Howie Clark

Hitting Coach - Memphis (AAA) [2026]
High Level
MLB
Years
1992-2009 (2002-2008)
Proper Name
Howard Roddy Clark
Positions
2B (528) ... OF (342) ... 3B (243) ... 1B (157) ... DH (23) ... LF (21) ... RF (12) ... SS (9) ... P (5) ... C (2)
Height / Weight
5-10 / 190
Bats / Throws
Left / Right
Birthdate
February 13,1974   Age:  52.263
High School
Huntington Beach (Huntington Beach,CA)
MLB Debut
MLBAM ID
Retrosheet#
clarh001
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Howie Clark [Howard Roddy Clark] played Major League Baseball between 2002-2008. He was most recently the Hitting Coach for Memphis [AAA] in 2026. His date of birth is February 13th, 1974 and he is currently 52 years old. He was born in San Diego, California. He played his high school baseball for the Huntington Beach High School Oilers in Huntington Beach, California. He was drafted and signed in the 27th round (744th overall) of the 1992 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Baltimore Orioles. Made his Major League Debut on July 16th, 2002 at the age of 28. Started the game and batted leadoff going 1/4 for the Baltimore Orioles against the Seattle Mariners. Doubled in his first at bat against Joel Pineiro. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics ...
listed below were Calvin Maduro and Josh Towers. Clark played 11 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles organization, 4 seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays, 1 season with the Pittsburgh Pirates and 1 season with the Minnesota Twins. Led the Mexican League (Intl) with 42 Doubles in 2001. Led the International League (AAA) with a .45 Strikeout-Walk Ratio in 2004. Played 1 year of Independent League Baseball in 2001.

Jobs in Baseball: Hitting Coach for 1 year in the Baltimore Orioles organization with Bowie [AA] in 2016. Assistant Hitting Coach for the Baltimore Orioles for 3 years between 2017-2019. Hitting Coach for 1 year in the Chicago White Sox organization with Charlotte [AAA] in 2020. Assistant Hitting Coach for the Chicago White Sox for 2 years between 2021-2022. Hitting Coach for 4 years in the St. Louis Cardinals organization with Memphis [AAA] between 2023-2026.

Career Transactions: Signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on November 12th, 2002. Signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates on November 1st, 2004. Signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles on December 20th, 2005. Signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres on January 10th, 2007. Signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on May 12th, 2007. Signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins on November 21st, 2007. Signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on January 16th, 2009.

