Mark Davidson
John Mark Davidson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 15, 1961 in Knoxville, TN
Schools: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Clemson University
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 11th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1986
Final Game: September 20, 1991
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Standard Batting

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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
1986 25 MIN AL 36 77 68 5 8 3 0 0 2 2 3 6 22 .118 .189 .162 .351 -4 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 AL 100 119 106 22 23 7 0 1 10 3 3 10 20 .217 .288 .311 .599 66 33 3 1 1 1 0 9/87D5
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 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
6 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 0.8 102 .174 .118 .264 .189 .332 .162 .412 .351 .744 -4 .038 -10.0 -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 -6.4 -0.6 .595 .193 .060 1.8
1988 27 MIN AL 119 91 9 2.6 97 .256 .217 .263 .288 .328 .311 .396 .599 .724 66 .283 -4.6 -0.5 .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 Seasons 736 549 61 3.0 97 .269 .225 .260 .289 .327 .303 .398 .592 .724 65 .322 -31.8 -3.2 .495 .171 .077 8.6
162 Game Avg. 289 215 24 3.0 97 .269 .225 .260 .289 .327 .303 .398 .592 .724 65 .322 -31.8 -3.2 .495 .171 .077 3
MIN (3 yrs) 365 280 28 2.7 103 .268 .219 .266 .283 .333 .287 .415 .570 .749 54 .260 -21.0 -2.1 .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 .266 .283 .333 .287 .415 .570 .749 54 .260 -21.0 -2.1 .480 .176 .068 3.5

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 26 MIN AL ALCS DET W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 26 MIN AL WS STL W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

Situational Hitting*

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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 1 0 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% 5 2 40% 0
1987 26 MIN AL 169 69% 40 6 3 0 0 0.21 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 4 67% 27 4 15% 17 9 53% 79 13 16% 5 3 60% 9 4 44% 0
1988 27 MIN AL 119 73% 23 4 0 9 4 0 2 0.25 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 19 3 16% 17 5 29% 79 10 13% 10 3 30% 8 3 38% 0
1989 28 HOU NL 73 70% 13 4 0 12 2 0 1 0.54 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 1.94 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 33 1 3% 20 3 15% 85 11 13% 12 3 25% 3 0 0% 0
1991 30 HOU NL 156 70% 27 6 0 29 4 0 2 1.59 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0% 33 2 6% 19 5 26% 101 13 13% 9 4 44% 8 1 13% 0
6 Seasons 736 70% 149 19 0 66 14 0 7 1.12 6 0 18 2 4 1 5 0 14 10 71% 141 12 9% 85 29 34% 427 54 13% 42 17 40% 34 10 29% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 81 316 3.90 205 65% 29% 13% 25% 33% 71% 0% 46% 81% 20% 6% 5 0 20% 16 5 11% 9 5 18% 61 0 1
1991 30 HOU NL 156 602 3.86 376 62% 29% 15% 26% 30% 71% 0% 45% 79% 24% 7% 11 0 19% 29 4 10% 16 10 29% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 425 1618 3.81 1007 62% 28% 14% 26% 31% 72% 0% 45% 80% 26% 7% 30 0 18% 75 19 10% 41 25 29% 65 0 2
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 -4 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 56 113 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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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1986 25 36 74 68 5 8 3 0 0 2 2 6 22 .118 .189 .162 .351 2 36
1987 26 102 165 150 31 40 4 1 1 13 9 13 26 .267 .321 .327 .648 16 102
1988 27 100 119 107 24 24 7 0 1 11 3 10 20 .224 .294 .318 .612 10 100
1989 28 33 75 67 8 15 2 1 1 6 1 8 14 .224 .307 .328 .635 7 33
1990 29 57 142 131 13 39 5 1 1 12 0 10 18 .298 .345 .374 .719 17 57
1991 30 85 160 145 11 30 7 0 2 17 0 13 28 .207 .281 .297 .578 12 85
6 Seasons 413 735 668 92 156 28 3 6 61 15 60 128 .234 .298 .311 .609 64 413
162 Game Avg. 162 288 262 36 61 11 1 2 24 6 24 50 .234 .298 .311 .609 25 413

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