Primary Position: Catcher
Birthplace: Snow Camp
First, Middle Names: John Carrol Nicknames: Cap
Date of Birth: Sept. 19, 1906 Date and Place of Death: Feb. 16, 1957, Fayetteville
Burial: Lafayette Memorial Park, Fayetteville
High School: Undetermined
College: Elon University, Elon
Bats: L Throws: R Height and Weight: 5-11, 180
Debut Year: 1938 Final Year: 1938 Years Played: 1
Team and Year: Philadelphia Phillies, 1938
Career Summary
G AB H R RBI HR BA. OBP. SLG. WAR
52 74 19 11 4 0 .257 .337 .297 -0.2
Cap Clark was a high-school teacher and coach most of the time. In the summer when school was out, he played professional baseball. He kicked around the minors for six years before getting the call. Clark put in a respectable season as a backup catcher in the majors and then went back teaching and coaching. He added shop keeping when he opened a sporting goods store in Fayetteville that’s still in business eighty years later.