Mark Kotsay

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1997-2013)

Mark Kotsay was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2013 for 7 teams, including the Florida Marlins, a span of 17 seasons. In 1,914 career games, he hit .276 with 1,784 hits, 127 home runs, and 720 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

AVG .276
HR 127
RBI 720
H 1,784
OPS .737
PIV -2,258
Position
Outfielder
Bats / Throws
L / L
Height / Weight
6'0" / 220 lb
Born
12/2/1975 in Whittier, CA, USA
MLB Debut
1997-07-11
Last Game
2013-09-29

Full name: Mark Steven Kotsay

📋 View Manager Career

📊 Compare This Player 📈 View Career Timeline

Career Batting Statistics

Mark Kotsay — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
1,914 6,464 790 1,784 353 48 127 720 98 554 757 .276 .332 .404 .737 -2,258

Career AVG .276 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .332 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .404 vs. league average .419 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .737 vs. league average .751 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

Click a stat to plot it across every season.

Mark Kotsay 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
1997 FLO NL 14 52 5 10 1 1 0 4 3 4 7 .192 .266 (-28%) .336 (-26%) .419 (-40%) .756 (-34%) -294.0
1998 FLO NL 154 578 72 161 25 7 11 68 10 34 61 .279 .266 (+5%) .335 (-5%) .420 (-4%) .755 (-5%) -508.8
1999 FLO NL 148 495 57 134 23 9 8 50 7 29 50 .271 .271 (avg) .344 (-11%) .433 (-7%) .778 (-9%) -941.6
2000 FLO NL 152 530 87 158 31 5 12 57 19 42 46 .298 .270 (+10%) .344 (+1%) .437 (+1%) .782 (+1%) 56.0
2001 SDN NL 119 406 67 118 29 1 10 58 13 48 58 .291 .263 (+10%) .332 (+10%) .426 (+3%) .758 (+6%) 603.1
2002 SDN NL 153 578 82 169 27 7 17 61 11 59 89 .292 .261 (+12%) .331 (+8%) .416 (+8%) .747 (+8%) 1043.9
2003 SDN NL 128 482 64 128 28 4 7 38 6 56 82 .266 .264 (+1%) .332 (+3%) .422 (-9%) .754 (-4%) -222.2
2004 OAK AL 148 606 78 190 37 3 15 63 8 55 70 .314 .266 (+18%) .335 (+10%) .427 (+7%) .762 (+9%) 1145.5
2005 OAK AL 139 582 75 163 35 1 15 82 5 40 51 .280 .264 (+6%) .330 (-2%) .418 (avg) .749 (avg) -87.9
2006 OAK AL 129 502 57 138 29 3 7 59 6 44 55 .275 .269 (+2%) .336 (-1%) .431 (-11%) .768 (-6%) -553.0
2007 OAK AL 56 206 20 44 14 0 1 20 1 19 20 .214 .268 (-20%) .335 (-17%) .422 (-30%) .758 (-24%) -831.9
2008 ATL NL 88 318 39 92 17 3 6 37 2 25 34 .289 .263 (+10%) .333 (+2%) .416 (avg) .749 (+1%) 60.5
2008 BOS AL 22 84 6 19 8 1 0 12 0 7 11 .226 .263 (-14%) .333 (-14%) .416 (-17%) .749 (-16%) 60.5
2009 BOS AL 27 74 4 19 2 0 1 5 2 4 12 .257 .262 (-2%) .332 (-13%) .417 (-22%) .750 (-18%) -224.2
2009 CHA AL 40 113 12 33 7 0 3 18 1 11 9 .292 .262 (+11%) .332 (+5%) .417 (+4%) .750 (+4%) -224.2
2010 CHA AL 107 327 30 78 17 2 8 31 1 32 36 .239 .257 (-7%) .325 (-6%) .402 (-7%) .728 (-6%) -330.1
2011 MIL NL 104 233 18 63 13 1 3 31 3 21 27 .270 .255 (+6%) .320 (+3%) .399 (-6%) .719 (-2%) -68.6
2012 SDN NL 82 143 9 37 8 0 2 14 0 11 14 .259 .254 (+2%) .318 (-2%) .405 (-12%) .724 (-7%) -159.0
2013 SDN NL 104 155 8 30 2 0 1 12 0 13 25 .194 .253 (-24%) .317 (-20%) .396 (-43%) .714 (-33%) -791.5
Career · 19 seasons 1,914 6,464 790 1,784 353 48 127 720 98 554 757 .276 — — — — -2,267

