#83 Mel Clark, Third Base, 30 yrs, Chicago (F) American Giants

#83 Mel Clark, Third Base, 30 yrs, Chicago (F) American Giants
Saturday, 10/11/1956

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Mel Clark

7/7/1926
30
USA,WV,LETART
6"0
185

Third Base
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Big League Contract
$ 350,000
1956 (Arbitration eligible)
4 Year(s), 139 Days (827 total Days)
172 Day(s)
5 Year(s), 84 Days (944 total Days)
5 Year(s)
Arbitration eligible
2 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	5	7	1	2	7
Versus LHP	7	7	1	2	8
Versus RHP	5	7	1	2	7
Talent	5	8	1	3	8

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4
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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
3B : 4 (Range), .994 (Fielding Pct.)
LF : 5 (Range), .997 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 4 (Range), .996 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 5
Outfield Arm : 6

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
8/23	@PTL	L 6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#6
9/4	@BAL	L 2-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#6
9/7	@STL	W 3-0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#6
9/8	HIL	L 3-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#9
9/11	BAL	W 2-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
9/12	BAL	W 4-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
9/14	PTL	L 1-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
9/17	@BoS	W 7-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
9/20	PTL	L 4-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#9
9/21	@BoS	W 6-4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9

Batting Stats 1956

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	67	115	30	5	0	0	12	6	6	8	.261	.298	.304	.602	.466	.043
Projected	67	115	30	5	0	0	12	6	6	8	.261	.298	.304	.602	.466	.043

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	21	123	0	0	0	3	2	0	35	5	0	0	.0	10.1	3.0

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	50	10	2	0	0	1	3	1	4	0	0	0	.200	.216	.240	.456
vs. RHP	65	20	3	0	0	11	3	5	4	0	2	0	.308	.357	.354	.711
Close/Late	21	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	.143	.174	.143	.317
Scoring Position	25	7	1	0	0	12	0	1	1	0	1	0	.280	.296	.320	.616
Pinch Hitting	23	6	1	0	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	.261	.320	.304	.624

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	30	51	13	2	0	0	3	1	3	5	.255	.291	.294	.585
Road	37	64	17	3	0	0	9	5	3	3	.266	.294	.313	.607
March/April	15	23	7	0	0	0	5	2	2	2	.304	.360	.304	.664
May	16	47	9	3	0	0	1	2	2	2	.191	.224	.255	.480
June	10	18	7	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	.389	.368	.389	.757
July	9	9	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	.222	.300	.444	.744
August	8	8	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500
Sept/Oct	9	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.300	.333	.300	.633

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1951	67	219	61	9	1	1	19	21	10	1	1	19	0	0	.279	.312	.342	.654	NYY
1952	105	335	102	16	1	2	33	30	14	0	1	25	0	0	.304	.331	.376	.708	NYY
1953	19	52	12	4	1	1	6	7	6	0	0	3	0	0	.231	.310	.404	.714	NYY CHA
1954	67	186	54	12	0	2	20	25	5	1	0	11	2	0	.290	.313	.387	.700	CHA
1955	71	138	32	5	1	0	14	12	7	0	2	15	0	0	.232	.265	.283	.548	CHA
1956	67	115	30	5	0	0	12	6	6	0	0	8	0	0	.261	.298	.304	.602	CHA
Total	396	1045	291	51	4	6	104	101	48	2	4	81	2	0	.278	.310	.352	.662

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1951, AAA	77	310	92	10	2	11	36	31	19	19	1	5	.297	.335	.448	.784
1953, AAA	87	320	103	21	2	7	48	53	28	28	3	5	.322	.373	.466	.839

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 1956

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Third Base	41	12	9	48	4	58	1	.983	154.2	3.38
Leftfield	10	9	13	0	0	13	0	1.000	72.0	1.63
Rightfield	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	6.0	3.00

Player History

Drafted in 4th round, 63rd overall pick, by New York in 1951...
Had first career hit on 7/3/1951, off Les Webber (PTL)...
Hit first career homerun on 7/9/1951, off George Gick (BAL)...
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 6/14/1952...
Injured on 5/29/1953 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week...
Traded from New York to Chicago (F) on 7/31/1953 (Going to CHA: 1B Joe Adcock, 2B Red Schoendienst, LF Mel Clark. Going to NYY: P Cloyd Boyer, P Ruben Gomez, 1B Tom Wright)...
1/31/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration...

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