Dave Clark

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: September 3, 1962 in Tupelo, MS us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (11th) of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from Jackson State University (Jackson, MS).

High School: Shannon HS (Shannon, MS)

School: Jackson State University (Jackson, MS)

Debut: September 3, 1986 (Age 24-000d, 15,233rd in major league history)
vs. TOR 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1998 (Age 36-024d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Full Name: David Earl Clark

Nicknames: Clarkie

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

1964

518

.264

248

RBI

284

OBP

.338

SLG

.408

OPS

.745

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 62 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 8 tying, 22 go ahead

3 Tms
PIT	35
CLE	17
CHC	10

Platoon
vs RHP	58
vs LHP	4

Home/Road
Home	37
Away	25

Outs
1	26
0	21
2	15

24 Opps
LAD	8
NYM	6
MIN	5
PHI	5
STL	4
COL	3
CIN	3
CAL	3
ATL	3
SFG	2
SDP	2
CHC	2
SEA	2
KCR	2
BOS	2
HOU	2
TEX	1
PIT	1
CLE	1
MON	1
FLA	1
MIL	1
CHW	1
TOR	1

53 Pitchers
Dwight Gooden	2
Pedro Martínez	2
José Rijo	2
Omar Olivares	2
Mark Clark	2
Kevin Gross	2
Tommy Greene	2
Oil Can Boyd	2
Tim Belcher	2
Ismael Valdez	1
Kevin Foster	1
Juan Berenguer	1
Mike Morgan	1
Jeff Reardon	1
Nolan Ryan	1
Wes Gardner	1
Kirk McCaskill	1
Bob Tewksbury	1
Francisco Oliveras	1
Mike Pérez	1
Roy Smith	1
Mark Thompson	1
Willie Fraser	1
Rod Beck	1
Jim Bruske	1
Bill Landrum	1
Ricky Bottalico	1
Mark Gardner	1
Frank Castillo	1
Les Straker	1
Jack Lazorko	1
Scott Sanders	1
Dave Stieb	1
John Franco	1
Todd Worrell	1
Chuck Crim	1
Pete Smith	1
Shawn Boskie	1
Mike Trujillo	1
Ricky Bones	1
Mark Wohlers	1
Erik Hanson	1
Bill Gullickson	1
Greg Hansell	1
Robert Person	1
Armando Reynoso	1
David Weathers	1
Terrell Wade	1
Mark Gubicza	1
José Bautista	1
Barry Jones	1
Tanyon Sturtze	1
Jeff Juden	1

20 Parks
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	25
ClevelandStd (CLE)	8
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Shea Stad (NYC)	4
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
MileHigh Std (DEN)	1

Where Hit
7	16
9	13
8	11
89	9
78	9

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	18
4	12
1	9
2	6
Unk	6
7+	5
5	5
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	60
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	32
1--	15
12-	8
-2-	6
1-3	1

101 RBI
RISP	15
0 on	32
1 on	21
2 on	9
Any on	30

Inning
1	3
2	8
3	5
4	11
5	4
6	6
7	7
8	6
9	12

1-3	16
4-6	21
7-end	25

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	4
+2	3
+1	4
Tied	17
-1	9
-2	6
-3	2
-4..	13

Ahead	15
Tied	17
Behind	30

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	10
0-0	9
2-1	9
3-2	6
Unk	6
2-0	5
1-2	4
0-1	4
0-2	3
3-1	3
1-0	2
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	29
LF	15
PH	10
DH	8

