Willie Clark

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Full Name: William Otis Clark	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/195	First Game: June 20, 1895
Birthdate: August 16, 1872	Final Game: August 3, 1899
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: November 13, 1932
Deathplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Left/Unknown

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Willie Clark (William Otis Clark) was born on August 16, 1872 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on June 20, 1895 for the New York Giants. In 1896, his rookie year, he hit .291 with 0 home runs and 33 RBI. Clark played for the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 5 year career.

Most people believe that Willie Clark's best season was 1897, when he hit for a .283 average and knocked in 75 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1895	NY	N	23	88	9	23	0	16	.261	.301	.341	3	2	5	6	0	0	1	0	0
1896	NY	N	72	247	38	72	0	33	.291	.352	.372	12	4	15	12	8	2	8	0	0
1897	NY	N	116	431	63	122	1	75	.283	.352	.385	17	12	37	0	9	4	18	0	0
1898	PIT	N	57	209	29	64	1	31	.306	.378	.431	9	7	22	0	2	3	0	0	0
1899	PIT	N	80	298	49	85	0	44	.285	.379	.396	13	10	35	0	10	3	11	0	0
Total			348	1273	188	366	2	199	.288	.359	.390	54	35	114	18	29	12	38	0	0

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1895	NY	N	1B	23	0	0	213	14	6	16	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1896	NY	N	1B	65	0	0	634	25	17	40	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1897	NY	N	1B	107	0	0	1038	64	18	69	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1897	NY	N	OF	7	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1897	NY	N	3B	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1898	PIT	N	1B	57	0	0	601	27	10	29	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1899	PIT	N	1B	78	0	0	837	36	10	37	0	0	0	0	0	.989
Total			3B	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	7	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	330	0	0	3323	166	61	191	0	0	0	0	0	.983

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Sold by New York Giants to Pittsburgh Pirates (August 4, 1898).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (August 5, 1899).

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