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Mark
Lemke		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 187
 
Born: August 13, 1965 in Usa, NY, UTICA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1999   
All-Star Selections 1997   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1989 23 BOS AL 36 104 13 36 7 1 2 9 1 1 6 12 .346 .382 .490 .872 16.8 4.0
1990 24 BOS AL 159 576 48 138 26 3 5 61 0 1 25 53 .240 .271 .321 .593 45.3 2.4
1991 25 BOS AL 139 447 43 127 28 3 11 59 0 0 33 43 .284 .334 .434 .768 60.0 12.0
1992 26 BOS AL 149 520 65 149 27 4 15 71 0 0 36 46 .287 .332 .440 .772 71.9 12.1
1993 27 BOS AL 150 516 72 135 28 2 12 59 0 0 58 64 .262 .334 .393 .728 65.6 10.6
1994 28 BOS AL 152 522 73 144 33 7 12 73 0 1 51 65 .276 .340 .435 .775 70.6 11.5
1995 29 BOS AL 155 573 88 176 39 4 10 89 0 1 63 49 .307 .373 .442 .814 86.3 15.4
1996 30 BOS AL 150 570 87 181 46 1 13 73 0 1 62 81 .318 .383 .470 .853 94.7 16.6
1997 31 BOS AL 158 660 114 186 40 7 11 95 0 0 81 68 .282 .361 .414 .774 94.5 15.0
1998 32 BOS AL 116 451 79 141 29 8 12 65 2 1 45 57 .313 .374 .492 .866 75.5 12.2
1999 33 BOS AL 153 583 108 196 48 1 13 82 1 0 69 74 .336 .408 .489 .896 106.4 18.2
2000 34 CHW AL 148 537 112 171 32 6 15 65 0 1 63 62 .318 .390 .484 .874 92.7 14.7
2001 35 CLE AL 145 552 96 163 27 2 10 50 0 0 71 64 .295 .376 .406 .782 83.6 13.4
2002 36 CLE AL 157 666 119 194 40 7 9 76 0 0 73 73 .291 .362 .413 .775 93.5 11.4
2003 37 CLE AL 162 688 107 190 33 6 11 81 0 0 71 104 .276 .346 .390 .735 88.8 9.0
2004 38 CHW AL 151 543 49 110 18 3 4 41 0 0 49 139 .203 .269 .269 .538 36.7 0.0
16 Years Sim 2280 8508 1273 2437 501 65 165 1049 4 7 856 1054 .286 .351 .419 .770 1182.8 178.3
162 Game Average 604 90 173 35 4 11 74 0 0 60 74 .286 .351 .419 .770 84.0  
Career Highs 162 688 119 196 48 8 15 95 2 1 81 139 .346 .408 .492 .896 106.4  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1989 23 BOS AL 2B 32 26 235.7 54 104 3 29 .981 6.03 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 24 BOS AL 2B 159 159 1394.7 276 607 20 131 .978 5.70 0 0 .000 0 4.3
1991 25 BOS AL 2B 136 134 1108.3 268 441 16 127 .978 5.76 0 0 .000 0 2.8
1992 26 BOS AL 2B 148 147 1286.0 289 525 20 127 .976 5.70 0 0 .000 0 5.2
1993 27 BOS AL 2B 149 148 1302.7 233 462 16 104 .977 4.80 0 0 .000 0 6.8
1994 28 BOS AL 2B 150 150 1321.0 245 421 15 82 .978 4.54 0 0 .000 0 5.1
1995 29 BOS AL 2B 154 145 1333.3 274 454 15 89 .980 4.91 0 0 .000 0 6.4
1996 30 BOS AL 2B 147 138 1223.0 208 378 24 81 .961 4.31 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    C 1 1 8.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1 0 .000 1 0.0
    3B 1 1 8.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1997 31 BOS AL 2B 157 156 1378.7 257 511 18 105 .977 5.01 0 0 .000 0 5.8
1998 32 BOS AL 2B 112 108 967.0 188 361 14 72 .975 5.11 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    1B 1 1 9.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1999 33 BOS AL 2B 148 137 1209.0 218 415 21 101 .968 4.71 0 0 .000 0 3.8
2000 34 CHW AL 2B 140 122 1108.7 206 385 21 82 .966 4.80 0 0 .000 0 5.9
2001 35 CLE AL 2B 25 23 207.3 56 71 1 22 .992 5.51 0 0 .000 0 0.7
2002 36 CLE AL 2B 157 157 1395.3 237 492 21 103 .972 4.70 0 0 .000 0 4.7
2003 37 CLE AL 2B 162 162 1432.0 263 480 17 98 .978 4.67 0 0 .000 0 4.7
  2B 1976 1912 16902.6 3272 6107 242 1353 .975 4.99 0 0 .000 0 65.5
  1B 1 1 9.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 1 8.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1 0 .000 1 0.0
  3B 1 1 8.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1980 1915 16929.6 3290 6112 242 1353 .975 5.00 1 0 .000 1 65.7
