Mark Grace

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Mark Grace

1988–2003 · Bats L · Throws L · 6'2", 190 lb · b. 1964 Winston-Salem, NC

Also in Triple-A

Career 2,245 G · 2,445 H · 173 HR · 1,146 RBI · .303 AVG · 9.00 ERA · 1.0 IP

Seasons leading his league

12

9 best in baseball 3 league only

56 Top-5 finishes

6 Title seasons

6 Categories led

1991 Best season

Spanning 1990–2000, peaking at 3 titles in 1991.

Team records #5 Cubs career H #8 Cubs career RBI #9 Cubs career R #10 Cubs career AVG

Led in First Base Range Factor for 3 straight seasons (1991–1993) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

382nd League titles 12
210th Best in baseball 9
308th Top-5 finishes 56

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

6th First Base Assists 1,665
17th First Base Putouts 18,503
22nd First Base Double Plays 1,533
26th First Base Fielding Percentage .995
57th Doubles 511
70th First Base Range Factor 9.33
96th Walks 1,075
122nd Hits 2,445
158th On-Base Percentage .383
165th Total Bases 3,565
170th Batting Average .303
196th Runs Batted In 1,146
210th Runs 1,179
308th On-Base Plus Slug. .825
495th Home Runs 173

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
First Base Range Factor	3	1st	3 yrs (1991–1993)	1991 10.54 1992 10.96 1993 NL 10.18 1989 #3 1990 #2 1994 #2 1996 #3
First Base Assists	3	1st	3 yrs (1990–1992)	1990 180 1991 167 1992 NL 141 1989 #2 1993 #3 1995 #3 1997 #3
First Base Putouts	3	1st	3 yrs (1991–1993)	1991 1,520 1992 1,580 1993 1,456 1990 #2 1994 #3 1998 #3
First Base Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	2000 .997 1989 #2 1991 #3 1992 #2 1993 #2 1996 #2 1997 #2
First Base Double Plays	1	1st	—	1993 134 1990 #2 1991 #3 1992 #2 1994 #3
Doubles	1	1st	—	1995 NL 51
Hits	—	#2	—	1993 #2

Title Seasons

6 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
2000	1	1B FPCT .997
1995	1	2B 51
1993	3	1B PO 1,456 1B DP 134 1B RF 10.18
1992	3	1B PO 1,580 1B A 141 1B RF 10.96
1991	3	1B PO 1,520 1B A 167 1B RF 10.54
1990	1	1B A 180

Batting

led the league 16 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1988	CHN	NL	134	486	65	144	23	4	7	57	60	43	3	.296	.371	.403	.774
1989	CHN	NL	142	510	74	160	28	3	13	79	80	42	14	.314	.405	.457	.862
1990	CHN	NL	157	589	72	182	32	1	9	82	59	54	15	.309	.372	.413	.785
1991	CHN	NL	160	619	87	169	28	5	8	58	70	53	3	.273	.346	.373	.719
1992	CHN	NL	158	603	72	185	37	5	9	79	72	36	6	.307	.380	.430	.809
1993	CHN	NL	155	594	86	193	39	4	14	98	71	32	8	.325	.393	.475	.867
1994	CHN	NL	106	403	55	120	23	3	6	44	48	41	0	.298	.370	.414	.784
1995	CHN	NL	143	552	97	180	51	3	16	92	65	46	6	.326	.395	.516	.911
1996	CHN	NL	142	547	88	181	39	1	9	75	62	41	2	.331	.396	.455	.851
1997	CHN	NL	151	555	87	177	32	5	13	78	88	45	2	.319	.409	.465	.874
1998	CHN	NL	158	595	92	184	39	3	17	89	93	56	4	.309	.401	.471	.872
1999	CHN	NL	161	593	107	183	44	5	16	91	83	44	3	.309	.390	.481	.870
2000	CHN	NL	143	510	75	143	41	1	11	82	95	28	1	.280	.394	.429	.824
2001	ARI	NL	145	476	66	142	31	2	15	78	67	36	1	.298	.386	.466	.852
2002	ARI	NL	124	298	43	75	19	0	7	48	46	30	2	.252	.351	.386	.737
2003	ARI	NL	66	135	13	27	5	0	3	16	16	15	0	.200	.279	.304	.583
Career	—	—	2,245	8,065	1,179	2,445	511	45	173	1,146	1,075	642	70	.303	.383	.442	.825

Pitching

1 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2002	ARI	NL	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1.00
Career	—	—	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1.00

Fielding

2 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1988	CHN	NL	1B	133	126	1132.2	1,182	87	17	91	1,286	.987	9.54
1989	CHN	NL	1B	142	137	1239.1	1,230	126	6	93	1,362	.996	9.55
1990	CHN	NL	1B	153	146	1315.1	1,324	180	12	116	1,516	.992	9.83
1991	CHN	NL	1B	160	155	1404.1	1,520	167	8	106	1,695	.995	10.54
1992	CHN	NL	1B	157	157	1414.0	1,580	141	4	119	1,725	.998	10.96
1993	CHN	NL	1B	154	153	1350.1	1,456	112	5	134	1,573	.997	10.18
1994	CHN	NL	1B	103	100	905.2	925	78	7	91	1,010	.993	9.74
1995	CHN	NL	1B	143	142	1268.0	1,211	114	7	93	1,332	.995	9.27
1996	CHN	NL	1B	141	139	1218.0	1,259	107	4	120	1,370	.997	9.69
1997	CHN	NL	1B	148	147	1291.0	1,202	120	6	93	1,328	.996	8.93
1998	CHN	NL	1B	156	154	1390.1	1,279	122	8	82	1,409	.994	8.98
1999	CHN	NL	1B	160	157	1379.2	1,335	93	8	115	1,436	.994	8.93
2000	CHN	NL	1B	140	136	1216.1	1,098	103	4	99	1,205	.997	8.58
2001	ARI	NL	1B	135	127	1111.0	995	62	5	99	1,062	.995	7.83
2002	ARI	NL	1B	98	70	682.0	649	34	7	58	690	.990	6.97
			P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
2003	ARI	NL	1B	39	28	268.0	258	19	2	24	279	.993	7.10
Career	—	—	1B	2,162	2,074	18586.0	18,503	1,665	110	1,533	20,278	.995	9.33
	—	—	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00