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 Kotsay — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
26 82 9 17 5 0 2 3 5 12 .207

Playoff Batting by Year

Mark Kotsay — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2011 NLCS MIL 5 9 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 .111
2011 NLDS2 MIL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
2008 ALCS BOS 7 30 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 4 .233
2008 ALDS1 BOS 3 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300
2006 ALCS OAK 4 16 3 4 2 0 0 0 2 3 .250
2006 ALDS2 OAK 3 14 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 .143

Game Log & Splits

View full game log (1914 games) →

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

Batting — Home / Away

Mark Kotsay — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home952312438186458337.277
Away962334040992069383.275

Last 10 Games — Batting

Mark Kotsay — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2013-09-29 SDPSFGL 400000001
2013-09-27 SDPSFGL 101000000
2013-09-26 SDPAZW 300000011
2013-09-24 SDPAZL 101000000
2013-09-22 SDPLADL 100000000
2013-09-20 SDPLADW 000000010
2013-09-18 SDPPITW 100000000
2013-09-17 SDPPITW 101000000
2013-09-15 SDPATLW 100000000
2013-09-14 SDPATLL 100000001

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Mark Kotsay — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 134 88 806 58 4 75
OF 1516 1400 3306 123 45 34

Season-by-Season Fielding

Mark Kotsay — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1997 FLO OF 14 12 31 2 0 1
1998 FLO 1B 3 0 3 1 0 0
1998 FLO OF 145 136 347 20 6 2
1999 FLO 1B 19 12 104 8 0 9
1999 FLO OF 129 108 245 19 5 5
2000 FLO 1B 2 0 1 0 0 0
2000 FLO OF 142 121 288 14 3 3
2001 SDN OF 111 99 277 4 4 1
2002 SDN OF 147 143 349 11 4 3
2003 SDN OF 126 121 324 13 3 4
2004 OAK OF 145 140 347 11 6 4
2005 OAK OF 137 137 299 7 4 3
2006 OAK 1B 4 4 28 0 2 6
2006 OAK OF 127 116 281 6 2 2
2007 OAK OF 56 53 141 5 2 3
2008 ATL OF 84 80 173 3 0 1
2008 BOS 1B 6 4 35 3 1 7
2008 BOS OF 19 18 32 0 0 0
2009 BOS 1B 19 12 103 11 0 9
2009 BOS OF 9 5 8 0 0 0
2009 CHA 1B 22 15 155 12 0 13
2009 CHA OF 11 10 18 1 0 0
2010 CHA 1B 38 34 298 20 1 23
2010 CHA OF 8 6 9 2 0 0
2011 MIL 1B 11 1 27 1 0 4
2011 MIL OF 54 49 79 2 5 0
2012 SDN 1B 5 3 26 0 0 2
2012 SDN OF 27 26 41 2 1 2
2013 SDN 1B 5 3 26 2 0 2
2013 SDN OF 25 20 17 1 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Mark Kotsay Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
First Base 134
Left Field 62
Center Field 1012
Right Field 464
Designated Hitter 59

Awards & Honors

Mark Kotsay — Awards & Honors
Year Award Notes
2006 Player of the Week Week of 2006-07-15

Salary History

Mark Kotsay's recorded salaries total $50,750,000 over 16 seasons, 1998 to 2013. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Kotsay's career ran from 1997 to 2013. No salary is recorded for 1997.

