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Mark Lemke
Mark Alan Lemke

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 167 lb.

Debut September 17, 1988
  vs. SDP 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 25, 1998
Born August 13, 1965 in Utica, NY

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 27th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 27, 1983. (All Transactions)

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        As Shakespeare wrote in Twelfth Night, "Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some acheive greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." Mark Lemke had all three.

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1988 22 ATL NL  16   58    8   13   4  0   0    2   0  2   4   5  .224  .274  .293   61   17   2   0   0   0   1
 1989 23 ATL NL  14   55    4   10   2  1   2   10   0  1   5   7  .182  .250  .364   73   20   0   0   0   0   1
 1990 24 ATL NL 102  239   22   54  13  0   0   21   0  1  21  22  .226  .286  .280   54   67   4   2   3   0   6
 1991 25 ATL NL 136  269   36   63  11  2   2   23   1  2  29  27  .234  .305  .312   70   84   6   4   2   0   9
 1992 26 ATL NL 155  427   38   97   7  4   6   26   0  3  50  39  .227  .307  .304   70  130  12   2  11   0   9
 1993 27 ATL NL 151  493   52  124  19  2   7   49   1  2  65  50  .252  .335  .341   81  168   5   6  13   0  21
 1994 28 ATL NL 104  350   40  103  15  0   3   31   0  3  38  37  .294  .363  .363   89  127   6   0  12   0  11
 1995 29 ATL NL 116  399   42  101  16  5   5   38   2  2  44  40  .253  .325  .356   78  142   7   3   4   0  17
 1996 30 ATL NL 135  498   64  127  17  0   5   37   5  2  53  48  .255  .323  .319   67  159   5   6   1   0   9
 1997 31 ATL NL 109  351   33   86  17  1   2   26   2  0  33  51  .245  .306  .316   63  111   8   5   2   0  10
 1998 32 BOS AL  31   91   10   17   4  0   0    7   0  1   6  15  .187  .232  .231   21   21   1   2   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1069 3230  349  795 125 15  32  270  11 19 348 341  .246  .317  .324   71 1046  56  30  48   0  94
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        489   53  120  19  2   5   41   2  3  53  52  .246  .317  .324   71  159   8   5   7   0  14
 Career High    155  498   64  127  19  5   7   49   5  3  65  51  .294  .363  .363   89  168  12   6  13   0  21
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1988 22 ATL NL   64   50    4   2.2    93| .224  .261| .274  .325| .293  .383| .567  .708|  61  .245  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1989 23 ATL NL   60   47    5   2.9    92| .182  .256| .250  .324| .364  .381| .614  .705|  73  .346  -2.4  -0.3   0%
 1990 24 ATL NL  266  198   19   2.6   102| .226  .270| .286  .337| .280  .406| .566  .743|  54  .272 -15.1  -1.5   0%
 1991 25 ATL NL  308  227   25   3.0    98| .234  .264| .305  .333| .312  .396| .617  .729|  70  .346 -10.6  -1.1  33%
 1992 26 ATL NL  491  356   41   3.1    98| .227  .267| .307  .333| .304  .393| .611  .726|  70  .373 -18.3  -1.9   0%
 1993 27 ATL NL  569  403   55   3.7   104| .252  .272| .335  .337| .341  .415| .676  .752|  81  .393 -11.5  -1.1  33%
 1994 28 ATL NL  394  267   44   4.4   111| .294  .277| .363  .344| .363  .433| .726  .777|  89  .451  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1995 29 ATL NL  453  327   44   3.6   109| .253  .274| .325  .344| .356  .427| .681  .771|  78  .369 -13.3  -1.3  50%
 1996 30 ATL NL  562  393   54   3.7   112| .255  .277| .323  .347| .319  .433| .642  .780|  67  .378 -24.1  -2.3  71%
 1997 31 ATL NL  397  288   35   3.3   110| .245  .273| .306  .345| .316  .428| .622  .773|  63  .324 -19.2  -1.9 100%
 1998 32 BOS AL  100   78    5   1.7   111| .187  .274| .232  .343| .231  .436| .463  .779|  21  .116 -10.8  -1.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3664 2634  331   3.4   106| .246  .272| .317  .340| .324  .417| .641  .757|  71  .361 -133.1 -13.2  36%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1988 22 ATL NL 2B 16 47 51 3 11 .970 .980 6.12 4.58 5.81 5.22 16 151.7 1989 23 ATL NL 2B 14 25 40 0 7 1.000 .980 4.64 4.43 4.63 5.12 13 126.3 1990 24 ATL NL 3B 45 20 71 1 7 .989 .947 2.02 2.31 3.14 2.73 26 260.7 2B 44 70 121 3 22 .985 .983 4.34 4.28 5.83 5.01 32 294.7 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.00 9.00 4.50 0 1.0 1991 25 ATL NL 2B 110 159 205 8 39 .978 .982 3.31 4.28 5.41 5.14 50 605.3 3B 15 3 10 2 1 .867 .949 0.87 2.31 2.68 2.74 2 43.7 1992 26 ATL NL 2B 145 236 325 9 56 .984 .981 3.87 4.27 4.74 5.18 114 1065.3 3B 13 0 10 0 0 1.000 .952 0.77 2.29 2.75 2.67 1 32.7 1993 27 ATL NL 2B 150 329 442 14 100 .982 .980 5.14 4.49 5.34 5.16 148 1299.7 1994 28 ATL NL 2B 103 209 300 3 58 .994 .981 4.94 4.56 5.10 5.26 102 899.0 1995 29 ATL NL 2B 115 205 305 5 61 .990 .984 4.43 4.58 4.75 5.25 115 967.3 1996 30 ATL NL 2B 133 228 410 15 71 .977 .981 4.80 4.40 4.92 5.09 132 1166.3 1997 31 ATL NL 2B 104 191 309 10 65 .980 .980 4.81 4.31 5.30 5.07 101 849.7 1998 32 BOS AL 2B 31 38 71 0 15 1.000 .978 3.52 4.14 3.94 4.85 29 248.