Will Clark
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Will Clark on-deck during 1997 MLB season
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| First baseman | |||
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Born: March 13, 1964 New Orleans, Louisiana |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 8, 1986, for the San Francisco Giants | |||
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| October 1, 2000, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .303 | ||
| Hits | 2,176 | ||
| Home runs | 284 | ||
| Runs batted in | 1,205 | ||
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Representing  United States
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1984 Los Angeles | Team |
William Nuschler "Will" Clark, Jr. (born March 13, 1964) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball best known for his years with the San Francisco Giants from 1986 to 1993. Clark was known by the nickname of "Will the Thrill." The nickname has often been truncated to simply, "The Thrill."
After a sensational career at Jesuit High School in New Orleans, Clark attended Mississippi State University, where he continued to flourish. Clark was inducted into the Mississippi State University Hall of Fame in 2003. Clark was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. He was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame on April 26, 2007 and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame on August 1, 2008.
He currently works in the San Francisco Giants front office after spending five seasons as an advisor for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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 led the team in batting average (.429), hits (9), runs batted in (8) and tied for the team lead in home runs (3).
Playing for Mississippi State University, Clark was noted for his oft-imitated "sweet swing," said to be among the best in baseball. In 1985, The Sporting News named Clark an All-American and he later won the Golden Spikes Award from USA Baseball as the best amateur baseball player in the country. A teammate of Rafael Palmeiro, the two were known as "Thunder and Lightning." Clark and Palmeiro were known to dislike each other, dating back to their time at Mississippi State.
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