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| Player Report for #41 Mark 'Amazing' Grace | | Monday, November 21st, 1988 | 
| AB | 626 | | HR | 14 | | RBI | 122 | | AVG | .321 | | OPS | .882 |
| | Name: | Mark Grace | Contract: | Major League Contract | | Nickname: | Amazing | Salary: | $300,000 | | Birthday: | 06-28-1964 | Signed Through: | 1989 Season | | Age: | 24 | Years of Major League Service: | 1 Year, 108 Days | | Born in: | Winston-Salem (North Carolina) | Major League Service Days this Year: | 185 Days | | Nationality: | American | | | | Height: | 6' 2" | Years on 40-Man Roster: | 1 Year, 108 Days | | Weight: | 190 lbs | Years of Pro Service: | 1 Year | | | | Arbitration Eligibility: | Not yet eligible | | Position: | 1B | Minor League Option Years: | 3 option years left | | Bats: | Left | | | | Throws: | Left | Contract Extension | - | | Status: | Completely Rested | Drafted | 1987, 9th Pick in Round 1 | | Morale: | Very Good | Local Popularity (National) | Very Popular (Very Popular) |
| | | Batting Ratings (OSA) | | Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's | | | Overall | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | Versus LHP | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | Versus RHP | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | Talent | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |
| Running & Bunting Ratings | | | Fielding Ratings | | Running Speed: | 3 | | First Base 8 | | Stealing Ability: | 8 | | | | Baserunning Instincts: | 7 | | | | Sacrifice Bunt: | 9 | | | | Bunt for Hit: | 4 | | | | Hitter Type: | Spray Hitter | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Game Log, Last 10 Games | | Date | Opponent | Result | AB | R | H | BI | HR | BB | K | SB | | | | | | | | | | | 10-01-1988 | @ BAL | Loss, 3-12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-29-1988 | CAL | Win, 5-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-28-1988 | TOR | Loss, 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-27-1988 | @ WAS | Win, 9-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-26-1988 | MIN | Loss, 3-8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-25-1988 | SEA | Win, 12-4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-24-1988 | SEA | Win, 5-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-23-1988 | @ WAS | Win, 4-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-22-1988 | @ WAS | Loss, 5-13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-20-1988 | @ DET | Win, 5-3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Major League Baseball 1988 Batting Stats | | Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO | VORP | | Overall | 160 | 626 | 201 | 51 | 7 | 14 | 122 | 99 | 80 | 41 | .321 | .390 | .492 | .882 | .891 | .171 | 62.1 | | Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 | | | | Overall | 160 | 721 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 308 | 72 | 12 | 6 | 66.7 | 124.6 | 7.36 | | | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | Versus Left | | 183 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .279 | .357 | .404 | .762 | | Versus Right | | 443 | 150 | 41 | 5 | 11 | 94 | 75 | 56 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .339 | .403 | .528 | .931 | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | April | | 103 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .355 | .437 | .792 | | May | | 115 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .339 | .391 | .513 | .904 | | June | | 90 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .289 | .376 | .444 | .821 | | July | | 115 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .339 | .392 | .513 | .905 | | August | | 95 | 36 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .379 | .469 | .632 | 1.101 | | September | | 104 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .317 | .362 | .423 | .785 | | October | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | | Spring Training | | 63 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .317 | .389 | .413 | .802 | | Last Year | | 352 | 102 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 42 | 38 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .290 | .358 | .372 | .730 | | Career | | 978 | 303 | 75 | 8 | 15 | 150 | 141 | 118 | 63 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .310 | .379 | .449 | .827 | | Home | | 309 | 113 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 65 | 58 | 38 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .366 | .428 | .534 | .962 | | Road | | 317 | 88 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 41 | 42 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .353 | .451 | .804 | | Grass | | 594 | 186 | 49 | 6 | 12 | 108 | 94 | 73 | 39 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .380 | .476 | .856 | | Turf | | 32 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .469 | .564 | .781 | 1.345 | | Day | | 263 | 89 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 48 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .338 | .413 | .559 | .972 | | Night | | 363 | 112 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 69 | 51 | 43 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .309 | .373 | .444 | .816 | | Close/Late | | 119 