Mike Clark
Michael John Clark
Born: February 12, 1922
Camden, NJ US
Deceased: January 25, 1996
Camden, NJ US
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 190
Career: 1940-1959
Major League Statistics
Mike Clark compiled a career record of 149 wins and 134 losses and a 3.50 ERA in his 522-game pitching career with the Hamilton Red Wings, Mobile Shippers, Rochester Red Wings, Columbus Cardinals, Columbus Red Birds, Houston Buffalos, Seattle Rainiers, Beaumont Exporters, Atlanta Crackers, Austin Senators, Houston Buffs and Dallas Rangers. He began playing during the 1940 season and last took the field during the 1959 campaign.
 Rochester Red Wings |
 Columbus Red Birds |
 Houston Buffalos |
 Seattle Rainiers |
 Atlanta Crackers |
 Austin Senators |
 Houston Buffs |
 Dallas Rangers |
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Pitching:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | D | NYPL | Hamilton Red Wings | 3 | 4 | .429 | 7.77 | 21 | 10 | 73.0 | 108 | 80 | 63 | 48 | |||||||||||
| 1941 | D | NYPL | Hamilton Red Wings | 15 | 12 | .556 | 3.22 | 35 | 229.0 | 191 | 111 | 82 | 93 | ||||||||||||
| 1942 | AA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.83 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 33 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1942 | B | SEAL3 | Mobile Shippers | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.68 | 7 | 47.0 | 42 | 20 | 14 | 19 | ||||||||||||
| 1946 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.65 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 170.0 | 172 | 85 | 69 | 45 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 1947 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | 13 | 12 | .520 | 3.01 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 230.0 | 225 | 108 | 77 | 107 | 132 | 7 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| 1948 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | 12 | 15 | .444 | 3.29 | 35 | 235.0 | 226 | 112 | 86 | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 1949 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | 18 | 8 | .692 | 2.33 | 29 | 19 | 2 | 240.0 | 200 | 80 | 62 | 75 | 143 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 1950 | AAA | AA2 | Columbus Red Birds | 9 | 10 | .474 | 5.07 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 135.0 | 146 | 87 | 76 | 55 | 75 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 1951 | AA | TL | Houston Buffalos | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.78 | 22 | 18 | 139.0 | 112 | 46 | 43 | 45 | |||||||||||
| 1951 | AAA | PCL | Seattle Rainiers | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.76 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 1952 | AA | TL | Houston Buffalos | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1.90 | 17 | 15 | 128.0 | 87 | 32 | 27 | 39 | |||||||||||
| 1953 | AA | TL | Houston Buffalos | 2 | 2 | .500 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1955 | AA | SOUA | Atlanta Crackers | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.20 | 19 | 1 | 41.0 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 1955 | AA | TL | Beaumont Exporters | 7 | 15 | .318 | 5.48 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 156.0 | 184 | 104 | 95 | 17 | 59 | 7 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1956 | AA | TL | Austin Senators | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.78 | 48 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 188.0 | 174 | 93 | 79 | 14 | 96 | 8 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1957 | AA | TL | Austin Senators | 14 | 11 | .560 | 2.75 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 229.0 | 223 | 85 | 70 | 7 | 58 | 7 | 105 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 1958 | AA | TL | Austin Senators | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.46 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 130.0 | 125 | 62 | 50 | 11 | 44 | 12 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1959 | AAA | AA2 | Houston Buffs | 36 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | AAA | AA2 | Dallas Rangers | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 149 | 134 | .527 | 3.50 | 522 | 158 | 0 | 84 | 13 | 0 | 2418.0 | 2317 | 1164 | 939 | 51 | 916 | 34 | 800 | 29 | 9 | 27 | 0 |
Batting:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | D | NYPL | Hamilton Red Wings | 21 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .036 | .036 | .036 | .071 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1941 | D | NYPL | Hamilton Red Wings | 39 | 95 | 95 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .116 | .116 | .126 | .242 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1942 | AA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1946 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | 25 | 69 | 63 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .190 | .215 | .238 | .453 | 15 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 1947 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | 36 | 95 | 88 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .148 | .157 | .182 | .339 | 16 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 1948 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | 37 | 82 | 82 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .134 | .134 | .159 | .293 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 1949 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | 29 | 99 | 88 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .170 | .189 | .216 | .405 | 19 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| 1950 | AAA | AA2 | Columbus Red Birds | 29 | 47 | 44 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .136 | .156 | .159 | .315 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1951 | AAA | PCL | Seattle Rainiers | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1951 | AA | TL | Houston Buffalos | 22 | 45 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .156 | .289 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 1952 | AA | TL | Houston Buffalos | 17 | 43 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .116 | .116 | .116 | .233 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1953 | AA | TL | Houston Buffalos | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1954 | AA | TL | (+) Houston Buffalos | 34 | 83 | 74 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .176 | .195 | .203 | .398 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 1954 | AA | TL | (+) Beaumont Exporters | 34 | 83 | 74 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .176 | .195 | .203 | .398 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 1955 | AA | SOUA | Atlanta Crackers | 19 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1955 | AA | TL | Beaumont Exporters | 25 | 63 | 55 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .164 | .233 | .164 | .397 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1956 | AA | TL | Austin Senators | 48 | 65 | 56 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .125 | .169 | .125 | .294 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1957 | AA | TL | Austin Senators | 39 | 84 | 69 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .116 | .164 | .130 | .295 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1958 | AA | TL | Austin Senators | 50 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .229 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | AAA | AA2 | (+) Dallas Rangers | 49 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .062 | .118 | .062 | .180 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | AAA | AA2 | (+) Houston Buffs | 49 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .062 | .118 | .062 | .180 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 473 | 885 | 824 | 37 | 115 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 120 | .140 | .159 | .161 | .320 | 133 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | D | NYPL | Hamilton Red Wings | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| 1941 | D | NYPL | Hamilton Red Wings | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| 1942 | B | SEAL3 | Mobile Shippers | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| 1942 | AA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | P | 13 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .727 | .615 |
| 1946 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | P | 25 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.920 |
| 1947 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | P | 36 | 15 | 54 | 5 | 6 | .932 | 1.917 |
| 1948 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| 1949 | A | SALL2 | Columbus Cardinals | P | 29 | 15 | 64 | 3 | 8 | .963 | 2.724 |
| 1950 | AAA | AA2 | Columbus Red Birds | P | 29 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.552 |
| 1951 | AA | TL | Houston Buffalos | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| 1951 | AAA | PCL | Seattle Rainiers | P | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .500 |
| 1952 | AA | TL | Houston Buffalos | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| 1953 | AA | TL | Houston Buffalos | P | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .700 |
| 1955 | AA | TL | Beaumont Exporters | P | 24 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.417 |
| 1955 | AA | SOUA | Atlanta Crackers | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| 1956 | AA | TL | Austin Senators | P | 48 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 5 | .959 | .979 |
| 1957 | AA | TL | Austin Senators | P | 39 | 20 | 47 | 1 | 8 | .985 | 1.718 |
| 1958 | AA | TL | Austin Senators | P | 50 | 7 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .925 | .740 |
| 1959 | AAA | AA2 | Houston Buffs | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| 1959 | AAA | AA2 | Dallas Rangers | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 522 | 93 | 355 | 20 | 36 | .957 | .858 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | D | PONY League | Hamilton Red Wings | SLN | ||
| 1941 | D | PONY League | Hamilton Red Wings | SLN | ||
| 1942 | B | Southeastern League | Mobile Shippers | SLN | ||
| 1942 | AA | International League | Rochester Red Wings | SLN | ||
| 1946 | A | South Atlantic League | Columbus Cardinals | SLN | ||
| 1947 | A | South Atlantic League | Columbus Cardinals | SLN | ||
| 1948 | A | South Atlantic League | Columbus Cardinals | SLN | ||
| 1949 | A | South Atlantic League | Columbus Cardinals | SLN | ||
| 1950 | AAA | American Association 2 | Columbus Red Birds | SLN | ||
| 1951 | AA | Texas League | Houston Buffalos | SLN | ||
| 1951 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Seattle Rainiers | |||
| 1952 | AA | Texas League | Houston Buffalos | SLN | ||
| 1953 | AA | Texas League | Houston Buffalos | SLN | ||
| 1954 | AA | Texas League | Houston Buffalos | SLN | ||
| 1954 | AA | Texas League | Beaumont Exporters | CHN | ||
| 1955 | AA | Texas League | Beaumont Exporters | ML1 | ||
| 1955 | AA | Southern Association | Atlanta Crackers | ML1 | ||
| 1956 | AA | Texas League | Austin Senators | ML1 | ||
| 1957 | AA | Texas League | Austin Senators | ML1 | ||
| 1958 | AA | Texas League | Austin Senators | ML1 | ||
| 1959 | AAA | American Association 2 | Houston Buffs | |||
| 1959 | AAA | American Association 2 | Dallas Rangers |
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