Bob Clark (catcher)

Robert H. Clark (March 18, 1863 – August 21, 1919) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball catcher. He played from 1886 to 1893 for the Brooklyn Grays/Bridegrooms, Cincinnati Reds and Louisville Colonels. He appeared in the post-season World Series with Brooklyn twice, in 1889 and 1890.

Clark died in Covington, Kentucky, on August 21, 1919, from burns he suffered in a chemical explosion at a Cincinnati factory several months earlier.

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External links

Baseball-Reference page

Baseball Almanac

Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers

1863 births

1919 deaths

19th-century baseball players

Brooklyn Bridegrooms players

Brooklyn Grays players

Cincinnati Reds players

Louisville Colonels players

Major League Baseball catchers

Baseball players from Covington, Kentucky

Accidental deaths in Kentucky

Atlanta Atlantas players

Deaths from fire in the United States

Industrial accident deaths