Mark Budaska

Mark David Budaska

Positions: Designated Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 27, 1952 in Sharon, PA
High School: Granada Hills HS (Granada Hills, CA)
Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 1978
Team: Athletics 1978-1981

Final Game: August 18, 1981
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1973	20	OAK-min	A-	79	271	271		64	12	2	3						.236	.236	.328	.565		89							LEW · NORW
1974	21	OAK-min	A	110	445	367	48	93	17	0	9	48	9	9	63	71	.253	.373	.373	.747		137	8	9	3	3	6		BUR · MIDW
1975	22	OAK-min	A	120	489	400	69	111	27	1	11	68	13	2	77	89	.278	.398	.433	.830		173	14	6	1	5	3		MOD · CALL
1976	23	OAK-min	AA	131	519	420	63	111	18	2	7	55	17	11	91	93	.264	.396	.367	.762		154	5	3	1	4	8		CNG · SOUL
1977	24	OAK-min	AAA,AA	138	593	502	82	151	32	5	10	80	12	9	81	110	.301	.397	.444	.842		223		2	4	4			SJO,CNG · PCL,SOUL
1978	25	OAK-min	AAA	118	480	389	70	102	18	3	6	61	3	6	79	89	.262	.388	.370	.758		144		3	6	3			VAN · PCL
1978	25	OAK	AL	4	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	159	2	0	0	0	0	0	/79

1979	26	OAK-min	AAA	97	422	348	66	101	19	2	10	42	2	3	71	71	.290	.409	.443	.851		154		0	1	2			OGD · PCL
1980	27	OAK-min	AAA	103	405	340	64	104	25	3	9	41	6	6	56	60	.306	.400	.476	.877		162		1	3	5			OGD · PCL
1981	28	OAK-min	AAA	58	244	187	37	55	7	2	10	42	12	6	50	55	.294	.450	.513	.964		96		4	2	1	3		TAC · PCL
1981	28	OAK	AL	9	36	32	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	10	.156	.250	.188	.438	32	6	0	0	0	0	0	/D
1982	29	YKO	Fgn																										YKO · JPCL
2 Yrs				13	41	36	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	1	5	12	.167	.268	.222	.491	47	8	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	511	449	37	75	25	0	0	25	0	12	62	150	.167	.268	.222	.491	47	100	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1978	25	OAK	AL	4	5	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/79

1981	28	OAK	AL	9	36	-3	-0	0	0	-1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.450	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/D
2 Seasons				13	41	-2	-0	0	-0	-1	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.3	.464	.499	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1978	25	OAK	AL	5	3	1	8.9	89	.500	.250	.254	.400	.318	.500	.374	.900	.692	159	.790	0.4	0.0	1.000	.500	.250

1981	28	OAK	AL	36	28	2	1.9	84	.227	.156	.249	.250	.313	.188	.362	.438	.675	32	.200	-2.7	-0.3	.321	.125	.031
2 Yrs				41	31	3	2.6	84	.250	.167	.250	.268	.313	.222	.364	.491	.677	47	.300	-2.2	-0.2	.387	.167	.056
162 Game Avg.				511	386	37	2.6	84	.250	.167	.250	.268	.313	.222	.364	.491	.677	47	.300	-2.2	-0.2	.387	.167	.056

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1978	25	OAK	AL	5	0.0%	40.0%	20.0%	20.0%	100%	2.00	2.0				40%

1981	28	OAK	AL	36	0.0%	27.8%	11.1%	2.8%	20%	2.50	3.2		16.0	0.70	61%
2 Yrs				41	0.0%	29.3%	12.2%	4.9%	33%	2.40	3.0		18.0	0.80	59%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.5%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.49	7.1	46.5	8.6	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	25	OAK	AL	0.4	0.0	5	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.79	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.0	0.83	0.2	1.14	2

1981	28	OAK	AL	-2.7	-0.3	37	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	1.40	-0.4	-0.0	-2.3	-0.2	1.01	-3.3		0
2 Yrs				-2.3	-0.3	42	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	1.33	-0.3	-0.0	-2.3	-0.3	0.99	-3.1	1.14	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1978	25	OAK	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1981	28	OAK	AL	0	0	33%	6	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
2 Yrs				0	0	27%	7	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1978	25	OAK	AL	5	100%	1			2	1	0	0	1.14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1981	28	OAK	AL	36	100%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	25	2	8%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
2 Yrs				41	100%	6			2	1	0	0	1.14	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	26	2	8%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1978	25	4	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	159	2
1979	26	4	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	159	2
1980	27	4	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	159	2
1981	28	13	41	36	3	6	2	2	1	5	12	.167	.268	.222	.491	47	8

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1978	25	4	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	1	4

1981	28	14	57	50	6	9	2	0	0	4	0	7	15	.180	.281	.220	.501	3	9
2 Yrs		18	62	54	6	10	3	0	0	4	0	8	17	.185	.290	.241	.531	4	13
162 Game Avg.		162	558	486	54	90	27	0	0	36	0	72	153	.185	.290	.241	.531	36	13

* 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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