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Mark Kotsay
Mark Steven Kotsay
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 2, 1975 in Whittier, CA
High School: Santa Fe Springs (Santa Fe Springs, CA)
School: California State University, Fullerton
Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed August 15, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 11, 1997
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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
1997 21 FLA NL 14 57 52 5 10 1 1 0 4 3 0 4 7 .192 .250 .250 .500 35 13 1 0 1 0 0 8
1998 22 FLA NL 154 623 578 72 161 25 7 11 68 10 5 34 61 .279 .318 .403 .721 94 233 17 1 7 3 2 *98/3
1999 23 FLA NL 148 535 495 57 134 23 9 8 50 7 6 29 50 .271 .306 .402 .708 83 199 11 0 2 9 5 *93
2000 24 FLA NL 152 578 530 87 158 31 5 12 57 19 9 42 46 .298 .347 .443 .791 104 235 17 0 2 4 2 *9/83
2001 25 SDP NL 119 460 406 67 118 29 1 10 58 13 5 48 58 .291 .366 .441 .807 116 179 11 2 1 3 1 *8/97
2002 26 SDP NL 153 646 578 82 169 27 7 17 61 11 9 59 89 .292 .359 .452 .810 122 261 10 3 2 4 0 *8
2003 27 SDP NL 128 541 482 64 128 28 4 7 38 6 3 56 82 .266 .343 .384 .726 97 185 8 1 1 1 3 *8
2004 28 OAK AL 148 673 606 78 190 37 3 15 63 8 5 55 70 .314 .370 .459 .829 116 278 6 2 5 5 5 *8/D MVP-14
2005 29 OAK AL 139 629 582 75 163 35 1 15 82 5 5 40 51 .280 .325 .421 .746 97 245 13 1 2 4 3 *8/D
2006 30 OAK AL 129 558 502 57 138 29 3 7 59 6 3 44 55 .275 .332 .386 .719 88 194 18 2 4 6 1 *8/3D
2007 31 OAK AL 56 226 206 20 44 14 0 1 20 1 1 19 20 .214 .279 .296 .575 56 61 4 0 0 1 3 8
2008 32 TOT MLB 110 436 402 45 111 25 4 6 49 2 4 32 45 .276 .329 .403 .732 92 162 14 0 1 1 3 89/3
2008 32 ATL NL 88 345 318 39 92 17 3 6 37 2 3 25 34 .289 .340 .418 .758 100 133 13 0 1 1 2 8
2008 32 BOS AL 22 91 84 6 19 8 1 0 12 0 1 7 11 .226 .286 .345 .631 62 29 1 0 0 0 1 9/3
2009 33 TOT AL 67 206 187 16 52 9 0 4 23 3 2 15 21 .278 .327 .390 .717 85 73 6 0 1 3 3 39/87D
2009 33 BOS AL 27 79 74 4 19 2 0 1 5 2 1 4 12 .257 .291 .324 .615 58 24 1 0 0 1 1 3/897
2009 33 CHW AL 40 127 113 12 33 7 0 3 18 1 1 11 9 .292 .349 .434 .783 102 49 5 0 1 2 2 3/9D78
13 Seasons 1517 6168 5606 725 1576 313 45 113 632 94 57 477 655 .281 .336 .413 .750 98 2318 136 12 29 44 31
162 Game Avg. 162 659 599 77 168 33 5 12 67 10 6 51 70 .281 .336 .413 .750 98 248 15 1 3 5 3
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
OAK (4 yrs) 472 2086 1896 230 535 115 7 38 224 20 14 158 196 .282 .336 .410 .747 96 778 41 5 11 16 12
FLA (4 yrs) 468 1793 1655 221 463 80 22 31 179 39 20 109 164 .280 .322 .411 .733 92 680 46 1 12 16 9
SDP (3 yrs) 400 1647 1466 213 415 84 12 34 157 30 17 163 229 .283 .355 .426 .782 112 625 29 6 4 8 4
BOS (2 yrs) 49 170 158 10 38 10 1 1 17 2 2 11 23 .241 .288 .335 .624 60 53 2 0 0 1 2
ATL (1 yr) 88 345 318 39 92 17 3 6 37 2 3 25 34 .289 .340 .418 .758 100 133 13 0 1 1 2
CHW (1 yr) 40 127 113 12 33 7 0 3 18 1 1 11 9 .292 .349 .434 .783 102 49 5 0 1 2 2
AL (6 yrs) 561 2383 2167 252 606 132 8 42 259 23 17 180 228 .280 .334 .406 .740 94 880 48 5 12 19 16
NL (8 yrs) 956 3785 3439 473 970 181 37 71 373 71 40 297 427 .282 .338 .418 .756 101 1438 88 7 17 25 15

