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Mark Grace Stats

Mark Grace was born on Sunday, June 28, 1964, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Grace was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 2, 1988, with the Chicago Cubs. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Mark Grace baseball stats page.

"For 16 seasons, Mark Grace brought enthusiasm, humor and amazing talent to the game of baseball. As a Chicago Cub, Mark led his team on the field and in the hearts of its fans from his rookie season in 1988 through the end of the 2000 season. His thirteen seasons playing for the Cubs established him as one of the game's 'good guys' with a throwback style of getting his uniform dirty and having fun on and off the field." - MarkGrace.com

Birth Name:	Mark Eugene Grace
Nickname:	Amazing Grace
Born On:	06-28-1964 (Cancer)
Born In:	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Died On:	Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Tustin High School (Tustin, CA)
College:	San Diego State University
Bats:	Left	Throws:	Left
Height:	6-02	Weight:	190
First Game:	05-02-1988 (Age 23)
Last Game:	09-28-2003
Draft:	1985 : 24th Round (622nd)

Mark Grace Mark Grace Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
2002	38	Diamondbacks	1	0	1	0	0	.000	9.00	0	0	0	1.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1 Year			1	0	1	0	0	.000	9.00	0	0	0	1.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Mark Grace Mark Grace Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1988	24	Cubs	134	486	65	144	23	4	7	0	57	60	5	43	0	4	0	12	.296	.371	.403
1989	25	Cubs	142	510	74	160	28	3	13	0	79	80	13	42	3	3	0	13	.314	.405	.457
1990	26	Cubs	157	589	72	182	32	1	9	0	82	59	5	54	1	8	5	10	.309	.372	.413
1991	27	Cubs	160	619	87	169	28	5	8	0	58	70	7	53	4	7	3	6	.273	.346	.373
1992	28	Cubs	158	603	72	185	37	5	9	0	79	72	8	36	2	8	4	14	.307	.380	.430
1993	29	Cubs	155	594	86	193	39	4	14	0	98	71	14	32	1	9	1	25	.325	.393	.475
1994	30	Cubs	106	403	55	120	23	3	6	0	44	48	5	41	0	3	0	10	.298	.370	.414
1995	31	Cubs	143	552	97	180	51	3	16	0	92	65	9	46	1	7	2	10	.326	.395	.516
1996	32	Cubs	142	547	88	181	39	1	9	0	75	62	8	41	0	6	1	18	.331	.396	.455
1997	33	Cubs	151	555	87	177	32	5	13	0	78	88	3	45	1	8	2	18	.319	.409	.465
1998	34	Cubs	158	595	92	184	39	3	17	0	89	93	8	56	0	7	3	17	.309	.401	.471
1999	35	Cubs	161	593	107	183	44	5	16	1	91	83	4	44	0	10	2	13	.309	.390	.481
2000	36	Cubs	143	510	75	143	41	1	11	1	82	95	11	28	2	8	6	7	.280	.394	.429
2001	37	Diamondbacks	145	476	66	142	31	2	15	1	78	67	6	36	1	5	4	7	.298	.386	.466
2002	38	Diamondbacks	124	298	43	75	19	0	7	0	48	46	6	30	0	3	1	5	.252	.351	.386
2003	39	Diamondbacks	66	135	13	27	5	0	3	0	16	16	2	15	1	3	0	6	.200	.279	.304
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
16 Years			2,245	8,065	1,179	2,445	511	45	173	3	1,146	1,075	114	642	17	99	34	191	.303	.383	.442

