Robert H. Clark (March 18, 1863 – August 21, 1919) was a 19th-century

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. He played from 1886 to 1893 for the Brooklyn Grays/Bridegrooms,

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and

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. He appeared in the post-season

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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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