Doug Clark Hitting Coach
AGE: 49 BORN: March 5, 1976 in Springfield, MA RESIDES: Wilbraham, MA
Doug Clark, a Springfield, MA native, joined the WooSox as a hitting coach in 2024. The 2024 WooSox set new Boston Red Sox Triple-A records for Most Runs (they scored 869 runs to pass the previous record of 840 set by the Pawtucket Red Sox in 1996), Most RBI (808 RBI eclipsing the mark of 790 set by the PawSox in 1996), Most Walks (by batters) with 786 bettering the previous mark of 721 set by the WooSox in 2023, and Most Hit by Pitch (by batters) with 94 to break the previous record of 85 set in 2023. The 2024 WooSox led the International League in Runs, RBI, Walks, On-Base Pct. (369), and were 2nd in OPS (.795). And Worcester batters finished 5th in the 20-team International League with their .259 team batting average. Individually, former WooSox INF Chase Meidroth set a new Red Sox Triple-A record for Most Walks in a season as he walked 105 times to shatter the mark of 92 walks set by former Pawtucket Red Sox 1B Mike Twardoski in 1992. Meidroth posted one of the best On-Base Pct. in many, many years as his OBP for the season .437. The Red Sox Triple-A record for highest OBP is .451 set all the way back in 1977 by PawSox OF Wayne Harer. Later in the 2024 season, Clark welcomed OF Roman Anthony, named the Best Prospect in Minor League Baseball by “Baseball America” and INF/OF Kristian Campbell, “Baseball America’s” 2024 Minor League Player of Year, to the WooSox lineup where the two continued to impress. Prior to joining the WooSox in 2024, Clark was the hitting coach for the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs in 2022 & 2023 working with several of the top Red Sox prospects including Wilyer Abreu, Ceddanne Rafaela, Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer, and several others. Doug had a 17-year professional playing career as an outfielder including brief stints with San Francisco in 2005 and Oakland in 2006. Overall at all levels of pro ball he finished with a career average of .289 with a total of 2,384 hits. Clark was a standout athlete at Springfield (MA) Central High School. He went to UMass Amherst on a football scholarship as a wide receiver and also walked-on to the baseball team. In three seasons with the Minutemen, he batted .331 with 21 HR, 137 RBI, and 49 stolen bases. Clark was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 7th round of the 1998 June draft. He reached Triple-A with the Giants from 2002-05 and hit .316 with 13 HR & 59 RBI in 127 games for Fresno in 2005 to earn his first promotion to the big leagues with SF. Signed as a free agent by Oakland in 2006, Doug spent the bulk of that season with Triple-A Sacramento while also getting a brief call-up to Oakland. His last season playing in the United States came in 2007 with the Richmond Braves.
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