#73 Mark "Hard hittin'" Whiten, Leftfield, 31 yrs, Houston Astros

#73 Mark "Hard hittin'" Whiten, Leftfield, 31 yrs, Houston Astros
Thursday, 11/2/1998

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Mark Whiten
Hard hittin'
11/25/1966
31
USA,FL,PENSACOLA
6"3
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Leftfield
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2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 5,000,000
2000
7 Year(s), 161 Days (1365 total Days)
172 Day(s)
8 Year(s), 0 Days (1376 total Days)
8 Year(s)
Not eligible
2 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	5	5	7	6	5
Versus LHP	4	5	6	6	4
Versus RHP	5	5	7	6	5
Talent	5	6	7	6	5

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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
LF : 10 (Range), .988 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 7 (Range), .980 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 10 (Range), .999 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 4
Outfield Arm : 3

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/26	@CIN	L 3-7	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	#8
9/29	MON	W 8-7	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	#8
9/30	@COL	W 7-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
10/1	SF	W 5-4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	#9
10/5	STL	L 8-13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#9
10/8	@NYM	W 3-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
10/11	NYM	W 16-5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	#8
10/12	NYM	L 9-11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#9
10/13	NYM	L 1-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#9
10/16	@NYM	L 4-8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#8

Batting Stats 1998

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	124	215	62	11	2	12	44	43	36	55	.288	.390	.526	.915	.915	.237
Projected	124	215	62	11	2	12	44	43	36	55	.288	.390	.526	.915	.915	.237

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	35	254	1	0	0	11	0	2	113	25	1	1	50.0	43.7	7.1

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	109	27	5	1	5	23	19	19	29	1	0	0	.248	.357	.450	.806
vs. RHP	106	35	6	1	7	21	24	17	26	1	0	1	.330	.424	.604	1.028
Close/Late	37	16	3	0	5	13	11	8	8	2	0	0	.432	.511	.919	1.430
Scoring Position	61	22	2	0	4	30	0	12	16	2	0	0	.361	.453	.590	1.043
Pinch Hitting	78	28	4	1	6	17	16	8	16	0	0	0	.359	.419	.667	1.085

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	61	105	32	3	2	6	21	22	19	25	.305	.413	.543	.956
Road	63	110	30	8	0	6	23	21	17	30	.273	.367	.509	.876
March/April	19	26	9	1	1	0	3	9	6	4	.346	.469	.462	.930
May	26	44	20	6	1	4	14	14	7	9	.455	.538	.909	1.448
June	23	39	9	1	0	1	7	6	7	9	.231	.340	.333	.674
July	16	33	5	0	0	1	4	3	4	9	.152	.243	.242	.486
August	18	35	6	1	0	2	6	5	6	13	.171	.286	.371	.657
Sept/Oct	22	38	13	2	0	4	10	6	6	11	.342	.432	.711	1.142
Postseason	5	12	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1991	100	340	93	19	7	6	38	46	23	2	1	66	4	2	.274	.322	.424	.746	TOR
1992	42	102	19	4	0	2	9	15	8	0	0	25	0	0	.186	.245	.284	.530	TOR
1993	108	369	110	24	1	9	49	50	29	1	2	77	1	1	.298	.349	.442	.791	TOR
1994	149	508	144	31	4	28	88	87	53	6	3	100	7	1	.283	.356	.526	.882	TOR
1995	149	553	144	26	7	30	100	93	60	4	1	106	2	3	.260	.337	.495	.832	TOR
1996	146	520	139	34	3	23	88	105	71	5	6	110	7	5	.267	.357	.477	.834	TOR
1997	117	323	79	13	1	13	51	52	41	1	3	78	4	3	.245	.329	.412	.741	TOR HOU
1998	124	215	62	11	2	12	44	43	36	1	2	55	1	1	.288	.390	.526	.915	HOU
Total	935	2930	790	162	25	123	467	491	321	20	18	617	26	16	.270	.344	.468	.812

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1990, AAA	138	562	182	28	2	12	69	68	45	101	8	2	.324	.366	.445	.811
1991, AAA	34	131	40	6	1	6	24	18	12	20	1	0	.305	.354	.504	.858

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1994	16	61	17	5	1	2	14	12	3	10	2	0	.279	.313	.492	.804
1995	6	17	2	0	0	1	2	2	3	5	0	0	.118	.250	.294	.544
1996	7	26	9	3	1	0	7	5	3	7	0	0	.346	.414	.538	.952
1998	5	12	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333
Total	34	116	30	8	2	3	25	19	9	27	2	0	.259	.312	.440	.752

Fielding Stats 1998

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Leftfield	5	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	12.0	3.75
Centerfield	71	35	85	2	1	90	3	.967	371.1	2.18
Rightfield	5	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	15.0	1.20

Player History

Drafted in 1st round, 19th overall pick, by Toronto in 1990...
Had first career hit (double) on 5/13/1991, off Rickey Keeton (MIN)...
Hit first career homerun on 5/18/1991, off Jim Gott (CAL)...
Injured on 6/13/1993 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Baltimore on 4/18/1994...
2/3/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1995, hitting .458 with 6 HR, 14 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1995, hitting .407 with 12 HR, 29 RBI...
6/5/1995: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $5,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Traded from Toronto to Houston on 7/30/1997 (Going to HOU: 2B Gary Bennett, LF Mark Whiten, P Jason Bere. Going to TOR: CF Barry Bonds)...

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