Mark Wagner

Mark Duane Wagner

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 4, 1954 in Conneaut, OH
High School: Harbor HS (Ashtabula, OH)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 19th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1976
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Rangers/Athletics 1976-1984

Final Game: September 30, 1984
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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
1972	18	DET-min	Rk	56	196	196		40	5	2	2						.204	.204	.281	.485		55							BRS · APPY
1973	19	DET-min	A	122	492	451	51	125	16	1	1	48	2	1	41	78	.277	.337	.324	.661		146							CLI · MIDW
1974	20	DET-min	A	23	94	77	12	21	1	1	0	10	2	0	17	13	.273	.404	.312	.716		24	3	0	0	0	0		LAK · FLOR
1975	21	DET-min	A	119	481	436	52	111	11	4	1	50	10	1	40	53	.255	.317	.305	.622		133	3	0	5	0	2		CLI · MIDW
1976	22	DET-min	AAA	107	360	304	32	79	9	5	1	22	8	5	50	60	.260	.365	.332	.697		101		2	1	3			EVN · AA
1976	22	DET	AL	39	124	115	9	30	2	3	0	12	0	2	6	18	.261	.298	.330	.628	82	38	1	0	3	0	0	6
1977	23	DET-min	AAA	64	247	222	33	68	12	6	3	27	3	3	25	37	.306	.377	.455	.831		101		0	0	0			EVN · AA
1977	23	DET	AL	22	56	48	4	7	0	1	1	3	0	1	4	12	.146	.222	.250	.472	26	12	0	1	2	1	0	6/4
1978	24	DET	AL	39	117	109	10	26	1	2	0	6	1	0	3	11	.239	.272	.284	.556	55	31	3	2	3	0	0	6/4
1979	25	DET	AL	75	171	146	16	40	3	0	1	13	3	2	16	25	.274	.341	.315	.657	77	46	2	0	7	2	0	64/5D
1980	26	DET	AL	45	81	72	5	17	1	0	0	3	0	1	7	11	.236	.304	.250	.554	53	18	0	0	2	0	0	6/54
1981	27	TEX	AL	50	95	85	15	22	4	1	1	14	1	1	8	13	.259	.323	.365	.687	104	31	2	0	2	0	0	6/45
1982	28	TEX	AL	60	196	179	14	43	4	1	0	8	1	0	10	28	.240	.280	.274	.554	58	49	6	0	7	0	0	6
1983	29	DET-min	AAA	36	117	106	8	22	2	1	0	5	1	3	10	24	.208	.276	.245	.521		26		0	1	0	0		EVN · AA
1983	29	TEX	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1984	30	OAK-min	AAA	11	43	35	7	12	4	0	0	4	1	1	8	9	.343	.465	.457	.922		16		0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1984	30	OAK	AL	82	100	87	8	20	5	1	0	12	2	0	7	11	.230	.284	.310	.595	71	27	5	0	5	1	0	65/4D1
1985	31	CHW-min	AAA	34	70	60	8	12	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	8	.200	.314	.233	.548		14		2	0	0	0		BFL · AA
1997	43	CIN-min	AA	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500		1	0	0	0	0	0		CNG · SOUL
9 Yrs				414	942	843	81	205	20	9	3	71	8	7	61	130	.243	.295	.299	.594	67	252	19	3	31	4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	369	330	32	80	8	4	1	28	3	3	24	51	.243	.295	.299	.594	67	99	7	1	12	2	0

DET (5 yrs)				220	549	490	44	120	7	6	2	37	4	6	36	77	.245	.299	.296	.595	65	145	6	3	17	3	0
TEX (3 yrs)				112	293	266	29	65	8	2	1	22	2	1	18	42	.244	.292	.301	.593	71	80	8	0	9	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				82	100	87	8	20	5	1	0	12	2	0	7	11	.230	.284	.310	.595	71	27	5	0	5	1	0