Batting Statistics

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yearteam nameleaguelevelmlb#ageposlnptbc+gabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
1992Gulf Coast OriolesGCLRkBAL-189443138123371061212212102042153825.239.309.304.613.145.065.2827.8413.731.750.00
1993Bluefield OriolesAppRkBAL-1910958180295310133022263441420742151439.294.388.411.799.261.117.34012.0915.811.3160.00
1993Albany PolecatsSALABAL401971724000110030000041704.235.235.235.470.059.000.2860.0017.650.000.00
1994Albany PolecatsSALABAL-201091083535695227247545158741371374163164.269.371.388.759.266.119.31612.2613.941.14176.50
1994Frederick KeysCaroA+BAL-20271110000002000012710.143.143.286.429.143.143.2000.0028.570.000.00
1995High Desert MavericksCalifA+BAL-219510032950852025401263251433041243712758.258.329.377.706.234.119.2908.6313.751.5965.80
1996Bowie BaysoxEastAABAL-2299127449551222934522859542107181695273686.272.354.376.730.223.104.29611.2010.250.92112.25
1997Bowie BaysoxEastAABAL-231011053143990160937223238113251333512565.287.351.424.775.239.137.3009.1210.831.1934.89
1998Bowie BaysoxEastAABAL-24108882763779160945112942301271223092554.286.359.442.801.261.156.3109.3913.591.4530.67
1998Rochester Red WingsILAAABAL-2488*309513224138129110000237104814.232.298.389.687.242.157.2358.6510.581.2231.67
1999Bowie BaysoxEastAABAL-25103*391261737602122010123000049139829.294.360.389.749.190.095.3137.198.631.2063.00
1999Rochester Red WingsILAAABAL-25105792793382194628123424112281273172953.294.370.455.825.280.161.30310.737.570.7146.50
2000Bowie BaysoxEastAABAL-261353111860190036101012758711.340.379.509.888.226.169.3625.1710.342.0053.00
2000Rochester Red WingsILAAABAL-2610354189255410032131261411104732181341.286.373.386.759.249.100.29511.936.420.5463.00
2001Chico HeatWestIndy -27415380100001100000101617.533.563.6671.230.200.134.0006.256.251.000.00
2001Yucatan LeonesMexAAA -271091214936816442756454434700001223553654110.333.386.477.863.233.144.0008.028.771.0998.60
2002Rochester Red WingsILAAABAL2228108105418571292147433441282252111794683297.309.369.428.797.215.119.3148.765.980.6859.71
2002Baltimore OriolesALMLBBAL1128D/727/1145331650040036200052158511.302.362.396.758.151.094.3405.1710.342.000.00
2003Syracuse SkyChiefsILAAATOR24299466252296514143010212033623932851946.258.316.369.685.198.111.2617.377.020.9563.00
2003Toronto Blue JaysALMLBTOR6295/R74D39/81572387092531070136220033077421.357.400.429.829.100.072.3913.907.792.000.00
2004Syracuse SkyChiefsILAAATOR530113722564380142632104018333231163052258.313.407.453.860.301.140.31513.115.900.4542.67
2004Toronto Blue JaysALMLBTOR630/397DR1/2978586*401151725603120013150320240133916.217.292.348.640.243.131.2229.7711.281.1538.33
2005Gulf Coast PiratesGCLRkPIT-31166*8277133104003200001183049.481.533.6671.200.296.186.52010.006.670.670.00
2005Altoona CurveEastAAPIT631128*31110154130213211950010150130536.373.462.455.917.264.082.37514.623.850.2655.00
2006Ottawa LynxILAAABAL-3297863084181161327223628222351083502061.263.342.351.693.205.088.28010.298.000.78102.67
2006Baltimore OriolesALMLBBAL5232H/97711000000220100011001.143.333.143.476.286.000.20020.0020.001.000.00
2007New Hampshire Fisher CatsEastAATOR-33130100000010000001401.333.500.333.833.333.000.33325.000.000.000.00
2007Syracuse ChiefsILAAATOR-33102*2281822303151066000023487616.272.322.420.742.235.148.2646.906.901.0027.00
2007Toronto Blue JaysALMLBTOR433H5/R3469/81731496102002107500111125728.204.298.245.543.204.041.22212.288.770.710.00
2008Rochester Red WingsILAAAMIN12341039333850991766482125302154121463712970.293.341.432.773.216.139.3036.748.091.2056.33
2008Minnesota TwinsALMLBMIN19343/4480220010002000004820.250.250.500.750.250.250.3330.0025.000.000.00
2009Las Vegas 51sPCLAAATOR1035105963876612124165032342721010121654343190.313.370.426.796.204.113.3247.836.220.7964.50
Tot:MLB (6 yrs) MLB      13430236791813261128364631111083432257.262.329.358.687.189.096.2868.1610.501.29100.67
Tot:AL (6 yrs) AL      13430236791813261128364631111083432257.262.329.358.687.189.096.2868.1610.501.29100.67
Tot:Minors (18 yrs) Minors      1554547876415913234289662534459258143434627109226562024541137.290.361.413.775.233.123.3099.559.370.9861.55
Tot:Indy (1 yrs) Indy      415380100001100000101617.533.563.6671.229.200.133.5716.256.251.00
Tot:Rk (3 yrs) Rk      1093454899203340344157624411343982673.287.369.388.757.217.101.33210.3014.321.39115.00
Tot:A (2 yrs) A      1153705899227248645161741371414333168.268.366.381.747.257.114.31511.7814.091.20185.00
Tot:A+ (2 yrs) A+      10233651862125401263253433051263782858.256.325.375.700.232.119.2888.4714.021.6667.20
Tot:AA (7 yrs) AA      4041331174388763271689121531571011135225511518106282.292.366.414.780.235.122.31110.0810.341.0349.30
Tot:AAA (11 yrs) AAA      824309643391918427523662318315253162325157413133475263656.297.362.424.786.231.127.3089.067.280.8059.54
Avg:MLB - 162 game avg MLB      162🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
Avg:Minors - 162 game avg Minors      162🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
TBC+ Metric is based on wOBA with inclusion of stolen base value. TBC's version of wOBA excludes park factors and uses static coefficients across all levels and years for ease of implementation.
* indicates player had a low sample size of plate appearances.

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yearteam nameleaguecategoryagegabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
2006Baltimore OriolesMLB Spring TrainingSpring328900000000100000001000.000.100.000.100.111.000.00010.000.000.000.00
2007San Diego PadresMLB Spring TrainingSpring33110000000000000000100.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.000.000.000.00
2008Minnesota TwinsMLB Spring TrainingSpring34101613200200130000151721.188.235.313.548.188.125.2315.8817.653.000.00
2009Toronto Blue JaysMLB Spring TrainingSpring3581414000000000000041404.286.286.286.572.000.000.2860.000.000.000.00
Tot:Spring (4 Yrs) Spring 274027200200230000194225.175.214.225.439.100.050.1894.767.141.50

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yearteam nameleaguelevelmlb#agetbc+wleraggscgshogrgfsviphrerhrbbsowpbkhbwhiph9hr9bb9so9ra9so/bb
1995High Desert MavericksCalifA+BAL-21000.0010001000.00220200000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
1996Bowie BaysoxEastAABAL-22000.0010001000.10000000000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
1997Bowie BaysoxEastAABAL-230016.8720002002.25551331013.0016.873.3710.1210.1216.871.00
1998Bowie BaysoxEastAABAL-24004.5010001002.02111110011.509.004.504.504.504.501.00
1999Rochester Red WingsILAAABAL-25009.0020002202.04220200003.0018.000.009.000.009.000.00
2000Rochester Red WingsILAAABAL-26000.0010001001.01000100002.009.000.009.000.000.000.00
Tot:Minors (6 yrs) Minors    0011.2580008208.01210102941022.6313.502.2510.134.5011.250.44
Tot:A+ (1 yrs) A+    0010001000.00220200000.00
Tot:AA (3 yrs) AA    0010.8040004005.07662441022.2012.603.607.207.2010.801.00
Tot:AAA (2 yrs) AAA    006.0030003203.05220300002.6715.000.009.000.006.000.00
Avg:Minors - 162 Inning avg Minors    🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒162🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
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