Mark Salas
Mark Bruce Salas
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 8, 1961 in Montebello, CA
High School: Nogales (La Puente, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 18th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1984
Final Game: October 5, 1991
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Standard Fielding

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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1984 STL NL 23 C 4 2 21.0 13 11 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.57 3.25 .985 6.51 5.68 0 0 4 1 20%
1984 STL NL 23 OF 3 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.00 0.67 1.000 2.30 1.90
1984 STL NL 23 LF 2 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 .950 2.02 1.55
1984 STL NL 23 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1985 MIN AL 24 C 115 95 857.2 573 529 39 5 10 .991 1.0 1.4 1 5.96 4.94 .987 6.05 5.03 11 33 64 37 37% RoY-8
1985 MIN AL 24 DH 3 RoY-8
1986 MIN AL 25 C 69 56 512.0 398 358 32 8 5 .980 -1.0 -2.3 -1 6.86 5.65 .989 6.62 5.44 5 19 41 21 34%
1986 MIN AL 25 DH 8
1987 TOT AL 26 C 55 40 353.2 275 258 16 1 0 .996 -5.0 -17.0 -5 6.97 4.98 .988 6.74 5.49 10 23 42 13 24%
1987 MIN AL 26 C 14 10 95.2 90 86 3 1 0 .989 -4.0 -50.2 -4 8.37 6.36 .988 6.75 5.49 2 8 20 1 5%
1987 NYY AL 26 C 41 30 258.0 185 172 13 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -4.7 -1 6.45 4.51 .988 6.74 5.49 8 15 22 12 35%
1987 NYY AL 26 DH 4
1987 NYY AL 26 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1987 NYY AL 26 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1988 CHW AL 27 C 69 56 483.1 292 251 35 6 5 .979 -2.0 -5.0 -2 5.33 4.14 .989 6.22 5.28 6 22 37 20 35%
1988 CHW AL 27 DH 1
1989 CLE AL 28 DH 20
1989 CLE AL 28 C 5 0 7.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.14 0.80 1.000 6.30 5.20 0 0 1 1 50%
1990 DET AL 29 C 57 44 385.0 252 227 22 3 3 .988 -4.0 -12.5 -4 5.82 4.37 .991 6.42 5.36 6 23 36 16 31%
1990 DET AL 29 DH 3
1990 DET AL 29 3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 1.00 .900 2.70 2.30
1991 DET AL 30 C 11 2 38.0 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.45 2.09 .991 6.49 5.28 0 2 4 2 33%
1991 DET AL 30 DH 8
1991 DET AL 30 1B 5 0 7.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.40 .986 9.77 8.30
8 Seasons C 385 295 2657.2 1830 1659 148 23 23 .987 -11.0 -5.0 -11 6.12 4.69 .989 6.35 5.28 38 122 229 111 33%
7 Seasons DH 47
1 Season 1B 5 0 7.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.40 .986 9.77 8.30
2 Seasons OF 4 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -36.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 2.34 1.92
2 Seasons LF 3 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 2.00 0.67 .950 2.00 1.60
1 Season 3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 1.00 .900 2.70 2.30
1 Season RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
8 Seasons TOT 395 296 2675.2 1840 1667 150 23 23 .988 -11.2 -5.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 0 -11 6.11 4.60 .976 6.34 5.28 38 122 229 111 33%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1984 STL NL 23 14 3 14 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 9 0
1985 MIN AL 24 120 97 120 115 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 0
1986 MIN AL 25 91 64 91 69 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 27 0
1987 NYY AL 26 50 32 50 42 0 41 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 13 0
1987 MIN AL 26 22 10 22 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1988 CHW AL 27 75 57 75 69 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
1989 CLE AL 28 30 19 30 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 11 0
1990 DET AL 29 74 44 74 58 0 57 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1
1991 DET AL 30 33 10 33 16 0 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 18 0
8 Seasons 509 336 509 395 0 385 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 4 40 131 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1984 STL NL 23 91 2.57 2.57 2 100% 0 0 11 2 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 MIN AL 24 3848 4.70 5.22 31 100% 0 0 531 25 3 22 481 38 5 0 0 7 5 0 1 4 0 10 0 1 2 2 100%
1986 MIN AL 25 2323 5.08 5.26 25 96% 3 0 357 18 1 4 333 33 6 0 0 9 8 0 4 4 0 5 0 1 1 9 89%
1987 NYY AL 26 1186 4.60 5.02 14 100% 0 0 173 12 1 3 157 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1987 MIN AL 26 481 5.74 6.11 2 100% 0 0 86 1 0 0 85 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CHW AL 27 2216 4.67 5.38 22 95% 0 0 252 16 1 3 232 34 5 1 0 7 6 0 0 6 0 5 0 1 1 4 75%
1989 CLE AL 28 29 1.29 1.29 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 DET AL 29 1777 4.49 4.79 27 93% 0 1 228 21 0 9 197 20 3 0 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 8 75%
1991 DET AL 30 174 4.50 5.21 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 12125 4.74 5.17 123 97% 3 1 1663 95 6 41 1519 146 21 1 0 28 23 1 5 17 0 23 0 3 4 24 83%
MLB Averages 3.89 4.34 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1984 STL NL 23 0 0 30 4 1 1 20% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.88 0.50
1985 MIN AL 24 11 33 1372 64 37 23 37% 59 29 4 8 1 0 1 0 138 45 1.29 1.18
1986 MIN AL 25 5 19 846 41 21 15 34% 40 18 1 2 0 1 1 0 76 27 0.89 1.34
1987 NYY AL 26 8 15 429 22 12 10 35% 19 10 2 2 1 0 1 0 52 13 1.11 1.22
1987 MIN AL 26 2 8 175 20 1 1 5% 19 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 37 3 1.55 0.39
1988 CHW AL 27 6 22 819 37 20 19 35% 34 17 3 3 0 0 0 0 81 22 1.00 0.99
1989 CLE AL 28 0 0 9 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.40 0.07
1990 DET AL 29 6 23 669 36 16 12 31% 32 13 4 1 0 2 2 1 79 18 1.24 1.26
1991 DET AL 30 0 2 57 4 2 1 33% 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 2 1.17 0.83
8 Seasons 38 122 4406 229 111 83 33% 210 91 16 17 3 3 6 1 477 132 1.16 1.16
MLB Averages 32% 1.29 1.27

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1991 DET AL 30 38 63% 66% 26% 3 67% 0 6 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1 Season 38 63% 66% 26% 3 67% 0 6 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1984 STL NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 73% 84% 27% 2 100%
1987 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 86% 86% 14% 1 0%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 75% 85% 25% 3 67%
MLB Averages 59.3% 2.7% 56% 77% 33% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1984 STL NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 80% 80% 20% 1 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 80% 80% 20% 1 0%
MLB Averages 44.1% 2.8% 56% 77% 33% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1990 DET AL 29 4 100% 75% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 4 100% 75% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 89% 71%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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