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
1976	22	DET	AL	39	124	-2	-2	1	-2	2	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.492	.498	0.3	0.1	3	$	6
1977	23	DET	AL	22	56	-6	-1	0	1	1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.480	.497	-0.4	0.2	-4	$	6/4
1978	24	DET	AL	39	117	-5	-0	0	-1	2	-5	-0.5	4	-1	-0.1	.486	.497	0.0	0.1	0	$	6/4
1979	25	DET	AL	75	171	-3	-1	0	-1	3	-2	-0.1	6	4	0.4	.498	.499	0.5	0.3	5	$	64/5D
1980	26	DET	AL	45	81	-5	-1	0	-5	2	-8	-0.9	2	-6	-0.6	.480	.495	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$	6/54
1981	27	TEX	AL	50	95	2	0	0	1	2	5	0.6	3	8	0.9	.512	.504	0.8	0.3	7	$	6/45
1982	28	TEX	AL	60	196	-7	-0	-0	0	3	-4	-0.4	6	2	0.2	.493	.497	0.2	0.4	1	$	6
1983	29	TEX	AL	2	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/6
1984	30	OAK	AL	82	100	-3	-1	-1	-2	3	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.495	.497	0.1	0.1	1	$	65/4D1
9 Seasons				414	942	-30	-5	1	-8	17	-25	-2.3	30	5	0.6	.494	.498	1.3	1.3	13	$

DET (5 yrs)				220	549	-21	-4	2	-8	10	-22	-2.2	18	-4	-0.4	.489	.497	0.3	0.4	3	$
TEX (3 yrs)				112	293	-5	-0	-0	2	5	1	0.2	9	10	1.1	.501	.500	0.9	0.8	8	$
OAK (1 yr)				82	100	-3	-1	-1	-2	3	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.495	.497	0.1	0.1	1	$

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
1976	22	DET	AL	124	91	11	3.3	88	.309	.261	.259	.298	.324	.330	.366	.628	.690	82	.410	-3.3	-0.4	.477	.104	.070
1977	23	DET	AL	56	45	3	1.8	104	.167	.146	.272	.222	.337	.250	.414	.472	.751	26	.149	-5.3	-0.5	.381	.167	.104	.0
1978	24	DET	AL	117	89	8	2.4	96	.265	.239	.265	.272	.330	.284	.390	.556	.720	55	.254	-7.2	-0.7	.430	.083	.046	.0
1979	25	DET	AL	171	119	17	3.8	104	.320	.274	.273	.341	.338	.315	.414	.657	.752	77	.404	-4.4	-0.4	.573	.158	.041	1.5
1980	26	DET	AL	81	58	6	2.8	100	.279	.236	.272	.304	.334	.250	.403	.554	.737	53	.286	-4.7	-0.5	.429	.097	.014
1981	27	TEX	AL	95	68	10	4.0	84	.296	.259	.249	.323	.313	.365	.362	.687	.675	104	.484	0.4	0.0	.591	.200	.106	1.0
1982	28	TEX	AL	196	149	13	2.3	93	.285	.240	.257	.280	.320	.274	.392	.554	.711	58	.226	-10.3	-1.0	.423	.095	.034	.0
1983	29	TEX	AL	2	2	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.262	.000	.324	.000	.396	.000	.719	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1984	30	OAK	AL	100	78	7	2.4	90	.260	.230	.254	.284	.315	.310	.383	.595	.699	71	.240	-3.0	-0.3	.500	.184	.080	.0
9 Yrs				942	699	75	2.9	95	.283	.243	.262	.295	.326	.299	.390	.594	.716	67	.311	-38.4	-3.9	.477	.129	.056	4.4
162 Game Avg.				369	274	29	2.9	95	.283	.243	.262	.295	.326	.299	.390	.594	.716	67	.311	-38.4	-3.9	.477	.129	.056	2

