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Phillip Benjamin Clark (born May 6, 1968 in Crockett, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball player. He played infield and outfield for the Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres, and Boston Red Sox. He also played four seasons in Japan with the Kintetsu Buffaloes. His brother, Jerald Clark, also played in the major leagues and Nippon Professional Baseball. Clark signed with the Detroit Tigers after being selected with their first-round pick in the 1986 Major League Baseball Draft out of high school, and made his major league debut with the Tigers in . He was sent off to the San Diego Padres the following year, and hit .313 with 9 home runs in 102 games. He continued to play part-time before being released by the Boston Red Sox in . He joined the Kintetsu Buffaloes in the Japanese Pacific League in , and hit 23 home runs with a .331 batting average (second in the league after Ichiro Suzuki) in his first year to win the Best Nine Award at first base. He hit 48 doubles in , which was the Japanese single-season record until Yoshitomo Tani broke it in , and ended with a .320 batting average, with 31 home runs and 114 RBIs to win his second consecutive Best Nine Award. His production decreased in , but he still won a third Best Nine Award at designated hitter. In , he missed over half of the season after being hit by a pitch, and was released at the end of the year. ==External links== * * (Baseball Reference Bullpen Wiki ) * (Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phil Clark (outfielder)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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