What years did Mark Grace play?

Mark Grace played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2003.

Was Mark Grace a pitcher?

No. Mark Grace was a position player (First Baseman), though he did pitch in 1 career game.

How many home runs did Mark Grace hit?

Mark Grace hit 173 career home runs with 2445 hits.

What was Mark Grace's career batting average?

Mark Grace batted .303 over his career, with 2,445 hits in 8,065 at bats.

How many RBI did Mark Grace have?

Mark Grace drove in 1,146 runs in his career.

What was Mark Grace's career ERA?

Mark Grace finished with a 9.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 0 strikeouts.

Mark Grace

First Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1988-2003)

Mark Grace was a first baseman who played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2003 for the Chicago Cubs and the Arizona Diamondbacks, a span of 16 seasons. In 2,245 career games, he hit .303 with 2,445 hits, 173 home runs, and 1,146 RBI. Mark Grace was a 3-time All-Star and a 4-time Gold Glove. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 21,759.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated September 8, 2026

AVG .303

HR 173

RBI 1,146

H 2,445

OPS .825

PIV 21,759

Position: First Baseman
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 190 lb
Born: 6/28/1964 in Winston-Salem, NC, USA
MLB Debut: 1988-05-02
Last Game: 2003-09-28
Awards: 3× All-Star · 4× Gold Glove

Full name: Mark Eugene Grace

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Career Batting Statistics

Mark Grace — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,245	8,065	1,179	2,445	511	45	173	1,146	70	1,075	642	.303	.383	.442	.825	21,759

Career AVG .303 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — +15.1% above league average.

Career OBP .383 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — +15.3% above league average.

Career SLG .442 vs. league average .410 across their career seasons — +7.8% above league average.

Career OPS .825 vs. league average .743 across their career seasons — +11.1% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Mark Grace Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1988	CHN	NL	134	486	65	144	23	4	7	57	3	60	43	.296	.254 (+17%)	.317 (+17%)	.377 (+7%)	.695 (+11%)	1213.9
1989	CHN	NL	142	510	74	160	28	3	13	79	14	80	42	.314	.254 (+23%)	.319 (+27%)	.375 (+22%)	.694 (+24%)	2682.5
1990	CHN	NL	157	589	72	182	32	1	9	82	15	59	54	.309	.257 (+20%)	.324 (+15%)	.385 (+7%)	.710 (+11%)	1379.5
1991	CHN	NL	160	619	87	169	28	5	8	58	3	70	53	.273	.255 (+7%)	.323 (+7%)	.384 (-3%)	.708 (+2%)	316.6
1992	CHN	NL	158	603	72	185	37	5	9	79	6	72	36	.307	.255 (+20%)	.322 (+18%)	.377 (+14%)	.699 (+16%)	2032.6
1993	CHN	NL	155	594	86	193	39	4	14	98	8	71	32	.325	.265 (+23%)	.332 (+18%)	.403 (+18%)	.735 (+18%)	2305.4
1994	CHN	NL	106	403	55	120	23	3	6	44	0	48	41	.298	.269 (+10%)	.338 (+9%)	.424 (-2%)	.763 (+3%)	315.2
1995	CHN	NL	143	552	97	180	51	3	16	92	6	65	46	.326	.266 (+22%)	.337 (+17%)	.417 (+24%)	.755 (+21%)	2388.2
1996	CHN	NL	142	547	88	181	39	1	9	75	2	62	41	.331	.269 (+23%)	.340 (+16%)	.426 (+7%)	.767 (+11%)	1405.6
1997	CHN	NL	151	555	87	177	32	5	13	78	2	88	45	.319	.266 (+20%)	.336 (+21%)	.419 (+11%)	.756 (+16%)	2108.6
1998	CHN	NL	158	595	92	184	39	3	17	89	4	93	56	.309	.266 (+16%)	.335 (+20%)	.420 (+12%)	.755 (+15%)	2243.4
1999	CHN	NL	161	593	107	183	44	5	16	91	3	83	44	.309	.271 (+14%)	.344 (+13%)	.433 (+11%)	.778 (+12%)	1613.7
2000	CHN	NL	143	510	75	143	41	1	11	82	1	95	28	.280	.270 (+4%)	.344 (+14%)	.437 (-2%)	.782 (+5%)	860.3
2001	ARI	NL	145	476	66	142	31	2	15	78	1	67	36	.298	.263 (+13%)	.332 (+16%)	.426 (+9%)	.758 (+12%)	1410.0
2002	ARI	NL	124	298	43	75	19	0	7	48	2	46	30	.252	.261 (-4%)	.331 (+6%)	.416 (-7%)	.747 (-2%)	6.9
2003	ARI	NL	66	135	13	27	5	0	3	16	0	16	15	.200	.264 (-24%)	.332 (-16%)	.422 (-28%)	.754 (-23%)	-523.1
Career · 16 seasons			2,245	8,065	1,179	2,445	511	45	173	1,146	70	1,075	642	.303	—	—	—	—	21,759

