#85 Watty "Lefty" Clark, Starting Pitcher, 35 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday, 10/25/1937 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Watty Clark Lefty 5/16/1902 35 USA,LA,ST. JOSEPH 6"0 180
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good GREAT Prone 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Minor League Contract - - 12 Year(s), 98 Days (2162 total Days) 18 Day(s) 12 Year(s), 142 Days (2206 total Days) 13 Year(s) Not eligible 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 7 | 9 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 4 | 7 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
Talent | 4 | 8 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 62 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 3 (Range), .991 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0.00 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
vs. RHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Road | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
June | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sept./Oct. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1924 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4.26 | 213.1 | 268 | 113 | 101 | 9 | 35 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 1.42 | .325 | PHA |
1925 | 40 | 40 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 4.68 | 306.0 | 381 | 181 | 159 | 20 | 54 | 127 | 9 | 1 | 1.42 | .328 | PHA |
1926 | 48 | 32 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 4.70 | 258.2 | 340 | 154 | 135 | 11 | 50 | 83 | 9 | 0 | 1.51 | .335 | PHA |
1927 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.43 | 21.0 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.24 | .276 | PHA |
1928 | 47 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3.74 | 55.1 | 77 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | .356 | PHA,AL |
1929 | 53 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4.20 | 64.1 | 68 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1.51 | .288 | PHA |
1930 | 59 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3.45 | 78.1 | 90 | 37 | 30 | 1 | 14 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 | .321 | PHA |
1931 | 38 | 38 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 3.56 | 318.1 | 314 | 144 | 126 | 13 | 69 | 153 | 26 | 2 | 1.20 | .283 | DET |
1932 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2.30 | 113.2 | 106 | 39 | 29 | 3 | 20 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 1.11 | .272 | DET |
1933 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3.52 | 181.1 | 191 | 89 | 71 | 5 | 38 | 78 | 16 | 0 | 1.26 | .298 | DET,AL |
1934 | 37 | 37 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 4.23 | 304.0 | 323 | 159 | 143 | 18 | 84 | 160 | 22 | 2 | 1.34 | .299 | DET |
1935 | 39 | 39 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 4.76 | 315.2 | 336 | 192 | 167 | 37 | 109 | 165 | 25 | 2 | 1.41 | .286 | DET |
1936 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7.28 | 94.0 | 128 | 89 | 76 | 21 | 47 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 1.86 | .318 | CIN |
Total | 479 | 258 | 127 | 127 | 23 | 4.25 | 2324.0 | 2644 | 1267 | 1098 | 145 | 564 | 1003 | 132 | 9 | 1.38 | .307 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1924, AAA | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2.51 | 96.2 | 89 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 1.06 | .267 |
1937, AA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.24 | 17.0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1.29 | .340 |
1937, AAA | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.02 | 37.2 | 34 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1.33 | .261 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1924 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 8.0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
1928 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27.00 | 1.0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1929 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1931 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.26 | 12.2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
1932 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.46 | 26.0 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
1934 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.32 | 22.0 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
Total | 13 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4.77 | 71.2 | 82 | 44 | 38 | 17 | 28 | 6 | 1 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1924 | 27 | 80 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .222 | .263 | .485 | PHA |
1925 | 40 | 121 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | .207 | .220 | .273 | .492 | PHA |
1926 | 48 | 86 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .116 | .156 | .116 | .272 | PHA |
1927 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHA |
1928 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHA,AL |
1929 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHA |
1930 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | PHA |
1931 | 38 | 110 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 0 | .109 | .139 | .118 | .257 | DET |
1932 | 14 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .190 | .357 | DET |
1933 | 22 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .169 | .174 | .200 | .374 | DET,AL |
1934 | 37 | 94 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | .149 | .173 | .149 | .322 | DET |
1935 | 39 | 116 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | .164 | .168 | .190 | .358 | DET |
1936 | 39 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .074 | .074 | .074 | .148 | CIN |
Total | 479 | 752 | 119 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 56 | 15 | 302 | 1 | 0 | .158 | .174 | .184 | .358 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
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Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1924... Injured on 5/18/1924 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days... Had first career hit on 6/7/1924, off Ben Tincup (SLA)... Earned first career win on 6/7/1924... Injured on 8/23/1926 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks... 1/31/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $685,714 through salary arbitration... Was selected to the 1928 Allstar game... 1/31/1929: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,714,286 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1930: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,714,286 through salary arbitration... Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/3/1931 to a 5-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year... Injured on 4/6/1932 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks... Injured on 8/5/1932 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 7 weeks... Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game... Injured on 7/22/1933 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season... Won Player of the Week award on 5/15/1935, winning 2 games with a 1.42 ERA... Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/16/1936 to a 2-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year... Released by Cincinnati on 4/17/1937... Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 7/30/1937 to a minor league deal...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1931 - 3.56 - 4th 1933 - 3.52 - 3rd
| WHIP 1931 - 1.20 - 1st 1933 - 1.26 - 3rd
| Losses 1925 - 18 - 9th 1926 - 16 - 10th 1934 - 16 - 8th 1935 - 20 - 6th
| Saves 1928 - 13 - 1st 1929 - 4 - 8th
| IP 1935 - 315.2 - 10th
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K's 1931 - 153 - 9th 1934 - 160 - 7th 1935 - 165 - 8th
| BB 1935 - 109 - 8th
| CG 1935 - 25 - 9th
| SHO 1931 - 2 - 10th 1935 - 2 - 6th
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