Phil Clark (outfielder)

Infobox MLB retired
name=Phil Clark
position=Outfielder


bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1968|5|6
city-state|Crockett|Texas
debutdate=May 27
debutyear=by|1992
debutteam=Detroit Tigers
finaldate=April 30
finalyear=by|1996
finalteam=Boston Red Sox
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.276
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=17
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=65
teams=
*Detroit Tigers (1992)
*San Diego Padres (1993-95)
*Boston Red Sox (1996)
*Kintetsu Buffaloes (1997-2000)
highlights=
* Best Nine Award x3, by|1997, by|1998, by|2000

Phillip Benjamin Clark (born May 6, 1968) is a former Major League Baseball player from Crockett, Texas. He played infield and outfield for the Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres, and Boston Red Sox. He also played four seasons in Japan with the Kintetsu Buffaloes.

His brother, Jerald Clark, also played in the major leagues and Nippon Professional Baseball.

Clark signed with the Detroit Tigers after being selected with their first-round pick in the 1986 Major League Baseball Draft out of high school, and made his major league debut with the Tigers in by|1992. He was sent off to the San Diego Padres the following year, and hit .313 with 9 home runs in 102 games. He continued to play part-time before being released by the Boston Red Sox in by|1996. He joined the Kintetsu Buffaloes in the Japanese Pacific League in by|1997, and hit 23 home runs with a .331 batting average (second in the league after Ichiro Suzuki) in his first year to win the Best Nine Award at first base. He hit 48 doubles in by|1998, which was the Japanese single-season record until Yoshitomo Tani broke it in by|2001, and ended with a .320 batting average, with 31 home runs and 114 RBIs to win his second consecutive Best Nine Award. His production decreased in by|1999, but he still won a third Best Nine Award at designated hitter. In by|2000, he missed over half of the season after being hit by a pitch, and was released at the end of the year.

External links

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* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Phil_Clark_%28clarkph02%29 Baseball Reference Bullpen Wiki]
* [http://www.japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=951 Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics]