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	30-29 / in Starts: 25-23
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	57 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 212 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	136 (72-42-22) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 212 PAs	24
Avg. Runners on Base	136 (72-43-21)

Most Driven In
R Ashburn	7
G Hamner	3
E Waitkus	2
D Ennis	1
C Ryan	1
T Glaviano	1
S Ridzik	1
J Konstanty	1

Most Driven In By
D Ennis	7
S Lopata	5
G Hamner	4
E Torgeson	3
W Jones	2
S Burgess	2
E Waitkus	2
J Konstanty	1

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 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	58	3 (2)	Apr 16	PHI	@	PIT	L,12-14	GS-5	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	1.31	-0.140	3.22	-0.21%	-1.51	RF
2	59	7 (3)	Apr 23	PHI		BRO	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	3	.87	-0.087	2.63	-0.16%	-0.85	RF
3	60	12 (4)	Apr 28	PHI		STL	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	3	1.71	-0.071	6.98	-0.18%	-0.52	RF
4	61	13	Apr 29	PHI		STL	L,0-1	10-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	8	4.28	-0.098	16.41	-0.23%	-0.49	PH
5	62	14	Apr 30	PHI		STL	T,1-1	CG(5)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	3	1.20	-0.077	4.29	-0.17%	-0.92	RF
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
6	63	19 (4)	May 9 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,6-7	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.263	.526	3	1.66	-0.039	7.16	-0.10%	-0.77	RF
7	64	22 (2)	May 12	PHI	@	STL	W,6-5	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.263	.300	.263	.563	8						PH
8	65	24 (1)	May 16	PHI	@	MLN	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.304	.333	.391	.725	3	.84	0.076	4.00	0.22%	0.95	RF
9	66	26 (1)	May 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.379	.407	.787	3	.67	0.101	2.68	0.24%	0.83	RF
10	67	29 (2)	May 23	PHI		BRO	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.387	.424	.452	.876	3	1.17	0.045	4.88	0.11%	0.16	RF
11	68	30	May 24	PHI		BRO	L,2-16	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.405	.412	.817	4	1.62	-0.028	6.73	-0.07%	-0.49	LF RF
12	69	31	May 25	PHI		BRO	L,9-11	8-9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.421	.412	.833	9	.37	0.017	1.38	0.04%	0.39	PH
13	70	34 (2)	May 28	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-8	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.395	.385	.780	3	.64	-0.014	1.70	-0.02%	-0.54	RF
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
14	71	36 (1)	Jun 2	PHI		STL	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.326	.383	.372	.755	3	.46	0.017	1.41	0.03%	-0.64	RF
15	72	37	Jun 3 (1)	PHI		STL	L,3-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.313	.365	.354	.720	3	1.05	0.022	3.41	0.04%	0.25	RF
16	73	38	Jun 3 (2)	PHI		STL	W,6-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.358	.347	.705	8	1.77	-0.085	5.60	-0.16%	-0.49	PH
17	74	39	Jun 4	PHI		STL	W,6-5	CG(10)	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.340	.386	.377	.763	3	1.82	0.138	6.13	0.28%	0.63	RF
18	75	40	Jun 5	PHI		MLN	L,2-3	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.328	.371	.379	.750	3	1.33	-0.031	5.25	-0.07%	-0.65	RF
19	76	42 (1)	Jun 7 (1)	PHI		MLN	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.323	.364	.371	.735	3	.70	-0.075	2.66	-0.17%	-0.97	RF
20	77	43	Jun 7 (2)	PHI		MLN	L,3-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.359	.712	3	.74	-0.039	2.64	-0.08%	-0.37	RF
21	78	44	Jun 8	PHI		CHC	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.347	.382	.730	3	.53	-0.015	1.27	-0.02%	-0.22	RF
22	79	45	Jun 9	PHI		CHC	W,10-9	GS-4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.351	.386	.737	3	.90	0.033	2.16	0.05%	0.28	RF
23	80	48 (2)	Jun 12	PHI		CIN	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.297	.333	.365	.698	3	1.02	-0.110	2.79	-0.18%	-1.16	RF
24	81	49	Jun 14 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.282	.317	.346	.663	3	1.56	-0.212	3.32	-0.27%	-1.58	RF
25	82	50	Jun 14 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.326	.366	.691	7	.66	0.000	1.38	0.00%	0.35	RF
26	83	51	Jun 16 (1)	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.291	.322	.372	.694	7	1.32	0.018	3.92	0.03%	0.71	RF
27	84	53 (1)	Jun 17	PHI	@	MLN	L,6-9	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.340	.382	.722	5	.57	0.053	1.30	0.07%	0.69	RF
28	85	54	Jun 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.343	.383	.726	5	.71	0.050	1.01	0.04%	1.77	RF
