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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-40 / in Starts: 22-20
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 181 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	128 (73-36-19)
Avg. MLBer w/ 181 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	111 (54-37-19)

Most Driven In
Self	6
M Pagliarulo	5
R Smalley	2
D Pasqua	1
G Gaetti	1
K Hrbek	1
H Cotto	1
D Winfield	1

Most Driven In By
Self	6
W Randolph	2
D Gladden	2
R Bush	2
D Pasqua	1
A Newman	1
M Pagliarulo	1
R Cerone	1

1987 Batting Game Log

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1987 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	226	3 (2)	Apr 9	MIN		OAK	W,5-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			8	5.71	-0.010	9.11	-0.01%	0.17	PH
2	227	5 (1)	Apr 11	MIN	@	SEA	L,5-6	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	8	3.96	0.196	7.92	0.24%	0.67	PH
3	228	7 (1)	Apr 13	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	9	.41	-0.011	.80	-0.01%	-0.16	PH
4	229	12 (4)	Apr 19	MIN	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.714	.500	1.214	8	.82	0.061	1.77	0.08%	0.67	C
5	230	14 (1)	Apr 21	MIN		SEA	W,6-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	8	.25	-0.010	.55	-0.01%	-0.36	C
6	231	16 (1)	Apr 23	MIN		CAL	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.455	.286	.740	9	3.73	-0.080	9.21	-0.12%	-0.77	PH
7	232	17	Apr 24	MIN		CAL	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.467	.364	.830	8	.50	-0.016	1.18	-0.02%	0.16	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	233	22 (4)	May 1	MIN		NYY	W,7-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.421	.333	.754	8	.61	-0.050	1.08	-0.05%	-0.51	C
9	234	30 (7)	May 10	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.364	.278	.641	8	1.09	-0.095	1.82	-0.10%	-1.58	C
10	235	33 (2)	May 13	MIN		TOR	L,0-7	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.391	.316	.707	9	.26	0.010	.40	0.01%	0.67	PH
11	236	34	May 14	MIN		TOR	L,4-16	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.360	.286	.646	8	.50	-0.027	.66	-0.02%	-0.24	C
12	237	36 (1)	May 16	MIN		BOS	L,1-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.346	.273	.619	9	3.07	-0.072	4.22	-0.06%	-0.39	PH C
13	238	37	May 17	MIN		BOS	W,10-8	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.370	.273	.643	8	1.91	0.056	2.35	0.04%	0.28	PH
14	239	41 (3)	May 22	MIN		DET	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.357	.261	.618	9	7.16	-0.171	9.30	-0.13%	-0.51	PH
15	240	43 (1)	May 24	MIN		DET	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.406	.407	.814	9	.75	-0.029	1.01	-0.02%	-0.17	C
16	241	46 (2)	May 28	MIN		MIL	W,13-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.394	.393	.787	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.47	PH C
17	242	47	May 29	MIN	@	DET	L,7-15	7-GF	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.367	.429	.633	1.062	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	4.10	C
18	243	48	May 31 (1)	MIN	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.364	.436	.606	1.042	8	2.16	0.379	2.89	0.30%	2.02	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	244	50 (1)	Jun 1	MIN	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.351	.419	.568	.986	8	.45	-0.027	.76	-0.03%	-0.36	C
20	245	52 (1)	Jun 3	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG(10)	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.366	.426	.561	.987	8	1.28	0.167	2.27	0.18%	1.24	C
21	246	53	Jun 5	MIN		TEX	L,9-15	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.417	.548	.964	2	.05	-0.001	.09	0.00%	-0.26	PH
22	247	54	Jun 6	MIN		TEX	W,3-2	9-GF(13)	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.378	.431	.622	1.054	8	2.84	0.409	5.02	0.43%	0.95	PH C
				Player went from Minnesota Twins to New York Yankees
23	248	57	Jun 8	NYY		TOR	L,0-11	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.354	.418	.583	1.002	7	.35	-0.040	1.24	-0.09%	-0.70	DH
24	249	58	Jun 9	NYY		TOR	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.347	.411	.571	.982	8	.58	-0.013	2.05	-0.03%	-0.50	PH
25	250	60 (1)	Jun 12	NYY		MIL	W,8-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.417	.615	1.032	7	.65	0.069	1.55	0.10%	1.42	C
26	251	62 (1)	Jun 14	NYY		MIL	L,4-6	8-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.340	.419	.604	1.023	2	3.00	0.062	7.15	0.09%	0.52	PH LF
27	252	64 (1)	Jun 16	NYY		BAL	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.351	.424	.596	1.021	7	1.21	-0.007	2.61	-0.01%	-0.01	C
28	253	65	Jun 17	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.414	.567	.981	7	1.08	0.058	2.37	0.08%	0.45	C
29	254	67 (1)	Jun 19	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-5	8-GF(13)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.392	.531	.923	7	1.06	-0.106	2.66	-0.16%	-1.70	PH C
30	255	68	Jun 20	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.385	.515	.899	8	.63	-0.063	1.59	-0.09%	-0.64	C
31	256	69	Jun 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.378	.500	.878	7	.95	-0.047	2.40	-0.07%	-0.62	C
32	257	70	Jun 22	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.395	.507	.902	7	.83	0.077	1.98	0.11%	0.68	C
33	258	71	Jun 23	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.378	.481	.859	7	.99	-0.100	2.49	-0.15%	-0.84	C
34	259	72	Jun 24	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.366	.463	.829	7	.27	-0.022	.71	-0.03%	-0.40	C
35	260	73	Jun 26	NYY		BOS	W,12-11	GS-4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.368	.458	.826	8	.76	0.027	1.94	0.04%	0.06	C
