ESPN.com: Will Clark Career Notes

Will Clark
#22 | First Base | St. Louis Cardinals | Roster

Career Notes

1996
Missed 45 games on the season due to three separates stints on the disabled list (June 13, Strained quadriceps muscle; July 4, bruised ribs; July 19, strined ringht calf) ... Hit safely in 15 of Texas' first 18 games, including 11 straight, with three home runs and 17 RBI ... Hit .316 in his final 43 contests ... Reached base by hit or walk in each of the first 36 games of the year.

1995
Led the Rangers in RBI (92), game-winning RBI (14), and sacrifice flies (11), despite missing 21 games due to injuries ... Was 2nd in batting (.302), runs (85), and doubles (27), and ranked 3rd in hits (137), total bases (218), and homers (16) ... Hit .300 or better for the 6th time in nine major league seasons ... 3rd Ranger to post .300 average in at least two consecutive seasons, joining Al Oliver (1978-81) and Rafael Palmeiro (1990-91) ... Career .302 average ranks 8th among active players ... Batted .379 (25-for-66) in last 18 contests Sept. 12 ... Batted .337 with five homers and 26 RBI in August to be selected as Rangers Player of the Month ... Recorded 1,500 career hit Aug. 13 against Toronto ... Hit .346 with men in scoring position, 10th best in the AL ... Cracked the orbit head of left elbow in collision to railing while attempting to catch foul pop on April 28 and missed next six games ... Ranked 5th in the AL with a .994 percentage at 1st base and ranked 2nd in double plays (125) ... Did not steal a base for 1st time in major league career

1994
His .329 batting average was the second best of his career ... Spanked 13 homers and knocked in 80 runs during the shortened season ... Led AL first basemen in 968 put-outs and registered a .990.

1993
Played for San Francisco ... Played in fewest games (132) since his rookie year in `86 ... Recorded his lowest amount of hits, doubles, and homers since `86 ... Batted .283 (second lowest in career) ... Concluded the season on a roll batting .465 in his final 12 games ... Notched seventh best average on the road in the National League (.321) ... Collected a six-game hitting streak six times ... Appeared in only 22 of San Francisco's final 46 games ... Ranks third on the Giants all-time in doubles (249) ... Places fourth in San Francisco's archives in games (1160), at bats (4269), runs (687), hits (1278), RBI (709) and fifth in homers (176) ... Hit 14 homers ... Collected ninth two-homer game of career on Aug. 5 ... Before driving in 73 runs over the last two seasons, he had 91-plus RBI in five straight campaigns ... Had a season high of six RBI on Aug. 3 ... Committed only 14 errors and had a .988 fielding percentage at first (his 14 errors were the most of his career) ... Granted free agency by the San Francisco Giants on Oct. 25, 1993 ... Signed by the Texas Rangers as a free agent on Nov. 22, 1993.

1992
Notched career highs in doubles (40) and stolen bases (12) ... His 40 doubles and 23 intentional free passes were good for a second place tie in the NL ... Ranked eighth and ninth respectively in the NL in on-base percentage (.384) and slugging (.476) ... Recorded 1000th career hit with a double on April 18 ... Posted three assists in one inning on May 2 to tie a major league record ... Batted .300 with 16 taters.

1991
National League leader in slugging percentage (.536), tied for first in total bases (303), second in RBI (116), sixth in homers (29) and tied for eighth in hits (.301) ... Finished fourth in the Most Valuable Player voting ... NL starter at first on The Sporting New all-star and Silver Slugger teams ... Became first Giant first baseman ever to capture the Rawlings Gold Glove Award (led NL with .997 fielding percentage).

1990
Notched 177 hits with 95 RBI finishing eighth (tied) and ninth respectively in the NL ... Set a Giant club record and tied the NL mark for sacrifice flies by a left-hander (13) ... Recorded runs in 13 consecutive games June 4-17 ... Hit 19 homers and scored 91 runs.

1989
Finished second in batting in the NL with a .333 average ... Shared the NL lead in runs (104), finished second in hits (196) and total bases (321) and placed third in RBI (111), multi-hit games (53), triples (nine-tied), on-base percentage (.407) and slugging (.546) ...Was second in the Most Valuable Player voting ... Voted to the Silver Slugger team (awarded by The Sporting News) and NL All-Star team ... NL Player of the Month of May (hit .351 with six homers and 24 RBI) ... Voted Most Valuable Player in National League Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs ... He exploded to hit .650 with two homers and eight RBI ... Posted League Championship Series records for batting, hits, and total bases ... Set single game LCS record for one game with six RBI and tied the mark with four runs ... Was four for 16 in four games during the World Series against Oakland.

1987
Hit .308 with 35 taters (sixth in NL in both categories) and ranked 15th in RBI (91) ... Finished fifth in the NL MVP voting ... Voted NL Player of the Week (Aug. 3-9 and Sept. 13-20) ... Hit game winning homer in Game 2 of National League Championship Series vs. St. Louis ... Hit in six of seven games during the NLCS.

1986
Started season as San Francisco's opening day first baseman after a meager 65 games at Class A Fresno of the California League ... Homered off Nolan Ryan in first major league at-bat on April 8 (53rd player in history to accomplish this feat) ... Was a no-show in 47 games after hyperextending his left elbow in a base running mishap on June 3 ... Sent to Class AAA Phoenix of the Pacific Coast League for rehabilitation (July 7-24) ... Batted .310 in 64 games after his return to the Giants ... Had arthroscopic surgery on Oct. 7 to remove bone and cartilage fragments from his left elbow.


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