DET (5 yrs)				549	402	45	3.0	98	.285	.245	.268	.299	.333	.296	.395	.595	.728	65	.328	-24.9	-2.5	.476	.120	.051	2.7
TEX (3 yrs)				293	219	23	2.8	90	.287	.244	.255	.292	.318	.301	.382	.593	.700	71	.305	-10.4	-1.0	.471	.128	.056	1.3
OAK (1 yr)				100	78	7	2.4	90	.260	.230	.254	.284	.315	.310	.383	.595	.699	71	.240	-3.0	-0.3	.500	.184	.080	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1976	22	DET	AL	124	0.0%	14.5%	4.8%	4.0%	17%	3.00	6.4		9.6	2.09	78%
1977	23	DET	AL	56	1.8%	21.4%	7.1%	3.6%	29%	3.00	4.0	48.0	16.0	2.20	64%
1978	24	DET	AL	117	0.0%	9.4%	2.6%	2.6%	12%	3.67	9.9		18.2	2.41	84%
1979	25	DET	AL	171	0.6%	14.6%	9.4%	2.3%	10%	1.56	5.8	146.0	11.2	1.70	71%
1980	26	DET	AL	81	0.0%	13.6%	8.6%	1.2%	6%	1.57	6.5		24.0	1.71	75%
1981	27	TEX	AL	95	1.1%	13.7%	8.4%	6.3%	27%	1.63	6.5	85.0	6.1	0.76	75%
1982	28	TEX	AL	196	0.0%	14.3%	5.1%	2.6%	12%	2.80	6.4		22.4	1.50	77%
1983	29	TEX	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%
1984	30	OAK	AL	100	0.0%	11.0%	7.0%	6.0%	30%	1.57	7.9		7.3	1.50	77%
9 Yrs				942	0.3%	13.8%	6.5%	3.4%	16%	2.13	6.5	281.0	11.9	1.63	76%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.0%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.55	6.9	45.4	8.6	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1976	22	DET	AL	-3.3	-0.4	126	-0.3	1.6	-1.9	.87	-0.1	-0.2	0.8	0.1	0.94	-1.2		0
1977	23	DET	AL	-5.3	-0.5	57	-0.5	0.4	-0.8	.75	-0.6	0.0	-5.9	-0.6	0.82	-7.2		0
1978	24	DET	AL	-7.2	-0.7	119	-0.5	1.9	-2.3	1.11	-0.5	0.1	-8.1	-0.8	0.96	-5.6	0.24	1
1979	25	DET	AL	-4.4	-0.4	177	0.1	2.8	-2.7	1.00	-0.4	0.5	-2.9	-0.3	0.92	-4.0	0.00	1
1980	26	DET	AL	-4.7	-0.5	84	-0.0	1.1	-1.1	.78	-0.4	0.3	-4.9	-0.5	0.88	-5.2	0.00	2
1981	27	TEX	AL	0.4	0.0	98	0.9	2.5	-1.6	1.19	0.2	0.5	8.8	0.9	1.07	4.0	1.12	2
1982	28	TEX	AL	-10.6	-1.0	200	-0.7	2.6	-3.3	.97	-1.0	0.3	-6.8	-0.7	0.92	-10.1		0
1983	29	TEX	AL	-0.5	-0.1	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-0.6	-0.1	1.08	-0.6		0
1984	30	OAK	AL	-3.2	-0.3	103	0.1	1.5	-1.4	.90	-0.4	0.5	-2.7	-0.3	0.94	-3.9	1.82	2
9 Yrs				-38.8	-3.9	966	-0.9	14.3	-15.2	.96	-3.3	2.4	-22.2	-2.2	0.94	-33.9	0.77	8

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1976	22	DET	AL	2	25%	46	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	1	3	13%	4	4	0	2	2	0	2	1	1
1977	23	DET	AL	0	27%	10	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	1	33%	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1978	24	DET	AL	3	32%	55	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	3	1	33%	9	8	1	0	0	0	9	3	5
1979	25	DET	AL	3	27%	91	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	2	4	30%	15	13	2	4	3	1	8	2	5
1980	26	DET	AL	0	21%	38	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	3	17%	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	2	0
1981	27	TEX	AL	3	48%	42	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	3	64%	6	2	4	3	2	1	5	1	4
1982	28	TEX	AL	6	26%	73	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	5	4	35%	13	10	3	2	2	0	5	0	4
1983	29	TEX	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	30	OAK	AL	1	30%	50	2	0	100%	2	0	0	1	2	1	50%	4	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
9 Yrs				18	29%	405	8	7	53%	6	7	2	2	15	20	35%	55	43	12	14	10	3	33	9	21

