Clark Anthony Elliott was originally signed by A's scout Rich Sparks…Graduated from Barrington (Ill.) High School, earning Area Player of the Year honors in 2019…Attended the University of Michigan and hit .304 with 21 home runs, 98 RBI, 31 stolen bases and a .430 on-base percentage in 119 games over three seasons…Was a First Team All-Big 10 selection in 2022…Won the batting title (.341) for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in the Cape Cod League in 2021.
2025
Spent the first two months of the season at High-A Lansing and was moved up to Double-A Midland on June 6…Batted a combined .251 with 12 home runs, 53 RBI and a .818 OPS in 117 games...Drew 81 walks and was hit by a pitch 13 times to fuel a .395 on-base percentage…Now has a .410 on-base percentage over the last two years, which is sixth-best among Minor Leaguers with 700 or more plate appearances...Was successful in 16-of-17 (94.1%) stolen base attempts...Tied for third in the A's farm system in walks, tied for fourth in triples (five) and tied for ninth in extra-base hits (37)…Had the highest on-base percentage among A's full-season Minor Leaguers, ranked third in OPS and sixth in slugging...Had career highs in all counting categories...Hit .265 (75-for-283) with an .827 OPS against right-handed pitchers compared to .214 (22- for-103) with a .792 OPS against left-handers...His batting average dropped to .228 with runners in scoring position...Combined for a .287 batting average in his home ballparks…Hit .217 on the road...Six of his 12 home runs put his team ahead as have eight of 20 in his career...Had a .147 batting average with two strikes...Started 91 games in left field, 12 at designated hitter and four each in right field and center field...Committed three errors in 104 games overall in the outfield for a .985 fielding percentage...Hit .262 as an outfielder, .163 as the DH…Also had a double, walk and RBI in two pinch-hitting appearances...Made starts at every spot in the batting order, including 29 batting sixth, 25 hitting leadoff and 18 each from the five and seven spots...Began the season at Lansing and reached base safely in each of his first 18 games through May 1…Hit .321 with a .507 on-base percentage over that span, which gave him a career-high 37-game reaching base streak dating back to Aug. 4, 2024 (.378 with a .500 on-base percentage)…Had a career-high eight-game hitting streak from April 19 to May 1…Went 10-for-22 (.455) with seven RBI and seven walks during the streak…Batted .314 in 17 games in April and also walked 18 times for a .507 on-base percentage…Went 8-for-52 (.154) over an 18-game stretch from May 3-27…Matched his career high (third time) with two stolen bases on May 16 against South Bend…Finished May with a .200 batting average and then hit .197 in June…Was batting .236 with four home runs and 21 RBI in 42 games with the Lugnuts when he was promoted to Midland on June 6…Hit .259 with eight home runs and 32 RBI in his Double-A debut...Went 12-for-63 (.190) over his first 20 games with the RockHounds through July 4…Made his final error on June 11 and finished the season with a career-high 66-game errorless streak in the outfield…Batted .326 with a .483 on-base percentage over a 14-game span from July 25 to Aug. 10…Went 0-for-4 with a career-high tying four strikeouts on Aug. 26 at Springfield…Reached base safely a career-high five times on Sept. 11 at Amarillo (two hits, three walks), had his first career two-homer game on Sept. 12 and drove in a career-high five runs on Sept. 14...Went 11-for-25 (.440) with six runs, four doubles, five home runs, 11 RBI and three walks in six games against the Sod Poodles and was named Texas League Player of the Week for the week ending Sept. 14…Was a perfect 16-for-16 in stolen base attempts before he was caught stealing Sept. 12 at Amarillo, his third-to-last game of the season…Hit .326 with five of his 12 home runs, 13 RBI, a .455 on-base percentage and 1.222 OPS in 12 games in September…Tied for the Texas League lead in home runs in September, ranked second in extra-base hits (nine), tied for second in RBI and third in OPS and slugging (.767)…Ended the season with career-high streaks of six consecutive games with an extra-base hit and four straight games with a home run…Then went 2-for-15 (.133) with a home run, four RBI and six walks (.409 on-base percentage) in five postseason games for Midland.
