1889
Born December 19, 1889
Bristol, TN, USA
Morten Clark Notable
b. December 19, 1889 · West Baden Sprudels 1910, 1912–1913, Philadelphia Giants 1911, Brooklyn Royal Giants 1911, 1914, Indianapolis ABCs 1915–1918, 1920–1922, New York Lincoln Giants 1919, 1921, Baltimore Black Sox 1923
Morten Clark played for six clubs across 14 seasons as a shortstop, opening with the West Baden Sprudels in 1910 and closing with the Baltimore Black Sox in 1923.
Across 497 games he batted .236, with 427 hits and 281 runs. He finished with 3 home runs, 51 doubles and 94 stolen bases. He went 2 and 7 with a 4.22 earned run average, pitching 64 innings in 10 games. He struck out 28.
He played 413 games at shortstop, with 1,106 assists and 235 errors. He turned 120 double plays.
He was born in Bristol, TN, USA on December 19, 1889, and died on November 17, 1943. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910* | WBS | 7 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
| 1911* | BRG/PG | 19 | 70 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .157 |
| 1912* | WBS | 5 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .105 |
| 1913* | WBS | 12 | 45 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | .267 |
| 1914* | BRG | 33 | 121 | 21 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 | .248 |
| 1915* | ABC | 53 | 178 | 18 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 21 | .146 |
| 1916* | ABC | 40 | 143 | 32 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 13 | .273 |
| 1917* | ABC | 56 | 189 | 14 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 5 | .206 |
| 1918* | ABC | 34 | 106 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | .283 |
| 1919* | NLG | 8 | 34 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .265 |
| 1920 | ABC | 77 | 300 | 54 | 90 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 16 | .300 |
| 1921 | ABC/NLG | 67 | 252 | 52 | 62 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 38 | 1 | 12 | .246 |
| 1922 | ABC | 73 | 277 | 43 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 29 | 1 | 8 | .224 |
| 1923 | BBS | 13 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Major leagues | — | 230 | 874 | 155 | 223 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 60 | 104 | 2 | 36 | .255 |
| All seasons | — | 497 | 1806 | 281 | 427 | 51 | 22 | 3 | 163 | 203 | 2 | 94 | .236 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910* | WBS | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11.1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3.18 |
| 1911* | PG | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 26.2 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 5.74 |
| 1915* | ABC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
| 1918* | ABC | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18.1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4.42 |
| Major leagues | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| All seasons | — | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 64.0 | 58 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 4.22 |
Seasons outside MLB's recognized major leagues appear in All seasons, but not in Major leagues or the leaderboards. For Morten Clark, that is 1910–1919. Why totals can differ.
On this day & linked events
1943