Mark Clear
[edit] Biography
Born on May 27, 1956 in Los Angeles, California, Mark Clear (Mark Alan Clear) played for the California Angels, Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 11 year career. Clear broke into the bigs on April 4, 1979 with the California Angels, and put up a 3.63 ERA in 109 innings pitched in 1979, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Mark Clear's best season was 1982, when he posted a 3.00 ERA, won 14 games, notched 14 saves and struck out 109 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1979
| CAL
| A
| 52
| 0
| 11
| 5
| 3.63
| 98
| 48
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 109
| 87
| 6
| 68
| 5
| 9
| 3
|
| 1980
| CAL
| A
| 58
| 0
| 11
| 11
| 3.30
| 105
| 51
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 106.1
| 82
| 2
| 65
| 9
| 4
| 5
|
| 1981
| BOS
| A
| 34
| 0
| 8
| 3
| 4.11
| 82
| 36
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 76.2
| 69
| 11
| 51
| 2
| 6
| 2
|
| 1982
| BOS
| A
| 55
| 0
| 14
| 9
| 3.00
| 109
| 39
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 105
| 92
| 11
| 61
| 6
| 1
| 7
|
| 1983
| BOS
| A
| 48
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 6.28
| 81
| 71
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 96
| 101
| 10
| 68
| 5
| 2
| 3
|
| 1984
| BOS
| A
| 47
| 0
| 8
| 3
| 4.03
| 76
| 38
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 67
| 47
| 2
| 70
| 3
| 6
| 2
|
| 1985
| BOS
| A
| 41
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 3.72
| 55
| 26
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 55.2
| 45
| 1
| 50
| 10
| 8
| 5
|
| 1986
| MIL
| A
| 59
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 2.20
| 85
| 23
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 73.2
| 53
| 4
| 36
| 2
| 8
| 1
|
| 1987
| MIL
| A
| 58
| 1
| 8
| 5
| 4.48
| 81
| 46
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 78.1
| 70
| 9
| 55
| 3
| 3
| 5
|
| 1988
| MIL
| A
| 25
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2.79
| 26
| 12
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 23
| 4
| 21
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1990
| CAL
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.87
| 6
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.2
| 5
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 481
| 1
| 71
| 49
| 3.85
| 804
| 397
| 344
| 0
| 0
| 83
| 804.1
| 674
| 60
| 554
| 45
| 49
| 35
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1979
| CAL
| A
| P
| 52
| 0
| 109
| 4
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 20
| 3
| 0
| .875
|
| 1980
| CAL
| A
| P
| 58
| 0
| 106.1
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 19
| 6
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1981
| BOS
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 76.2
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| BOS
| A
| P
| 55
| 0
| 105
| 7
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 21
| 3
| 0
| .857
|
| 1983
| BOS
| A
| P
| 48
| 0
| 96
| 8
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 33
| 1
| 1
| .929
|
| 1984
| BOS
| A
| P
| 47
| 0
| 67
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| BOS
| A
| P
| 41
| 0
| 55.2
| 4
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 11
| 2
| 0
| .889
|
| 1986
| MIL
| A
| P
| 59
| 0
| 73.2
| 4
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 0
| .909
|
| 1987
| MIL
| A
| P
| 58
| 1
| 78.1
| 8
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 4
| 0
| .952
|
| 1988
| MIL
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 29
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| CAL
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 7.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 481
| 1
| 804.1
| 49
| 79
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 157
| 23
| 1
| .928
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1979
| CAL
| A
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| CAL
| A
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| BOS
| A
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| BOS
| A
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| BOS
| A
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| BOS
| A
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| BOS
| A
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| MIL
| A
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| MIL
| A
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| MIL
| A
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| CAL
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 481
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in the 8th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1974 - signed June 8, 1974).
- Released by Philadelphia Phillies (April 2, 1975).
- Signed by California Angels (June 16, 1975).
- Traded by California Angels with Carney Lansford and Rick Miller to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Rick Burleson and Butch Hobson (December 10, 1980).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Ed Romero (December 11, 1985).
- Granted free agency (November 9, 1987).
- Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (December 14, 1987).
- Released by Milwaukee Brewers (October 13, 1988).
- Signed by California Angels (January 28, 1989).
- Released by California Angels (December 20, 1989).
- Signed by California Angels (February 2, 1990).
- Released by California Angels (June 6, 1990).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (June 22, 1990).
- Released by Chicago Cubs (September 21, 1990).
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