What years did Mark Koenig play?

Mark Koenig played in Major League Baseball from 1925 to 1936.

Was Mark Koenig a pitcher?

No. Mark Koenig was a position player (Shortstop), though he did pitch in 5 career games.

How many home runs did Mark Koenig hit?

Mark Koenig hit 28 career home runs with 1190 hits.

What was Mark Koenig's career batting average?

Mark Koenig batted .279 over his career, with 1,190 hits in 4,271 at bats.

How many RBI did Mark Koenig have?

Mark Koenig drove in 443 runs in his career.

What was Mark Koenig's career ERA?

Mark Koenig finished with a 8.44 career ERA, going 0-1 with 9 strikeouts.

Mark Koenig

Shortstop · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1925-1936)

Mark Koenig was a shortstop who played in Major League Baseball from 1925 to 1936 for 5 teams, including the New York Yankees, a span of 12 seasons. In 1,162 career games, he hit .279 with 1,190 hits, 28 home runs, and 443 RBI.

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 October 12, 2026

AVG .279

HR 28

RBI 443

H 1,190

OPS .683

PIV -5,908

Position: Shortstop
Bats / Throws: B / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 180 lb
Born: 7/19/1904 in San Francisco, CA, USA
Died: 4/22/1993 in Willows, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1925-09-08
Last Game: 1936-09-27

Full name: Mark Anthony Koenig

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Career Batting Statistics

Mark Koenig — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,162	4,271	572	1,190	195	49	28	443	31	222	190	.279	.316	.367	.683	-5,908

Career AVG .279 vs. league average .282 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .316 vs. league average .344 across their career seasons — 8.2% below league average.

Career SLG .367 vs. league average .399 across their career seasons — 8.1% below league average.

Career OPS .683 vs. league average .743 across their career seasons — 8.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Mark Koenig 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
1925	NYA	AL	28	110	14	23	6	1	0	4	0	5	4	.209	.288 (-27%)	.349 (-30%)	.407 (-31%)	.756 (-31%)	-580.0
1926	NYA	AL	147	617	93	167	26	8	5	62	4	43	37	.271	.279 (-3%)	.345 (-8%)	.390 (-7%)	.735 (-7%)	-796.4
1927	NYA	AL	123	526	99	150	20	11	3	62	3	25	21	.285	.282 (+1%)	.344 (-7%)	.392 (-3%)	.736 (-5%)	-506.9
1928	NYA	AL	132	533	89	170	19	10	4	63	3	32	19	.319	.280 (+14%)	.342 (+5%)	.395 (+5%)	.737 (+5%)	497.5
1929	NYA	AL	116	373	44	109	27	5	3	41	1	23	17	.292	.289 (+1%)	.353 (-5%)	.415 (avg)	.769 (-2%)	-221.1
1930	NYA	AL	21	74	9	17	5	0	0	9	0	6	5	.230	.293 (-22%)	.354 (-16%)	.429 (-31%)	.784 (-24%)	-303.2
1930	DET	AL	76	267	37	64	9	2	1	16	2	20	15	.240	.293 (-18%)	.354 (-17%)	.429 (-30%)	.784 (-24%)	-303.2
1931	DET	AL	106	364	33	92	24	4	1	39	8	14	12	.253	.276 (-8%)	.338 (-17%)	.388 (-10%)	.726 (-13%)	-854.8
1932	CHN	NL	33	102	15	36	5	1	3	11	0	3	5	.353	.275 (+28%)	.335 (+13%)	.391 (+30%)	.726 (+22%)	359.1
1933	CHN	NL	80	218	32	62	12	1	3	25	5	15	9	.284	.270 (+5%)	.329 (avg)	.377 (+3%)	.707 (+2%)	57.6
1934	CIN	NL	151	633	60	172	26	6	1	67	5	15	24	.272	.278 (-2%)	.340 (-15%)	.392 (-14%)	.733 (-15%)	-1623.7
1935	NY1	NL	107	396	40	112	12	0	3	37	0	13	18	.283	.279 (+1%)	.342 (-11%)	.399 (-16%)	.742 (-14%)	-888.7
1936	NY1	NL	42	58	7	16	4	0	1	7	0	8	4	.276	.283 (-3%)	.349 (+7%)	.404 (-2%)	.753 (+2%)	42.3
Career · 13 seasons			1,162	4,271	572	1,190	195	49	28	443	31	222	190	.279	—	—	—	—	-5,121

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 Koenig — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	1	5	1	0	0	0	16.0	18	15	0	19	9	8.44	0.0

Career ERA 8.44 vs. league average 4.47 across their career seasons — 88.9% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Mark Koenig — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1930	DET	AL	1	2	1	9.0	11	10	8	6	10.00	4.80 (-108%)	0.0
1931	DET	AL	0	3	0	7.0	7	5	11	3	6.43	—	0.0
Career · 2 seasons			1	5	1	16.0	18	15	19	9	8.44	—	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 Koenig — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
20	76	9	18	3	1	0	5	1	10	.237

Playoff Batting by Year

Mark Koenig — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1936	WS	NY1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333
1932	WS	CHN	2	4	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	.250
1928	WS	NYA	4	19	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	.158
1927	WS	NYA	4	18	5	9	2	0	2	0	2	.500
1926	WS	NYA	7	32	2	4	1	0	2	0	6	.125

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Mark Koenig — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	578	2089	292	603	13	218	.289
Away	584	2183	280	587	15	233	.269

Pitching — Home / Away

Mark Koenig — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	3	10.0	13	15	13	7	13.50
Away	2	6.0	5	0	6	2	0.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Mark Koenig — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO
1936-09-27	NY1	BRO	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936-09-26	NY1	BRO	L	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
1936-09-24	NY1	BSN	L	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
1936-09-22	NY1	PHI	L	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
1936-09-13	NY1	STL	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1936-09-12	NY1	CHC	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936-09-09	NY1	CIN	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936-09-07	NY1	PHI	W	3	1	2	1	3	0	0
1936-09-05	NY1	BSN	L	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
1936-09-03	NY1	STL	W	4	0	2	0	0	0	0

Last 5 Games — Pitching

Mark Koenig — Last 5 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1931-09-22	DET	PHA	—	4.0	3	0	0	6	1
1931-07-27	DET	BOS	—	2.0	2	0	0	0	1
1931-05-18	DET	NYY	—	1.0	2	5	5	5	1
1930-09-27	DET	CHW	L	7.0	10	10	10	6	6
1930-09-18	DET	BOS	—	2.0	1	0	0	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Mark Koenig — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	PO	A	E	DP
1B	4	42	1	0	2
2B	156	355	450	32	72
3B	158	129	287	34	27
OF	1	0	0	0	0
P	5	0	3	0	0
SS	747	1457	2193	286	416

Season-by-Season Fielding

Mark Koenig — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1925	NYA	SS	28	53	81	8	16
1926	NYA	SS	141	281	422	52	66
1927	NYA	SS	122	262	423	47	76
1928	NYA	SS	125	260	328	49	69
1929	NYA	2B	1	0	0	0	0
1929	NYA	3B	37	26	61	8	7
1929	NYA	SS	61	107	160	26	31
1930	NYA	SS	19	36	59	10	14
1930	DET	3B	2	2	3	0	0
1930	DET	OF	1	0	0	0	0
1930	DET	P	2	0	1	0	0
1930	DET	SS	70	115	181	25	40
1931	DET	2B	55	132	146	13	28
1931	DET	P	3	0	2	0	0
1931	DET	SS	35	59	90	15	13
1932	CHN	SS	31	58	106	12	21
1933	CHN	2B	2	7	2	0	1
1933	CHN	3B	37	32	74	9	9
1933	CHN	SS	26	33	58	5	15
1934	CIN	1B	4	42	1	0	2
1934	CIN	2B	26	85	85	6	22
1934	CIN	3B	64	57	130	14	9
1934	CIN	SS	58	137	189	28	34
1935	NY1	2B	64	123	206	11	20
1935	NY1	3B	15	10	19	2	2
1935	NY1	SS	21	45	69	5	17
1936	NY1	2B	8	8	11	2	1
1936	NY1	3B	3	2	0	1	0
1936	NY1	SS	10	11	27	4	4

Career Games by Position

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Mark Koenig Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	5
First Base	4
Second Base	154
Third Base	158
Shortstop	749
Right Field	1

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Mark Koenig: the record in brief

Mark Koenig's major league career runs from a debut on September 8, 1925 to a final game on September 27, 1936. By club, Koenig's seasons break down as the New York Yankees (1925 to 1930), the Detroit Tigers (1930 through 1931), the Chicago Cubs (1932 through 1933), the Cincinnati Reds (1934), and the New York Giants (1935 to 1936). Born on July 19, 1904, in San Francisco, CA, USA, Koenig is listed as a shortstop and switch-hit and threw right-handed. Koenig's listed size is 6 feet, 0 inches and 180 pounds. Koenig's death is recorded on April 22, 1993, in Willows, CA, USA. The bio lists the given name Mark Anthony.

In 1,162 games and 4,271 at bats, Koenig batted .279 with 1,190 hits, adding 28 homers, 443 RBI, and 31 stolen bases. Reaching base at a .316 clip and slugging .367, Koenig finished with a .683 OPS. Koenig hit .279 while the league hit .282 over the same span, a figure close to average. Koenig collected a career-high 172 hits in 1934.

Frequently Asked Questions about Mark Koenig

What years did Mark Koenig play?: Mark Koenig played in Major League Baseball from 1925 to 1936.
Was Mark Koenig a pitcher?: No. Mark Koenig was a position player (Shortstop), though he did pitch in 5 career games.
How many home runs did Mark Koenig hit?: Mark Koenig hit 28 career home runs with 1190 hits.
What was Mark Koenig's career batting average?: Mark Koenig batted .279 over his career, with 1,190 hits in 4,271 at bats.
How many RBI did Mark Koenig have?: Mark Koenig drove in 443 runs in his career.
What was Mark Koenig's career ERA?: Mark Koenig finished with a 8.44 career ERA, going 0-1 with 9 strikeouts.