- Tony Clark
Infobox MLB player
name=Tony Clark
width=300
position=First baseman
team=Arizona Diamondbacks
number=13
bats=Switch
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1972|6|15
birthplace=city-state|Newton|Kansas
debutdate=September 3
debutyear=1995
debutteam=Detroit Tigers
statyear=September 12, 2008
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.263
stat2label=Home run s
stat2value=247
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=813
teams=
*Detroit Tigers (by|1995-by|2001)
*Boston Red Sox (by|2002)
*New York Mets (by|2003)
*New York Yankees (by|2004)
*Arizona Diamondbacks (by|2005-by|2007)
*San Diego Padres (by|2008)
*Arizona Diamondbacks (by|2008-present)
awards=
* All-Star selection (2001)Anthony Christopher Clark (born
June 15 ,1972 in Newton,Kansas ) is aMajor League Baseball first baseman for theArizona Diamondbacks .Previously, Clark has played with the
Detroit Tigers (mlby|1995-mlby|2001),Boston Red Sox (mlby|2002),New York Mets (mlby|2003),New York Yankees (mlby|2004), Arizona Diamondbacks (mlby|2005-mlby|2007),San Diego Padres (mlby|2008), and again with the Diamondbacks starting in July, 2008. He is aswitch hitter and throws right-handed.High School career
Clark prepped at Christian High School and
Valhalla High School in El Cajon,California .College career
Clark played college
basketball at theUniversity of Arizona andSan Diego State .Professional career
In a 13-year career through 2007, Clark is a .265 hitter with 244
home run s and 789 RBI in 1415 games. His most productive season came in mlby|1998, when he hit .291 and 34 home runs. He also enjoyed good seasons in mlby|1997, with 32 homers and 117 RBI, and mlby|1999, with 31 and 99 respectively.Clark was selected an All-Star in 2001.
On
June 29 , 2004, atYankee Stadium , Clark hit a deep center field two-run homer offDerek Lowe , to help his team to an 11-3 win over the Red Sox. Clark joinedBernie Williams andDanny Tartabull as the only players to reach the center field bleachers more than once since the remodeledYankee Stadium opened in mlby|1976.Fact|date=July 2008Clark signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks after the 2004 season. In 2005, he enjoyed monstrous success with the D-Backs. In a limited role (349
at-bat s), he hit .307, belted 30 home runs and knocked in 87 runs. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clarkto02.shtml] ] In by|2006, Clark was injured for a vast majority of the season, which rendered him ineffective.In 2007, Clark shared the first baseman position with
Conor Jackson . He played in 113 games, and batted .249. Though not with the best batting average, Clark would go on to lead the Diamondbacks into the playoffs. He led the young team with the slogan "Anybody, Anytime" which he came up with to describe the Arizona team. After the season, his contract was up and he did not re-sign with the Diamondbacks.On
February 10 , 2008,The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that Clark agreed to a one-year contract worth $900,000 with the San Diego Padres. [ [http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/padres/20080210-9999-1s10bbnotes.html] ] OnJune 8 , 2008, Clark hit a game-winning three-run pinch-hit home run off Mets closerBilly Wagner in the eighth inning to give the Padres an 8-6 win over the Mets atPETCO Park .On
July 17 , 2008, he was traded back to the Arizona Diamondbacks for a minor leaguepitcher Evan Scribner. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3493542] ]Clark has filled in a variety of capacities with the Major League Baseball Players' Association, serving as the club player representative for the Boston Red Sox in 2002 and Arizona Diamondbacks as recently as 2006. Clark, along with
Mark Loretta , was re-elected as Associate Player Representative on the MLBPA Executive Board upon the ratification of the new collective bargaining agreement onDecember 8 , 2006. [ [http://mlbplayers.mlb.com/pa/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061208&content_id=1754554&vkey=mlbpa_news&fext=.jsp] ]ee also
*
Top 500 home run hitters of all time
*Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game References
External links
*Baseballstats |mlb=112316 |espn=5513 |br=c/clarkto02 |fangraphs=182 |cube=C/tony-clark
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