Morten Clark

Morten Clark
Shortstop
Born: December 19, 1889 Bristol, Tennessee
Died: November 17, 1943 (aged 53) Los Angeles, California
Batted: Left Threw: Left
debut
1908, for the Birmingham Giants
Last appearance
1923, for the Baltimore Black Sox
Teams
Birmingham Giants (1908) West Baden Sprudels (1910, 1912–1913) Philadelphia Giants (1911) Schenectady Mohawk Giants (1914) Brooklyn Royal Giants (1914) New York Lincoln Stars (1914–1915) Indianapolis ABCs (1915–1922) [1] Lincoln Giants (1919, 1921) Washington Potomacs (1923) Baltimore Black Sox (1923)

Morten Avery "Specs" Clark (December 19, 1889 – November 17, 1943) was an African-American baseball Shortstop in the pre-Negro leagues.

He was born December 19, 1889 in Bristol, Tennessee,^[2] and played professional baseball for the Birmingham Giants in 1908. He would play a large part of his career for the Indianapolis ABCs.^[1]

Clark died in Los Angeles on November 17, 1943 and is buried at the National Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. His World War I draft registration card showed him single, as of 1917.^[2]

References

1. "A.B.C.'s Take Three From the Sprudels" Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN, Wednesday, May 19, 1915, Page 10, Column 6
2. "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZ2M-GQQ : accessed 29 Jan 2013), Morten A. Clark

External links

• Negro league and Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)