Doug Clark
| AB | 11 |
|---|---|
| AVG | .091 |
| OBP | .167 |
| SLG | .091 |
| HR | 0 |
- Full name Douglas Dwyer Clark
- Born 03/05/1976 in Springfield, MA
- Profile Ht.: 6'2" / Wt.: 205 / Bats: L / Throws: R
- School Massachusetts
- Debut 09/14/2005
- Drafted in the 7th round (218th overall) by the San Francisco Giants in 1998.
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Clark, a substitute teacher in Springfield, Mass., during the offseason, attended college on a football scholarship and came to baseball late. His athletic ability and breakout season in 1999 had the Giants excited. But the hitting skills Clark had shown then didn't carry him in 2000, when his baseball inexperience caught up with him against better pitching. He hasn't developed the ability to turn his considerable raw power into home runs, and his plate discipline slipped in Double-A. Clark's combination of a below-average arm and poor routes to fly balls limits him to left field. On the plus side, Clark has good bat speed and can sting the ball to all fields with authority. His offense could get a boost at Fresno, where learning to loft the ball could lead to a 25-homer season.