Career Highs   162 162 1432.0 289 607 24 131 .992 6.06 1 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1993 27 BOS AL 9 35 4 12 2 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 .343 .378 .400 .778
1995 29 BOS AL 5 21 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .190 .261 .238 .499
1996 30 BOS AL 11 40 5 13 6 0 1 4 0 0 8 5 .325 .438 .550 .988
1997 31 BOS AL 12 52 9 19 6 1 1 13 0 0 7 4 .365 .433 .577 1.010
1999 33 BOS AL 14 58 10 21 3 1 2 3 0 0 11 11 .362 .464 .552 1.015
2000 34 CHW AL 4 17 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 .176 .222 .294 .516
Career Post-Season Batting 55 223 34 72 18 3 4 28 0 1 31 25 .323 .404 .484 .888
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1999-5-.336
 On-Base Pct
1999-6-.408
 Games
1990-9-159
2003-2-162
CAR-29-2280
 At-Bats
1997-3-660
2002-2-666
2003-2-688
CAR-27-8508
 Runs
1997-9-114
CAR-29-1273
 Hits
1999-6-196
CAR-21-2437
Total Bases
CAR-44-3563
 Singles
1999-4-134
2002-3-138
2003-2-140
CAR-19-1706
 Doubles
CAR-26-501
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 15    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Mariano Duncan (917)
  2. Wade Boggs (865)
  3. Ron Jackson (863)
  4. Buddy Bell (851)
  5. Lou Whitaker (850)
  6. Steve Sax (839)
  7. George Brett (836)
  8. Carlos Baerga (833)
  9. Andy Van Slyke (829)
  10. Tim Corcoran (820)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 44th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1988
Traded from Minnesota to Toronto on 3/2/1988 (Going to TOR: 3B Keith Miller, 2B Mark Lemke. Going to MIN: C T Player)
Traded from Toronto to Boston on 6/16/1989 (Going to TOR: P Bobby Cuellar. Going to BOS: 2B Mark Lemke)
Had first career hit on 7/16/1989, off Tim Conroy (SEA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/2/1989, off John Candelaria (DET)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Seattle on 9/25/1989
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Texas on 8/26/1991
Injured on 5/22/1992 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
1/31/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1993, hitting .632 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
1/31/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1994, hitting .550 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
7/16/1994: Signed a contract extension with Boston, $3,750,000 per year, for 5 years
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against California on 7/29/1994
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 4/12/1995
Injured on 7/26/1996 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 8/24/1996
Was selected to the 1997 Allstar game
Injured on 4/7/1998 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Won World Championship with Boston in 1999
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/24/2000 to a 1-year deal worth $9,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/15/2001 to a 2-year deal worth $7,550,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Minnesota on 4/13/2001
Injured on 4/13/2002 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/2002, hitting .591 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 5/25/2002, off Mike Saipe (NYY)
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/27/2002
10/16/2002: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $2,500,000 per year, for 1 years
Drove in 7 runs against Minnesota on 7/29/2003
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/16/2004 to a 2-year deal worth $754,000 per year
 
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