Mark Salas

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: March 8, 1961 in Montebello, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 18th round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Nogales HS (La Puente, CA).

High School: Nogales HS (La Puente, CA)

Debut: June 19, 1984 (Age 23-103d, 14,905th in major league history)
vs. MON 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1991 (Age 30-211d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Full Name: Mark Bruce Salas

Nicknames: Chief

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.0

1292

319

.247

142

RBI

143

OBP

.300

SLG

.389

OPS

.688

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 38 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 15 go ahead

5 Tms
MIN	20
DET	10
NYY	3
CHW	3
CLE	2

Platoon
vs RHP	37
vs LHP	1

Home/Road
Home	25
Away	13

Outs
1	17
2	11
0	10

13 Opps
KCR	4
OAK	4
CAL	4
MIN	3
TEX	3
CLE	3
SEA	3
BAL	3
DET	3
TOR	3
MIL	3
NYY	1
CHW	1

33 Pitchers
Charlie Hough	3
Les Straker	2
Tom Henke	2
Don Sutton	2
Ron Romanick	1
Jay Aldrich	1
Bill Wegman	1
Kevin Appier	1
José Bautista	1
Nate Snell	1
Walt Terrell	1
Joe Klink	1
Joel Davis	1
Roy Smith	1
Bert Blyleven	1
Sergio Valdez	1
Jeff Montgomery	1
Juan Berenguer	1
Pete Ladd	1
Joe Cowley	1
Pete Vuckovich	1
Jim Clancy	1
Joe Grahe	1
Andy McGaffigan	1
Don Schulze	1
Jay Tibbs	1
Brian Holman	1
Jack Morris	1
Mark Gubicza	1
Mike Moore	1
Bob Milacki	1
Jay Howell	1
José Rijo	1

10 Parks
Metrodome (MIN)	13
Tiger Stad (DET)	11
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1

Where Hit
9	26
8	1
7	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	23
4	3
1	3
3	3
2	3
7+	2
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	32
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	18
1--	6
12-	4
-2-	3
1-3	3
--3	2
-23	2

67 RBI
RISP	14
0 on	18
1 on	11
2 on	9
Any on	20

Inning
1	2
2	7
3	3
4	5
5	1
6	5
7	5
8	5
9	4
Extra	1

1-3	12
4-6	11
7-end	15

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	2
+2	2
+1	4
Tied	10
-1	8
-2	3
-4..	8

Ahead	9
Tied	10
Behind	19

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	23
0-0	3
1-2	2
1-0	2
1-1	2
3-2	1
2-1	1
3-1	1
0-1	1
2-2	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	29
DH	5
PH	4

