Morten Avery "Specs" Clark (December 19, 1889 – November 17, 1943) was an American professional baseball shortstop in the pre-Negro leagues.
He was born December 19, 1889, in Bristol, Tennessee, and played professional baseball for the Birmingham Giants in 1908. He would play a large part of his career for the Indianapolis ABCs.
Clark died in Los Angeles on November 17, 1943, and is buried at the National Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. His World War I draft registration card showed him single, as of 1917."United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZ2M-GQQ : accessed 29 Jan 2013), Morten A. Clark
Almost a decade after his death, Clark received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro Leagues' best players ever."1952 Pittsburgh Courier Poll of Greatest Black Players" (Some papers have him listed as "Martin" Clark.)
References
External links and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads