High School Career
Jesuit High School, New Orleans, LA (1979-1982)
• Louisiana All-State First Team (’80)
• Louisiana State champions (’79, ‘80)
• Hit .571 in high school
College Career
Mississippi State University (1983-1985)
• Golden Spikes Award: national College Player of the Year (’85)
• All American, First team, The Sporting News (’84, ‘85)
• All SEC, All SEC Western Division (’84, ‘85)
• SEC Tournament Championship (’85)
• College World Series (’85)
• Led SEC in HRs (25), RBIs (77), Hits (94), & Runs scored (75) (’85)
Olympics
• United States Olympic Team, won silver medal, hit .429 (’84)
Professional Career
San Francisco (1986-1993)
Texas Rangers (1994-1999)
Baltimore (1999-2000)
St. Louis (2000)
• Second Player Drafted Overall (’85)
• MLB Career Totals: 1,976 games; 0.303 Ave.; 284 HR; 1,205 RBI; 2,176 Hits
• Playoff Totals: 31 games, 0.333, 5 HR, 16 RBI
• 6-time All Star (’88-’92, ‘94)
• Golden Glove winner (’91)
• NLCS MVP (’89)
• NL MVP Runner-up (’89) )
• 20 Home Run seasons: 6 (’87-’89, ‘91, ‘98, ‘00)
• 30 Home Run seasons: 1 (’87)
• 100 RBI seasons: 4 (’88-’91, ‘98)
• 100 runs scored seasons: 2 (’88-’89)
Special Recognition
• Named Among Birmingham News “SEC’s Top 25 Greatest Athletes” (’07)
• Texas Rangers’ Man of the Year (‘96)
• Helped finance construction of new outfield wall at Dudy Noble Stadium
• A 1990 poll of 65 Major League players ranked Will as the best clutch performer
Hall of Fame Memberships
• Louisiana American-Italian Sports Hall of Fame (1997)
• Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (2003)
• Mississippi State University Athletic Hall of Fame (2003)
• Cape Cod League Hall of Fame (2004)
• Member Inaugural Class College Baseball Hall of fame (2006)
• Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame (San Francisco) (2007)
• Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (2008)
Did You Know?
Clark had several nicknames: The Thrill from former teammate Bob Brenly (which he did like) and The Natural (which he didn’t). Clark hit a home run with his first professional swing at Class A Fresno in 1985. In his first Major League at bat a season later, Will homered off Major League career strikeout leader Nolan Ryan.
