Will Clark

Infield

/ Olympic Games

Will Clark

Sport:
Baseball *
Event:
Infield
Hometown:
New Orleans, La.
Country:
United States
At MSU:
1983-1985

Won a silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games ... led Team USA with a .429 batting average, nine hits, eight RBIs and three home runs in five games at the Olympic tournament ... went 4-for-5 with a double, a homer and four RBIs agains the Dominican Republic in pool play ... two-time First Team All-American while at MSU ... 1985 Golden Spike Award winner ... led the Bulldogs to the Men's College World Series and SEC Tournament championship in 1985 ... led the SEC in home runs, runs, hits and RBIs in 1985 ... drafted No. 2 overall in 1985 by the San Francisco Giants and made his MLB debut the following year ... homered in his first professional at-bat with Class A Fresno in 1985 and then in his first MLB at-bat in 1986 against future Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan ... career .303 hitter in the big leagues with an .880 OPS over 15 MLB seasons ... six-time all-star, two-time Silver Slugger winner, a Gold Glove winner and 1989 NLCS MVP ... inducted into the MSU Hall of Fame, Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, National College Baseball Hall of Fame, Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame ... No. 22 jersey was retired by the San Francisco Giants in 2022.

Los Angeles 1984 Results

Olympic Results - 4-1 Record - Silver Medal

July 31 - Pool - Chinese Taipei - USA, 2-1
Aug. 2 - Pool - Italy - USA, 16-1
Aug. 4 - Pool - Dominican Republic - USA, 12-0
Aug. 6 - Semi - South Korea - USA, 5-2
Aug. 7 - Medal - Japan, JPN, 6-3

Olympic Totals - 5 GS, 9-for-21 (.429), 5 R, 2 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, BB, 4 K, SB, .952 SLG