| Morten Clark | |
|---|---|
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| Shortstop | |
| Born: (1889-12-19)December 19, 1889 Bristol, Tennessee | |
| Died: November 17, 1943(1943-11-17) (aged 53) Los Angeles, California | |
| Batted: LeftThrew: Left | |
| debut | |
| 1908, for the Birmingham Giants | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1923, for the Baltimore Black Sox | |
Stats at Baseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
Morten Avery "Specs" Clark (December 19, 1889 – November 17, 1943) was an American baseball shortstop in the pre-Negro leagues.
He was born December 19, 1889, in Bristol, Tennessee, and played professional baseball for the Birmingham Giants in 1908. He would play a large part of his career for the Indianapolis ABCs.
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.
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. (Some papers have him listed as "Martin" Clark.)
References
- ^ "A.B.C.'s Take Three From the Sprudels" Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN, Wednesday, May 19, 1915, Page 10, Column 6
- ^ "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
- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
- Baseball players from Tennessee
- Baltimore Black Sox players
- Birmingham Giants players
- Brooklyn Royal Giants players
- Indianapolis ABCs players
- New York Lincoln Giants players
- New York Lincoln Stars players
- Philadelphia Giants players
- Schenectady Mohawk Giants players
- Washington Potomacs players
- 1889 births
- 1943 deaths
- People from Bristol, Tennessee
- Burials at Los Angeles National Cemetery