Will clark biography baseball

There may have never been a more prepared baseball player to enter the professional ranks than Will Clark. He had participated in World Series competition at the Babe Ruth, American Legion, and Division I College levels, as well as the Olympics. During his first five major-league seasons starting in , he helped restore the San Francisco Giants organization to prominence. He became a highly-regarded player and was rewarded by being the highest-paid player in baseball early in his career. But nagging injuries eventually became problematic for him, reducing his offensive production in his later years with the Giants and then with Texas and Baltimore.

Clark developed a persona on and off the diamond that was described as dramatic, cocky, brash, loud, flamboyant, intense, gamer, aggressive, and temperamental. He wore his emotions on his sleeve, but no one expected more of him than he did of himself. It was during his early Giants games that he got tagged with popular nicknames like “The Thrill” and “The Natural” by his teammates. He even became well-known for his facial expression that was characterized by an intense, competitive scowl and big swaths of eye-black on h