Mark Bomback
Mark Vincent Bomback
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 14, 1953 in Portsmouth, VA
High School: Durfee (Fall River, MA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 25th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1978
Final Game: July 21, 1982
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Standard Pitching

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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
1978 25 MIL AL 0 0 16.20 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 23 3.600 27.0 5.4 5.4 5.4 1.00
1980 27 NYM NL 10 8 .556 4.09 36 25 2 2 1 0 162.2 191 80 74 17 49 3 68 4 0 4 710 86 1.475 10.6 0.9 2.7 3.8 1.39
1981 28 TOR AL 5 5 .500 3.89 20 11 3 0 0 0 90.1 84 42 39 6 35 2 33 1 1 6 377 102 1.317 8.4 0.6 3.5 3.3 0.94
1982 29 TOR AL 1 5 .167 6.03 16 8 3 0 0 0 59.2 87 44 40 10 25 0 22 3 0 3 287 74 1.877 13.1 1.5 3.8 3.3 0.88
4 Seasons 16 18 .471 4.47 74 45 8 2 1 0 314.1 367 169 156 34 110 5 124 8 1 13 1385 86 1.517 10.5 1.0 3.1 3.6 1.13
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .471 4.47 42 26 5 1 1 0 180 210 97 89 19 63 3 71 5 1 7 791 86 1.517 10.5 1.0 3.1 3.6 1.13
TOR (2 yrs) 6 10 .375 4.74 36 19 6 0 0 0 150.0 171 86 79 16 60 2 55 4 1 9 664 88 1.540 10.3 1.0 3.6 3.3 0.92
NYM (1 yr) 10 8 .556 4.09 36 25 2 2 1 0 162.2 191 80 74 17 49 3 68 4 0 4 710 86 1.475 10.6 0.9 2.7 3.8 1.39
MIL (1 yr) 0 0 16.20 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 23 3.600 27.0 5.4 5.4 5.4 1.00
AL (3 yrs) 6 10 .375 4.87 38 20 6 0 0 0 151.2 176 89 82 17 61 2 56 4 1 9 675 86 1.563 10.4 1.0 3.6 3.3 0.92
NL (1 yr) 10 8 .556 4.09 36 25 2 2 1 0 162.2 191 80 74 17 49 3 68 4 0 4 710 86 1.475 10.6 0.9 2.7 3.8 1.39

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1978 25 MIL AL 2 11 10 3 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 .545 .900 1.445 .500 9 0 0 0 0 0
1980 27 NYM NL 36 710 644 80 191 26 7 17 7 10 49 68 .297 .347 .438 .785 .308 282 14 4 7 6 3
1981 28 TOR AL 20 377 335 42 84 14 3 6 6 8 35 33 .251 .321 .364 .685 .261 122 5 1 3 3 2
1982 29 TOR AL 16 287 254 44 87 14 3 10 3 0 25 22 .343 .405 .539 .944 .344 137 9 3 3 2 0
4 Seasons 74 1385 1243 169 367 55 13 34 16 18 110 124 .295 .353 .442 .796 .304 550 28 8 13 11 5
162 Game Avg. 42 791 710 97 210 31 7 19 9 10 63 71 .295 .353 .442 .796 .304 314 16 5 7 6 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1978 25 MIL AL 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 32 32 32 2 0 0 1 5.0 0.0 0.7
1980 27 NYM NL 36 25 8 8 9 1 2 10 15 .400 1 5 2 1 10 40% 48 79 28 23 9 2 12 3.3 3.7 5.8
1981 28 TOR AL 20 11 3 5 3 0 1 4 7 .364 0 3 0 0 5 45% 49 66 32 14 3 2 3 3.5 2.7 6.3
1982 29 TOR AL 16 8 1 5 2 0 0 2 6 .250 1 0 0 0 1 13% 36 56 15 12 5 4 2 3.7 3.6 4.9
4 Seasons 74 45 12 18 15 1 3 16 29 .356 2 9 2 1 16 36% 46 79 15 51 17 8 18 3.5 3.4 5.6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1978 25 MIL AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.487 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1980 27 NYM NL 36 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 36% 5 1.024 1 3 7 2 1 8 5 6 6 3 6 0 5.1
1981 28 TOR AL 20 9 3 2 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 5 5 100% 7 0.989 2 2 5 2 0 7 2 7 6 2 6 0 6.9
1982 29 TOR AL 16 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 67% 2 0.818 1 1 6 0 1 7 7 1 7 0 7 0 7.6
4 Seasons 74 29 8 4 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 28 17 61% 0.968 4 6 19 4 2 23 14 15 19 5 19 0 6.3

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1978 25 MIL AL 11 45% 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 18.2% 40% 0.33 73% 2 0 0%
1980 27 NYM NL 710 51% 2.4% 9.6% 6.9% 7.0% 26% 1.57 80% 139 14 10%
1981 28 TOR AL 377 54% 1.6% 8.8% 9.3% 6.1% 27% 1.58 79% 61 5 8%
1982 29 TOR AL 287 41% 3.5% 7.7% 8.7% 9.4% 31% 1.77 78% 70 9 13%
4 Seasons 1385 50% 2.5% 9.0% 7.9% 7.4% 28% 1.60 79% 272 28 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1978 25 MIL AL 11 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 27 NYM NL 710 191 17 1 20 7 10 5 12 41 19 5 46% 10 4 1 271 7 10 41% 6 10 0 0 1 0 1 0 15 0
1981 28 TOR AL 377 84 6 0 7 2 4 3 3 22 14 2 64% 3 6 1 125 6 8 43% 6 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1982 29 TOR AL 287 87 10 1 4 4 6 6 4 17 9 2 53% 5 3 0 137 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
4 Seasons 1385 367 34 2 31 13 21 14 20 80 42 9 53% 18 13 2 538 16 18 47% 15 18 0 0 1 0 3 0 37 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1978 25 0 0 16.20 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 23 3.600 27.0 5.4 5.4 5.4 1.00 23
1979 26 0 0 16.20 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 23 3.600 27.0 5.4 5.4 5.4 1.00 23
1980 27 10 8 .556 4.22 38 26 2 2 1 0 164.1 196 83 77 18 50 3 69 4 0 4 721 84 1.497 10.7 1.0 2.7 3.8 1.38 84
1981 28 15 13 .536 4.10 58 37 5 2 1 0 254.2 280 125 116 24 85 5 102 5 1 10 1098 90 1.433 9.9 0.8 3.0 3.6 1.20 90
1982 29 16 18 .471 4.47 74 45 8 2 1 0 314.1 367 169 156 34 110 5 124 8 1 13 1385 86 1.517 10.5 1.0 3.1 3.6 1.13 86

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1978 25 0 0 13.50 2.0 5 3 3 1 1 1 0 3.000 22.5 4.5 4.5 1.00 4.5 2
1980 27 6 10 .375 4.95 151.0 202 92 83 18 52 63 4 1.682 12.0 3.1 3.8 1.21 1.1 36
1981 28 6 8 .429 4.54 127.0 132 71 64 9 55 46 2 1.472 9.4 3.9 3.3 0.84 0.6 20
1982 29 2 4 .333 5.90 58.0 85 42 38 10 24 21 3 1.879 13.2 3.7 3.3 0.88 1.6 16
4 Seasons 14 22 .389 5.01 338.0 424 208 188 38 132 131 9 1.645 11.3 3.5 0.99 1.0 74

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1981 AL--6--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL--4--10th

                           

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