:Terry Clark (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1960)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Terry Clark

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1960|10|18}}

|birth_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 7

|debutyear=1988

|debutteam=California Angels

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 20

|finalyear=1997

|finalteam=Texas Rangers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=10–23

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.54

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=109

|teams=

}}

Terry Lee Clark (born October 18, 1960) is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Clark played for the California Angels in {{mlby|1988}} and {{mlby|1989}}, Houston Astros in {{mlby|1990}} and {{mlby|1996}}, Baltimore Orioles and Atlanta Braves in {{mlby|1995}}, Kansas City Royals in {{mlby|1996}}, and Texas Rangers and Cleveland Indians in {{mlby|1997}}. Clark notched 10 victories as a pitcher and on August 18, 1995, picked up his only MLB save against the Athletics.{{cite web| url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK199508180.shtml| title = Baltimore Orioles at Oakland Athletics Box Score, August 18, 1995 {{!}} Baseball-Reference.com}}

From 2000 to 2004, Clark was a pitching coach in the Cleveland Indians minor league system for Single-A Mahoning Valley, Double-A Akron, and Triple-A Buffalo. From 2006 to 2008, he was the pitching coach for Double-A Frisco in the Rangers organization. On December 29, 2008, he was named the pitching coach for Triple-A Oklahoma City.{{cite web |url=http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081229&content_id=490514&vkey=news_t238&fext=.jsp&sid=t238 |title=Bobby Jones returns as RedHawks' skipper in 2009 |accessdate=2008-12-30 |author= |author-link= |date=2008-12-29 |work=MiLB.com}} He was also the Seattle Mariners' Minor League pitching coordinator 2014–2015, then in 2016 hired as the Chicago Cubs pitching coach at Tennessee.{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/cubs-reveal-minor-league-coordinators-coaches/c-159913724|title=Cubs announce coaches, coordinators in Minors |accessdate=2015-12-17 |author=Adam McCalvy |author-link= |date=2015-12-17 |work=MLB.com}}

His son, Matt Clark, is also a former professional baseball player.

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