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1988 22 ATL NL 2B 16 47 51 3 11 .970 .980 6.12 4.58 5.81 5.22 16 151.7 1989 23 ATL NL 2B 14 25 40 0 7 1.000 .980 4.64 4.43 4.63 5.12 13 126.3 1990 24 ATL NL 2B 44 70 121 3 22 .985 .983 4.34 4.28 5.83 5.01 32 294.7 1991 25 ATL NL 2B 110 159 205 8 39 .978 .982 3.31 4.28 5.41 5.14 50 605.3 1992 26 ATL NL 2B 145 236 325 9 56 .984 .981 3.87 4.27 4.74 5.18 114 1065.3 1993 27 ATL NL 2B 150 329 442 14 100 .982 .980 5.14 4.49 5.34 5.16 148 1299.7 1994 28 ATL NL 2B 103 209 300 3 58 .994 .981 4.94 4.56 5.10 5.26 102 899.0 1995 29 ATL NL 2B 115 205 305 5 61 .990 .984 4.43 4.58 4.75 5.25 115 967.3 1996 30 ATL NL 2B 133 228 410 15 71 .977 .981 4.80 4.40 4.92 5.09 132 1166.3 1997 31 ATL NL 2B 104 191 309 10 65 .980 .980 4.81 4.31 5.30 5.07 101 849.7 1998 32 BOS AL 2B 31 38 71 0 15 1.000 .978 3.52 4.14 3.94 4.85 29 248.7 1990 24 ATL NL 3B 45 20 71 1 7 .989 .947 2.02 2.31 3.14 2.73 26 260.7 1991 25 ATL NL 3B 15 3 10 2 1 .867 .949 0.87 2.31 2.68 2.74 2 43.7 1992 26 ATL NL 3B 13 0 10 0 0 1.000 .952 0.77 2.29 2.75 2.67 1 32.7 1990 24 ATL NL SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.00 9.00 4.50 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 965 1737 2579 70 505 .984 .981 4.47 4.40 5.06 5.15 852 7674.0 3B* 73 23 91 3 8 .974 .948 1.56 2.31 3.04 2.73 29 337.0 SS* 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.00 9.00 4.50 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1039 1760 2671 73 513 .984 .980 4.26 4.25 4.98 5.05 881 8012
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1991   NLCS  ATL PIT     W   7  20   1   4  1  0  0   1   4   0  .200  .333  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ATL MIN     L   6  24   4  10  1  3  0   4   2   4  .417  .462  .708   0  0   0   0   0 
 1992   NLCS  ATL PIT     W   7  21   2   7  1  0  0   2   5   3  .333  .462  .381   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ATL TOR     L   6  19   0   4  0  0  0   2   1   3  .211  .250  .211   0  0   0   0   0 
 1993   NLCS  ATL PHI     L   6  24   2   5  2  0  0   5   1   6  .208  .240  .292   0  0   0   0   0 
 1995   NLDS  ATL COL     W   4  19   3   4  1  0  0   1   1   3  .211  .250  .263   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ATL CIN     W   4  18   2   3  0  0  0   1   1   0  .167  .211  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ATL CLE     W   6  22   1   6  0  0  0   0   3   2  .273  .360  .273   0  1   1   0   0 
 1996   NLDS  ATL LAD     W   3  12   1   2  1  0  0   2   0   1  .167  .167  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ATL STL     W   7  27   4  12  2  0  1   5   4   2  .444  .516  .630   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ATL NYY     L   6  26   2   6  1  0  0   2   0   3  .231  .231  .269   0  0   2   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   7  31   4   6  2  0  0   3   1   4  .194  .219  .258   0  0   0   0   0 
  5 Lg Champ Series     4-1  31 110  11  31  6  0  1  14  15  11  .282  .368  .364   0  0   0   0   0 
  4 World Series        1-3  24  91   7  26  2  3  0   8   6  12  .286  .330  .374   0  1   3   0   0 
 11 Postseason Series   7-4  62 232  22  63 10  3  1  25  22  27  .272  .335  .353   0  1   3   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1992 NL-12-6

Intentional Walks
1993 NL-13-4
1994 NL-12-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1993 NL-21-4
1995 NL-17-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1994 NL-9.5-9
1995 NL-10.0-7
1996 NL-10.4-5

HOF Standards: Batting - 10.9 (1557) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 16.0 (883) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 6, 1983: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 27th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 27, 1983.

October 30, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

November 5, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

March 26, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 26, 1998: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1991Atlanta Braves$138,000
1992Atlanta Braves$250,000
1993Atlanta Braves$550,000
1994Atlanta Braves$1,100,000
1995Atlanta Braves$1,250,000
1996Atlanta Braves$1,500,000
1997Atlanta Braves$2,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,788,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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