Happy Birthday Will Clark!

• Today is Will Clark's 48th birthday.
• He had a great nickname --- Will the Thrill
• Clark was one of the players who really helped turn around the Giants franchise in the late 1980s
• Will  homered off of Nolan Ryan in his first major league at bat on 8 April 1986
• Clark was a five-time NL All-Star (1988-1992). He also made the AL All Star team in 1994 after leaving the Giants
• Will was the MVP of the 1989 NL Championship Series
• Happy birthday Will!!!

1987 Donruss #66 - Will Clark

• Johngy from Johngy's Beat sent me this card. This was the one card I needed to complete my 1987 Donruss Giants team set. Thanks a lot Johngy!
• Night Owl has a "One Card Challenge" where a collector can ask for one card to complete a set (or a team set). I asked for the 1987 Donruss Clark and Johngy sent it along. Thanks for starting this program, Night Owl!

Giants Playoff First Basemen

• 1951 Whitey Lockman (.282, 12 HR, 73 RBI)

1951 Bowman #37

• 1954 Whitey Lockman (.251, 16 HR, 60 RBI)

1954 Bowman #153

• 1962 Orlando Cepeda (.306, 35 HR, 114 RBI)

1962 Topps #40

• 1971 Willie McCovey (.277, 18 HR, 70 RBI)

1971 Topps #50

• 1987 Will Clark (.308, 35 HR, 91 RBI) 

1987 Topps #420

• 1989 Will Clark (.333, 23 HR, 111 RBI)

1989 Topps #660

• 1997 J.T. Snow (.281, 28 HR, 104 RBI)

1997 Ultra #359

• 2000 J.T. Snow (.284, 19 HR, 96 RBI)

2000 Topps #35

• 2002 J.T. Snow (.246, 6 HR, 53 RBI)

2000 Topps #74

• 2003 J.T. Snow (.273, 8 HR, 51 RBI) / Andres Galarraga (.301, 12 HR, 42 RBI)

2003 Topps #158 / 2003 Upper Deck First Pitch #295

• 2010 Aubrey Huff (.290, 26 HR, 86 RBI)

2010 Topps Limited Edition Giants #SF9

1990 Topps Big Baseball Giants

#16 Terry Kennedy

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#51 Scott Garrelts

#96 Matt Williams

#169 Robby Thompson

#193 Don Robinson

#197 Kevin Mitchell

#213  Jose Uribe

#224 Will Clark

#236 Kevin Bass

#259 Brett Butler

#275 Steve Bedrosian

#308 Greg Litton

#328 Rick Reuschel

1992 Topps Giants - Part 2 (infielders)

This set is starting to grow on me. There are lots of cool horizontal cards and good action shots. Robby Thompson (#475) batted .260 with 14 HR and 49 RBI in 128 games.

Will Clark (#330) batted .300 with 16 HR and 73 RBI.

Will Clark All Star (#386)

Matt Williams (#445) batted .227 with 20 HR and 66 RBI.

Greg Litton (#238) batted .229 in 140 at bats as Robby Thompson's backup at second base.

Jose Uribe (#538) split time with Royce Clayton at shortstop in 1992. Uribe batted .241 in 66 games.

Royce Clayton (#786) batted .224 in 98 games in his first full season in the majors.

Others who played infield for the Giants in 1992:

• Cory Snyder (.269, 14 HR, 57 RBI in 124 games as a utilityman) - He got a 1992 Topps Traded card but I can't get at my traded sets to scan his card right now.
• John Patterson (.184 in 32 games)
• Mike Benjamin (.173 in 40 games)

1991 Topps Giants - Part 2 (infielders)

Will Clark (#500) had another great year in 1991. He batted .301 with 29 HR and 116 RBI.

Robby Thompson (#705) batted .262 with 19 HR and 48 RBI.

Jose Uribe (#158) batted .221 in 90 games. He was out for a month from mid-June to mid-July.

Matt Williams (#190) batted .268 with 34 HR and 98 RBI.

Matt Williams AS (#399)

Ernie Riles (#408) didn't play for the Giants in 1991. After the 1990 season he was traded to the Oakland A's for Darren Lewis and a minor leaguer.

Dave Anderson (#572) played shortstop during Uribe's absence and batted .248 in 226 AB

Greg Litton (#628) batted .181 in 127 AB as a backup infielder.

Mike Benjamin (#791) batted .123 in 106  AB in 1991.

Others who played infield but who didn't get 1991 Topps Giants cards:

Tom Herr (.250 in 60 AB)
Tony Perezchica (.250 in 48 AB)
Royce Clayton (.115 in 26 AB)
Darnell Coles (.214 in 14 AB)

Card Tribute - Will Clark

1986 Topps #24T

1987 Topps #420

1988 Topps #350

1989 Topps #660

1990 Topps #100

1991 Topps #500

1992 Topps #330

1993 Topps #10

Make sure you vote for your favorite Will Clark card on the poll on the right. Looks like there are a few good contenders for this one!