Mel Clark

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: July 7, 1924 in Letart, WV us

Died: May 1, 2014 in West Columbia, WV

Buried: Sunrise Memorial Gardens, Letart, WV

High School: Wahama HS (New Haven, WV)

School: Ohio University (Athens, OH)

Debut: September 11, 1951 (Age 27-066d, 10,842nd in major league history)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 1, 1957 (Age 32-298d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Melvin Earl Clark

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.5

656

182

.277

RBI

OBP

.318

SLG

.381

OPS

.699

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-25 / in Starts: 19-17
Longest Hitting Streak	17 games
Longest On Base Streak	17 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	1 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 167 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	93 (52-26-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 167 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	105 (55-33-16)

Most Driven In
C Ryan	5
R Ashburn	4
D Ennis	2
S Lopata	1
E Waitkus	1
C Simmons	1
Self	1
G Hamner	0

Most Driven In By
D Ennis	4
S Lopata	3
G Hamner	3
W Jones	2
C Ryan	2
S Burgess	2
P Caballero	1
Self	1

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	11	4 (3)	Apr 19	PHI		BSN	L,7-9	CG	5	4	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.750	.800	1.250	2.050	5	.93	0.132	2.12	0.18%	1.37	LF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	12	16 (11)	May 4 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.556	.600	1.000	1.600	5	1.42	0.009	1.86	0.01%	0.98	LF
3	13	17	May 6	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.385	.467	.692	1.159	7						LF
4	14	18	May 7	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.313	.389	.563	.951	7						LF
5	15	22 (3)	May 13	PHI		CHC	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.368	.455	.579	1.033	7	.45	0.098	.56	0.07%	1.74	LF
6	16	23	May 14	PHI		CHC	W,9-2	3-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.440	.545	.985	7	.07	0.002	.08	0.00%	-0.06	PH LF
7	17	30 (6)	May 23	PHI		BRO	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.348	.423	.522	.945	9	.39	-0.010	.68	-0.01%	-0.22	PH
8	18	31	May 24	PHI		BRO	L,0-5	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.407	.500	.907	9	.71	-0.018	.99	-0.02%	-0.22	PH
9	19	32	May 27 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,2-4	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.276	.344	.414	.758	5	2.04	-0.287	1.69	-0.14%	-1.68	LF
10	20	33	May 27 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,5-4	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.344	.414	.758	9						PR
11	21	37 (3)	May 31	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.324	.387	.711	6	.71	-0.035	.57	-0.02%	-0.38	LF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	22	42 (4)	Jun 5	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.314	.375	.689	6	1.18	-0.033	.62	-0.01%	-0.22	PH
13	23	50 (7)	Jun 15 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.289	.343	.632	6	.40	-0.032	.05	0.00%	-0.66	LF
14	24	54 (3)	Jun 17 (2)	PHI		STL	L,0-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.282	.333	.615	9	.79	-0.022	.13	0.00%	-0.22	PH
15	25	56 (1)	Jun 19	PHI		STL	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.225	.279	.325	.604	5	1.43	-0.113	.18	-0.01%	-1.44	LF
16	26	58 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,3-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.273	.317	.590	9	1.00	-0.025	.07	0.00%	-0.22	PH
17	27	65 (6)	Jun 29	PHI		NYG	L,3-12	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.310	.576	5	.14	-0.004	.01	0.00%	-0.22	PH RF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	28	68 (2)	Jul 2 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	5	5	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.300	.383	.683	5	.58	0.121	.02	0.00%	1.17	RF
19	29	74 (5)	Jul 6 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.296	.373	.669	5	1.16	-0.045	.08	0.00%	-0.42	RF
20	30	76 (1)	Jul 10	PHI	@	STL	L,3-10	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.291	.365	.656	9	.13	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-0.22	PH
21	31	78 (1)	Jul 12	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.288	.357	.645	3	1.42	-0.033	.09	0.00%	0.11	RF
22	32	81 (2)	Jul 15	PHI	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.313	.426	.739	3	.88	0.273	.03	0.01%	3.09	RF
23	33	85 (3)	Jul 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.281	.313	.422	.735	3	1.61	-0.106	.04	0.00%	-1.07	RF
24	34	86	Jul 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.314	.418	.732	3	.86	0.004	.02	0.00%	0.06	RF
25	35	87	Jul 20 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.338	.429	.766	3	.62	0.067	.02	0.00%	1.06	RF
26	36	94 (6)	Jul 27 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,12-8	GS-4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.329	.417	.746	3	.96	-0.047	.03	0.00%	-0.54	RF
27	37	97 (2)	Jul 29 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.338	.425	.762	9	2.88	0.073	.35	0.01%	0.38	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	38	104 (6)	Aug 8	PHI		BRO	L,3-6	GS-7	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.307	.342	.440	.782	3	1.22	0.037	.39	0.01%	0.22	RF
29	39	111 (6)	Aug 14	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.316	.349	.456	.805	3	.55	-0.025	.01	0.00%	0.15	RF
30	40	113 (1)	Aug 16	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-15	5-GF(7)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.345	.450	.795	6	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.23	3B
31	41	120 (6)	Aug 24 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,14-4	CG	6	6	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.349	.378	.477	.855	3	.22	0.069	.00	0.00%	2.71	RF
32	42	121	Aug 25	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG(10)	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.348	.376	.472	.848	3	1.52	-0.040	.01	0.00%	-0.33	RF
33	43	122	Aug 26	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG(13)	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.340	.374	.457	.831	3	1.33	-0.145	.01	0.00%	-0.42	RF
34	44	123	Aug 27	PHI	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	1	.333	.365	.455	.820	3	.58	0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.85	RF
35	45	124	Aug 28	PHI	@	STL	W,10-6	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.337	.367	.471	.838	3	.79	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.31	RF
36	46	126 (1)	Aug 30 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,8-6	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	1	0	.343	.377	.472	.849	3						RF
37	47	127	Aug 31 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.339	.373	.473	.846	3	.77	-0.044	.01	0.00%	-0.19	RF
38	48	128	Aug 31 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.342	.374	.470	.844	3	1.19	0.009	.01	0.00%	-0.20	RF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	49	129	Sep 2 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,8-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.336	.367	.459	.826	3	.28	0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.19	RF
40	50	130	Sep 2 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,9-3	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.333	.368	.452	.821	3	.39	-0.002	.01	0.00%	0.52	RF
41	51	131	Sep 3	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.344	.377	.458	.835	3	1.44	0.150	.05	0.00%	1.18	RF
42	52	132	Sep 4	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.338	.371	.449	.819	3	1.55	0.037	.01	0.00%	0.55	RF
43	53	133	Sep 5	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.338	.370	.446	.816	3	.67	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.60	RF
44	54	134	Sep 6 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,7-6	CG(17)	8	8	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.364	.442	.806	3	1.31	-0.081	.00	0.00%	0.73	RF
45	55	135	Sep 6 susp	PHI		BSN	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	.331	.361	.437	.798	3	1.43	0.098	.00	0.00%	0.50	RF LF
46	56	136	Sep 7	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	GS-2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.336	.365	.441	.806	3	.40	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.12	LF
47	57	146 (9)	Sep 19	PHI		NYG	W,1-0	GS-6	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.335	.364	.445	.809	3	.83	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.57	RF
							22-25		167	155	20	52	6	4	1	15	6	0	14	1	5		5	4	2	1	.335	.364	.445	.809		.95	0.110	.25	0.07%	6.74

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