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
1976	22	DET	AL	124	38%	30			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	23	1	4%	10	7	70%	72	13	18%	4	2	50%	3	2	67%	0
1977	23	DET	AL	56	30%	7			0	0	0	0		1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	6	0	0%	6	4	67%	27	2	7%	3	2	67%	1	1	100%	0
1978	24	DET	AL	117	73%	26			1	1	0	0	0.24	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	27	3	11%	15	5	33%	73	7	10%	6	3	50%	6	4	67%	0
1979	25	DET	AL	171	43%	40			1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	7	7	100%	24	2	8%	12	8	67%	104	13	13%	6	4	67%	8	4	50%	0
1980	26	DET	AL	81	38%	17			2	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	11	0	0%	7	4	57%	40	3	8%	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	0
1981	27	TEX	AL	95	32%	22			2	0	0	0	1.12	1	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	24	2	8%	14	5	36%	72	16	22%	8	5	63%	7	2	29%	0
1982	28	TEX	AL	196	16%	43			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	7	70%	32	6	19%	17	10	59%	111	11	10%	4	1	25%	7	4	57%	0
1983	29	TEX	AL	2	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1984	30	OAK	AL	100	54%	20			2	0	0	0	1.82	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	18	5	28%	12	8	67%	63	13	21%	7	5	71%	3	3	100%	0
9 Yrs				942	39%	205			8	2	0	0	0.77	3	0	23	1	2	3	0	0	35	31	89%	166	19	11%	93	51	55%	564	78	14%	39	23	59%	40	20	50%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			82%			11%			35%			15%			51%			54%

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
1976	22	39	124	115	9	30	2	3	0	12	0	2	6	18	.261	.298	.330	.628	82	38	1	0	3	0
1977	23	61	180	163	13	37	2	4	1	15	0	3	10	30	.227	.274	.307	.581	64	50	1	1	5	1
1978	24	100	297	272	23	63	3	6	1	21	1	3	13	41	.232	.273	.298	.571	61	81	4	3	8	1
1979	25	175	468	418	39	103	6	6	2	34	4	5	29	66	.246	.298	.304	.602	67	127	6	3	15	3
1980	26	220	549	490	44	120	7	6	2	37	4	6	36	77	.245	.299	.296	.595	65	145	6	3	17	3
1981	27	270	644	575	59	142	11	7	3	51	5	7	44	90	.247	.302	.306	.608	70	176	8	3	19	3
1982	28	330	840	754	73	185	15	8	3	59	6	7	54	118	.245	.297	.298	.596	67	225	14	3	26	3
1983	29	332	842	756	73	185	15	8	3	59	6	7	54	119	.245	.297	.298	.594	67	225	14	3	26	3
1984	30	414	942	843	81	205	20	9	3	71	8	7	61	130	.243	.295	.299	.594	67	252	19	3	31	4

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1976	22	39	129	119	10	33	2	3	0	14	0	7	18	.277	.317	.345	.662	13	39
1977	23	22	58	49	5	8	0	1	1	4	0	5	12	.163	.250	.265	.515	3	22
1978	24	39	119	111	11	28	1	2	0	7	1	3	11	.252	.284	.297	.582	9	39
1979	25	75	172	147	16	40	3	0	1	13	3	16	25	.272	.339	.313	.652	16	75
1980	26	45	82	73	5	18	1	0	0	3	0	7	11	.247	.313	.260	.573	6	45
1981	27	76	148	132	27	37	7	2	2	25	2	13	20	.280	.345	.409	.754	18	50
1982	28	60	198	181	15	45	4	1	0	9	1	10	28	.249	.288	.282	.570	15	60
1983	29	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1984	30	82	103	89	9	22	6	1	0	14	2	8	11	.247	.306	.337	.643	9	82
9 Yrs		440	1011	903	98	231	24	10	4	89	9	69	137	.256	.309	.318	.627	89	414
162 Game Avg.		162	372	332	36	85	9	4	1	33	3	25	50	.256	.309	.318	.627	33	414

* 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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Angel Sanchez (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danny Shay (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Willy Miranda (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danny Shay (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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