Mark Davidson

John Mark Davidson

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 15, 1961 in Knoxville, TN
Schools: University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, NC), Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 11th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1986
Teams (by GP): Twins/Astros 1986-1991

Final Game: September 20, 1991
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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
1982	21	MIN-min	A	79	306	247	54	74	11	0	10	41	12	2	47	74	.300	.415	.466	.881		115		4	5	3	0		WRA · MIDW
1983	22	MIN-min	A	111	424	363	63	80	15	1	13	48	26	7	50	84	.220	.319	.375	.694		136		4	4	3	1		WRA · MIDW
1984	23	MIN-min	AA	114	407	348	55	99	11	6	4	37	15	4	52	57	.284	.378	.385	.763		134		3	0	4	1		ORL · SOUL
1985	24	MIN-min	AA	134	563	453	93	137	17	2	25	106	13	5	92	92	.302	.426	.514	.940		233		10	2	6	1		ORL · SOUL
1986	25	MIN-min	AAA	108	429	383	55	95	16	1	10	38	4	6	37	91	.248	.318	.373	.691		143		4	1	4	0		TOL · IL
1986	25	MIN	AL	36	77	68	5	8	3	0	0	2	2	3	6	22	.118	.189	.162	.351	-3	11	1	0	3	0	0	7/98D
1987	26	MIN	AL	102	169	150	32	40	4	1	1	14	9	2	13	26	.267	.321	.327	.648	71	49	4	0	4	2	1	798/D
1988	27	MIN-min	AAA	15	68	56	6	18	4	2	0	5	1	0	10	8	.321	.418	.464	.882		26		0	1	1	0		POR · PCL
1988	27	MIN	AL	100	119	106	22	23	7	0	1	10	3	3	10	20	.217	.288	.311	.599	67	33	3	1	1	1	0	9/87D5
1989	28	HOU-MIN-min	AAA	69	269	237	26	58	9	2	5	24	2	2	27	46	.245	.328	.363	.691		86		3	1	1	0		TUC,POR · PCL
1989	28	HOU	NL	33	73	65	7	13	2	1	1	5	1	0	7	14	.200	.278	.308	.585	70	20	1	0	1	0	0	9/78
1990	29	HOU-min	AAA	56	215	182	35	61	13	1	6	46	5	1	22	35	.335	.404	.516	.920		94		3	2	6	2		TUC · PCL
1990	29	HOU	NL	57	142	130	12	38	5	1	1	11	0	3	10	18	.292	.340	.369	.710	98	48	1	0	1	1	1	97/8
1991	30	HOU	NL	85	156	142	10	27	6	0	2	15	0	0	12	28	.190	.263	.275	.537	57	39	2	2	0	0	0	79/8
1992	31	CLE-min	AAA	112	350	309	57	87	17	3	6	44	2	0	31	59	.282	.345	.414	.759		128	6	1	5	4	1		CSP · PCL
1993	32	CLE-min	AAA	101	300	263	39	74	12	2	9	36	1	1	27	52	.281	.356	.445	.801		117	2	4	5	1	3		CHR · IL
6 Yrs				413	736	661	88	149	27	3	6	57	15	11	58	128	.225	.289	.303	.592	65	200	12	3	10	4	2
162 Game Avg.				162	289	259	35	58	11	1	2	22	6	4	23	50	.225	.289	.303	.592	65	78	5	1	4	2	1

MIN (3 yrs)				238	365	324	59	71	14	1	2	26	14	8	29	68	.219	.283	.287	.570	54	93	8	1	8	3	1
HOU (3 yrs)				175	371	337	29	78	13	2	4	31	1	3	29	60	.231	.295	.318	.613	76	107	4	2	2	1	1

NL (3 yrs)				175	371	337	29	78	13	2	4	31	1	3	29	60	.231	.295	.318	.613	76	107	4	2	2	1	1
AL (3 yrs)				238	365	324	59	71	14	1	2	26	14	8	29	68	.219	.283	.287	.570	54	93	8	1	8	3	1

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
1986	25	MIN	AL	36	77	-10	-1	1	0	-2	-12	-1.2	2	-9	-1.0	.466	.492	-1.0	-0.1	-9	$	7/98D
1987	26	MIN	AL	102	169	-5	2	-0	2	-4	-6	-0.5	5	-0	0.0	.495	.497	-0.1	-0.2	-2	$62,500	798/D
1988	27	MIN	AL	100	119	-3	-1	0	6	-2	0	0.1	4	4	0.4	.500	.500	-0.2	0.5	-2	$89,000	9/87D5
1989	28	HOU	NL	33	73	-3	0	0	1	-1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.492	.498	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	9/78
1990	29	HOU	NL	57	142	-0	-2	1	-2	-2	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.488	.496	0.0	-0.4	-0	$125,000	97/8
1991	30	HOU	NL	85	156	-7	-0	0	2	-3	-7	-0.8	4	-3	-0.3	.491	.495	-0.6	-0.0	-5	$300,000	79/8
6 Seasons				413	736	-28	-2	2	9	-14	-33	-3.3	22	-11	-1.1	.492	.496	-2.0	-0.2	-20	$576,500

MIN (3 yrs)				238	365	-18	0	1	8	-8	-17	-1.6	11	-6	-0.6	.493	.496	-1.3	0.2	-14	$151,500
HOU (3 yrs)				175	371	-10	-2	1	1	-6	-15	-1.6	10	-5	-0.5	.490	.496	-0.7	-0.4	-6	$425,000

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	PwrSpd
1986	25	MIN	AL	77	67	2	0.8	101	.174	.118	.263	.189	.331	.162	.410	.351	.741	-3	.038	-9.9	-1.0	.250	.118	.044	.0
1987	26	MIN	AL	169	122	17	3.7	108	.312	.267	.268	.321	.337	.327	.431	.648	.768	71	.370	-6.3	-0.6	.595	.193	.060	1.8
1988	27	MIN	AL	119	91	9	2.6	96	.256	.217	.262	.288	.327	.311	.394	.599	.721	67	.282	-4.5	-0.4	.494	.189	.094	1.5
1989	28	HOU	NL	73	54	6	3.0	88	.240	.200	.250	.278	.317	.308	.373	.585	.690	70	.365	-2.7	-0.3	.528	.231	.108	1.0
1990	29	HOU	NL	142	98	16	4.4	95	.330	.292	.261	.340	.327	.369	.392	.710	.718	98	.498	-0.2	-0.0	.573	.131	.077	.0
1991	30	HOU	NL	156	117	11	2.5	88	.223	.190	.250	.263	.316	.275	.374	.537	.690	57	.284	-7.9	-0.8	.453	.169	.085	.0
6 Yrs				736	549	61	3.0	97	.269	.225	.259	.289	.326	.303	.397	.592	.724	65	.322	-31.6	-3.2	.495	.171	.077	8.6
162 Game Avg.				289	215	24	3.0	97	.269	.225	.259	.289	.326	.303	.397	.592	.724	65	.322	-31.6	-3.2	.495	.171	.077	3

MIN (3 yrs)				365	280	28	2.7	103	.268	.219	.265	.283	.333	.287	.415	.570	.747	54	.260	-20.8	-2.0	.480	.176	.068	3.5
HOU (3 yrs)				371	269	33	3.3	91	.270	.231	.254	.295	.320	.318	.381	.613	.701	76	.387	-10.8	-1.1	.511	.166	.086	1.6

