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Bryan Clark

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: July 12, 1956 in Madera, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 10th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Madera HS (Madera, CA).

High School: Madera HS (Madera, CA)

Debut: April 11, 1981 (Age 24-273d, 14,423rd in major league history)
vs. CAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 30, 1990 (Age 33-322d)
vs. MIL 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Bryan Donald Clark

Nicknames: Gas Can

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.7

ERA

4.15

186

516.1

259

WHIP

1.544

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 38 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 13 go ahead

4 Tms
SEA	23
CLE	8
TOR	6
CHW	1

Platoon
vs RHB	27
vs LHB	11

Home/Road
Home	23
Away	15

Outs
1	15
0	12
2	11

14 Opps
CHW	8
NYY	5
KCR	3
TEX	3
BAL	3
DET	3
MIN	2
BOS	2
OAK	2
SEA	2
TOR	2
CAL	1
CLE	1
MIL	1

34 Batters
Harold Baines	2
Jeff Burroughs	2
Butch Wynegar	2
Greg Luzinski	2
Gary Gaetti	1
Aurelio Rodríguez	1
Dave Winfield	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Darryl Motley	1
Kirk Gibson	1
Tom Brunansky	1
Ken Griffey	1
Fred Lynn	1
Alvin Davis	1
John Wathan	1
Mike Young	1
Tony Armas	1
Steve Kemp	1
Andre Thornton	1
Wayne Tolleson	1
Mike Easler	1
Billy Sample	1
Don Mattingly	1
Stan Javier	1
Lance Parrish	1
Dan Ford	1
Reggie Jackson	1
Bill Stein	1
Willie Upshaw	1
John Wockenfuss	1
Don Money	1
Frank White	1
Jim Presley	1
Ron Kittle	1

12 Parks
Kingdome (SEA)	17
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	5
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1

Where Hit
7	17
9	4
8	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	29
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	20
1--	5
12-	4
-2-	4
--3	3
123	1
1-3	1

63 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	20
1 on	12
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	18

Inning
1	1
2	7
3	1
4	7
5	2
6	3
7	8
8	8
9	1

1-3	9
4-6	12
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	4
+2	2
+1	3
Tied	11
-1	6
-3	1
-4..	3

Ahead	17
Tied	11
Behind	10

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	7
DH	7
RF	6
LF	5
C	4
3B	3
2B	2
CF	2
PH	1
PH/DH	1

OrderPos
5th	8
6th	7
3rd	6
7th	5
2nd	4
4th	3
9th	2
8th	2
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	12
Low Lev	18

