Mel Clark
| Mel Clark | |
|---|---|
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| Right fielder | |
| Born: July 7, 1926 Letart, West Virginia, U.S. | |
| Died: May 1, 2014 (aged 87) West Columbia, West Virginia, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 11, 1951, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 1, 1957, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .277 |
| Home runs | 3 |
| Runs batted in | 63 |
| Teams | |
Melvin Earl Clark (July 7, 1926 – May 1, 2014) was an American professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (1951–1955) and Detroit Tigers (1957), appearing in 215 big league games. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall, and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg).
Clark was born in
at bats, including his first big-league home run, hit September 12 against Howie Pollet of the Pittsburgh Pirates.[2]
Clark then spent all of
Washington Senators in a July 1956 minor-league transaction; after a half-season at Triple-A, the Senators sold his contract to the Detroit Tigers, where in 1957
he batted seven times in five games before returning to the high minors for the final two seasons of his pro career.
Over the course of his MLB career, Clark had 182 hits in 656 at bats, with 29 doubles, 15 triples, and three home runs.
References
- ^ Baseball in Wartime.com
- ^ Retrosheet box score: September 12, 1951. retrosheet.org. Retrosheet.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Mel Clark at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
- Mel Clark at Find a Grave
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