OrderPos
5th	15
4th	13
6th	9
7th	8
9th	8
8th	4
1st	2
2nd	2
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	17
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1986-09-25	CLE	@	CAL	Kirk McCaskill	tied 0-0	t 2	2	-2-		2	7	9	0.186	67%		Home Run (Deep CF); P. Tabler Scores
2	2	2	1	1986-09-26	CLE	@	SEA	Mike Trujillo	tied 2-2	t 4	1	---		1	7	9	0.127	60%		Home Run (Deep CF)
3	3	3	1	1986-10-03	CLE		SEA	Mike Morgan	behind 0-5	b 7	0	---		1	2	9	0.032	7%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1987-09-20	CLE	@	MIN	Les Straker	behind 0-3	t 7	0	1--		2	8	DH	0.159	32%		Home Run (CF-RF); C. Snyder Scores
5	5	2	1	1987-09-26	CLE		CAL	Willie Fraser	behind 4-5	b 3	1	12-		3	7	9	0.254	74%		Home Run; B. Jacoby Scores; J. Bell Scores
6	6	3	1	1987-10-03	CLE	@	CAL	Jack Lazorko	behind 3-11	t 8	1	-2-		2	4	DH	0.003	1%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Carter Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1988-05-31	CLE		KCR	Mark Gubicza	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	DH	0.102	79%		Home Run (Deep CF)
8	8	2	1	1988-09-04 (1)	CLE		CHW	Barry Jones	tied 2-2	b 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	9	0.420	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	3	1	1988-09-11	CLE	@	BOS	Wes Gardner	behind 0-1	t 5	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	6	9	0.142	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1989-04-12	CLE	@	BOS	Oil Can Boyd	tied 4-4	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	6	DH	0.123	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	2	1	1989-04-30	CLE	@	MIN	Roy Smith	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	DH	0.138	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
12	12	3	1	1989-05-05	CLE		MIN	Jeff Reardon	behind 1-2	b 9	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	DH	0.469	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	4	1	1989-05-07 (1)	CLE		MIN	Francisco Oliveras	tied 4-4	b 9	0	---	5,(2-2) ..CBCBX	1	8	PH	0.365	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
14	14	5	1	1989-05-07 (2)	CLE		MIN	Juan Berenguer	ahead 3-0	b 5	1	12-	4,(2-1) BFBX	3	7	DH	0.074	98%		Home Run; C. Snyder Scores; P. O'Brien Scores
15	15	6	1	1989-06-25	CLE	@	TEX	Nolan Ryan	behind 0-4	t 9	1	1--	3,(0-2) CCX	2	2	7	0.020	3%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); J. Browne Scores
16	16	7	1	1989-08-11 (2)	CLE		MIL	Chuck Crim	behind 4-8	b 9	0	---	4,(2-1) .FBBX	1	8	PH	0.022	4%		Home Run
17	17	8	1	1989-09-16	CLE	@	TOR	Dave Stieb	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	9	0.104	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1990-05-23	CHC		LAD	Tim Belcher	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	7	0.109	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
19	19	2	1	1990-07-15	CHC		LAD	Tim Belcher	ahead 3-1	b 4	2	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	1	7	0.083	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
20	20	3	1	1990-07-26	CHC	@	MON	Oil Can Boyd	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	7	0.105	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
21	21	4	1	1990-08-02	CHC		PIT	Bill Landrum	behind 3-8	b 8	0	1--	7,(3-2) BBBCFFX	2	9	7	0.049	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Girardi Scores
22	22	5	1	1990-08-28	CHC	@	HOU	Bill Gullickson	ahead 3-0	t 6	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	5	7	0.055	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1992-06-23	PIT		STL	Omar Olivares	tied 0-0	b 2	1	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	7	9	0.242	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. LaValliere Scores; S. Buechele Scores; D. Clark Scores
24	24	2	1	1992-07-02	PIT		CIN	José Rijo	behind 0-2	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	9	0.144	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Clark Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1993-05-28	PIT		LAD	Todd Worrell	behind 0-7	b 9	1	1--	4,(1-2) .FSBX	2	9	PH	0.002	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. García Scores
26	26	2	1	1993-06-25	PIT		PHI	Tommy Greene	ahead 4-3	b 3	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	7	0.102	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
27	27	3	1	1993-07-24	PIT		ATL	Pete Smith	behind 0-4	b 3	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	5	9	0.135	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball); J. King Scores
28	28	4	1	1993-08-12	PIT		STL	Bob Tewksbury	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	5	7	0.107	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
29	29	5	1	1993-08-22	PIT	@	SDP	Pedro Martínez	ahead 7-1	t 4	2	1--	3,(1-1) .B1CX	2	5	9	0.033	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. King Scores
30	30	6	1	1993-08-31	PIT		LAD	Kevin Gross	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	7	0.111	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
31	31	7	1	1993-09-03	PIT	@	COL	Armando Reynoso	ahead 3-1	t 3	2	---	7,(3-2) SBFFBBX	1	6	9	0.087	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
32	32	8	1	1993-09-19	PIT	@	STL	Mike Pérez	behind 4-5	t 9	2	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	4	PH	0.736	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Van Slyke Scores
33	33	9	1	1993-09-22	PIT		NYM	John Franco	behind 2-4	b 9	0	1--	3,(2-0) B1BX	2	5	9	0.455	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. King Scores
34	34	10	1	1993-09-29	PIT		PHI	Kevin Foster	ahead 5-1	b 4	2	1--	7,(3-2) BCBSBFX	2	5	9	0.058	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); J. King Scores
