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Mark Acre

Mark Robert Acre

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 8", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: September 16, 1968 in Concord, CA
High School: Corning Union HS (Corning, CA)
School: New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM)
Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1994
Team: Athletics 1994-1997

Final Game: May 10, 1997
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1994 25 OAK AL 5 1 .833 3.41 34 0 6 0 0 0 34.1 24 13 13 4 23 3 21 1 0 1 147 131 1.369 6.3 1.0 6.0 5.5 0.91
1995 26 OAK AL 1 2 .333 5.71 43 0 10 0 0 0 52.0 52 35 33 7 28 2 47 2 1 2 236 76 1.538 9.0 1.2 4.8 8.1 1.68
1996 27 OAK AL 1 3 .250 6.12 22 0 11 0 0 2 25.0 38 17 17 4 9 4 18 2 0 0 124 84 1.880 13.7 1.4 3.2 6.5 2.00
1997 28 OAK AL 2 0 1.000 5.74 15 0 5 0 0 0 15.2 21 10 10 1 8 0 12 0 0 0 75 79 1.851 12.1 0.6 4.6 6.9 1.50
4 Yrs 9 6 .600 5.17 114 0 32 0 0 2 127.0 135 75 73 16 68 9 98 5 1 3 582 88 1.598 9.6 1.1 4.8 6.9 1.44
162 Game Avg. 5 4 .600 5.17 68 0 19 0 0 1 76 81 45 44 10 41 5 58 3 1 2 347 88 1.598 9.6 1.1 4.8 6.9 1.44

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1994 25 OAK AL 34.1 34 0 13 3.41 5.49 0.24 -0.42 91.8 4.43 4 0.4 .9 -0.1 0.6 7 .511 .502 $109,000
1995 26 OAK AL 52.0 43 0 35 6.06 5.06 -0.24 -0.38 95.5 4.70 -8 -0.7 .9 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .483 .496 $120,000
1996 27 OAK AL 25.0 22 0 17 6.12 5.66 -0.37 -0.42 102.0 5.71 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.1 0.0 2 .494 .499 $140,000
1997 28 OAK AL 15.2 15 0 10 5.74 5.14 -0.57 -0.39 95.9 5.11 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.0 0.0 1 .492 .499 $165,000
4 Seasons 127.0 114 0 75 5.31 5.30 -0.18 -0.40 95.8 4.88 -7 -0.6 1.0 -0.3 0.3 8 .495 .499 $534,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1994 25 OAK AL 34 146 119 13 24 6 1 4 1 3 23 21 .202 .333 .370 .703 .211 44 3 1 3 1 3 2
1995 26 OAK AL 43 236 203 35 52 7 4 7 1 2 28 47 .256 .349 .433 .782 .298 88 5 2 1 2 2 3
1996 27 OAK AL 22 124 112 17 38 8 2 4 3 0 9 18 .339 .398 .554 .952 .378 62 2 2 1 0 4 2
1997 28 OAK AL 15 75 66 10 21 6 0 1 0 1 8 12 .318 .387 .455 .841 .370 30 1 0 0 1 0 1
4 Yrs 114 581 500 75 135 27 7 16 5 6 68 98 .270 .360 .448 .808 .305 224 11 5 5 4 9 8
162 Game Avg. 68 347 298 45 81 16 4 10 3 4 41 58 .270 .360 .448 .808 .305 134 7 3 3 2 5 5
MLB Averages .268 .338 .422 .760 .300

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1994 25 OAK AL 5.0 0.5 152 -0.4 1.8 -2.3 .90 0.3 -0.8 3.0 0.3 0.89 2.8 11 5 17
1995 26 OAK AL -8.4 -0.8 241 -1.6 3.2 -4.8 .90 -0.6 -1.2 -7.3 -0.7 0.90 -6.2 12 6 24
1996 27 OAK AL -2.0 -0.2 125 -1.6 1.9 -3.5 1.14 -0.5 -0.9 -3.5 -0.3 1.14 -5.5 6 7 7
1997 28 OAK AL -1.8 -0.2 76 -0.3 1.0 -1.3 .79 -0.4 0.0 1.5 0.1 0.79 -2.2 4 2 9
4 Yrs -7.1 -0.7 594 -3.9 7.9 -11.9 .94 -1.2 -3.0 -6.3 -0.6 0.93 -11.1 33 20 57

