Tony Clark
| Tony Clark | |||
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Clark with the San Diego Padres
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| First baseman | |||
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Born: June 15, 1972 Newton, Kansas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 3, 1995, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 12, 2009, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .262 | ||
| Home runs | 251 | ||
| Runs batted in | 824 | ||
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Anthony Christopher Clark (born June 15, 1972, in Newton, Kansas), is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and current executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association.
Clark had his best years with the Detroit Tigers (1995–2001), but also played with five other teams during a 15-year career that ended in 2009. He was a switch hitter, and threw right-handed. He was third in Rookie of the Year voting in 1996, and was an All Star in 2001.
Clark was a union representative while he was a player, and after retiring he joined the staff of the MLBPA in 2010. He served as deputy executive director and acting executive director of the union before he was appointed executive director in December 2013, upon the death of Michael Weiner. Clark is the first former player to be executive director of the MLB players' union.
Clark prepped at Valhalla High School in El Cajon, California, then transferred to nearby Christian High School. He averaged 43.7 points per game in basketball in his senior season. He amassed a then-San Diego-area high school basketball record with 2,549 career points, and broke Bill Walton's San Diego high school single-season scoring record with 1,337 points as a senior.
Clark played college basketball at the University of Arizona and San Diego State, where he was the Aztecs top scorer with 11.5 points per game in 1991–92.
In a 15-year career, Clark hit .262 with 251 home runs and 824 run batted in (RBIs) in 1,559 games played.
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