Clark then spent all of 1952, 1953 and 1954 as a spare outfielder on the Phillies' roster. He hit a robust .335 and .298 in his first two full years, but a knee injury suffered during 1953 took its toll on Clark's production. His batting average fell to .240 during 1954, then, in 1955, he was sent down to Triple-ASyracuse at the May cutdown when he could muster only a .156 batting average in ten games. The Phillies sent Clark to the Washington Senators in a July 1956 minor-league transaction; after a half-season at Triple-A, the Senators sold his contract to the Detroit Tigers, where in 1957 he batted seven times in five games before returning to the high minors for the final two seasons of his pro career.
Over the course of his MLB career, Clark had 182 hits in 656 at bats, with 29 doubles, 15 triples, and three home runs.
clark, melvin, earl, clark, july, 1926, 2014, american, professional, baseball, outfielder, played, major, league, baseball, philadelphia, phillies, 1951, 1955, detroit, tigers, 1957, appearing, league, games, threw, batted, right, handed, stood, feet, tall, w. Melvin Earl Clark July 7 1926 May 1 2014 was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball MLB for the Philadelphia Phillies 1951 1955 and Detroit Tigers 1957 appearing in 215 big league games He threw and batted right handed stood 6 feet 1 8 m tall and weighed 180 pounds 82 kg Mel ClarkRight fielderBorn 1926 07 07 July 7 1926Letart West VirginiaDied May 1 2014 2014 05 01 aged 87 West Columbia West VirginiaBatted RightThrew RightMLB debutSeptember 11 1951 for the Philadelphia PhilliesLast MLB appearanceMay 1 1957 for the Detroit TigersMLB statisticsBatting average 277Home runs3Runs batted in63TeamsPhiladelphia Phillies 1951 1955 Detroit Tigers 1957 Clark was born in Letart West Virginia graduated from Wahama High School and after World War II service in the Pacific Theater in the United States Navy 1 attended Ohio University Signed by the Phillies in 1947 he spent five years in their farm system before his September 1951 end of season recall Clark hit the ground running collecting seven hits in his first 14 MLB at bats including his first big league home run hit September 12 against Howie Pollet of the Pittsburgh Pirates 2 Clark then spent all of 1952 1953 and 1954 as a spare outfielder on the Phillies roster He hit a robust 335 and 298 in his first two full years but a knee injury suffered during 1953 took its toll on Clark s production His batting average fell to 240 during 1954 then in 1955 he was sent down to Triple A Syracuse at the May cutdown when he could muster only a 156 batting average in ten games The Phillies sent Clark to the Washington Senators in a July 1956 minor league transaction after a half season at Triple A the Senators sold his contract to the Detroit Tigers where in 1957 he batted seven times in five games before returning to the high minors for the final two seasons of his pro career Over the course of his MLB career Clark had 182 hits in 656 at bats with 29 doubles 15 triples and three home runs References Edit Baseball in Wartime com Retrosheet box score September 12 1951 retrosheet org Retrosheet External links EditCareer statistics and player information from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet Mel Clark at SABR Baseball BioProject Mel Clark at Find a GravePortals Biography Baseball This biographical article relating to an American baseball outfielder born in the 1920s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mel Clark amp oldid 1162188871, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
