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Mark Grudzielanek
Mark James Grudzielanek

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 28, 1995

Born June 30, 1970 in Milwaukee, WI

Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 11th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1991. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1995 25 MON NL  78  269   27   66  12  2   1   20   8  3  14  47  .245  .300  .316   61   85   3   0   4   7   7
 1996 26 MON NL 153  657   99  201  34  4   6   49  33  7  26  83  .306  .340  .397   93  261   1   3   3   9  10 AS
 1997 27 MON NL 156  649   76  177  54  3   4   51  25  9  23  76  .273  .307  .384   81  249   3   3   0  10  13
 1998 28 TOT NL 156  589   62  160  21  1  10   62  18  5  26  73  .272  .311  .362   79  213   8   7   2  11  18
         MON NL 105  396   51  109  15  1   8   41  11  5  21  50  .275  .323  .379   86  150   5   4   1   9  11
         LAD NL  51  193   11   51   6  0   2   21   7  0   5  23  .264  .286  .326   65   63   3   3   1   2   7
 1999 29 LAD NL 123  488   72  159  23  5   7   46   6  6  31  65  .326  .376  .436  110  213   2   3   1  10  13
 2000 30 LAD NL 148  617  101  172  35  6   7   49  12  3  45  81  .279  .335  .389   88  240   2   3   0   9  16
 2001 31 LAD NL 133  539   83  146  21  3  13   55   4  4  28  83  .271  .317  .393   89  212   3   5   0  11   9
 2002 32 LAD NL 150  536   56  145  23  0   9   50   4  1  22  89  .271  .301  .364   81  195   1   4   4   3  17
 2003 33 CHC NL 121  481   73  151  38  1   3   38   6  2  30  64  .314  .366  .416  103  200   7   2   0  11  12 MVP-27
 2004 34 CHC NL  81  257   32   79  12  1   6   23   1  1  15  32  .307  .347  .432   98  111   4   1   0   1   7
 2005 35 STL NL 137  528   64  155  30  3   8   59   8  6  26  81  .294  .334  .407   93  215   0   2   3   7  14
 2006 36 KCR AL 134  548   85  163  32  4   7   52   3  2  28  69  .297  .331  .409   90  224   3   5   4   2  12
 2007 37 KCR AL 116  453   70  137  32  3   6   51   1  2  23  60  .302  .346  .426  100  193   0   2   2   8  14
 2008 38 KCR AL  86  331   36   99  24  0   3   24   2  1  19  41  .299  .345  .399  100  132   3   2   1   5   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1772 6942  936 2010 391 36  90  629 131 52 356 944  .290  .332  .395   90 2743  40  42  24 104 170
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        635   86  184  36  3   8   58  12  5  33  86  .290  .332  .395   90  251   4   4   2  10  16
 Career High    156  657  101  201  54  6  13   62  33  9  45  89  .326  .376  .436  110  261   8   7   4  11  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1995 25 MON NL  293  216   25   3.1   110| .245  .275| .300  .345| .316  .428| .616  .774|  61  .307 -16.2  -1.6  72%
 1996 26 MON NL  696  477   91   5.1   108| .306  .272| .340  .342| .397  .426| .737  .768|  93  .526  -8.2  -0.8  82%
 1997 27 MON NL  688  500   75   4.0   107| .273  .269| .307  .341| .384  .423| .691  .764|  81  .413 -18.6  -1.8  73%
 1998 28 TOT NL  641  467   65   3.7   105| .272  .265| .311  .335| .362  .419| .673  .754|  79  .382 -18.0  -1.7  78%
         MON NL  435  312   47   4.0   106| .275  .266| .323  .337| .379  .420| .702  .757|  86  .417  -8.2  -0.8  68%
         LAD NL  206  155   18   3.1   103| .264  .263| .286  .333| .326  .415| .612  .747|  65  .308  -9.8  -0.9 100%
 1999 29 LAD NL  534  353   78   5.9   111| .326  .269| .376  .344| .436  .434| .812  .778| 110  .550   8.0   0.7  50%
 2000 30 LAD NL  676  469   80   4.6   111| .279  .266| .335  .342| .389  .434| .724  .777|  88  .429 -10.9  -1.0  80%
 2001 31 LAD NL  586  414   67   4.3   104| .271  .259| .317  .329| .393  .424| .710  .753|  89  .432  -8.2  -0.8  50%
 2002 32 LAD NL  566  414   55   3.6   100| .271  .256| .301  .329| .364  .408| .665  .736|  81  .367 -14.8  -1.4  80%
 2003 33 CHC NL  531  353   73   5.5   110| .314  .270| .366  .342| .416  .433| .782  .775| 103  .553   3.6   0.3  75%
 2004 34 CHC NL  278  191   37   5.2   114| .307  .273| .347  .345| .432  .443| .779  .788|  98  .514  -1.4  -0.1  50%
 2005 35 STL NL  563  395   68   4.6   109| .294  .270| .334  .340| .407  .430| .741  .770|  93  .478  -6.4  -0.6  57%
 2006 36 KCR AL  586  407   72   4.7   112| .297  .276| .331  .341| .409  .440| .740  .781|  90  .454  -8.8  -0.8  60%
 2007 37 KCR AL  486  334   63   5.0   110| .302  .275| .346  .342| .426  .429| .772  .772| 100  .498  -0.3   0.0  33%