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
2006 30 OAK AL ALDS MIN W 3 14 14 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .357 .500 5 1 0 0 0 0
2006 30 OAK AL ALCS DET L 4 18 16 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .250 .333 .375 .708 6 2 0 0 0 0
2008 32 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 3 10 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .300 .600 3 1 0 0 0 0
2008 32 BOS AL ALCS TBR L 7 30 30 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .233 .233 .333 .567 10 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 17 72 70 7 16 5 0 1 2 0 0 2 10 .229 .250 .343 .593 24 4 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 6 24 24 3 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .208 .208 .333 .542 8 2 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 11 48 46 4 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .239 .271 .348 .619 16 2 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1997 FLA NL 21 CF 14 12 113.0 32 30 2 0 1 1.000 3.0 31.9 1.0 0.8 0.2 2 2.55 2.29 .981 2.40 2.03
1997 FLA NL 21 OF 14 12 113.0 33 31 2 0 1 1.000 3.0 31.9 1.0 0.8 0.2 2 2.63 2.36 .979 2.13 1.77
1998 FLA NL 22 OF 145 136 1227.2 368 342 20 6 2 .984 24.8 24.2 20.8 5.5 15.3 4 2.65 2.50 .980 2.17 1.78
1998 FLA NL 22 RF 107 99 888.2 232 213 15 4 1 .983 13.9 18.8 9.9 0.2 9.7 4 2.31 2.13 .976 2.08 1.66
1998 FLA NL 22 CF 46 37 339.0 139 132 5 2 1 .986 10.9 38.6 10.9 5.3 5.6 0 3.64 2.98 .987 2.53 2.15
1998 FLA NL 22 1B 3 0 3.1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.80 1.33 1.000 9.45 8.00
1999 FLA NL 23 OF 129 108 986.0 270 246 19 5 5 .981 13.8 16.8 6.8 -1.4 8.2 7 2.42 2.05 .981 2.26 1.86
1999 FLA NL 23 RF 129 108 986.0 272 247 20 5 5 .982 13.8 16.8 6.8 -1.4 8.2 7 2.44 2.07 .981 2.16 1.72
1999 FLA NL 23 1B 19 12 99.1 112 104 8 0 9 1.000 0.4 4.8 0.4 0.8 -0.4 0 10.15 5.89 .993 9.20 7.64
2000 FLA NL 24 OF 142 121 1107.1 304 287 14 3 3 .990 9.3 10.1 7.3 1.5 5.8 2 2.45 2.12 .981 2.25 1.86
2000 FLA NL 24 RF 139 113 1052.1 282 266 13 3 3 .989 9.5 10.8 7.5 1.5 6.1 2 2.39 2.01 .979 2.18 1.75
2000 FLA NL 24 CF 9 8 55.0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -4.4 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 0 3.44 2.33 .986 2.63 2.24
2000 FLA NL 24 1B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 9.30 7.75
2001 SDP NL 25 OF 111 99 878.0 285 277 4 4 1 .986 7.6 10.4 7.6 4.5 3.1 0 2.88 2.53 .982 2.20 1.86
2001 SDP NL 25 CF 106 98 862.0 277 269 4 4 1 .986 6.3 8.8 6.3 3.2 3.1 0 2.85 2.58 .986 2.59 2.18
2001 SDP NL 25 RF 5 0 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 60.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.38 0.60 .967 2.14 1.72
2001 SDP NL 25 LF 1 1 8.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 135.0 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 5.62 5.00 .980 1.91 1.50
2002 SDP NL 26 CF 147 143 1229.1 364 349 11 4 3 .989 -10.4 -10.2 -9.4 -6.3 -3.1 -1 2.64 2.45 .988 2.57 2.13
2002 SDP NL 26 OF 147 143 1229.1 367 352 11 4 3 .989 -10.4 -10.2 -9.4 -6.3 -3.1 -1 2.66 2.47 .983 2.19 1.84
2003 SDP NL 27 OF 127 121 1055.1 340 324 13 3 4 .991 7.9 9.0 3.9 4.6 -0.7 4 2.87 2.65 .984 2.17 1.85
2003 SDP NL 27 CF 126 121 1055.1 339 323 13 3 4 .991 7.9 9.0 3.9 4.6 -0.7 4 2.87 2.67 .988 2.50 2.14
2004 OAK AL 28 CF 145 140 1255.0 364 347 11 6 4 .984 8.1 7.7 6.1 4.0 2.1 2 2.57 2.47 .988 2.64 2.35 MVP-14
2004 OAK AL 28 OF 145 140 1255.0 364 347 11 6 4 .984 8.1 7.7 6.1 4.0 2.1 2 2.57 2.47 .985 2.30 2.05 MVP-14
2004 OAK AL 28 DH 1 MVP-14
2005 OAK AL 29 CF 137 137 1184.1 309 298 7 4 3 .987 -1.7 -1.7 -4.7 -6.7 2.0 3 2.32 2.23 .989 2.69 2.38
2005 OAK AL 29 OF 137 137 1184.1 310 299 7 4 3 .987 -1.7 -1.7 -4.7 -6.7 2.0 3 2.33 2.23 .986 2.30 2.05
2005 OAK AL 29 DH 2
2006 OAK AL 30 CF 127 116 1047.0 289 281 6 2 2 .993 -16.4 -18.8 -15.4 -3.5 -11.9 -1 2.47 2.26 .989 2.65 2.29
2006 OAK AL 30 OF 127 116 1047.0 289 281 6 2 2 .993 -16.4 -18.8 -15.4 -3.5 -11.9 -1 2.47 2.26 .986 2.30 1.99
2006 OAK AL 30 1B 4 4 24.0 30 28 0 2 6 .933 -0.3 -15.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 10.50 7.00 .993 9.52 8.00
2006 OAK AL 30 DH 1
2007 OAK AL 31 CF 56 53 472.2 148 141 5 2 3 .986 1.1 2.8 -0.9 1.1 -2.0 2 2.78 2.61 .989 2.71 2.42
2007 OAK AL 31 OF 56 53 472.2 148 141 5 2 3 .986 1.1 2.8 -0.9 1.1 -2.0 2 2.78 2.61 .987 2.30 2.00
2008 TOT MLB 32 OF 103 98 847.2 208 205 3 0 1 1.000 -6.2 -8.8 -7.2 1.2 -8.4 1 2.21 2.02 .985 2.23 1.93
2008 ATL NL 32 CF 84 80 696.0 176 173 3 0 1 1.000 -4.3 -7.4 -7.3 1.0 -8.3 3 2.28 2.10 .990 2.61 2.26
2008 ATL NL 32 OF 84 80 696.0 176 173 3 0 1 1.000 -4.3 -7.4 -7.3 1.0 -8.3 3 2.28 2.10 .985 2.21 1.91
2008 BOS AL 32 OF 19 18 151.2 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -15.0 0.1 0.2 -0.1 -2 1.90 1.68 .984 2.31 2.02
2008 BOS AL 32 RF 19 18 151.2 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -15.0 0.1 0.2 -0.1 -2 1.90 1.68 .984 2.15 1.83
2008 BOS AL 32 1B 6 4 39.0 39 35 3 1 7 .974 -1.0 -30.8 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 8.77 6.33 .995 9.25 8.02
2009 TOT AL 33 1B 41 27 284.0 281 258 23 0 22 1.000 8.90 6.85 .994 9.13 8.11
2009 TOT AL 33 OF 20 15 125.2 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.93 1.35 .985 2.33 2.04
2009 TOT AL 33 RF 12 8 62.2 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.15 1.25 .980 2.14 1.75
2009 TOT AL 33 CF 5 4 37.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.70 1.40 1.000 2.72 2.38
2009 TOT AL 33 LF 4 3 26.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 1.25 1.000 2.11 1.80
2009 BOS AL 33 1B 19 12 125.1 114 103 11 0 9 1.000 8.19 6.00 .994 9.13 8.11
2009 BOS AL 33 OF 9 5 44.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 0.89 .988 2.34 2.04
2009 BOS AL 33 CF 4 3 28.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 1.25 1.000 2.73 2.38
2009 BOS AL 33 RF 4 1 8.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 0.25 1.000 2.18 1.75
2009 BOS AL 33 LF 2 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.14 1.80
2009 CHW AL 33 1B 22 15 158.2 167 155 12 0 13 1.000 9.47 7.59 .994 9.13 8.11
2009 CHW AL 33 OF 11 10 81.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.11 1.73 .984 2.33 2.04
2009 CHW AL 33 RF 8 7 54.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.33 1.75 .979 2.13 1.75
2009 CHW AL 33 DH 2
2009 CHW AL 33 LF 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 1.50 1.000 2.10 1.80
2009 CHW AL 33 CF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 2.00 1.000 2.70 2.40
13 Seasons OF 1403 1299 11529.0 3313 3158 116 39 32 .988 40.9 4.3 15.9 5.3 10.6 25 2.56 2.33 .983 2.24 1.91
12 Seasons CF 1002 949 8345.2 2465 2370 68 27 23 .989 4.3 0.6 -9.7 3.5 -13.3 14 2.63 2.43 .988 2.61 2.25
6 Seasons RF 411 346 3149.1 836 775 49 12 9 .986 35.7 13.6 24.7 0.9 23.9 11 2.35 2.00 .979 2.14 1.72
6 Seasons 1B 75 47 452.2 467 429 35 3 44 .994 -0.9 -2.4 -0.9 0.5 -1.4 0 9.23 6.19 .994 9.18 7.96
4 Seasons DH 6
2 Seasons LF 5 4 34.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 31.8 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 2.65 2.00 .990 2.06 1.74
13 Seasons TOT 1493 1346 11981.2 3778 3584 152 42 76 .989 40.0 4.0 15.0 5.8 9.2 25 0 2.81 2.50 .976 2.73 2.39
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2004-AL-14-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2004 AL--.314--8th

Games Played s c a p y
Active--1517--49th

At Bats s c a p y
Active--5606--45th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Active--6168--49th

Hits s c a p y
2004 AL--190--5th
Active--1576--49th

Triples s c a p y
1998 NL--7--8th
1999 NL--9--5th
2002 NL--7--6th
Active--45--27th

Singles s c a p y
2002 NL--118--10th
2004 AL--135--3rd
Active--1105--36th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1999 NL--9--3rd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2000 NL--17--10th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
Active--57--35th

AB per SO s c a p y
1998 NL--9.5--9th
1999 NL--9.9--7th
2000 NL--11.5--4th
2004 AL--8.7--9th
2005 AL--11.4--2nd
Active--8.6--16th

Outs Made s c a p y
Active--4296--44th

Youngest s c a p y
1997 NL--born 1975-12-02--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 10 (1373), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1448), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1323), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 1996.

March 28, 2001: Traded by the Florida Marlins with Cesar Crespo to the San Diego Padres for Omar Ortiz (minors), Matt Clement and Eric Owens.

November 26, 2003: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Oakland Athletics for Ramon Hernandez and Terrence Long.

January 14, 2008: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Atlanta Braves for Jamie Richmond (minors) and Joey Devine.

August 27, 2008: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Boston Red Sox for Luis Sumoza (minors).

November 1, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

January 9, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

July 28, 2009: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Brian N. Anderson.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1998Florida Marlins$171,000
1999Florida Marlins$280,000
2000Florida Marlins$324,000
2001San Diego Padres$2,125,000
2002San Diego Padres$3,050,000
2003San Diego Padres$4,450,000
2004Oakland Athletics$5,500,000
2005Oakland Athletics$6,500,000
2006Oakland Athletics$7,000,000
2007Oakland Athletics$8,000,000
2008Atlanta Braves$7,000,000
2009Boston Red Sox$1,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$45,900,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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