Danny Clark (baseball)


Daniel Curren Clark was a backup infielder/outfielder in Major League Baseball who played between 1922 and 1927 for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals. Listed at, 167 lb., Clark batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Meridian, Mississippi.
In a three-season career, Clark was a.277 hitter with five home runs and 93 RBI in 245 games, including 75 runs, 36 doubles, eight triples, five stolen bases, and a.360 on-base percentage. Following his majors career, he played in the Texas and Three-Eye leagues.
After his baseball career ended, Clark became an oil dealer, dying in his hometown of Meridian at age 43 from tertiary neural syphilis.

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