Thursday, September 3, 2020

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1972 RON CLARK

Today’s blog post has a “not so missing” 1972 card for former infielder Ron Clark, who made it back to the Big Leagues in 1971, albeit for only two games with the Oakland A’s:


After spending all of 1970 in the Minors, Clark appeared in two games for Oakland in 1971, going 0-1 at the plate along with a base on balls.
Originally up in 1966 with the Minnesota Twins, he ended up playing parts of seven seasons in the Major Leagues, with his 104 games played in 1968 a career high by a long shot.
Between 1966 and 1971 he played for the Twins, Seattle Pilots, and A’s before a split season of ‘72, generally as a shortstop and third baseman.
Sadly, the man was never able to get above the “Mendoza Line”, his average never getting above .193. Ouch.
He’d finish his career with a .189 batting average, with exactly 100 hits in 530 at-bats in 230 games, with 40 runs scored and 43 runs batted in.

 


 

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