John Clark (baseball)

John Peter Clark III (Chinese: 陳思仲; Wade–Giles: Chen² Si¹-chung⁴; born 18 October 2000 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional baseball infielder who plays for the Wei Chuan Dragons in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He was drafted by the Dragons in 2021 and made his professional debut in November of that year.

Clark was born in Taipei, Taiwan, to an American father and Taiwanese mother. He attended Fu-Lin Elementary School and joined the school's baseball team in fourth grade. He then played third baseman and shortstop at Chang-An Junior High School.^[1]

Clark played at Kupao Home Economics Commercial High School in New Taipei City. He was named best third baseman at the Black Panther Banner national high school tournament in his senior year. He played summer tournaments in the United States through high school but did not receive an NCAA offer. He enrolled at Edmonds Community College in 2019.^[2]

In 2020, Clark returned to Taiwan following the COVID-19 pandemic. He attended classes virtually and joined the Taipei Highwealth team in the Popcorn League.^[3]

Clark entered the CPBL draft in 2021.^[4] He was selected by the Wei Chuan Dragons in the 6th round.^[5]

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