Editing Mark Clear

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1956)}}
{{About|the American baseball pitcher|the British opera singer|Marc Clear}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Mark Clear
|image=Mark Clear Milwaukee Brewers.jpg
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1956|5|27}}
|birth_place=[[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 4
|debutyear=1979
|debutteam=California Angels
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=May 16
|finalyear=1990
|finalteam=California Angels
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=71–49
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=3.85
|stat3label=[[Strikeouts]]
|stat3value=804
|stat4label=[[Save (baseball)|Saves]]
|stat4value=83
|teams=
*[[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California Angels]] ({{mlby|1979}}–{{mlby|1980}})
*[[Boston Red Sox]] ({{mlby|1981}}–{{mlby|1985}})
*[[Milwaukee Brewers]] ({{mlby|1986}}–{{mlby|1988}})
*[[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California Angels]] ({{mlby|1990}})
|highlights=
*2× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1979]], [[1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1982]])
}}
'''Mark Alan Clear''' (born May 27, 1956) is an American former two-time All Star [[Major League Baseball]] [[relief pitcher]] who played for the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California Angels]] (1979–80, 1990), [[Boston Red Sox]] (1981–85), and [[Milwaukee Brewers]] (1986–88). He batted and threw right-handed.<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clearma01.shtml Mark Clear Stats | Baseball-Reference.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Early life==
Clear was born in Los Angeles and attended [[Northview High School (California)|Northview High School]] in [[Covina, California]].<ref name=autogenerated1 /> He attended [[Mount San Antonio College]] in [[Walnut, California]].<ref>[http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=9955 Mark Clear – The Baseball Cube<!-- Bot generated title -->]</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>{{cite web |last1=Czerwinski |first1=Kevin T. |title=Copper Kings delivered unmatched clout |url=http://web.milb.com/gen/articles/printer_friendly/milb/y2008/m05/d16/c399596.jsp |website=web.milb.com |publisher=[[MLB.com]] |access-date=10 December 2021 |date=28 May 2008}}</ref>

==Professional career==
The [[Philadelphia Phillies]] selected Clear in the eighth round of the [[1974 MLB draft]].<ref name=autogenerated1/> A hard [[curveball]]er with shaky control, Clear was a flexible [[Setup pitcher|set-up]] man, and an occasional [[Closer (baseball)|closer]] as well. Twice he struck out 100-plus batters without [[Starting pitcher|starting]] a game (becoming the first pitcher to do so), and pitched 100 or more [[Innings pitched|innings]] in three different seasons.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

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 [[Save (baseball)|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 (baseball)|Rick Miller]] from the [[1980 California Angels season|Angels]] to the [[1981 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] for [[Rick Burleson]] and [[Butch Hobson]] five months later on December 10, 1980.<ref>[https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1980/12/11/sox-trade-burleson-hobson-for-lansford/#:~:text=The%20Boston%20Red%20Sox%20traded,games%20with%20California%20during%201980. "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 [[win (baseball)|win]]s 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/>

==See also==
*[[List of Major League Baseball leaders in games finished]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=c/clearma01|brm=clear-001mar|mlb=112382|espn=913|fangraphs=1002330|retro=C/Pcleam001}}
*[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=clearma01 Baseball-almanac.com]
*[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/mark-clear/ SABR biography]

{{Sporting News MLB Rookie of the year|state=collapsed}}

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