Mark Petkovsek
[edit] Biography
Born on November 18, 1965 in Beaumont, Texas, Mark Petkovsek (Mark Joseph Petkovsek) played for the Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and Anaheim Angels over the course of his 9 year career. Petkovsek broke into the bigs on June 8, 1991 with the Texas Rangers, and put up a 4.00 ERA in 137.1 innings pitched in 1995, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Mark Petkovsek's best season was 1999, when he posted a 3.47 ERA and won 10 games.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1991
| TEX
| A
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 14.46
| 6
| 16
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.1
| 21
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1993
| PIT
| N
| 26
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 6.96
| 14
| 25
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 32.1
| 43
| 7
| 9
| 2
| 4
| 0
|
| 1995
| STL
| N
| 26
| 21
| 6
| 6
| 4.00
| 71
| 71
| 61
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 137.1
| 136
| 11
| 35
| 3
| 1
| 6
|
| 1996
| STL
| N
| 48
| 6
| 11
| 2
| 3.55
| 45
| 37
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 88.2
| 83
| 9
| 35
| 2
| 2
| 5
|
| 1997
| STL
| N
| 55
| 2
| 4
| 7
| 5.06
| 51
| 61
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 96
| 109
| 14
| 31
| 4
| 2
| 6
|
| 1998
| STL
| N
| 48
| 10
| 7
| 4
| 4.77
| 55
| 63
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 105.2
| 131
| 9
| 36
| 3
| 1
| 8
|
| 1999
| ANA
| A
| 64
| 0
| 10
| 4
| 3.47
| 43
| 37
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 83
| 85
| 6
| 21
| 2
| 3
| 2
|
| 2000
| ANA
| A
| 64
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 4.33
| 31
| 40
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 81
| 86
| 8
| 23
| 6
| 3
| 3
|
| 2001
| TEX
| A
| 55
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 6.69
| 42
| 61
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 76.2
| 103
| 14
| 28
| 4
| 4
| 5
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 203
| 39
| 31
| 19
| 4.52
| 236
| 257
| 231
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 460
| 502
| 50
| 146
| 14
| 10
| 25
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 187
| 2
| 15
| 9
| 5.15
| 122
| 154
| 143
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 250
| 295
| 32
| 76
| 12
| 12
| 10
|
| Total
|
|
| 390
| 41
| 46
| 28
| 4.74
| 358
| 411
| 374
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 710
| 797
| 82
| 222
| 26
| 22
| 35
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1991
| TEX
| A
| P
| 4
| 1
| 9.1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| PIT
| N
| P
| 26
| 0
| 32.1
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| STL
| N
| P
| 26
| 21
| 137.1
| 8
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 7
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| STL
| N
| P
| 48
| 6
| 88.2
| 7
| 14
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 1
| .913
|
| 1997
| STL
| N
| P
| 55
| 2
| 96
| 11
| 19
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 4
| 0
| .968
|
| 1998
| STL
| N
| P
| 48
| 10
| 105.2
| 8
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| .950
|
| 1999
| ANA
| A
| P
| 64
| 0
| 83
| 5
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| .955
|
| 2000
| ANA
| A
| P
| 64
| 1
| 81
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2001
| TEX
| A
| P
| 55
| 0
| 76.2
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 390
| 41
| 710
| 49
| 108
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 24
| 1
| .969
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1991
| TEX
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| PIT
| N
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| STL
| N
| 26
| 37
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .081
| .186
| .081
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| STL
| N
| 48
| 16
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .188
| .235
| .188
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| STL
| N
| 55
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .167
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1998
| STL
| N
| 48
| 22
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .318
| .348
| .364
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| ANA
| A
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| ANA
| A
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2001
| TEX
| A
| 55
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 203
| 86
| 10
| 14
| 0
| 3
| .163
| .232
| .174
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 18
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 187
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 390
| 87
| 10
| 14
| 0
| 3
| .161
| .229
| .172
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 18
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Texas Rangers in the 1st round (29th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1987 - signed June 29, 1987).
- Granted free agency (October 16, 1991).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (January 22, 1992).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1992).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (November 9, 1992).
- Granted free agency (October 12, 1993).
- Signed by Houston Astros (March 4, 1994).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1994).
- Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (November 18, 1994).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Anaheim Angels in exchange for a player to be named later (December 14, 1998); St. Louis Cardinals received Mark Garrick (December 18, 1998).
- Granted free agency (November 1, 2000).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (December 10, 2000).
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