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Will Clark
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Clark played a starring role for the 1984 U.S. Olympic team that yielded such future major leaguers as Barry Larkin and Mark McGwire.
During the five-game Olympic tournament, Clark batted .429 with three home runs and eight RBI.
Clark was drafted with the second overall pick in the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft by the San Francisco Giants. major league at-bat on April 8, 1986, Clark debuted with another home run—this time off Hall of Fame member Nolan Ryan. |
A few days later, Clark also homered in his first game in his new home ballpark, Candlestick Park. (He debuted at age 22 wearing the number 22 playing first base while the and also wore the number 22 and who had just hit 22 home runs for the team where Will ended his career.) An elbow injury cost Clark 47 games in his rookie season. Clark finished his rookie year with a respectable .287 batting average. Clark prepares to bat during 1992 game at Candlestick Park.
Over the next six seasons, Clark would establish himself as the premier first baseman in the National League. In his first full season in 1987, Clark had a .308 batting average. Clark was voted the starting first baseman for the NL All-Star team every season from 1988 through 1992. In 1988, Clark was the first Giants' player to drive in 90 or more runs in consecutve seasons since Bobby Murcer from 1975-1976.
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His finest season was in 1989, when he batted .333 (losing the batting title to Tony Gwynn on the final day of the season) with 111 RBI. Clark finished second in the NL Most Valuable Player voting to Giants teammate Kevin Mitchell.
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In 1989, Clark and the Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs in the National League Championship Series. In Game 1, Clark hit a solo home run in the. Prior to Clark's at-bat, Cubs' catcher Joe Girardi went to the mound to discuss with Maddux how to pitch to Clark. From the on-deck circle, Clark watched the conversation and read Maddux's lips saying "fastball high, inside." The first pitch was a fastball high and inside which Clark sent into the right field bleachers. Following this, pitchers began to cover their mouths with their gloves when having conversations on the pitchers mound. (The Chicago Tribune's front page the next day paid tribute to his performance with a headline of "Clark's night on Addison.") |
| In Game 5 of the series, Clark faced Cubs closer Mitch Williams with the score tied 1-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning. After an epic at-bat, with several two-strike foul balls keeping the duel alive for several minutes, Clark singled to center field to drive in two runs, breaking the tie, eventually sending the Giants to the World Series. Clark's efforts, which included a .650 batting average and two home runs, resulted in him being named MVP for the series. The Giants went on to face the Oakland Athletics in the 1989 World Series, but were swept in 4 games. In the only World Series appearance of his career. |
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