Mark Salas
[edit] Biography
Mark Salas (Mark Bruce Salas) was born on March 8, 1961 in Montebello, California. He made his Major League debut on June 19, 1984 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1985, his rookie year, he hit .300 with 9 home runs and 41 RBI. Salas played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 8 year career.
Most people believe that Mark Salas's best season was 1985, when he hit for a .300 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1984
| STL
| N
| 14
| 20
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .100
| .100
| .150
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| MIN
| A
| 120
| 360
| 51
| 108
| 9
| 41
| .300
| .332
| .458
| 20
| 5
| 18
| 37
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 7
|
| 1986
| MIN
| A
| 91
| 258
| 28
| 60
| 8
| 33
| .233
| .282
| .384
| 7
| 4
| 18
| 32
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 2
| 8
|
| 1987
| NY
| A
| 50
| 115
| 13
| 23
| 3
| 12
| .200
| .279
| .313
| 4
| 0
| 10
| 17
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1987
| MIN
| A
| 22
| 45
| 8
| 17
| 3
| 9
| .378
| .431
| .622
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1987
| TOT
| A
| 72
| 160
| 21
| 40
| 6
| 21
| .250
| .322
| .400
| 6
| 0
| 15
| 23
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1988
| CHI
| A
| 75
| 196
| 17
| 49
| 3
| 9
| .250
| .303
| .332
| 7
| 0
| 12
| 17
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1989
| CLE
| A
| 30
| 77
| 4
| 17
| 2
| 7
| .221
| .277
| .377
| 4
| 1
| 5
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1990
| DET
| A
| 74
| 164
| 18
| 38
| 9
| 24
| .232
| .323
| .415
| 3
| 0
| 21
| 28
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1991
| DET
| A
| 33
| 57
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 7
| .088
| .117
| .158
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 14
| 20
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .100
| .100
| .150
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 495
| 1272
| 141
| 317
| 38
| 142
| .249
| .302
| .392
| 48
| 10
| 89
| 160
| 12
| 7
| 3
| 13
| 25
|
| Total
|
|
| 509
| 1292
| 142
| 319
| 38
| 143
| .247
| .300
| .389
| 49
| 10
| 89
| 163
| 12
| 8
| 3
| 13
| 25
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1984
| STL
| N
| C
| 4
| 2
| 21
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| STL
| N
| RF
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1984
| STL
| N
| OF
| 3
| 1
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| STL
| N
| LF
| 2
| 1
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| MIN
| A
| C
| 115
| 95
| 857.2
| 529
| 39
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 11
| 64
| 37
| 1
| .991
|
| 1985
| MIN
| A
| DH
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1986
| MIN
| A
| C
| 69
| 56
| 512
| 358
| 32
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 41
| 21
| 1
| .980
|
| 1986
| MIN
| A
| DH
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1987
| NY
| A
| C
| 41
| 30
| 258
| 172
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 22
| 12
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1987
| NY
| A
| LF
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1987
| NY
| A
| DH
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1987
| NY
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1987
| MIN
| A
| C
| 14
| 10
| 95.2
| 86
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 1
| 1
| .989
|
| 1987
| TOT
| A
| C
| 55
| 40
| 353.2
| 258
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 42
| 13
| 2
| .996
|
| 1988
| CHI
| A
| DH
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1988
| CHI
| A
| C
| 69
| 56
| 483.1
| 251
| 35
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 37
| 20
| 0
| .979
|
| 1989
| CLE
| A
| DH
| 20
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1989
| CLE
| A
| C
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| DET
| A
| C
| 57
| 44
| 385
| 227
| 22
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 36
| 16
| 2
| .988
|
| 1990
| DET
| A
| DH
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1990
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| DET
| A
| C
| 11
| 2
| 38
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| DET
| A
| DH
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1991
| DET
| A
| 1B
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 45
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 3
| 1
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 385
| 295
| 2657.2
| 1659
| 148
| 23
| 23
| 0
| 38
| 229
| 111
| 6
| .987
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 4
| 1
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 18th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1979).
- Selected by Minnesota Twins from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 3, 1984).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins to New York Yankees in exchange for Joe Niekro (June 7, 1987).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Dan Pasqua and Steve Rosenberg to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Richard Dotson and Scott Nielsen (November 12, 1987).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (March 28, 1989).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (April 1, 1989).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (December 1, 1989).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (April 8, 1990).
- Granted free agency (October 29, 1991).
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