 To start the 1955 season , Clark held out for a new deal because he felt that he deserved a promotion to the Cardinals ' major league roster ; he ended the holdout in March . That season , he hit .308 with 23 home runs , 84 RBIs , and was named as a finalist for the International League Most Valuable Player Award . For the next two seasons , Clark hit .289 and .285 , and he finished his time in Rochester with four straight seasons of 20 or more doubles . He ranks in the top ten in Red Wings history for RBIs ( 7th ) , home runs ( 9th ) , games played ( 9th ) , and hits ( 10th ) , and is a member of the Red Wings Hall of Fame , inducted in 1998 . He began the 1958 season with the Denver Bears , but left the team due to the distance between himself and his family . In his final year of professional baseball , he played a combined 70 games with the New Orleans Pelicans , San Antonio Missions , and Indianapolis Indians . 