 2008 38 KCR AL  360  246   45   4.9   103| .299  .265| .345  .332| .399  .415| .744  .747| 100  .493   0.5   0.1  66%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     7484 5236  894   4.6   108| .290  .268| .332  .339| .395  .427| .727  .766|  90  .460 -99.5  -9.5  71%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1995 25 MON NL SS 34 50 103 2 17 .987 .968 4.50 3.97 4.87 4.51 32 282.7 3B 31 18 68 6 2 .935 .946 2.77 2.33 3.27 2.77 25 236.7 2B 13 26 26 2 5 .963 .985 4.00 4.58 4.99 5.25 10 93.7 1996 26 MON NL SS 153 180 453 27 78 .959 .967 4.14 3.99 4.29 4.60 153 1329.0 AS 1997 27 MON NL SS 156 237 446 32 99 .955 .973 4.38 3.85 4.49 4.58 156 1368.3 1998 28 TOT NL SS 156 230 455 33 90 .954 .968 4.39 3.88 4.61 4.52 156 1336.7 MON NL SS 105 152 283 23 56 .950 .968 4.14 3.88 4.39 4.52 105 891.0 LAD NL SS 51 78 172 10 34 .962 .968 4.90 3.88 5.05 4.52 51 445.7 1999 29 LAD NL SS 119 171 306 13 66 .973 .967 4.01 3.80 4.18 4.42 117 1028.0 2000 30 LAD NL 2B 148 288 414 17 97 .976 .982 4.74 4.34 4.92 4.96 145 1284.7 SS 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 4.00 3.90 4.50 4.50 1 8.0 2001 31 LAD NL 2B 133 245 360 10 75 .984 .983 4.55 4.19 4.70 4.86 131 1159.3 2002 32 LAD NL 2B 147 253 366 7 76 .989 .982 4.21 4.28 4.54 4.96 145 1226.3 DH 1 2003 33 CHC NL 2B 121 231 331 8 94 .986 .983 4.64 4.39 5.00 5.12 115 1011.7 2004 34 CHC NL 2B 76 136 186 5 30 .985 .982 4.24 4.31 5.10 5.01 61 568.0 2005 35 STL NL 2B 137 245 442 7 108 .990 .981 5.01 4.30 5.34 4.98 132 1158.3 2006 36 KCR AL 2B 132 261 372 4 107 .994 .986 4.80 4.47 5.13 4.92 130 1111.0 GG SS 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 4.03 0.77 4.46 1 11.7 2007 37 KCR AL 2B 116 184 300 6 68 .988 .985 4.17 4.54 4.60 4.98 110 947.3 SS 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 3.97 6.75 4.50 0 4.0 2008 38 KCR AL 2B 85 135 257 4 58 .990 .987 4.61 4.51 4.96 5.01 85 710.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1995 25 MON NL 2B 13 26 26 2 5 .963 .985 4.00 4.58 4.99 5.25 10 93.7 2000 30 LAD NL 2B 148 288 414 17 97 .976 .982 4.74 4.34 4.92 4.96 145 1284.7 2001 31 LAD NL 2B 133 245 360 10 75 .984 .983 4.55 4.19 4.70 4.86 131 1159.3 2002 32 LAD NL 2B 147 253 366 7 76 .989 .982 4.21 4.28 4.54 4.96 145 1226.3 2003 33 CHC NL 2B 121 231 331 8 94 .986 .983 4.64 4.39 5.00 5.12 115 1011.7 2004 34 CHC NL 2B 76 136 186 5 30 .985 .982 4.24 4.31 5.10 5.01 61 568.0 2005 35 STL NL 2B 137 245 442 7 108 .990 .981 5.01 4.30 5.34 4.98 132 1158.3 2006 36 KCR AL 2B 132 261 372 4 107 .994 .986 4.80 4.47 5.13 4.92 130 1111.0 2007 37 KCR AL 2B 116 184 300 6 68 .988 .985 4.17 4.54 4.60 4.98 110 947.3 2008 38 KCR AL 2B 85 135 257 4 58 .990 .987 4.61 4.51 4.96 5.01 85 710.7 1995 25 MON NL 3B 31 18 68 6 2 .935 .946 2.77 2.33 3.27 2.77 25 236.7 2002 32 LAD NL DH 1 1995 25 MON NL SS 34 50 103 2 17 .987 .968 4.50 3.97 4.87 4.51 32 282.7 1996 26 MON NL SS 153 180 453 27 78 .959 .967 4.14 3.99 4.29 4.60 153 1329.0 1997 27 MON NL SS 156 237 446 32 99 .955 .973 4.38 3.85 4.49 4.58 156 1368.3 1998 28 TOT NL SS 156 230 455 33 90 .954 .968 4.39 3.88 4.61 4.52 156 1336.7 MON NL SS 105 152 283 23 56 .950 .968 4.14 3.88 4.39 4.52 105 891.0 LAD NL SS 51 78 172 10 34 .962 .968 4.90 3.88 5.05 4.52 51 445.7 1999 29 LAD NL SS 119 171 306 13 66 .973 .967 4.01 3.80 4.18 4.42 117 1028.0 2000 30 LAD NL SS 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 4.00 3.90 4.50 4.50 1 8.0 2006 36 KCR AL SS 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 4.03 0.77 4.46 1 11.7 2007 37 KCR AL SS 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 3.97 6.75 4.50 0 4.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B*1108 2004 3054 70 718 .986 .983 4.56 4.36 4.91 4.97 1064 9271.0 SS* 626 871 1768 107 351 .961 .969 4.22 3.89 4.42 4.54 616 5368.3 3B* 31 18 68 6 2 .935 .946 2.77 2.33 3.27 2.77 25 236.7 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1765 2893 4890 183 1071 .977 .978 4.41 4.16 4.71 4.78 1705 14876
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2003   NLDS  CHC ATL     W   5  20   2   3  0  0  0   0   3   4  .150  .261  .150   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  CHC FLA     L   7  30   2   6  1  1  0   3   0   5  .200  .200  .300   0  0   2   0   0 
 2005   NLDS  STL SDP     W   3  13   2   2  0  0  0   0   0   1  .154  .154  .154   0  0             
        NLCS  STL HOU     L   6  22   2   5  0  0  0   2   0   3  .227  .227  .227   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   8  33   4   5  0  0  0   0   3   5  .152  .222  .152   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2  13  52   4  11  1  1  0   5   0   8  .212  .212  .269   0  0   2   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   2-2  21  85   8  16  1  1  0   5   3  13  .188  .216  .224   0  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1996   MON NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1996 *