36	261	74	Jun 27	NYY		BOS	W,9-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.374	.471	.845	8	.39	0.075	1.01	0.12%	1.66	C
37	262	75	Jun 28	NYY		BOS	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.359	.451	.810	7	.98	-0.106	2.58	-0.17%	-1.22	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	263	78 (2)	Jul 1	NYY	@	TOR	W,6-1	9-GF(12)	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.356	.446	.801	7	2.66	0.067	11.42	0.17%	0.44	PH C
39	264	79	Jul 3 (1)	NYY		TEX	L,0-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.274	.352	.432	.783	7	.44	0.030	1.15	0.05%	0.51	C
40	265	82 (2)	Jul 5	NYY		TEX	L,4-10	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.342	.418	.761	8	1.26	-0.101	3.40	-0.16%	-1.18	C
41	266	84 (1)	Jul 7	NYY		MIN	W,12-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.336	.410	.746	8	1.26	-0.070	3.39	-0.11%	-0.78	C
42	267	85	Jul 8	NYY		MIN	W,13-4	5-6	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.342	.446	.788	7	2.35	0.215	6.40	0.35%	2.06	PH
43	268	86	Jul 9	NYY		CHW	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.331	.429	.759	8	1.08	-0.111	2.99	-0.18%	-1.00	C
44	269	90 (3)	Jul 16	NYY	@	TEX	W,12-3	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.339	.430	.769	7	.43	0.053	1.25	0.10%	1.14	C
45	270	91	Jul 17	NYY	@	TEX	W,8-4	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.264	.344	.436	.780	7	.55	0.104	1.55	0.18%	0.68	C
46	271	92	Jul 18	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.333	.421	.754	7	1.06	-0.157	3.01	-0.27%	-2.12	C
47	272	93	Jul 19	NYY	@	TEX	L,3-20	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.333	.421	.754	4						C
48	273	94	Jul 20	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.346	.458	.803	7	.91	0.198	2.65	0.35%	2.89	C
49	274	95	Jul 21	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.350	.463	.813	7	.91	0.057	2.65	0.10%	0.13	C
50	275	98 (2)	Jul 25	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.355	.464	.819	7	1.96	0.205	5.89	0.37%	0.90	C
51	276	99	Jul 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.347	.453	.800	7	1.81	-0.182	5.41	-0.33%	-1.35	C
52	277	100	Jul 28	NYY		KCR	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.340	.443	.783	7	.76	-0.059	2.25	-0.10%	-0.68	C
53	278	103 (2)	Jul 31	NYY		DET	W,6-5	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.347	.444	.790	7	.61	0.002	2.91	0.01%	0.15	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
54	279	105 (1)	Aug 2	NYY		DET	W,8-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.342	.437	.779	7	1.03	-0.053	5.07	-0.16%	-0.70	C
55	280	106	Aug 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.335	.428	.763	7	1.23	-0.097	3.97	-0.19%	-0.78	C
56	281	107	Aug 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-15	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.333	.423	.756	7	.13	-0.013	.43	-0.03%	0.15	C
57	282	109 (1)	Aug 6	NYY	@	DET	L,5-12	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.331	.420	.751	8	.09	-0.002	.39	-0.01%	-0.45	C
58	283	112 (2)	Aug 9	NYY	@	DET	L,4-15	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.331	.420	.751	4						C
59	284	127 (14)	Aug 28	NYY		SEA	L,4-10	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.329	.417	.746	8	.28	-0.008	.37	-0.01%	-0.11	PH C
60	285	129 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		SEA	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.329	.422	.751	6	.40	0.027	.41	0.02%	0.26	DH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
61	286	132 (2)	Sep 1	NYY		OAK	L,3-8	7-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.259	.327	.422	.749	8	.38	-0.008	.67	-0.01%	0.02	PH C
62	287	133	Sep 2	NYY		OAK	W,3-2	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.325	.419	.744	8	2.30	-0.060	2.62	-0.04%	-0.25	PH
63	288	138 (4)	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-8	7-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.327	.416	.743	8	.27	-0.009	.24	-0.01%	-0.07	PH C
64	289	146 (7)	Sep 17	NYY		TOR	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.327	.416	.743	8						C
65	290	147	Sep 18	NYY		TOR	L,3-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.329	.417	.747	8	1.77	0.026	.04	0.00%	0.37	C
66	291	149 (1)	Sep 20	NYY		TOR	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.327	.414	.742	9	.49	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
67	292	150	Sep 22 (1)	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-7	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.327	.414	.742	8						PH
68	293	151	Sep 22 (2)	NYY	@	MIL	W,10-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.326	.412	.737	8	.71	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.26	C
69	294	152	Sep 23	NYY	@	MIL	L,7-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.320	.404	.724	8	1.67	-0.106	.00	0.00%	-0.88	C
70	295	156 (3)	Sep 28	NYY		BOS	W,9-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.248	.318	.401	.719	8	.82	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.56	C
71	296	158 (1)	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	L,0-7	5-GF	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.324	.403	.727	8	.29	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH C
72	297	162 (3)	Oct 4	NYY		BAL	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.322	.400	.722	8	2.73	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.32	PH
							32-40		181	160	21	40	6	0	6	21	15	1	23	3	1	2	3	2	0	1	.250	.322	.400	.722		1.04	0.352	2.27	0.51%	1.13

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