Mark Grace Mark Grace Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1988 Cubs	1B	133	126	3,396	1,286	9.7	1,269	1,182	87	17	91	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	10.09
1989 Cubs	1B	142	137	3,720	1,362	9.6	1,356	1,230	126	6	93	n/a	n/a	n/a	.996	9.84
1990 Cubs	1B	153	146	3,945	1,516	9.9	1,504	1,324	180	12	116	n/a	n/a	n/a	.992	10.29
1991 Cubs	1B	160	155	4,212	1,695	10.6	1,687	1,520	167	8	106	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	10.81
1992 Cubs	1B	157	157	4,242	1,725	11.0	1,721	1,580	141	4	119	n/a	n/a	n/a	.998	10.95
1993 Cubs	1B	154	153	4,050	1,573	10.2	1,568	1,456	112	5	134	n/a	n/a	n/a	.997	10.45
1994 Cubs	1B	103	100	2,715	1,010	9.8	1,003	925	78	7	91	n/a	n/a	n/a	.993	9.97
1995 Cubs	1B	143	142	3,804	1,332	9.3	1,325	1,211	114	7	93	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	9.40
1996 Cubs	1B	141	139	3,654	1,370	9.7	1,366	1,259	107	4	120	n/a	n/a	n/a	.997	10.09
1997 Cubs	1B	148	147	3,873	1,328	9.0	1,322	1,202	120	6	93	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	9.22
1998 Cubs	1B	156	154	4,170	1,409	9.0	1,401	1,279	122	8	82	n/a	n/a	n/a	.994	9.07
1999 Cubs	1B	160	157	4,139	1,436	9.0	1,428	1,335	93	8	115	n/a	n/a	n/a	.994	9.32
2000 Cubs	1B	140	136	3,649	1,205	8.6	1,201	1,098	103	4	99	n/a	n/a	n/a	.997	8.89
2001 Diamondbacks	1B	135	127	3,333	1,062	7.9	1,057	995	62	5	99	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	8.56
2002 Diamondbacks	1B	98	70	2,046	690	7.0	683	649	34	7	58	n/a	n/a	n/a	.990	9.01
2002 Diamondbacks	P	1	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
2003 Diamondbacks	1B	39	28	804	279	7.2	277	258	19	2	24	n/a	n/a	n/a	.993	9.30
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1B Totals		2,162	2,074	55,752	20,278	9.4	20,168	18,503	1,665	110	1,533	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	9.77
P Totals		1	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
16 Years		2,163	2,074	55,755	20,278	9.4	20,168	18,503	1,665	110	1,533	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	9.77

Mark Grace Mark Grace Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1988 Cubs	3	3	.500	8	0	n/a	69.4	11.3	8.5	-	-	-
1989 Cubs	14	7	.667	2	0	n/a	39.2	12.1	6.5	-	-	-
1990 Cubs	15	6	.714	8	1	n/a	65.4	10.9	7.2	-	-	-
1991 Cubs	3	4	.429	4	0	n/a	77.4	11.7	10.7	-	-	-
1992 Cubs	6	1	.857	1	0	n/a	67.0	16.8	7.6	-	-	-
1993 Cubs	8	4	.667	1	0	n/a	42.4	18.6	6.1	-	-	-
1994 Cubs	0	1	.000	6	0	n/a	67.2	9.8	9.2	-	-	-
1995 Cubs	6	2	.750	0	0	n/a	34.5	12.0	6.0	-	-	-
1996 Cubs	2	3	.400	2	0	n/a	60.8	13.3	7.3	-	-	-
1997 Cubs	2	4	.333	3	0	0	42.7	12.3	7.1	-	-	-
1998 Cubs	4	7	.364	3	0	0	35.0	10.6	6.7	-	-	-
1999 Cubs	3	4	.429	2	0	0	37.1	13.5	6.5	-	-	-
2000 Cubs	1	2	.333	4	0	0	46.4	18.2	6.2	-	-	-
2001 Diamondbacks	1	0	1.000	10	0	0	31.7	13.2	6.1	-	-	-
2002 Diamondbacks	2	0	1.000	34	0	0	42.6	9.9	6.2	0.00	0.00	0.00
2003 Diamondbacks	0	0	.000	56	2	1	45.0	9.0	8.4	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
16 Years	70	48	.593	144	3	1	46.6	12.6	7.0	0.00	0.00	0.00