Gold Gloves
2006-AL--2B

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2003-NL-27-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

Batting Average
1999 NL-.326-6

At Bats
1996 NL-657-3
1997 NL-649-1
2000 NL-617-5
Act-6942-24

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1996 NL-696-8
1997 NL-688-9

Hits
1996 NL-201-4
1997 NL-177-9
Act-2010-23

Doubles
1997 NL-54-1
Act-391-27

Singles
1996 NL-157-2
1999 NL-124-10
2000 NL-124-9
Act-1493-13

Hit By Pitch
1998 NL-11-7
2001 NL-11-10
2003 NL-11-9
Act-104-14
Car-104-59

Grounded into Double Plays
Act-170-24

At Bats per Strikeout
1997 NL-8.5-9

Outs
1996 NL-477-9
1997 NL-500-3
2000 NL-469-9
Act-5236-23

         

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 15 (1152) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 22.9 (504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 49.0 (375) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 17th round of the 1989 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 11th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1991.

July 31, 1998: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Hiram Bocachica and Carlos Perez to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Peter Bergeron, Wilton Guerrero, Ted Lilly, and Jonathan Tucker (minors).

December 4, 2002: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Eric Karros to the Chicago Cubs for Todd Hundley and Chad Hermansen.

October 29, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 28, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

January 6, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 16, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1995Montreal Expos$109,000
1996Montreal Expos$135,000
1997Montreal Expos$220,000
1998Montreal Expos$350,000
1999Los Angeles Dodgers$1,900,000
2000Los Angeles Dodgers$3,000,000
2001Los Angeles Dodgers$4,000,000
2002Los Angeles Dodgers$5,000,000
2003Chicago Cubs$5,500,000
2004Chicago Cubs$2,500,000
2005St. Louis Cardinals$1,000,000
2006Kansas City Royals$4,000,000
2007Kansas City Royals$4,000,000
2008Kansas City Royals$4,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$36,214,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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