Mark Kotsay — Salary History
Year Team League Salary
2013 SDN NL $1,300,000
2012 SDN NL $1,250,000
2011 MIL NL $800,000
2010 CHA AL $1,500,000
2009 BOS AL $1,500,000
2008 ATL NL $7,000,000
2007 OAK AL $8,000,000
2006 OAK AL $7,000,000
2005 OAK AL $6,500,000
2004 OAK AL $5,500,000
2003 SDN NL $4,450,000
2002 SDN NL $3,050,000
2001 SDN NL $2,125,000
2000 FLO NL $324,000
1999 FLO NL $280,000
1998 FLO NL $171,000
Total recorded salary (partial) $50,750,000

College History

Mark Kotsay — College History
School Name City State Years Attended
California State University Fullerton Fullerton CA 1994, 1995, 1996

Award Voting History

Mark Kotsay — Award Voting History
Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2004 Most Valuable Player AL 14th 8.0 392 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Mark Kotsay (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Melky Cabrera
    .285 avg, 144 HR
  2. 96
    Darin Erstad
    .282 avg, 124 HR
  3. 89
    Jim Piersall
    .272 avg, 104 HR
  4. 84
    Lou Piniella
    .291 avg, 102 HR
  5. 83
    Dave Philley
    .270 avg, 84 HR
  6. 83
    Randy Winn
    .284 avg, 110 HR

Mark Kotsay: the record in brief

Mark Kotsay played a first major league game on July 11, 1997 and a last one on September 29, 2013. The season rows list, in order, the Florida Marlins (1997 to 2000), the San Diego Padres (2001 to 2013), the Oakland Athletics (2004 to 2007), the Atlanta Braves (2008), the Boston Red Sox (2008 to 2009), the Chicago White Sox (2009 through 2010), and the Milwaukee Brewers (2011). The bio lists Kotsay as an outfielder who both batted and threw left-handed. Height and weight on file: 6-foot-0 and 220 pounds. Kotsay was born on December 2, 1975, in Whittier, CA, USA. The bio lists the given name Mark Steven.

In 1,914 games and 6,464 at bats, Kotsay batted .276 with 1,784 hits; the totals also include 127 homers, 720 runs batted in, and 98 stolen bases. The on-base percentage is .332 and the slugging percentage .404, for an OPS of .737. Against a .263 league average for those years, Kotsay's .276 average was near the norm. The single-season home run high is 17, set in 2002. The hits column peaks at 190, in 2004. The RBI column peaks at 82 in 2005.

Frequently Asked Questions about Mark Kotsay

What years did Mark Kotsay play?
Mark Kotsay played in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2013.
Was Mark Kotsay a pitcher?
No. Mark Kotsay was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did Mark Kotsay hit?
Mark Kotsay hit 127 career home runs with 1,784 hits.
What teams did Mark Kotsay play for?
Mark Kotsay played for 7 teams: the Florida Marlins (1997–2000), the San Diego Padres (2001–2003, 2012–2013), the Oakland Athletics (2004–2007), the Atlanta Braves (2008), the Boston Red Sox (2008–2009), the Chicago White Sox (2009–2010), and the Milwaukee Brewers (2011).
What were Mark Kotsay's career stats?
In 1,914 games, Mark Kotsay had 1,784 hits, 127 home runs, 720 RBI, 790 runs, and 98 stolen bases, with a .276 batting average.
How much did Mark Kotsay earn in his career?
Mark Kotsay's recorded salaries total $50,750,000 over 16 seasons, 1998 to 2013. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Kotsay's career ran from 1997 to 2013. No salary is recorded for 1997.
What was Mark Kotsay's salary?
Mark Kotsay's last recorded salary was $1,300,000, in 2013. His highest recorded salary was $8,000,000, in 2007, and his lowest was $171,000, in 1998. The Salary History table lists each season from 1998 to 2013.
What position did Mark Kotsay play?
Mark Kotsay played primarily as an outfielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Mark Kotsay and how much did he weigh?
Mark Kotsay was listed at 6 feet and 220 pounds.
How many home runs did Mark Kotsay hit each season?
Mark Kotsay's home runs by season: 0 in 1997, 11 in 1998, 8 in 1999, 12 in 2000, 10 in 2001, 17 in 2002, 7 in 2003, 15 in 2004, 15 in 2005, 7 in 2006, 1 in 2007, 6 in 2008, 4 in 2009, 8 in 2010, 3 in 2011, 2 in 2012, and 1 in 2013. His most in one season was 17, in 2002.
What was Mark Kotsay's career batting average?
Mark Kotsay batted .276 over his career, with 1,784 hits in 6,464 at bats.
How many RBI did Mark Kotsay have?
Mark Kotsay drove in 720 runs in his career.
Is Mark Kotsay in the Hall of Fame?
No. Mark Kotsay has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.