Mark Petkovsek

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: November 18, 1965 in Beaumont, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (29th) of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX).

High School: Monsignor Kelly Catholic HS (Beaumont, TX)

School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Debut: June 8, 1991 (Age 25-202d, 15,952nd in major league history)
vs. NYY 4.2 IP, 10 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 7 ER, L

Last Game: October 4, 2001 (Age 35-320d)
vs. SEA 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Mark Joseph Petkovsek

Pronunciation: \Pet-KIE-zek\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.7

ERA

4.74

390

710.0

358

WHIP

1.435

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1987	21	TEX-min	A,Rk	3	4	.429	3.94	14	11	1	0	0	0	61.2	71	38	27	2	19	0	30	2	1	5				1.459	10.4	0.3	2.8	4.4	1.58	CHT,RGS FLOR,GULF
1988	22	TEX-min	A	10	11	.476	2.97	28	28	0	7	5	0	175.2	156	71	58	5	42	2	95	3	4	11				1.127	8.0	0.3	2.2	4.9	2.26	POE FLOR
1989	23	TEX-min	AA,AAA	8	9	.471	4.17	27	27	0	1	0	0	170.2	183	90	79	10	53	1	74	6	0	7				1.383	9.7	0.5	2.8	3.9	1.40	TUL,OKC TL,AA
1990	24	TEX-min	AAA	7	14	.333	5.25	28	28	0	2	1	0	151.0	187	103	88	9	42	1	81	4	0	8				1.517	11.1	0.5	2.5	4.8	1.93	OKC AA
1991	25	TEX-min	AAA	9	8	.529	4.93	25	24	0	3	1	0	149.2	162	89	82	9	38	2	67	7	1	10	646			1.336	9.7	0.5	2.3	4.0	1.76	OKC AA
1991	25	TEX	AL	0	1	.000	14.46	4	1	1	0	0	0	9.1	21	16	15	4	4	0	6	0	0	2	53	29	8.43	2.679	20.3	3.9	3.9	5.8	1.50

1992	26	PIT-min	AAA	8	8	.500	3.53	32	22	1	1	0	1	150.1	150	76	59	9	44	1	49	7	0	5	632			1.290	9.0	0.5	2.6	2.9	1.11	BFL AA
1993	27	PIT-min	AAA	3	4	.429	4.33	14	11	0	1	0	0	70.2	74	38	34	8	16	0	27	2	0	3	291			1.274	9.4	1.0	2.0	3.4	1.69	BFL AA
1993	27	PIT	NL	3	0	1.000	6.96	26	0	8	0	0	0	32.1	43	25	25	7	9	2	14	0	0	4	145	58	5.77	1.608	12.0	1.9	2.5	3.9	1.56

1994	28	HOU-min	AAA	10	7	.588	4.62	25	23	0	1	1	0	138.1	176	87	71	11	40	2	69	4	0	10	620			1.561	11.5	0.7	2.6	4.5	1.73	TUC PCL
1995	29	STL-min	AAA	4	1	.800	2.32	8	8	0	2	1	0	54.1	38	16	14	3	8	0	30	1	0	1	209			0.847	6.3	0.5	1.3	5.0	3.75	LOU AA
1995	29	STL	NL	6	6	.500	4.00	26	21	1	1	1	0	137.1	136	71	61	11	35	3	71	6	1	1	569	104	4.01	1.245	8.9	0.7	2.3	4.7	2.03
1996	30	STL-min	A+,AAA	0	1	.000	6.00	5	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	11	7	6	0	1	0	9	1	0	1	41			1.333	11.0	0.0	1.0	9.0	9.00	SPT,LOU FLOR,AA
1996	30	STL	NL	11	2	.846	3.55	48	6	7	0	0	0	88.2	83	37	35	9	35	2	45	5	1	2	377	118	4.83	1.331	8.4	0.9	3.6	4.6	1.29
1997	31	STL	NL	4	7	.364	5.06	55	2	19	0	0	2	96.0	109	61	54	14	31	4	51	6	0	2	414	83	5.10	1.458	10.2	1.3	2.9	4.8	1.65
1998	32	STL	NL	7	4	.636	4.77	48	10	7	0	0	0	105.2	131	63	56	9	36	3	55	8	1	1	476	89	4.45	1.580	11.2	0.8	3.1	4.7	1.53
1999	33	ANA	AL	10	4	.714	3.47	64	0	18	0	0	1	83.0	85	37	32	6	21	2	43	2	1	3	349	140	3.87	1.277	9.2	0.7	2.3	4.7	2.05
2000	34	ANA-min	A+	0	0		3.38	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	13			2.250	10.1	0.0	10.1	10.1	1.00	LEL CALL
2000	34	ANA	AL	4	2	.667	4.33	64	1	21	0	0	2	81.0	86	40	39	8	23	6	31	3	0	3	341	116	4.62	1.346	9.6	0.9	2.6	3.4	1.35
2001	35	TEX	AL	1	2	.333	6.69	55	0	19	0	0	0	76.2	103	61	57	14	28	4	42	5	0	4	362	70	5.62	1.709	12.1	1.6	3.3	4.9	1.50
9 Yrs				46	28	.622	4.74	390	41	101	1	1	5	710.0	797	411	374	82	222	26	358	35	4	22	3086	93	4.69	1.435	10.1	1.0	2.8	4.5	1.61
162 Game Avg.				7	4	.622	4.74	62	6	16	0	0	1	112	126	65	59	13	35	4	56	6	1	3	487	93	4.69	1.435	10.1	1.0	2.8	4.5	1.61

STL (4 yrs)				28	19	.596	4.34	177	39	34	1	1	2	427.2	459	232	206	43	137	12	222	25	3	6	1836	97	4.53	1.394	9.7	0.9	2.9	4.7	1.62
TEX (2 yrs)				1	3	.250	7.53	59	1	20	0	0	0	86.0	124	77	72	18	32	4	48	5	0	6	415	61	5.92	1.814	13.0	1.9	3.3	5.0	1.50
ANA (2 yrs)				14	6	.700	3.90	128	1	39	0	0	3	164.0	171	77	71	14	44	8	74	5	1	6	690	127	4.24	1.311	9.4	0.8	2.4	4.1	1.68
PIT (1 yr)				3	0	1.000	6.96	26	0	8	0	0	0	32.1	43	25	25	7	9	2	14	0	0	4	145	58	5.77	1.608	12.0	1.9	2.5	3.9	1.56

NL (5 yrs)				31	19	.620	4.52	203	39	42	1	1	2	460.0	502	257	231	50	146	14	236	25	3	10	1981	93	4.62	1.409	9.8	1.0	2.9	4.6	1.62
AL (4 yrs)				15	9	.625	5.15	187	2	59	0	0	3	250.0	295	154	143	32	76	12	122	10	1	12	1105	94	4.82	1.484	10.6	1.2	2.7	4.4	1.61

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