The man with 2,176 major league hits played in the World Series and the College World Series.
He won a Gold Glove, was the runner-up for the National League batting title in 1989 and had a career batting average of .303.
Will Clark flashed a bright smile as he recounted the hit that means the most to him — a two-run double by his son, Trey, a senior outfielder for The Dunham School in Baton Rouge.
It wasn’t a game winner, but it was a significant individual victory nonetheless.
“He’d come up to me and say ‘Dad I need to get an at-bat, dad I need to get an at-bat,” Clark recalled.