Mark
Salas
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: March 8, 1961 in Usa, CA, MONTEBELLO
 
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
1987 26 CLE AL 45 104 7 25 5 0 0 8 0 0 6 8 .240 .282 .288 .570 7.7 0.8
1988 27 CLE AL 50 154 21 45 6 0 0 14 0 0 6 14 .292 .315 .331 .646 15.3 2.4
1989 28 CLE AL 10 29 1 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 .138 .167 .276 .443 0.9 0.0
1990 29 CLE AL 53 173 14 37 8 1 1 11 0 1 8 17 .214 .249 .289 .538 10.7 0.0
1991 30 CLE AL 115 397 37 100 20 2 3 40 0 0 20 41 .252 .286 .335 .621 36.6 5.3
1993 32 CLE AL 127 455 50 119 22 4 2 43 0 0 25 24 .262 .299 .341 .640 39.8 3.5
1994 33 CLE AL 97 273 29 72 12 1 1 18 0 0 19 10 .264 .311 .326 .637 25.0 2.4
1995 34 CLE AL 93 319 42 103 20 1 6 47 0 0 18 20 .323 .354 .448 .802 44.8 9.0
8 Years Sim 590 1904 201 505 94 9 14 184 0 1 103 134 .265 .301 .346 .647 180.8 23.2
162 Game Average 522 55 138 25 2 3 50 0 0 28 36 .265 .301 .346 .647 49.7  
Career Highs 127 455 50 119 22 4 6 47 0 1 25 41 .323 .354 .448 .802 44.8  
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
1987 26 CLE AL C 6 6 54.0 29 1 0 1 1.000 5.00 7 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 16 0 40.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.89 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
1988 27 CLE AL C 18 18 146.0 91 7 2 2 .980 6.04 15 4 .267 0 0.7
    RF 5 0 11.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1989 28 CLE AL C 2 2 21.0 17 1 0 0 1.000 7.71 3 1 .333 0 0.1
1990 29 CLE AL C 51 45 412.0 265 31 1 2 .997 6.47 47 18 .383 3 2.2
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1991 30 CLE AL C 113 107 968.0 660 55 8 2 .989 6.65 108 32 .296 6 3.0
1993 32 CLE AL C 97 95 855.7 831 34 4 0 .995 9.10 67 18 .269 4 3.3
    LF 18 17 150.0 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 7 6 52.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 0 0 .000 0  
1994 33 CLE AL C 65 59 522.3 433 26 2 0 .996 7.91 43 15 .349 1 2.6
    LF 23 16 131.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.31 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 5 0 10.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
1995 34 CLE AL C 58 57 438.0 401 21 5 1 .988 8.67 42 15 .357 3 1.9
    RF 15 4 57.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.94 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 7 0 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 410 389 3417.0 2727 176 22 8 .992 7.65 332 103 .310 17 14.1
  LF 54 33 305.0 45 1 0 0 1.000 1.36 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  RF 48 10 172.6 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.41 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   513 432 3897.6 2799 177 22 8 .993 6.87 332 103 .310 17 14.9
Career Highs   122 118 1058.3 863 55 8 2 1.000 7.71 108 32 .383 6  
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  5. George Mitterwald (945)
  6. Terry McGriff (945)
  7. Milt May (943)
  8. Ike Hampton (941)
  9. Michael Barrett (939)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 80th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1984
Injured on 5/25/1984 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 7/18/1987, off Mike Maddux (SEA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/15/1989, off Dennis Powell (SEA)
1/31/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/18/1992 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/27/1992 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for one week
1/31/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
1/31/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
1/31/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston on 2/18/1996 to a 2-year deal worth $375,000 per year