Bob Clark (catcher)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1863–1919)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bob Clark

|position=Catcher/Outfielder

|image=Bob Clark (1888).png

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1863|3|18}}

|birth_place=Covington, Kentucky, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1919|8|21|1863|3|18}}

|death_place=Covington, Kentucky, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= April 17

|debutyear= 1886

|debutteam= Brooklyn Grays

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 3

|finalyear=1893

|finalteam=Louisville Colonels

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.230

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=107

|teams=

• Brooklyn Grays/Bridegrooms (1886–1890)
• Cincinnati Reds (1891)
• Louisville Colonels (1893)

|highlights=

• 1889 American Association Championship
• 1890 National League championship

}}

Robert H. Clark (March 18, 1863 – August 21, 1919) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball catcher. He played from 1886 to 1893 for the Brooklyn Grays/Bridegrooms, Cincinnati Reds and Louisville Colonels. He appeared in the post-season World Series with Brooklyn twice, in 1889 and 1890.

Clark died in Covington, Kentucky, on August 21, 1919, from burns he suffered in a chemical explosion at a Cincinnati factory several months earlier.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42316801/veteran_ball_player/ |title=Veteran Ball Player |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |page=6 |date=1919-08-22 |access-date=2020-01-14 |via=Newspapers.com}}