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .311 | .388 | .454 | .842 | | Inning 1-3 | | 232 | 76 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 29 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .328 | .382 | .496 | .877 | | Inning 4-6 | | 206 | 66 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 44 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .320 | .397 | .481 | .878 | | Inning 7-9 | | 178 | 55 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .309 | .389 | .500 | .889 | | Extra Innings | | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .417 | .500 | .917 | | 0 Outs | | 176 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 48 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .318 | .406 | .477 | .883 | | 1 Outs | | 206 | 70 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 29 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .340 | .393 | .549 | .942 | | 2 Outs | | 244 | 75 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 22 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .307 | .374 | .455 | .829 | | Scoring Position | | 184 | 62 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 103 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .337 | .383 | .527 | .910 | | Bases Empty | | 321 | 96 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 43 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .299 | .382 | .461 | .843 | | Runner on 1st | | 121 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .355 | .422 | .521 | .943 | | Runner on 2nd | | 63 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .370 | .444 | .814 | | Runner on 3rd | | 33 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .356 | .545 | .901 | | Runner on 1st & 2nd | | 32 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .371 | .344 | .715 | | Runner on 1st & 3rd | | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .455 | .385 | .455 | .839 | | Runner on 2nd & 3rd | | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .435 | .484 | .870 | 1.353 | | Bases Loaded | | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .360 | .682 | 1.042 | | Two Strikes | | 215 | 58 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 32 | 34 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .362 | .381 | .744 | | First Pitch | | 107 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .271 | .467 | .738 | | Count 0-1 | | 60 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .367 | .355 | .600 | .955 | | Count 0-2 | | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .233 | .400 | | Count 1-0 | | 75 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .390 | .547 | .936 | | Count 1-1 | | 71 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .380 | .370 | .690 | 1.060 | | Count 1-2 | | 72 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .216 | .375 | .591 | | Count 2-0 | | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .348 | .320 | .609 | .929 | | Count 2-1 | | 48 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .286 | .396 | .682 | | Count 2-2 | | 58 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .362 | .350 | .483 | .833 | | Count 3-0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .968 | .000 | .968 | | Count 3-1 | | 26 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .674 | .654 | 1.328 | | Full Count | | 55 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .291 | .556 | .364 | .919 | | Behind in Count | | 162 | 43 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .259 | .432 | .691 | | Ahead in Count | | 173 | 65 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 36 | 46 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .376 | .493 | .526 | 1.019 |
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| Career Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP | | 1987 Oakland - MLB | 22 | 92 | 352 | 102 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 42 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 0 | .290 | .358 | .372 | .730 | 15.7 | | 1988 Oakland - MLB | 23 | 160 | 626 | 201 | 51 | 7 | 14 | 122 | 99 | 80 | 0 | 15 | 41 | 12 | 6 | .321 | .390 | .492 | .882 | 62.1 | | Total MLB | | 252 | 978 | 303 | 75 | 8 | 15 | 150 | 141 | 118 | 0 | 16 | 63 | 17 | 6 | .310 | .379 | .449 | .827 | 77.7 |
| | Career Minor League Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP | | 1987 Durham - A | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -0.2 | | Total MLBA | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -0.2 |
| | Player History | | 06-15-1987 | Drafted in the 1987 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 9, 9th overall Pick) by the Oakland Athletics. | | 09-23-1987 | Goes 5-5 against the Baltimore Orioles, with 1 2B, 3 RBI and 3 R. | | 11-16-1987 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $300,000 through automatic renewal. | | 01-01-1988 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (4); Power: 2 (2); Eye: 4 (5). | | 04-01-1988 | Named the #30 prospect in the MLB | | 06-29-1988 | Was selected to the 1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. | | 07-04-1988 | Wins the MLB AL Player of the Week Award. | | 11-21-1988 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $300,000 through automatic renewal. | | Leader Boards Appearances | | |
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