NL (3 yrs)				371	269	33	3.3	91	.270	.231	.254	.295	.320	.318	.381	.613	.701	76	.387	-10.8	-1.1	.511	.166	.086	1.6
AL (3 yrs)				365	280	28	2.7	103	.268	.219	.265	.283	.333	.287	.415	.570	.747	54	.260	-20.8	-2.0	.480	.176	.068	3.5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1987	26	MIN	AL	ALCS	DET	W	1	0	0
1987	26	MIN	AL	WS	STL	W	2	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 Yr (2 Series)							3	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0
1 WS							2	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1986	25	MIN	AL	77	0.0%	28.6%	7.8%	3.9%	38%	3.67	3.1		34.0		0.95	60%
1987	26	MIN	AL	169	0.6%	15.4%	7.7%	3.6%	15%	2.00	5.8	150.0	10.7		1.02	74%
1988	27	MIN	AL	119	0.8%	16.8%	8.4%	6.7%	35%	2.00	5.3	106.0	10.6	1.53	2.05	72%	15%	4.3%	32%
1989	28	HOU	NL	73	1.4%	19.2%	9.6%	5.5%	31%	2.00	4.6	65.0	13.0	0.79	0.74	68%	15%	5.3%	32%
1990	29	HOU	NL	142	0.7%	12.7%	7.0%	4.9%	18%	1.80	7.2	130.0	11.8	0.71	0.88	79%	20%	2.4%	37%
1991	30	HOU	NL	156	1.3%	18.0%	7.7%	5.1%	30%	2.33	5.1	71.0	9.5	0.66	0.69	72%	15%	3.8%	22%
6 Yrs				736	0.8%	17.4%	7.9%	4.9%	24%	2.21	5.2	110.2	11.6	0.85	0.98	72%	17%	3.7%	30%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.1%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.75	5.9	40.4	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.5%	24%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1986	25	MIN	AL	-10.0	-1.0	84	-0.8	0.7	-1.5	.95	-0.8	-0.1	-10.0	-1.0	0.96	-10.2	0.02	2
1987	26	MIN	AL	-6.3	-0.6	185	-0.6	2.2	-2.8	.83	-0.3	-0.4	-4.4	-0.4	0.89	-4.4	0.22	6
1988	27	MIN	AL	-4.6	-0.5	129	-0.4	1.5	-1.9	.83	-0.6	0.2	-9.6	-1.0	0.98	-7.5	0.21	9
1989	28	HOU	NL	-2.7	-0.3	73	-0.2	0.7	-0.8	.65	-0.3	0.0	-2.5	-0.3	0.94	-3.3	0.45	12
1990	29	HOU	NL	-0.2	-0.0	147	0.0	2.7	-2.7	1.10	-0.0	0.1	-0.5	-0.1	0.98	0.1	1.90	9
1991	30	HOU	NL	-7.9	-0.8	158	-0.3	2.8	-3.1	1.14	-0.6	0.4	-4.6	-0.5	0.97	-5.3	1.53	29
6 Yrs				-31.8	-3.2	776	-2.2	10.7	-12.8	.94	-2.6	0.3	-31.6	-3.2	0.95	-30.6	1.05	67

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1986	25	MIN	AL	1	36%	36	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	1	1	1	2	40%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1987	26	MIN	AL	4	60%	92	9	2	82%	9	1	0	1	2	0	2	8	54%	14	9	5	2	1	1	10	2	8
1988	27	MIN	AL	3	64%	59	3	3	50%	2	3	1	0	3	2	1	7	55%	14	7	7	3	3	0	5	0	5
1989	28	HOU	NL	0	32%	27	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	6	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	1
1990	29	HOU	NL	1	23%	74	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	1	1	1	2	36%	6	6	0	2	0	2	3	1	2
1991	30	HOU	NL	2	21%	46	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	22%	6	5	1	2	2	0	1	0	1
6 Yrs				11	40%	334	15	11	58%	14	10	1	1	7	4	8	24	47%	49	33	16	10	7	3	22	3	19