35	35	11	1	1993-09-30	PIT		PHI	Tommy Greene	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	9	0.055	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1994-04-15	PIT		LAD	Kevin Gross	tied 2-2	b 6	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	4	9	0.218	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Van Slyke Scores
37	37	2	1	1994-06-06	PIT		SFG	Rod Beck	behind 1-4	b 9	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	5	7	0.033	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Varsho Scores
38	38	3	1	1994-06-12	PIT		FLA	David Weathers	tied 0-0	b 4	1	-2-	3,(2-0) 11>B.BX	2	4	9	0.186	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Martin Scores
39	39	4	1	1994-06-21	PIT		PHI	Shawn Boskie	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	5,(1-2) ..SSFBX	3	4	7	0.206	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball); J. Bell Scores/unER; O. Merced Scores/unER; D. Clark Scores
40	40	5	1	1994-06-24	PIT	@	NYM	Dwight Gooden	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1-3	6,(3-2) BCBFBX	3	4	9	0.187	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Bell Scores; O. Merced Scores
41	41	6	2	1994-06-24	PIT	@	NYM	Dwight Gooden	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	4	9	0.084	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
42	42	7	1	1994-07-02	PIT		CIN	Erik Hanson	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	4	9	0.104	66%		Home Run (Line Drive)
43	43	8	1	1994-07-09	PIT	@	CIN	José Rijo	behind 1-2	t 4	0	1--	2,(1-0) 11B1X	2	4	9	0.201	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); A. Van Slyke Scores
44	44	9	1	1994-07-26	PIT		CHC	José Bautista	behind 2-4	b 7	2	1--	5,(3-1) .FB11BBX	2	9	PH	0.343	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball); M. Cummings Scores
45	45	10	1	1994-08-06	PIT		STL	Omar Olivares	tied 2-2	b 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	0.232	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1995-05-16	PIT	@	LAD	Ismael Valdez	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	4	9	0.130	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
47	47	2	1	1995-06-14	PIT		LAD	Greg Hansell	behind 3-8	b 9	1	-2-	3,(0-2) .FCX	2	9	9	0.010	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Parent Scores/unER
48	48	3	1	1995-06-30	PIT	@	HOU	Pedro Martínez	ahead 9-4	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) ..FBX	1	3	7	0.019	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
49	49	4	1	1995-07-05	PIT		PHI	Ricky Bottalico	behind 2-3	b 8	2	12-	4,(1-2) ....BCFX	3	4	PH	0.636	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Brumfield Scores; O. Merced Scores
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1996-05-26	PIT		ATL	Mark Wohlers	behind 2-3	b 9	1	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	8	PH	0.465	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
51	51	2	1	1996-06-19 (2)	PIT		NYM	Robert Person	tied 0-0	b 4	0	12-	3,(1-1) FBX	3	6	7	0.190	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Johnson Scores; C. Hayes Scores
52	52	3	1	1996-07-02	PIT		CHC	Tanyon Sturtze	behind 4-14	b 8	1	12-	4,(2-1) BF*BX	3	9	7	0.002	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Kingery Scores; J. Kendall Scores
53	53	4	1	1996-08-01	PIT	@	NYM	Mark Clark	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	-2-	4,(2-1) B.SBX	2	5	9	0.098	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); N. Liriano Scores
54	54	5	1	1996-08-07	PIT		LAD	Jim Bruske	ahead 7-2	b 7	1	1--	5,(3-1) BBCBX	2	5	9	0.011	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. King Scores
55	55	6	1	1996-08-08	PIT		SDP	Scott Sanders	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	0.099	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball); D. Clark Scores
56	56	7	1	1996-08-24	PIT	@	COL	Mark Thompson	behind 2-7	t 6	1	---	7,(3-2) BTFBFBX	1	4	9	0.034	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Clark Scores
57	57	8	1	1996-08-28	PIT		ATL	Terrell Wade	behind 1-6	b 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	0.047	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1997-04-19	CHC	@	NYM	Mark Clark	behind 1-3	t 7	2	1--	8,(3-2) .BFBBF>F>F>X	2	9	PH	0.290	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); R. Sánchez Scores
59	59	2	1	1997-06-30	CHC		KCR	Ricky Bones	behind 5-7	b 8	2	12-	3,(1-1) .BFX	3	9	PH	0.678	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); S. Servais Scores; R. Sánchez Scores
60	60	3	1	1997-07-25	CHC	@	COL	Frank Castillo	behind 2-9	t 9	1	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	9	PH	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
61	61	4	1	1997-08-13	CHC	@	SFG	Mark Gardner	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	5	7	0.129	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
62	62	5	1	1997-08-31	CHC	@	CLE	Jeff Juden	behind 2-8	t 8	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	5	DH	0.024	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Sosa Scores

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LAD	8
NYM	6
MIN	5
PHI	5
STL	4
COL	3
CIN	3
CAL	3
ATL	3
SFG	2
SDP	2
CHC	2
SEA	2
KCR	2
BOS	2
HOU	2
TEX	1
PIT	1
CLE	1
MON	1
FLA	1
MIL	1
CHW	1
TOR	1

LAD	8
NYM	6
MIN	5
PHI	5
STL	4
COL	3
CIN	3
CAL	3
ATL	3
SFG	2
SDP	2
CHC	2
SEA	2
KCR	2
BOS	2
HOU	2
TEX	1
PIT	1
CLE	1
MON	1
FLA	1
MIL	1
CHW	1
TOR	1

LAD	8
NYM	6
MIN	5
PHI	5
STL	4
COL	3
CIN	3
CAL	3
ATL	3
SFG	2
SDP	2
CHC	2
SEA	2
KCR	2
BOS	2
HOU	2
TEX	1
PIT	1
CLE	1
MON	1
FLA	1
MIL	1
CHW	1
TOR	1