Mark Clear
Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball biography Mark Alan Clear (born May 27, 1956) is an American former two-time All Star Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the California Angels (1979–80, 1990), Boston Red Sox (1981–85), and Milwaukee Brewers (1986–88). He batted and threw right-handed.<ref name=autogenerated1>Mark Clear Stats | Baseball-Reference.com</ref>
Early lifeEdit
Clear was born in Los Angeles and attended Northview High School in Covina, California.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> He attended Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, California.<ref>Mark Clear – The Baseball Cube</ref>
Clear's uncle is Bob Clear, who was a minor league pitcher in the 1940s and 1950s, and a coach with the California Angels from 1976 to 1986.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Professional careerEdit
The Philadelphia Phillies selected Clear in the eighth round of the 1974 MLB draft.<ref name=autogenerated1/> A hard curveballer with shaky control, Clear was a flexible set-up man, and an occasional closer as well. Twice he struck out 100-plus batters without starting a game (becoming the first pitcher to do so), and pitched 100 or more innings in three different seasons.Template:Citation needed
In 1979, Clear was an All Star and came in 19th in voting for the American League MVP.<ref name=autogenerated1/> That year he won the June AL Pitcher of the Month Award.<ref name=autogenerated1/> He was 11–5 with a 3.63 earned run average (ERA). His 14 saves were 7th-most in the American League.<ref name=autogenerated1/>
On July 6, 1980, Clear won the AL Pitcher of the Week Award.<ref name=autogenerated1/> He was traded along with Carney Lansford and Rick Miller from the Angels to the Red Sox for Rick Burleson and Butch Hobson five months later on December 10, 1980.<ref>"Sox Trade Burleson, Hobson For Lansford, Clear, Miller," The Harvard Crimson (Harvard University), Thursday, December 11, 1980. Retrieved November 25, 2022.</ref>
In 1982, Clear was again voted an All Star, and finished the season with a career-high 14 wins and 109 strikeouts. He had a 3.00 ERA in 105 innings, and his 14 saves were 9th-most in the American League.<ref name=autogenerated1/> His 2.20 ERA and 16 saves in 1986 were career bests, and his 16 saves were 8th-most in the American League.<ref name=autogenerated1/> In May of that season, Clear won the AL Pitcher of the Month Award.<ref name=autogenerated1/>
In his 11-year career, Clear compiled a 71–49 record with a 3.85 ERA, 83 saves, and 804 strikeouts in 804.1 innings.<ref name=autogenerated1/>
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