29	86	55	Jun 20	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.327	.359	.408	.767	5	.82	0.092	1.26	0.09%	0.90	RF
30	87	56	Jun 21 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.327	.364	.406	.770	5	1.07	0.085	1.64	0.08%	0.88	RF
31	88	59 (2)	Jun 24	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.321	.357	.406	.763	5	.51	0.083	1.07	0.11%	0.15	RF
32	89	60	Jun 25	PHI	@	CHC	W,13-2	CG	6	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.333	.373	.423	.796	5	.63	-0.070	1.59	-0.11%	0.07	RF
33	90	63 (2)	Jun 27 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	.322	.361	.409	.769	5	1.52	-0.240	4.71	-0.45%	-2.27	RF
34	91	64	Jun 28	PHI	@	STL	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.354	.400	.754	5	1.06	-0.008	2.97	-0.01%	-0.55	RF
35	92	65	Jun 30	PHI	@	BRO	W,10-9	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.312	.348	.392	.740	5	.89	-0.006	3.33	-0.01%	-0.21	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
36	93	66	Jul 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.353	.397	.750	5	1.37	0.019	5.82	0.05%	0.35	PH RF
37	94	68 (1)	Jul 3	PHI		NYG	W,5-1	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.358	.395	.753	5	.33	-0.013	.77	-0.02%	-0.10	RF
38	95	69	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.348	.383	.731	5	1.81	-0.123	4.72	-0.19%	-0.83	RF
39	96	70	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,10-4	7-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.348	.383	.731	5		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR RF
40	97	72 (1)	Jul 5 susp	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.354	.390	.744	3	.81	-0.025	2.51	-0.05%	0.07	RF
41	98	73	Jul 6	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.352	.387	.739	9	1.03	-0.027	3.06	-0.05%	-0.18	PH
42	99	75 (1)	Jul 7 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-9	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.314	.356	.400	.756	5	.34	0.003	.81	0.00%	1.31	RF
43	100	76	Jul 8	PHI		BRO	L,4-8	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.360	.418	.778	9	.39	0.040	.91	0.06%	1.92	PH
44	101	77	Jul 9	PHI		BRO	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.324	.364	.434	.798	3	.87	0.102	1.61	0.11%	0.20	RF
45	102	79 (1)	Jul 11	PHI		PIT	W,8-4	5-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.329	.368	.438	.806	9	1.35	0.053	2.40	0.06%	0.39	PH
46	103	81 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.327	.365	.440	.805	3	.96	0.017	2.26	0.02%	0.91	RF
47	104	83 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.362	.431	.793	3	1.43	-0.098	4.00	-0.16%	-0.59	RF
48	105	84	Jul 17	PHI		CIN	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.359	.433	.792	3	1.14	-0.088	3.54	-0.16%	-0.46	RF
49	106	85	Jul 18	PHI		CIN	L,0-11	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.425	.778	3	.44	-0.033	1.09	-0.05%	-0.74	RF
50	107	86	Jul 19 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.317	.356	.427	.783	3	1.55	-0.166	3.03	-0.20%	-1.23	RF
51	108	87	Jul 19 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.354	.424	.779	9	2.41	-0.059	3.88	-0.06%	-0.31	PH
52	109	89 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	PHI		MLN	L,3-7	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.344	.412	.756	3	.71	-0.086	1.87	-0.14%	-1.12	RF
53	110	90	Jul 22	PHI		MLN	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.337	.402	.739	3	.53	-0.042	1.04	-0.05%	-1.14	RF
54	111	91	Jul 24	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.298	.335	.399	.734	3	1.23	-0.092	2.01	-0.09%	-0.23	RF
55	112	92	Jul 25	PHI		STL	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.344	.407	.750	3	1.36	0.187	2.69	0.22%	1.97	RF
56	113	93	Jul 26	PHI		STL	L,6-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.342	.404	.746	9	.71	-0.018	1.45	-0.02%	-0.17	PH
57	114	94	Jul 28	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.345	.403	.748	3	.83	0.086	1.25	0.08%	0.52	RF
58	115	95	Jul 29	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-13	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.304	.342	.398	.739	3	.71	-0.014	.76	-0.01%	-0.99	RF
59	116	96	Jul 30	PHI	@	CIN	W,17-8	CG	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.341	.393	.734	3	.71	-0.039	.54	-0.02%	-0.33	RF
60	117	97	Jul 31 (1)	PHI	@	MLN	W,5-1	GS-3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.338	.389	.727	3	.99	-0.034	1.24	-0.03%	-0.42	RF
							30-29		212	198	31	59	10	4	0	19	11	0	17	1	2		4	11	1	0	.298	.338	.389	.727		1.01	-1.065	2.83	-1.92%	-7.41

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