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Mark Grace — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	9.00	0.0

Career ERA 9.00 vs. league average 4.28 across their career seasons — 110.4% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Mark Grace — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2002	ARI	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	9.00	—	0.0
Career · 1 season			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	9.00	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Mark Grace — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
25	82	5	27	5	1	2	13	13	8	.329

Playoff Batting by Year

Mark Grace — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2002	NLDS2	ARI	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
2001	NLCS	ARI	5	16	1	6	0	0	0	1	2	1	.375
2001	NLDS2	ARI	4	14	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	3	.214
2001	WS	ARI	6	19	1	5	1	0	1	3	4	1	.263
1998	NLDS1	CHN	3	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.083
1989	NLCS	CHN	5	17	3	11	3	1	1	8	4	1	.647

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Mark Grace — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1133	4040	626	1285	76	591	.318
Away	1111	4022	553	1158	97	555	.288

Pitching — Home / Away

Mark Grace — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	9.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Mark Grace — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO
2003-09-28	AZ	STL	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003-09-27	AZ	STL	L	3	0	2	1	0	0
2003-09-14	AZ	COL	W	4	0	1	0	0	1
2003-09-13	AZ	COL	W	0	0	0	0	1	0
2003-09-07	AZ	SFG	W	1	1	0	0	0	0
2003-09-06	AZ	SFG	L	1	0	0	0	0	1
2003-09-03	AZ	SDP	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003-09-02	AZ	SDP	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003-09-01	AZ	SFG	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003-08-05	AZ	WSN	W	1	0	0	0	0	0

Last 1 Games — Pitching

Mark Grace — Last 1 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2002-09-02	AZ	LAD	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Mark Grace — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	2162	2074	18503	1665	110	1533
P	1	0	0	0	0	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Mark Grace — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1988	CHN	1B	133	126	1182	87	17	91
1989	CHN	1B	142	137	1230	126	6	93
1990	CHN	1B	153	146	1324	180	12	116
1991	CHN	1B	160	155	1520	167	8	106
1992	CHN	1B	157	157	1580	141	4	119
1993	CHN	1B	154	153	1456	112	5	134
1994	CHN	1B	103	100	925	78	7	91
1995	CHN	1B	143	142	1211	114	7	93
1996	CHN	1B	141	139	1259	107	4	120
1997	CHN	1B	148	147	1202	120	6	93
1998	CHN	1B	156	154	1279	122	8	82
1999	CHN	1B	160	157	1335	93	8	115
2000	CHN	1B	140	136	1098	103	4	99
2001	ARI	1B	135	127	995	62	5	99
2002	ARI	1B	98	70	649	34	7	58
2002	ARI	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003	ARI	1B	39	28	258	19	2	24

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Mark Grace Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	1
First Base	2162
Designated Hitter	1

Awards & Honors

Mark Grace — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2002	This Year in Baseball Oddity of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY
1996	Gold Glove	1B
1995	Gold Glove	1B
1995	Player of the Week	Week of 1995-09-30
1993	Gold Glove	1B
1992	Gold Glove	1B
1989	Player of the Month	July
1989	Player of the Week	Week of 1989-07-22
1988	TSN Rookie Player of the Year

Salary History

Mark Grace — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2003	ARI	NL	$1,750,000
2002	ARI	NL	$3,000,000
2001	ARI	NL	$3,000,000
2000	CHN	NL	$5,300,000
1999	CHN	NL	$4,100,000
1998	CHN	NL	$4,225,000
1997	CHN	NL	$4,525,000
1996	CHN	NL	$4,175,000
1995	CHN	NL	$4,400,000
1994	CHN	NL	$4,400,000
1993	CHN	NL	$3,100,000
1992	CHN	NL	$2,262,500
1991	CHN	NL	$1,200,000
1990	CHN	NL	$325,000
1989	CHN	NL	$140,000
Total Career Earnings			$45,902,500

College History

Mark Grace — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Saddleback College	Mission Viejo	CA	1983, 1984
San Diego State University	San Diego	CA	1985

Award Voting History

Mark Grace — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1995	Most Valuable Player	NL	13th	14.0	392	0
1993	Most Valuable Player	NL	18th	8.0	392	0
1992	Most Valuable Player	NL	16th	6.0	336	0
1989	Most Valuable Player	NL	14th	9.0	336	0
1988	Rookie of the Year	NL	2nd	61.0	120	7

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Frequently Asked Questions about Mark Grace

What years did Mark Grace play?: Mark Grace played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2003.
Was Mark Grace a pitcher?: No. Mark Grace was a position player (First Baseman), though he did pitch in 1 career game.
How many home runs did Mark Grace hit?: Mark Grace hit 173 career home runs with 2445 hits.
What was Mark Grace's career batting average?: Mark Grace batted .303 over his career, with 2,445 hits in 8,065 at bats.
How many RBI did Mark Grace have?: Mark Grace drove in 1,146 runs in his career.
What was Mark Grace's career ERA?: Mark Grace finished with a 9.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 0 strikeouts.