Morten Clark Explained

Morten Clark
Position:	Shortstop
Bats:	Left
Throws:	Left
Birth Date:	1889 12, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Bristol, Tennessee
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California
Debutteam:	Birmingham Giants
Finalteam:	Baltimore Black Sox
Teams:	Birmingham Giants West Baden Sprudels (–) Philadelphia Giants Schenectady Mohawk Giants Brooklyn Royal Giants New York Lincoln Stars (–) Indianapolis ABCs (–) ^[1] Lincoln Giants Washington Potomacs Baltimore Black Sox

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.^[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.)

External links

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Notes and References

1. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdQzBhbHFSUHlDNE0 "A.B.C.'s Take Three From the Sprudels" Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN, Wednesday, May 19, 1915, Page 10, Column 6
2. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdNjlhX0JfUFNyLXM/edit "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
3. http://johndonaldson.bravehost.com/a.html "1952 Pittsburgh Courier Poll of Greatest Black Players"