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1994 25 OAK AL 34 34 6 5 1 1 0 1 0% 5 3 15 5 33% 8 .900 11 5 17 12 5 17 9 25 8 9 10 7 3.0 17
1995 26 OAK AL 43 43 10 1 2 4 0 4 0% 6 2 37 16 43% 7 .902 12 6 24 14 5 24 23 20 20 14 23 4 3.6 22
1996 27 OAK AL 22 22 11 1 3 3 2 1 67% 5 2 14 5 36% 8 1.136 6 7 7 8 6 8 7 15 8 7 11 5 3.4 20
1997 28 OAK AL 15 15 5 2 0 2 0 2 0% 3 0 15 3 20% 7 .786 4 2 9 4 1 10 9 6 4 6 7 2 3.1 16
4 Yrs 114 114 32 9 6 10 2 8 20% 19 7 81 29 36% .936 33 20 57 38 17 59 48 66 40 36 51 18 3.3 19

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1994 25 OAK AL 147 56% 2.7% 14.4% 15.8% 7.5% 46% 0.63 0.81 65% 25% 8.0% 17% 25 3 12%
1995 26 OAK AL 236 53% 3.0% 19.9% 11.9% 7.6% 35% 0.87 1.20 64% 21% 9.9% 15% 59 5 8%
1996 27 OAK AL 124 53% 3.2% 14.5% 7.3% 11.3% 37% 0.77 0.97 73% 19% 8.5% 10% 23 2 9%
1997 28 OAK AL 75 67% 1.3% 16.0% 10.7% 9.3% 33% 0.61 0.55 72% 29% 3.7% 18% 14 1 7%
4 Yrs 582 56% 2.8% 16.9% 11.7% 8.6% 37% 0.75 0.94 67% 23% 8.2% 15% 121 11 9%
MLB Averages 44% 2.7% 16.5% 9.0% 7.7% 33% 0.83 1.11 70% 21% 8.2% 16% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1994 25 OAK AL 141 530 3.76 303 57% 26% 14% 28% 32% 74% 5% 42% 81% 48% 8% 11 2 12% 17 7 0 16% 7 6 6 1 0
1995 26 OAK AL 221 864 3.91 535 62% 30% 14% 28% 28% 70% 2% 44% 80% 54% 4% 9 6 24% 53 26 1 17% 6 2 15 0 0
1996 27 OAK AL 119 423 3.55 261 62% 27% 13% 24% 35% 73% 8% 45% 82% 57% 4% 5 1 24% 29 14 1 38% 4 0 5 0 0
1997 28 OAK AL 63 227 3.60 143 63% 28% 15% 23% 34% 72% 0% 45% 79% 60% 5% 3 1 25% 16 6 2 11% 1 2 12 0 0
4 Yrs 544 2044 3.76 1242 61% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 4% 44% 80% 54% 5% 28 10 21% 115 53 4 20% 18 10 38 1 0
MLB Averages 3.70 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 57% 6% 19% 28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1994 25 OAK AL 146 24 1 0 4 0 3 2 2 4 0 8 5 0 63% 2 1 0 48 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
1995 26 OAK AL 236 52 3 0 7 0 12 5 2 2 5 18 8 6 44% 3 2 0 104 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1996 27 OAK AL 124 38 4 0 4 0 5 3 1 1 3 4 2 1 50% 2 0 0 55 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 28 OAK AL 75 21 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 25% 1 0 0 39 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Yrs 581 135 8 0 16 0 22 11 5 7 9 34 16 8 47% 8 3 0 246 5 6 45% 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 1
MLB Averages 54% 69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1994 25 5 1 .833 3.41 34 0 6 0 0 0 34.1 24 13 13 4 23 3 21 1 0 1 147 131 1.369 6.3 1.0 6.0 5.5 0.91 131
1995 26 6 3 .667 4.80 77 0 16 0 0 0 86.1 76 48 46 11 51 5 68 3 1 3 383 91 1.471 7.9 1.1 5.3 7.1 1.33 91
1996 27 7 6 .538 5.09 99 0 27 0 0 2 111.1 114 65 63 15 60 9 86 5 1 3 507 89 1.563 9.2 1.2 4.9 7.0 1.43 89
1997 28 9 6 .600 5.17 114 0 32 0 0 2 127.0 135 75 73 16 68 9 98 5 1 3 582 88 1.598 9.6 1.1 4.8 6.9 1.44 88

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1994 25 3 2 .600 3.45 47.0 34 20 18 6 33 29 1 1.426 6.5 6.3 5.6 0.88 1.1 34
1995 26 2 4 .333 6.00 57.0 59 42 38 8 32 52 2 1.596 9.3 5.1 8.2 1.63 1.3 43
1996 27 1 1 .500 5.19 26.0 35 17 15 4 8 19 2 1.654 12.1 2.8 6.6 2.38 1.4 22
1997 28 0 1 .000 6.00 15.0 21 11 10 1 8 12 0 1.933 12.6 4.8 7.2 1.50 0.6 15
4 Yrs 6 8 .429 5.03 145.0 149 90 81 19 81 112 5 1.586 9.2 7.0 1.38 1.2 114

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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