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Mark McLemore

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b. October 4, 1964 · California Angels 1986–1990, Cleveland Indians 1990, Houston Astros 1991, Baltimore Orioles 1992–1994, Texas Rangers 1995–1999, Seattle Mariners 2000–2003, Oakland Athletics 2004

He was a second baseman who could not hit for average and got on base anyway: 875 walks against a .259 average, and 89 of them in 1998 alone. Texas had him for five years and three division winners in the 1990s, and Seattle had him for four more.

The 2001 Mariners won 116 games and he was their left fielder and second baseman, hitting .286 with 39 stolen bases at thirty-six. He played 404 games in the outfield across his career and 1,197 at second base, and he played all four infield positions after turning thirty.

Nineteen seasons gave him 1,602 hits, 255 doubles, 943 runs and 272 stolen bases for seven clubs. He was released by California at twenty-six with a bad hamstring and had to rebuild the whole career after that. He is not on a Hall of Fame ballot.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
Player of the Week 1 1993

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1986 CAL 5400 000 0120 .000
1987 CAL 13843361102 1333 41487225 .236
1988 CAL 772333856 1122 16252813 .240
1989 CAL 321031225 310 147196 .243
1990 CAL/CLE 286069 200 24151 .150
1991 HOU 216169 100 26130 .148
1992 BAL 1012284056 720 27212611 .246
1993 BAL 14858181165 2754 72649221 .284
1994 BAL 1043434488 1113 29515020 .257
1995 TEX 12946773122 2055 41597121 .261
1996 TEX 14751784150 2345 46876927 .290
1997 TEX 893494791 1721 2540547 .261
1998 TEX 12646179114 1515 53896412 .247
1999 TEX 144566105155 2076 45837916 .274
2000 SEA 13848172118 2313 46817830 .245
2001 SEA 12540978117 1695 57698439 .286
2002 SEA 1043375491 1727 41616318 .270
2003 SEA 993093472 1522 3738715 .233
2004 OAK 772502962 1402 2141330 .248
Career 183261929431602 2554753 615875983272 .259

On this day & linked events

1964

Born October 4, 1964

San Diego, CA, USA

1986

Major-league debut: Mark McLemore

Mark McLemore made a major-league debut on September 13, 1986.

2004

Final major-league game: Mark McLemore

Mark McLemore played a final major-league game on October 2, 2004.

Image: Photo by Gloria Montgomery, public domain