Philip Abner vs. Mark Clark — Career Comparison

Gen ZNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gen XCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mark Clark built a career as a starting pitcher and Philip Abner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mark Clark posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.61 and WHIP 1.406 compared to 4.91 and 2.182 for Philip Abner. By the career numbers, Mark Clark had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Philip Abner and Mark Clark

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
1.58
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.42
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.53
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.51
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.03
51.03
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.95
89.95
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
4.61
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.37
7.37
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3739
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1246.1
9
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1364
9.85
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.85
9.85
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
1.11
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
2.65
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
728
5.26
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.27
12.27
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.182
2.182
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.879
0.879
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.34
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.17
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
44.18
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5367
38.76
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.91
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
687
4.96
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.32
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.3
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.69
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.182
2.182
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.389
1.389
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
36.82
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4891
35.32
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.76
38.76

Fielding Stats for Philip Abner and Mark Clark

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
1.58
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.42
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3739
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1246.1
9
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.41
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
1.1
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
1.56
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.52
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.22
97.22
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.959
0.959
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.95
89.95
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Philip Abner and Mark Clark

Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
469.29
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
280
600
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
242
518.57
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
21.43
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.43
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.14
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.57
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
5.27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
42.86
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
47.14
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
15
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.29
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
32.14
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-11.96
-25.63
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
17.14
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
106
227.14
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
62.14
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.14
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.29
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA