5 (8th)
Career  39.6 (70th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1987 NL  69 (6th)
1988 NL  66 (3rd)
1989 NL  70 (4th)
1991 NL  68 (3rd)
Career  771 (117th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1988 NL  266 (1st)
1989 NL  275 (1st)
1990 NL  242 (6th)
1994 AL  202 (8th)
Career  3172 (150th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1987 NL  .698 (9th)
1988 NL  .760 (1st)
1989 NL  .811 (2nd)
1991 NL  .733 (3rd)
1992 NL  .721 (8th)
1994 AL  .718 (6th)
Career  .685 (101st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1989 NL  5 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1988 NL  10 (2nd)
1989 NL  8 (3rd)
1990 NL  13 (2nd)
1992 NL  11 (2nd)
1994 AL  6 (10th)
1995 AL  11 (2nd)
Career  101 (27th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1988 NL  27 (1st)
1991 NL  12 (7th)
1992 NL  23 (2nd)
1994 AL  11 (7th)
1997 AL  11 (7th)
Career  155 (37th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1987 NL  17 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1992 NL  13.7 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1987 NL  15.1 (7th)
1988 NL  19.8 (4th)
1991 NL  19.5 (9th)

Salary s c a p y
1990 NL  $2,250,000 (2nd)
1991 NL  $3,750,000 (2nd)
1992 NL  $4,275,000 (8th)
1993 NL  $4,750,000 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 13 (180), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 94 (242), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 84 (206), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 42 (132), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Moises Alou (894)
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  5. Paul O'Neill (889)
  6. Bob Johnson (888)
  7. Bobby Abreu (886)
  8. Bernie Williams (881)
  9. Don Mattingly (879)
  10. Jim Bottomley (876) *
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  5. Kent Hrbek (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Kent Hrbek (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Kent Hrbek (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rafael Palmeiro (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rafael Palmeiro (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Kent Hrbek (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bernie Williams (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bernie Williams (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  14. Luis Gonzalez (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1985 amateur draft.

October 25, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

November 22, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

November 5, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

July 31, 2000: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jose Leon.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986San Francisco Giants$60,000
1987San Francisco Giants$120,000
1988San Francisco Giants$320,000
1989San Francisco Giants$1,125,000
1990San Francisco Giants$2,250,000
1991San Francisco Giants$3,750,000
1992San Francisco Giants$4,275,000
1993San Francisco Giants$4,750,000
1994Texas Rangers$3,875,972
1995Texas Rangers$5,647,726
1996Texas Rangers$5,657,365
1997Texas Rangers$5,657,365
1998Texas Rangers$5,812,595
1999Baltimore Orioles$4,920,840
2000Baltimore Orioles$6,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$54,221,863
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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