OrderPos
7th	13
9th	10
8th	5
6th	5
5th	2
2nd	2
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	8
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1985-04-27	MIN		OAK	Don Sutton	ahead 3-1	b 4	0	---		1	9	2	0.074	86%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1985-06-04	MIN	@	TOR	Jim Clancy	behind 1-5	t 8	1	---		1	9	PH	0.026	5%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1985-07-19	MIN		NYY	Joe Cowley	behind 2-6	b 6	2	1--		2	9	2	0.126	21%		Home Run; T. Teufel Scores
4	4	4	1	1985-08-12 (1)	MIN		OAK	José Rijo	behind 2-3	b 6	2	-2-		2	7	2	0.326	70%		Home Run; R. Bush Scores
5	5	5	1	1985-08-28	MIN		TOR	Tom Henke	behind 3-5	b 8	2	1--		2	6	2	0.403	53%		Home Run; K. Hrbek Scores
6	6	6	1	1985-09-04	MIN		MIL	Pete Vuckovich	behind 1-2	b 1	2	1-3		3	6	2	0.251	70%		Home Run; T. Brunansky Scores; R. Bush Scores
7	7	7	1	1985-09-13 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	Don Schulze	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	5	2	0.105	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	8	1	1985-09-15	MIN	@	CLE	Roy Smith	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	6	2	0.105	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	9	1	1985-09-29	MIN		KCR	Mark Gubicza	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---		1	5	2	0.089	74%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1986-04-16	MIN		OAK	Jay Howell	behind 4-5	b 8	1	---		1	6	2	0.315	56%		Home Run
11	11	2	1	1986-04-20	MIN	@	CAL	Don Sutton	tied 1-1	t 4	2	12-		3	7	2	0.300	79%		Home Run; K. Hrbek Scores; R. Smalley Scores
12	12	3	1	1986-04-22	MIN	@	SEA	Pete Ladd	ahead 6-1	t 9	2	---		1	7	2	0.005	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	4	1	1986-04-27	MIN		CAL	Ron Romanick	behind 0-5	b 2	1	12-		3	7	2	0.163	32%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Brunansky Scores; R. Bush Scores
14	14	5	1	1986-05-16	MIN	@	MIL	Bill Wegman	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---		1	8	2	0.099	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
15	15	6	1	1986-06-19	MIN		CHW	Joel Davis	behind 1-2	b 4	2	-2-		2	7	DH	0.241	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Gaetti Scores
16	16	7	1	1986-09-11	MIN		TEX	Charlie Hough	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---		1	2	DH	0.101	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	8	2	1986-09-11	MIN		TEX	Charlie Hough	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	-2-		2	2	DH	0.141	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Puckett Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1987-05-29	MIN	@	DET	Walt Terrell	behind 1-15	t 8	0	1--		2	9	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Newman Scores
19	19	2	2	1987-05-29	MIN	@	DET	Nate Snell	behind 4-15	t 9	2	-23		3	9	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Smalley Scores; R. Bush Scores
20	20	3	1	1987-06-06	MIN		TEX	Charlie Hough	behind 1-2	b 9	0	---		1	8	PH	0.428	65%		Home Run (Deep CF)
21	21	4	1	1987-06-12	NYY		MIL	Jay Aldrich	ahead 3-0	b 6	1	1--		2	7	2	0.062	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Pagliarulo Scores
22	22	5	1	1987-07-08	NYY		MIN	Juan Berenguer	tied 4-4	b 5	1	1-3		3	7	PH	0.215	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Washington Scores; M. Pagliarulo Scores
23	23	6	1	1987-07-20	NYY	@	MIN	Les Straker	ahead 2-1	t 7	1	1-3		3	7	2	0.172	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Pasqua Scores; M. Pagliarulo Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1988-04-20	CHW	@	SEA	Mike Moore	behind 0-1	t 2	1	-23	3,(1-1) FBX	3	7	2	0.192	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); I. Calderón Scores; G. Walker Scores
25	25	2	1	1988-06-08	CHW		MIN	Les Straker	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	0.118	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
26	26	3	1	1988-07-04	CHW		BAL	Jay Tibbs	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0.112	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1989-05-22	CLE	@	DET	Jack Morris	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	7	DH	0.102	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	2	1	1989-06-18	CLE		KCR	Kevin Appier	tied 1-1	b 6	1	1--	7,(2-2) FB1FB1FFX	2	6	DH	0.262	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); P. O'Brien Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1990-04-15	DET		BAL	José Bautista	tied 4-4	b 8	2	--3	3,(1-1) BCX	2	9	2	0.339	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); K. Williams Scores
30	30	2	1	1990-06-10	DET		SEA	Brian Holman	tied 3-3	b 6	2	---	4,(1-2) BFFX	1	8	2	0.192	71%		Home Run (Line Drive)
31	31	3	1	1990-06-14	DET		CLE	Sergio Valdez	ahead 5-3	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) ...X	1	9	2	0.053	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
32	32	4	1	1990-06-16	DET		CAL	Bert Blyleven	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	2	0.081	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Bergman Scores
33	33	5	1	1990-06-20	DET		OAK	Joe Klink	behind 2-12	b 7	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	7	2	0.003	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Coles Scores
34	34	6	1	1990-07-05	DET		KCR	Andy McGaffigan	behind 1-6	b 7	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	9	2	0.024	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
35	35	7	2	1990-07-05	DET		KCR	Jeff Montgomery	behind 2-15	b 9	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
36	36	8	1	1990-07-25	DET		BAL	Bob Milacki	behind 1-2	b 7	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	8	2	0.242	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
37	37	9	1	1990-09-19	DET	@	CAL	Joe Grahe	behind 1-3	t 4	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	8	2	0.302	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Sheets Scores; T. Fryman Scores/unER
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1991-08-08	DET	@	TOR	Tom Henke	tied 0-0	t 14	1	12-	9,(3-2) .BBBCSFFFX	3	3	PH	0.381	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Cuyler Scores; L. Whitaker Scores; M. Salas Scores