What years did Mark Clark play?

Mark Clark played in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 2000.

Was Mark Clark a pitcher?

Yes. Mark Clark pitched in the major leagues, recording 74 wins and 728 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Mark Clark hit?

Mark Clark hit 1 career home runs with 14 hits.

What was Mark Clark's career batting average?

Mark Clark batted .058 over his career, with 14 hits in 242 at bats.

How many RBI did Mark Clark have?

Mark Clark drove in 9 runs in his career.

What was Mark Clark's career ERA?

Mark Clark finished with a 4.61 career ERA, going 74-71 with 728 strikeouts.

Mark Clark

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1991-2000)

Mark Clark was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 2000 for 5 teams, including the St. Louis Cardinals, a span of 10 seasons. Across 219 career appearances, he went 74-71 with a 4.61 ERA and 728 strikeouts. He also batted .058 with 1 home runs.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 74–71

ERA 4.61

WHIP 1.39

SO 728

Pitcher PIV -1575.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 225 lb
Born: 5/12/1968 in Havana, La Habana, Cuba
MLB Debut: 1991-09-06
Last Game: 2000-07-01

Full name: Mark Willard Clark

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Career Pitching Statistics

Mark Clark — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
74	71	219	197	15	3	0	1246.1	1,364	638	154	367	728	4.61	-1575.0

Career ERA 4.61 vs. league average 4.38 across their career seasons — 5.2% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Mark Clark Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1991	SLN	NL	1	1	7	2	0	0	22.1	17	10	11	13	4.03	3.91 (-3%)	-560.7
1992	SLN	NL	3	10	20	20	1	1	113.1	117	56	36	44	4.45	3.75 (-19%)	-1673.5
1993	CLE	AL	7	5	26	15	1	0	109.1	119	52	25	57	4.28	4.19 (-2%)	-1663.8
1994	CLE	AL	11	3	20	20	4	1	127.1	133	54	40	60	3.82	4.51 (+15%)	-455.0
1995	CLE	AL	9	7	22	21	2	0	124.2	143	73	42	68	5.27	4.45 (-18%)	-74.3
1996	NYN	NL	14	11	32	32	2	0	212.1	217	81	48	142	3.43	4.61 (+26%)	4608.5
1997	NYN	NL	8	7	23	22	1	0	142.0	158	67	47	72	4.25	4.39 (+3%)	-1455.1
1997	CHN	NL	6	1	9	9	2	0	63.0	55	20	12	51	2.86	4.39 (+35%)	1662.7
1998	CHN	NL	9	14	33	33	2	1	213.2	236	115	48	161	4.84	4.43 (-9%)	3736.4
1999	TEX	AL	3	7	15	15	0	0	74.1	103	71	34	44	8.60	4.71 (-83%)	-3024.1
2000	TEX	AL	3	5	12	8	0	0	44.0	66	39	24	16	7.98	4.77 (-67%)	-2676.1
Career · 11 seasons			74	71	219	197	15	3	1,246.1	1,364	638	367	728	4.61	—	-1,575

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Mark Clark — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
219	242	7	14	3	0	1	9	0	8	106	.058	.088	.083	.170	-1,758

Career AVG .058 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 78.2% below league average.

Career OBP .088 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 73.9% below league average.

Career SLG .083 vs. league average .415 across their career seasons — 80.1% below league average.

Career OPS .170 vs. league average .751 across their career seasons — 77.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Mark Clark Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1991	SLN	NL	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	SLN	NL	20	36	0	5	0	0	1	0	18	.139	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	CLE	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	CLE	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	CLE	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	NYN	NL	32	69	3	3	1	0	2	1	26	.043	.269 (-84%)	.340 (-83%)	.426 (-86%)	.767 (-85%)	-1002.9
1997	NYN	NL	23	43	1	2	0	1	2	2	19	.047	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	CHN	NL	9	23	2	0	0	0	1	2	12	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	CHN	NL	33	62	1	4	2	0	3	3	27	.065	.266 (-76%)	.335 (-68%)	.420 (-77%)	.755 (-73%)	-755.5
1999	TEX	AL	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	TEX	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			219	242	7	14	3	1	9	8	106	.058	—	—	—	—	-1,758

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Mark Clark — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500

Playoff Batting by Year

Mark Clark — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1998	NLDS1	CHN	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500