Mark Grace Mark Grace Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1988 Chicago Cubs	28, 17	$68,000.00	-	-
1989 Chicago Cubs	17	$140,000.00	-	-
1990 Chicago Cubs	17	$325,000.00	-	-
1991 Chicago Cubs	17	$1,200,000.00	-	-
1992 Chicago Cubs	17	$2,262,500.00	-	-
1993 Chicago Cubs	17	$3,100,000.00	Stats	-
1994 Chicago Cubs	17	$4,400,000.00	-	n/a
1995 Chicago Cubs	17	$4,400,000.00	Stats	-
1996 Chicago Cubs	17	$4,175,000.00	-	-
1997 Chicago Cubs	17	$4,525,000.00	Stats	-
1998 Chicago Cubs	17	$4,225,000.00	-	-
1999 Chicago Cubs	17	$4,100,000.00	-	-
2000 Chicago Cubs	17	$5,300,000.00	-	-
2001 Arizona Diamondbacks	17	$3,000,000.00	-	Stats
2002 Arizona Diamondbacks	17	$3,000,000.00	-	-
2003 Arizona Diamondbacks	17	$1,750,000.00	-	-
Mark Grace Stats by Baseball Almanac

Mark Eugene Grace was a Major League Baseball player with the Chicago Cubs (1988-2000) and Arizona Diamondbacks (2001-2003). Mark was a smooth fielding first baseman who won four Gold Glove Awards during his career (1992, 1993, 1995, 1996), including the first ever by Cubbie first-baseman!

Did you know that when Mark Grace hit for the cycle on May 9, 1993, it was the first time any player had ever hit for the cycle on Mother's Day? Do you know what player duplicated that feat in 2007? [Answer]

Mark Grace Hits for the Cycle | May 9, 1993 | MLB Advanced Media, LP

Did you know that top hit kings during the decade of the 1990s (1990-1999) were; #10. Paul Molitor (1,568), #9. Fred McGriff (1,573), #8. Dante Bichette (1,584), #7. Cal Ripken, Jr. (1,589 hits), #6. Ken Griffey, Jr. (1,622), #5. Roberto Alomar (1,678), #4. Tony Gwynn (1,713), #3. Craig Biggio (1,728), #2. Rafael Palmeiro (1,747), and at the top of leaderboard—Mark Grace (1,754).

Mark Grace and Pete Rose are the only two ballplayers during the 20th century to lead a decade in hits, and not have a plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame! Players who led a decade in hits during the previous century:

1900s  1,847 Hits  Honus Wagner
1910s  1,948 Hits  Ty Cobb
1920s  2,085 Hits  Rogers Hornsby
1930s  1,959 Hits  Paul Waner
1940s  1,578 Hits  Lou Boudreau
1950s  1,875 Hits  Richie Ashburn
1960s  1,877 Hits  Roberto Clemente
1970s  2,045 Hits  Pete Rose
1980s  1,731 Hits  Robin Yount
1990s  1,754 Hits  Mark Grace

Did you know that Mark Grace also hit 364 doubles during the 1990s, which is more than any other player during that same decade? Rounding out the top five were Craig Biggio (362), Edgar Martinez (358), Albert Belle (344), and Rafael Palmeiro (343).

The Top 10 Best Defensive First Basemen in Baseball History was once discussed on Bleacher Report (01/16/2011, Dmitriy Ioselevich) and the legendary list included Casey Kotchman (10), Mark Grace (9), John Olerud (8), Vic Power (7), Mark Teixeira (6), Todd Helton (5), J.T. Snow (4), Don Mattingly (3), Albert Pujols (2), and Keith Hernandez (1). Grace was given #28 when he was called-up to play with the Cubs, and switched to #17 soon-after, in honor of his boyhood baseball idol, Keith Hernandez!