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1981-05-29	Bill Stein	TEX		SEA	behind 1-2	b 8	2	---		1	2	7	35%	52%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1981-08-18	Andre Thornton	CLE	@	SEA	tied 2-2	t 7	0	---		1	6	PH/DH	20%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1981-09-29	Billy Sample	TEX	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 2	0	12-		3	7	7	19%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Sundberg Scores; L. Roberts Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1982-06-26	Steve Kemp	CHW	@	SEA	ahead 7-1	t 4	2	-2-		2	3	7	3%	98%		Home Run; R. LeFlore Scores
5	5	2	1	1982-07-06	Butch Wynegar	NYY	@	SEA	ahead 5-0	t 4	1	---		1	9	2	3%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	3	1	1982-07-27	Gary Gaetti	MIN	@	SEA	behind 5-9	t 8	1	1--		2	6	5	6%	10%		Home Run; G. Ward Scores
7	7	4	1	1982-08-10	Jeff Burroughs	OAK	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--		2	5	DH	16%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Armas Scores
8	8	5	1	1982-08-17 (1)	John Wockenfuss	DET		SEA	behind 0-5	b 6	2	12-		3	6	3	14%	20%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Wilson Scores; M. Ivie Scores
9	9	6	1	1982-08-31	Don Money	MIL		SEA	ahead 5-2	b 7	2	-2-		2	7	DH	4%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Simmons Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1983-04-07	Dave Winfield	NYY	@	SEA	ahead 5-0	t 7	1	---		1	3	7	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	2	2	1983-04-07	Butch Wynegar	NYY	@	SEA	ahead 6-0	t 8	2	1--		2	9	2	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Mattingly Scores
12	12	3	1	1983-05-10	Dan Ford	BAL		SEA	ahead 5-0	b 4	2	--3		2	2	9	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep CF); A. Bumbry Scores
13	13	4	1	1983-06-05	Ken Griffey	NYY		SEA	behind 5-8	b 7	0	---		1	2	3	9%	21%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	5	1	1983-06-14	Wayne Tolleson	TEX		SEA	ahead 6-1	b 4	0	---		1	1	4	2%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	6	1	1983-06-27	Ron Kittle	CHW	@	SEA	tied 1-1	t 3	2	12-		3	5	7	28%	77%		Home Run; C. Fisk Scores; G. Walker Scores
16	16	7	1	1983-07-17	Lance Parrish	DET	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	4	2	10%	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	8	1	1983-08-15	Tom Brunansky	MIN	@	SEA	ahead 5-4	t 7	1	---		1	7	9	13%	80%		Home Run
18	18	9	1	1983-09-16	Harold Baines	CHW		SEA	tied 0-0	b 7	1	---		1	6	9	22%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	10	1	1983-09-26	Frank White	KCR	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---		1	5	4	11%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	11	2	1983-09-26	Darryl Motley	KCR	@	SEA	behind 1-2	t 7	1	--3		2	7	9	27%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. White Scores
21	21	12	1	1983-09-30	Greg Luzinski	CHW	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 1	2	--3		2	4	DH	17%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Law Scores
22	22	13	2	1983-09-30	Aurelio Rodríguez	CHW	@	SEA	ahead 2-1	t 2	2	---		1	8	5	10%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	14	3	1983-09-30	Carlton Fisk	CHW	@	SEA	behind 3-4	t 5	1	---		1	2	2	14%	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1984-07-21	Alvin Davis	SEA		TOR	behind 0-1	b 4	1	---		1	3	3	14%	53%		Home Run
25	25	2	1	1984-07-30	John Wathan	KCR	@	TOR	ahead 6-3	t 6	0	---		1	6	3	6%	92%		Home Run
26	26	3	1	1984-08-29	Greg Luzinski	CHW	@	TOR	ahead 6-4	t 8	0	---		1	5	PH	7%	93%		Home Run
27	27	4	1	1984-09-09	Kirk Gibson	DET	@	TOR	ahead 4-2	t 7	0	1-3		3	3	9	7%	97%		Home Run; L. Whitaker Scores; A. Trammell Scores
28	28	5	1	1984-09-13	Don Mattingly	NYY	@	TOR	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	---		1	3	3	6%	90%		Home Run
29	29	6	1	1984-09-25	Mike Easler	BOS		TOR	ahead 11-4	b 8	1	---		1	5	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1985-05-26	Willie Upshaw	TOR	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	0	-2-		2	6	3	14%	70%		Home Run; J. Burroughs Scores
31	31	2	1	1985-05-31	Jeff Burroughs	TOR		CLE	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---		1	5	DH	13%	51%		Home Run
32	32	3	1	1985-06-09	Jim Presley	SEA	@	CLE	ahead 9-6	t 8	1	---		1	7	5	4%	96%		Home Run
33	33	4	1	1985-06-26	Reggie Jackson	CAL		CLE	ahead 6-5	b 6	2	123		4	4	DH	21%	97%		Home Run; B. Boone Scores; R. Carew Scores; D. DeCinces Scores
34	34	5	1	1985-07-20	Harold Baines	CHW		CLE	behind 5-6	b 9	1	12-		3	3	9	66%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); J. Cruz Scores; B. Little Scores
35	35	6	1	1985-08-14	Mike Young	BAL		CLE	tied 0-0	b 2	1	-2-		2	6	DH	16%	74%		Home Run; F. Lynn Scores
36	36	7	2	1985-08-14	Fred Lynn	BAL		CLE	tied 2-2	b 4	0	1--		2	5	8	19%	79%		Home Run; E. Murray Scores
37	37	8	1	1985-08-28	Tony Armas	BOS	@	CLE	behind 2-7	t 8	1	1--		2	5	8	3%	5%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Rice Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1987-06-09	Stan Javier	OAK		CHW	ahead 7-3	b 8	1	---		1	8	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)