Who he is: The first thing to know about Will Clark’s Hall of Fame case is that, at least on paper, the former Giants, Rangers, Orioles and Cardinals first baseman hit better than numerous Hall of Famers.
Clark’s 137 OPS+, his rate of total offensive production adjusting for his ballpark and era, is better than 108 Hall of Fame position players. He hit .303 lifetime, playing much of his career in Candlestick Park before the offensive explosion of the mid-1990s.
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Put another way, according to the stat converter on Baseball-Reference.