Morten Avery "Specs" Clark (December 19, 1889 – November 17, 1943) was an American baseball shortstop in the pre-Negro leagues.
| Morten Clark | |
|---|---|
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| Shortstop | |
| Born: December 19, 1889 Bristol, Tennessee | |
| Died: November 17, 1943 (aged 53) Los Angeles, California | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| debut | |
| 1908, for the Birmingham Giants | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1923, for the Baltimore Black Sox | |
| Teams | |
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He was born December 19, 1889, in Bristol, Tennessee,[2] and played professional baseball for the Birmingham Giants in 1908. He would play a large part of his career for the Indianapolis ABCs.[1]
Clark died in Los Angeles on November 17, 1943, and is buried at the National Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. His World War I draft registration card showed him single, as of 1917.[2]
Almost a decade after his death, Clark received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro Leagues' best players ever.[3] (Some papers have him listed as "Martin" Clark.)
References
edit- ^ a b "A.B.C.'s Take Three From the Sprudels" Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN, Wednesday, May 19, 1915, Page 10, Column 6
- ^ a b "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZ2M-GQQ : accessed 29 Jan 2013), Morten A. Clark
- ^ "1952 Pittsburgh Courier Poll of Greatest Black Players"
External links
edit- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads