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Mark Lemke

Mark Alan Lemke (Lemmer)

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 167 lb.

Born: August 13, 1965 in Utica, NY
High School: Notre Dame HS (Utica, NY)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 27th round of the 1983 amateur draft.
Signed June 27, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1988 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Braves/RedSox 1988-1998
Agents: Lonnie Cooper, previously: George Kalafatis [*]
Final Game: May 25, 1998 (Age 32)
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 16, 2013 12:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1630. Ryan Doumit… #1631. Hod Ford… #1632. Cameron Maybin… #1633. MARK LEMKE… #1634. Blondie Purcell… #1635. Harry Bay… #1636. Doc Lavan… 

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
1988 22 ATL NL 16 64 58 8 13 4 0 0 2 0 2 4 5 .224 .274 .293 .567 61 17 1 0 2 0 0 4
1989 23 ATL NL 14 60 55 4 10 2 1 2 10 0 1 5 7 .182 .250 .364 .614 72 20 1 0 0 0 0 4
1990 24 ATL NL 102 266 239 22 54 13 0 0 21 0 1 21 22 .226 .286 .280 .567 54 67 6 0 4 2 3 54/6
1991 25 ATL NL 136 308 269 36 63 11 2 2 23 1 2 29 27 .234 .305 .312 .617 70 84 9 0 6 4 2 *45
1992 26 ATL NL 155 491 427 38 97 7 4 6 26 0 3 50 39 .227 .307 .304 .611 69 130 9 0 12 2 11 *45
1993 27 ATL NL 151 569 493 52 124 19 2 7 49 1 2 65 50 .252 .335 .341 .676 82 168 21 0 5 6 13 *4
1994 28 ATL NL 104 394 350 40 103 15 0 3 31 0 3 38 37 .294 .363 .363 .726 89 127 11 0 6 0 12 *4
1995 29 ATL NL 116 453 399 42 101 16 5 5 38 2 2 44 40 .253 .325 .356 .681 78 142 17 0 7 3 4 *4
1996 30 ATL NL 135 562 498 64 127 17 0 5 37 5 2 53 48 .255 .323 .319 .642 68 159 9 0 5 6 1 *4
1997 31 ATL NL 109 397 351 33 86 17 1 2 26 2 0 33 51 .245 .306 .316 .622 63 111 10 0 8 5 2 4
1998 32 BOS AL 31 100 91 10 17 4 0 0 7 0 1 6 15 .187 .232 .231 .463 21 21 0 0 1 2 0 4
11 Yrs 1069 3664 3230 349 795 125 15 32 270 11 19 348 341 .246 .317 .324 .641 71 1046 94 0 56 30 48
162 Game Avg. 162 555 489 53 120 19 2 5 41 2 3 53 52 .246 .317 .324 .641 71 159 14 0 8 5 7
ATL (10 yrs) 1038 3564 3139 339 778 121 15 32 263 11 18 342 326 .248 .319 .327 .646 73 1025 94 0 55 28 48
BOS (1 yr) 31 100 91 10 17 4 0 0 7 0 1 6 15 .187 .232 .231 .463 21 21 0 0 1 2 0
NL (10 yrs) 1038 3564 3139 339 778 121 15 32 263 11 18 342 326 .248 .319 .327 .646 73 1025 94 0 55 28 48
AL (1 yr) 31 100 91 10 17 4 0 0 7 0 1 6 15 .187 .232 .231 .463 21 21 0 0 1 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
1988 22 ATL NL 16 64 -3 -1 -0 -2 1 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.4 .462 .496 -0.2 -0.1 -1 4
1989 23 ATL NL 14 60 -0 -1 -0 1 0 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .502 .500 0.1 0.2 1 4
1990 24 ATL NL 102 266 -14 -1 -0 7 2 -6 -0.6 9 3 0.2 .493 .496 -0.7 1.0 -4 $105,000 54/6
1991 25 ATL NL 136 308 -10 -0 -0 -3 2 -12 -1.3 10 -2 -0.3 .491 .492 -0.0 -0.1 2 $138,000 *45
1992 26 ATL NL 155 491 -13 -3 1 -2 3 -14 -1.6 15 1 -0.2 .490 .490 -0.0 0.1 3 $250,000 *45
1993 27 ATL NL 151 569 -14 -3 -2 17 4 2 0.3 18 20 2.0 .502 .501 0.0 2.2 2 $550,000 *4
1994 28 ATL NL 104 394 -8 -4 -2 6 3 -4 -0.5 12 8 0.7 .496 .497 0.1 0.9 2 $1,100,000 *4
1995 29 ATL NL 116 453 -14 -1 -1 13 3 1 0.1 14 15 1.4 .501 .500 0.0 1.6 1 $1,250,000 *4
1996 30 ATL NL 135 562 -25 2 2 15 3 -3 -0.6 17 15 1.2 .498 .498 -0.2 1.6 0 $1,500,000 *4
1997 31 ATL NL 109 397 -17 -1 -0 16 2 1 -0.0 12 13 1.1 .501 .500 -0.5 1.8 -3 $2,000,000 4
1998 32 BOS AL 31 100 -10 -0 1 6 1 -3 -0.3 4 1 0.1 .490 .498 -0.5 0.6 -5 4
11 Seasons 1069 3664 -127 -12 -2 74 24 -43 -5.2 114 72 6.1 .496 .497 -1.9 9.9 -3 $6,893,000
ATL (10 yrs) 1038 3564 -116 -12 -3 69 23 -40 -4.9 111 71 6.1 .496 .497 -1.4 9.3 2 $6,893,000
BOS (1 yr) 31 100 -10 -0 1 6 1 -3 -0.3 4 1 0.1 .490 .498 -0.5 0.6 -5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1991 25 ATL NL NLCS PIT W 7 24 20 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .200 .333 .250 .583 5 0 0 0 0 1
1991 25 ATL NL WS MIN L 6 26 24 4 10 1 3 0 4 0 0 2 4 .417 .462 .708 1.170 17 1 0 0 0 0
1992 26 ATL NL NLCS PIT W 7 26 21 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 3 .333 .462 .381 .842 8 0 0 0 0 1
1992 26 ATL NL WS TOR L 6 20 19 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .211 .250 .211 .461 4 1 0 0 0 0
1993 27 ATL NL NLCS PHI L 6 25 24 2 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 6 .208 .240 .292 .532 7 0 0 0 0 0
1995 29 ATL NL NLDS COL W 4 20 19 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .211 .250 .263 .513 5 0 0 0 0 0
1995 29 ATL NL NLCS CIN W 4 19 18 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .167 .211 .167 .377 3 1 0 0 0 0
1995 29 ATL NL WS CLE W 6 26 22 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 .273 .360 .273 .633 6 0 0 1 0 0
1996 30 ATL NL NLDS LAD W 3 12 12 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .250 .417 3 1 0 0 0 0
1996 30 ATL NL NLCS STL W 7 31 27 4 12 2 0 1 5 0 0 4 2 .444 .516 .630 1.146 17 0 0 0 0 0
1996 30 ATL NL WS NYY L 6 28 26 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .231 .231 .269 .500 7 1 0 2 0 0
5 Yrs (11 Series) 62 257 232 22 63 10 3 1 25 0 1 22 27 .272 .335 .353 .688 82 5 0 3 0 2
2 NLDS 7 32 31 4 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .194 .219 .258 .477 8 1 0 0 0 0
5 NLCS 31 125 110 11 31 6 0 1 14 0 0 15 11 .282 .368 .364 .732 40 1 0 0 0 2
4 WS 24 100 91 7 26 2 3 0 8 0 1 6 12 .286 .330 .374 .704 34 3 0 3 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1988 ATL NL 22 2B 16 16 16 151.2 101 47 51 3 11 .970 -2 -13 5.82 6.13 .980 5.22 5.23
1989 ATL NL 23 2B 14 13 13 126.1 65 25 40 0 7 1.000 1 12 4.63 4.64 .981 5.12 5.12
1990 ATL NL 24 3B 45 26 25 260.2 92 20 71 1 7 .989 2 11 3.14 2.02 .947 2.73 2.71
1990 ATL NL 24 2B 44 32 27 294.2 194 70 121 3 22 .985 5 19 5.83 4.34 .983 5.01 4.98
1990 ATL NL 24 SS 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .970 4.50 4.60
1991 ATL NL 25 2B 110 51 43 605.1 372 159 205 8 39 .978 -2 -5 5.41 3.31 .982 5.14 5.12
1991 ATL NL 25 3B 15 2 0 43.2 15 3 10 2 1 .867 -1 -25 2.68 0.87 .950 2.74 2.73
1992 ATL NL 26 2B 145 114 96 1065.1 570 236 325 9 56 .984 -2 -2 4.74 3.87 .981 5.18 5.18
1992 ATL NL 26 3B 13 1 1 32.2 10 0 10 0 0 1.000 -0 -15 2.76 0.77 .952 2.67 2.67
1993 ATL NL 27 2B 150 148 135 1299.2 785 329 442 14 100 .982 17 16 5.34 5.14 .980 5.16 5.13
1994 ATL NL 28 2B 103 102 96 899.0 512 209 300 3 58 .994 6 8 5.10 4.94 .981 5.26 5.23
1995 ATL NL 29 2B 115 115 95 967.1 515 205 305 5 61 .990 13 17 4.75 4.43 .984 5.25 5.23
1996 ATL NL 30 2B 133 132 119 1166.1 653 228 410 15 71 .977 15 15 4.92 4.80 .981 5.09 5.06
1997 ATL NL 31 2B 104 101 75 849.2 510 191 309 10 65 .980 16 23 5.30 4.81 .980 5.07 5.03
1998 BOS AL 32 2B 31 29 21 248.2 109 38 71 0 15 1.000 6 28 3.95 3.52 .978 4.85 4.80
11 Seasons 2B 965 853 736 7674.0 4386 1737 2579 70 505 .984 73 11 5.06 4.47 .981 5.15 5.12
3 Seasons 3B 73 29 26 337.0 117 23 91 3 8 .974 1 4 3.04 1.56 .948 2.73 2.71
1 Season SS 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .970 4.50 4.60
11 Seasons TOT 1039 882 762 8012.0 4504 1760 2671 73 513 .984 74 11 4.98 4.26 .980 5.05 4.95
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1993 NL  2.3 (3rd)
1995 NL  1.6 (4th)
1996 NL  1.7 (8th)
Career  10.0 (213th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1992 NL  12 (6th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1993 NL  13 (4th)
1994 NL  12 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1993 NL  21 (4th)
1995 NL  17 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1994 NL  9.5 (9th)
1995 NL  10.0 (7th)
1996 NL  10.4 (5th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1993 NL  17 (4th)
1995 NL  13 (4th)
Career  74 (90th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1992 NL  145 (3rd)
1993 NL  150 (2nd)
1994 NL  103 (5th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1993 NL  329 (1st)
1994 NL  209 (5th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1993 NL  442 (2nd)
1994 NL  300 (5th)
1996 NL  410 (5th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1993 NL  14 (3rd)
1996 NL  15 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
1993 NL  100 (1st)
1994 NL  58 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1990 NL  5 (3rd)
1993 NL  17 (1st)
1994 NL  6 (2nd)
1995 NL  13 (1st)
1996 NL  15 (2nd)
1997 NL  16 (2nd)
Career  73 (7th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1991 NL  5.41 (3rd)
1993 NL  5.34 (5th)
1997 NL  5.30 (5th)
Career  5.06 (66th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1993 NL  5.14 (3rd)
1996 NL  4.80 (4th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1992 NL  .984 (5th)
1994 NL  .994 (1st)
1995 NL  .990 (4th)
Career  .984 (41st)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1990 NL  2 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (939), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1466), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (238th), 6.1 career WAR/6.9 7yr-peak WAR/6.5 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Wayne Causey (967)
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  3. Billy Gardner (959)
  4. Sibby Sisti (957)
  5. Denny Doyle (954)
  6. Eddie Mayo (953)
  7. Jose Oquendo (953)
  8. Mike Gallego (952)
  9. Pete Coscarart (952)
  10. Nick Punto (948)
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  1. Rabbit Robinson (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ted Martinez (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Gary Sutherland (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack Brohamer (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jack Brohamer (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gary Sutherland (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Wayne Causey (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Gary Sutherland (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • June 6, 1983: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 27th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 27, 1983.
  • October 30, 1996: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 18, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
  • November 5, 1997: Granted Free Agency.
  • March 26, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
  • October 26, 1998: Granted Free Agency.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
199024Atlanta Braves$105,00011/21/90 NYT
199125Atlanta Braves$138,000USA Today survey
199226Atlanta Braves$250,0004/2/92 USA Today
199327Atlanta Braves$550,000USA TodayArbitration loss; $925,000 request
199428Atlanta Braves$1,100,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199529Atlanta Braves$1,250,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199630Atlanta Braves$1,500,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199731Atlanta Braves$2,000,0001997 AP survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,893,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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