Playoff Career Pitching

Mark Clark — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	1	1	0	6.0	7	2	1	4	3.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Mark Clark — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1998	NLDS1	CHN	0	1	1	1	0	6.0	7	2	1	4	3.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Mark Clark — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	109	105	1	5	1	5	.048
Away	110	137	6	9	0	4	.066

Pitching — Home / Away

Mark Clark — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	109	629.0	678	309	163	341	4.42
Away	110	617.1	686	329	204	387	4.80

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Mark Clark — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2000-07-01	TEX	SEA	L	1.1	3	2	1	1	1	0
2000-06-16	TEX	TBR	—	3.2	5	2	2	3	0	1
2000-06-15	TEX	BAL	—	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	1
2000-06-06	TEX	LAD	L	4.1	7	4	4	2	3	0
2000-05-27	TEX	MIN	L	4.1	7	7	7	4	0	1
2000-05-21	TEX	BAL	—	2.0	4	0	0	0	1	0
2000-05-16	TEX	TBR	—	5.0	6	6	6	3	1	2
2000-05-03	TEX	TBR	W	6.0	6	0	0	1	0	0
2000-04-26	TEX	BOS	L	1.1	7	6	5	2	1	1
2000-04-21	TEX	MIN	L	5.0	6	6	6	3	2	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Mark Clark — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	219	197	57	153	6	12

Season-by-Season Fielding

Mark Clark — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1991	SLN	P	7	2	2	1	0	0
1992	SLN	P	20	20	2	13	1	0
1993	CLE	P	26	15	4	10	2	0
1994	CLE	P	20	20	5	23	0	3
1995	CLE	P	22	21	8	16	0	3
1996	NYN	P	32	32	10	24	0	1
1997	NYN	P	23	22	6	22	1	1
1997	CHN	P	9	9	5	10	1	0
1998	CHN	P	33	33	11	24	0	0
1999	TEX	P	15	15	3	4	1	1
2000	TEX	P	12	8	1	6	0	3

Career Games by Position

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Mark Clark Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	219

Awards & Honors

Mark Clark — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1997	Player of the Week	Week of 1997-09-13

Salary History

Mark Clark — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2000	TEX	AL	$5,000,000
1999	TEX	AL	$4,000,000
1998	CHN	NL	$5,050,000
1997	NYN	NL	$2,200,000
1996	NYN	NL	$1,100,000
1995	CLE	AL	$750,000
1994	CLE	AL	$325,000
1993	CLE	AL	$130,000
1992	SLN	NL	$109,000
1991	SLN	NL	$100,000
Total Career Earnings			$18,764,000

College History

Mark Clark — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Lincoln Land Community College	Springfield	IL	1988

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Mark Clark: the record in brief

Mark Clark's major league career runs from a debut on September 6, 1991 to a final game on July 1, 2000. Club by club, the record runs the St. Louis Cardinals (1991 to 1992), the Cleveland Indians (1993 to 1995), the New York Mets (1996 through 1997), the Chicago Cubs (1997 to 1998), and the Texas Rangers (1999 through 2000). Clark, a pitcher by primary position, batted and threw right-handed. Clark is listed at 225 pounds on a 6-foot-5 frame. The birth record reads May 12, 1968, in Havana, La Habana, Cuba. Mark Clark was the playing name; the full given name is Mark Willard.

Across 219 games (197 starts), Clark recorded 74 wins against 71 losses with a 4.61 ERA. The totals include 728 strikeouts and 15 complete games. The league ERA over Clark's seasons was 4.38, so the 4.61 figure ran 5.2% worse than average. The best win total was 14, in 1996. The strikeout high was 161 in 1998.

Frequently Asked Questions about Mark Clark

What years did Mark Clark play?: Mark Clark played in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 2000.
Was Mark Clark a pitcher?: Yes. Mark Clark pitched in the major leagues, recording 74 wins and 728 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Mark Clark hit?: Mark Clark hit 1 career home runs with 14 hits.
What was Mark Clark's career batting average?: Mark Clark batted .058 over his career, with 14 hits in 242 at bats.
How many RBI did Mark Clark have?: Mark Clark drove in 9 runs in his career.
What was Mark Clark's career ERA?: Mark Clark finished with a 4.61 career ERA, going 74-71 with 728 strikeouts.