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
1986	25	MIN	AL	77	55%	8			2	1	0	0	0.02	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	13	1	8%	8	5	63%	42	3	7%	3	2	67%	2	1	50%	0
1987	26	MIN	AL	169	69%	40			6	3	0	0	0.22	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	6	4	67%	27	4	15%	17	9	53%	79	13	16%	5	3	60%	6	3	50%	0
1988	27	MIN	AL	119	73%	23	4	0	9	4	0	2	0.21	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	19	3	16%	17	5	29%	79	10	13%	10	3	30%	4	3	75%	0
1989	28	HOU	NL	73	70%	13	4	0	12	2	0	1	0.45	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	50%	16	1	6%	4	2	50%	41	4	10%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
1990	29	HOU	NL	142	75%	38	5	0	9	1	0	2	1.90	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	33	1	3%	20	3	15%	85	11	13%	12	3	25%	7	4	57%	0
1991	30	HOU	NL	156	70%	27	6	0	29	4	0	2	1.53	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0%	33	2	6%	19	5	26%	101	13	13%	9	4	44%	7	1	14%	0
6 Yrs				736	70%	149	19	0	67	15	0	7	1.05	6	0	18	2	4	1	5	0	14	10	71%	141	12	9%	85	29	34%	427	54	13%	42	17	40%	27	12	44%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			11%			35%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	27	MIN	AL	119	440	3.70	270	61%	27%	14%	26%	33%	73%	0%	45%	81%	31%	6%	7	0	17%	20	8	7%	8	5	25%	0	0	0
1989	28	HOU	NL	69	260	3.77	156	60%	28%	16%	25%	31%	72%	0%	43%	77%	30%	10%	7	0	14%	10	2	12%	8	5	43%	4	0	1
1990	29	HOU	NL	82	318	3.88	206	65%	29%	13%	25%	33%	71%	0%	46%	81%	21%	6%	5	0	20%	16	5	11%	9	5	18%	60	0	1
1991	30	HOU	NL	157	605	3.85	378	62%	29%	15%	26%	30%	71%	0%	44%	79%	24%	7%	11	0	18%	29	4	10%	16	10	29%	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				427	1623	3.80	1010	62%	28%	15%	26%	31%	72%	0%	45%	79%	26%	7%	30	0	18%	75	19	10%	41	25	29%	63	0	2
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1986	25	36	77	68	5	8	3	0	0	2	2	3	6	22	.118	.189	.162	.351	-3	11	1	0	3	0	0
1987	26	138	246	218	37	48	7	1	1	16	11	5	19	48	.220	.280	.275	.556	48	60	5	0	7	2	1
1988	27	238	365	324	59	71	14	1	2	26	14	8	29	68	.219	.283	.287	.570	54	93	8	1	8	3	1
1989	28	271	438	389	66	84	16	2	3	31	15	8	36	82	.216	.282	.290	.573	57	113	9	1	9	3	1
1990	29	328	580	519	78	122	21	3	4	42	15	11	46	100	.235	.296	.310	.607	67	161	10	1	10	4	2
1991	30	413	736	661	88	149	27	3	6	57	15	11	58	128	.225	.289	.303	.592	65	200	12	3	10	4	2

Neutralized Batting

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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
1986	25	36	77	68	5	8	3	0	0	2	2	6	22	.118	.189	.162	.351	2	36
1987	26	102	168	149	30	39	4	1	1	13	9	13	26	.262	.317	.322	.639	15	102
1988	27	100	120	107	23	24	7	0	1	11	3	10	20	.224	.294	.318	.612	10	100
1989	28	33	75	66	8	14	2	1	1	5	1	8	14	.212	.297	.318	.615	6	33
1990	29	57	145	132	13	40	5	1	1	12	0	11	18	.303	.354	.379	.733	18	57
1991	30	85	159	144	11	29	6	0	2	17	0	13	28	.201	.277	.285	.561	11	85
6 Yrs		413	744	666	90	154	27	3	6	60	15	61	128	.231	.297	.308	.605	62	413
162 Game Avg.		162	292	261	35	60	11	1	2	24	6	24	50	.231	.297	.308	.605	24	413

* 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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