Mark Clark

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 225lb (196cm, 102kg)

Born: May 12, 1968 in Bath, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 9th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lincoln Land Community College (Springfield, IL).

High School: Balyki HS (Bath, IL)

Schools: Lincoln Land Community College (Springfield, IL), MacMurray College (Jacksonville, IL)

Debut: September 6, 1991 (Age 23-117d, 13,651st in MLB history)
vs. SDP 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 1, 2000 (Age 32-050d)
vs. SEA 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Full Name: Mark Willard Clark

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.9

W

L

ERA

4.61

G

219

GS

197

SV

IP

1246.1

SO

728

WHIP

1.389

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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1988	20	STL-min	A-	6	7	.462	3.05	15	15	0	2	0	0	94.1	88	39	32	10	32	2	60	0	1	2				1.272	8.4	1.0	3.1	5.7	1.88	HAM NYPL
1989	21	STL-min	A	14	9	.609	2.44	27	27	0	4	2	0	173.2	143	61	47	8	52	0	132	1	3	11				1.123	7.4	0.4	2.7	6.8	2.54	SAV SALL
1990	22	STL-min	AA,A+	8	13	.381	3.55	29	29	0	6	1	0	177.1	174	89	70	14	51	2	145	1	2	9				1.269	8.8	0.7	2.6	7.4	2.84	ARK,SPT TL,FLOR
1991	23	STL-min	AA,AAA	8	7	.533	3.66	22	21	0	5	2	0	137.2	142	67	56	6	45	4	105	2	0	2	587			1.358	9.3	0.4	2.9	6.9	2.33	ARK,LOU TL,AA
1991	23	STL	NL	1	1	.500	4.03	7	2	1	0	0	0	22.1	17	10	10	3	11	0	13	0	0	2	93	93	4.92	1.254	6.9	1.2	4.4	5.2	1.18
1992	24	STL-min	AAA	4	4	.500	2.80	9	9	0	4	3	0	61.0	56	20	19	4	15	0	38	1	0	2	250			1.164	8.3	0.6	2.2	5.6	2.53	LOU AA
1992	24	STL	NL	3	10	.231	4.45	20	20	0	1	1	0	113.1	117	59	56	12	36	2	44	0	0	4	488	77	4.34	1.350	9.3	1.0	2.9	3.5	1.22
1993	25	CLE-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	2.08	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	9	5	3	0	2	0	12	0	0	0	52			0.846	6.2	0.0	1.4	8.3	6.00	CHR IL
1993	25	CLE	AL	7	5	.583	4.28	26	15	1	1	0	0	109.1	119	55	52	18	25	1	57	1	0	1	454	102	4.80	1.317	9.8	1.5	2.1	4.7	2.28
1994	26	CLE	AL	11	3	.786	3.82	20	20	0	4	1	0	127.1	133	61	54	14	40	0	60	4	1	9	540	122	4.65	1.359	9.4	1.0	2.8	4.2	1.50
1995	27	CLE-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	3.57	5	5	0	0	0	0	35.1	39	14	14	0	10	0	17	2	0	0	151			1.387	9.9	0.0	2.5	4.3	1.70	BFL AA
1995	27	CLE	AL	9	7	.563	5.27	22	21	0	2	0	0	124.2	143	77	73	13	42	0	68	4	0	8	552	89	4.47	1.484	10.3	0.9	3.0	4.9	1.62
1996	28	NYM	NL	14	11	.560	3.43	32	32	0	2	0	0	212.1	217	98	81	20	48	8	142	3	2	6	883	117	3.78	1.248	9.2	0.8	2.0	6.0	2.96
1997	29	TOT	NL	14	8	.636	3.82	32	31	0	3	0	0	205.0	213	96	87	24	59	3	123	4	1	4	866	109	4.35	1.327	9.4	1.1	2.6	5.4	2.08
1997	29	NYM	NL	8	7	.533	4.25	23	22	0	1	0	0	142.0	158	74	67	18	47	2	72	3	0	4	608	96	4.80	1.444	10.0	1.1	3.0	4.6	1.53
1997	29	CHC	NL	6	1	.857	2.86	9	9	0	2	0	0	63.0	55	22	20	6	12	1	51	1	1	0	258	151	3.35	1.063	7.9	0.9	1.7	7.3	4.25
1998	30	CHC	NL	9	14	.391	4.84	33	33	0	2	1	0	213.2	236	116	115	23	48	4	161	4	2	5	918	90	3.76	1.329	9.9	1.0	2.0	6.8	3.35
1999	31	TEX-min	A+,A	0	0		0.82	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.0	7	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	40			0.818	5.7	0.0	1.6	2.5	1.50	CHT,SAV FLOR,SALL
1999	31	TEX	AL	3	7	.300	8.60	15	15	0	0	0	0	74.1	103	73	71	17	34	1	44	1	0	7	353	59	6.34	1.843	12.5	2.1	4.1	5.3	1.29
2000	32	TEX	AL	3	5	.375	7.98	12	8	1	0	0	0	44.0	66	42	39	10	24	2	16	3	0	1	220	63	7.20	2.045	13.5	2.0	4.9	3.3	0.67
10 Yrs				74	71	.510	4.61	219	197	3	15	3	0	1246.1	1364	687	638	154	367	21	728	24	6	47	5367	93	4.46	1.389	9.8	1.1	2.7	5.3	1.98
162 Game Avg.				12	12	.510	4.61	36	32	0	2	0	0	204	223	112	104	25	60	3	119	4	1	8	877	93	4.46	1.389	9.8	1.1	2.7	5.3	1.98

CLE (3 yrs)				27	15	.643	4.46	68	56	1	7	1	0	361.1	395	193	179	45	107	1	185	9	1	18	1546	103	4.64	1.389	9.8	1.1	2.7	4.6	1.73
NYM (2 yrs)				22	18	.550	3.76	55	54	0	3	0	0	354.1	375	172	148	38	95	10	214	6	2	10	1491	108	4.19	1.326	9.5	1.0	2.4	5.4	2.25
STL (2 yrs)				4	11	.267	4.38	27	22	1	1	1	0	135.2	134	69	66	15	47	2	57	0	0	6	581	79	4.43	1.334	8.9	1.0	3.1	3.8	1.21
TEX (2 yrs)				6	12	.333	8.37	27	23	1	0	0	0	118.1	169	115	110	27	58	3	60	4	0	8	573	61	6.66	1.918	12.9	2.1	4.4	4.6	1.03
CHC (2 yrs)				15	15	.500	4.39	42	42	0	4	1	0	276.2	291	138	135	29	60	5	212	5	3	5	1176	99	3.67	1.269	9.5	0.9	2.0	6.9	3.53

NL (5 yrs)				41	44	.482	4.10	124	118	1	8	2	0	766.2	800	379	349	82	202	17	483	11	5	21	3248	99	4.04	1.307	9.4	1.0	2.4	5.7	2.39
AL (5 yrs)				33	27	.550	5.42	95	79	2	7	1	0	479.2	564	308	289	72	165	4	245	13	1	26	2119	87	5.13	1.520	10.6	1.4	3.1	4.6	1.48

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