Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1984
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1984
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 509
- AB
- 1,292
- R
- 142
- H
- 319
- HR
- 38
- RBI
- 143
- SB
- 3
- AVG
- .247
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | STL | 14 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .100 |
| 1985 | MIN | 120 | 360 | 51 | 108 | 9 | 41 | 0 | .300 |
| 1986 | MIN | 91 | 258 | 28 | 60 | 8 | 33 | 3 | .233 |
| 1987 |  MIN/NYY | 72 | 160 | 21 | 40 | 6 | 21 | 0 | .250 |
| 1988 | CHW | 75 | 196 | 17 | 49 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 |
| 1989 | CLE | 30 | 77 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .221 |
| 1990 | DET | 74 | 164 | 18 | 38 | 9 | 24 | 0 | .232 |
| 1991 | DET | 33 | 57 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .088 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,410
- TB
- 502
- XBH
- 97
- HBP
- 12
- IBB
- 13
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | STL | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | MIN | 382 | 165 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | MIN | 285 | 99 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | MIN/NYY | 181 | 64 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | CHW | 211 | 65 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | CLE | 83 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | DET | 187 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | DET | 60 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 1.5
- RC
- 158.0
- RC/27
- 4.30
- ISOP
- .142
- SECA
- .211
- BB/K
- 0.55
- AB/HR
- 34.0
- GO/FO
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | STL | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.7 | .050 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | MIN | 2.1 | 55.5 | 5.9 | .158 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 40 | 0 |
| 1986 | MIN | 0.1 | 29.9 | 3.9 | .151 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 32.3 | 0 |
| 1987 | MIN/NYY | 0.2 | 21.9 | 4.8 | .150 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 26.7 | 0 |
| 1988 | CHW | 0.3 | 20.8 | 3.8 | .082 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 65.3 | 0 |
| 1989 | CLE | -0.3 | 8.3 | 3.8 | .156 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 38.5 | 0 |
| 1990 | DET | 0.3 | 23.5 | 5 | .183 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 18.2 | 0 |
| 1991 | DET | -0.9 | -0.9 | -0.5 | .070 | 0.1 | 0 | 57 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Mark Salas's career stats?
Mark Salas played 8 seasons for the Cardinals, the Twins, the White Sox, the Guardians and the Tigers. He was a career .247 hitter with 319 hits, 38 home runs and 143 RBI. His best season was 1985: a .300 batting average, 9 home runs and 41 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 1984 to 1991
Championships
- 1987 World Series with the Minnesota Twins
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