What years did Mark Loretta play?

Mark Loretta played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2009.

Was Mark Loretta a pitcher?

No. Mark Loretta was a position player (Second Baseman), though he did pitch in 2 career games.

How many home runs did Mark Loretta hit?

Mark Loretta hit 76 career home runs with 1713 hits.

What was Mark Loretta's career batting average?

Mark Loretta batted .295 over his career, with 1,713 hits in 5,812 at bats.

How many RBI did Mark Loretta have?

Mark Loretta drove in 629 runs in his career.

What was Mark Loretta's career ERA?

Mark Loretta finished with a 0.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 2 strikeouts.

Mark Loretta

Second Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1995-2009)

Mark Loretta was a second baseman who played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2009 for 6 teams, including the Milwaukee Brewers, a span of 15 seasons. In 1,726 career games, he hit .295 with 1,713 hits, 76 home runs, and 629 RBI. Mark Loretta was a 2-time All-Star and a Silver Slugger. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 1,004.

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 .295

HR 76

RBI 629

H 1,713

OPS .754

PIV 1,004

Position: Second Baseman
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 175 lb
Born: 8/14/1971 in Santa Monica, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1995-09-04
Last Game: 2009-10-04
Awards: 2× All-Star · Silver Slugger

Full name: Mark David Loretta

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Career Batting Statistics

Mark Loretta — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,726	5,812	768	1,713	309	22	76	629	47	555	605	.295	.360	.395	.754	1,004

Career AVG .295 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — +10.7% above league average.

Career OBP .360 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — +7.1% above league average.

Career SLG .395 vs. league average .424 across their career seasons — 6.9% below league average.

Career OPS .754 vs. league average .760 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Mark Loretta 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
1995	ML4	AL	19	50	13	13	3	0	1	3	1	4	7	.260	.266 (-3%)	.337 (-3%)	.417 (-9%)	.755 (-6%)	-47.3
1996	ML4	AL	73	154	20	43	3	0	1	13	2	14	15	.279	.269 (+3%)	.340 (avg)	.426 (-25%)	.767 (-14%)	-320.6
1997	ML4	AL	132	418	56	120	17	5	5	47	5	47	60	.287	.266 (+8%)	.336 (+5%)	.419 (-8%)	.756 (-2%)	-120.8
1998	MIL	NL	140	434	55	137	29	0	6	54	9	42	47	.316	.266 (+19%)	.335 (+14%)	.420 (+1%)	.755 (+7%)	738.8
1999	MIL	NL	153	587	93	170	34	5	5	67	4	52	59	.290	.271 (+7%)	.344 (+3%)	.433 (-10%)	.778 (-4%)	-390.9
2000	MIL	NL	91	352	49	99	21	1	7	40	0	37	38	.281	.270 (+4%)	.344 (+2%)	.437 (-7%)	.782 (-3%)	-155.5
2001	MIL	NL	102	384	40	111	14	2	2	29	1	28	46	.289	.263 (+10%)	.332 (+4%)	.426 (-18%)	.758 (-8%)	-428.6
2002	MIL	NL	86	217	23	58	14	0	2	19	0	23	32	.267	.261 (+2%)	.331 (+6%)	.416 (-14%)	.747 (-5%)	-117.2
2002	HOU	NL	21	66	10	28	4	0	2	8	1	9	5	.424	.261 (+62%)	.331 (+45%)	.416 (+38%)	.747 (+41%)	-117.2
2003	SDN	NL	154	589	74	185	28	4	13	72	5	54	62	.314	.264 (+19%)	.332 (+12%)	.422 (+5%)	.754 (+8%)	1078.9
2004	SDN	NL	154	620	108	208	47	2	16	76	5	58	45	.335	.266 (+26%)	.335 (+17%)	.427 (+16%)	.762 (+16%)	2147.7
2005	SDN	NL	105	404	54	113	16	1	3	38	8	45	34	.280	.264 (+6%)	.330 (+9%)	.418 (-17%)	.749 (-6%)	-214.3
2006	BOS	AL	155	635	75	181	33	0	5	59	4	49	63	.285	.269 (+6%)	.336 (+3%)	.431 (-16%)	.768 (-8%)	-735.2
2007	HOU	NL	133	460	52	132	23	2	4	41	1	44	41	.287	.268 (+7%)	.335 (+5%)	.422 (-12%)	.758 (-5%)	-240.4
2008	HOU	NL	101	261	27	73	15	0	4	38	0	29	30	.280	.263 (+6%)	.333 (+5%)	.416 (-8%)	.749 (-2%)	-63.2
2009	LAN	NL	107	181	19	42	8	0	0	25	1	20	21	.232	.262 (-12%)	.332 (-7%)	.417 (-34%)	.750 (-22%)	-624.0
Career · 16 seasons			1,726	5,812	768	1,713	309	22	76	629	47	555	605	.295	—	—	—	—	390

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 Loretta — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.3	1	0	0	1	2	0.00	0.0

Career ERA 0.00 vs. league average 4.37 across their career seasons — 100.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Mark Loretta — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	G	IP	H	BB	SO	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2001	MIL	NL	1	1.0	1	1	2	—	0.0
2009	LAN	NL	1	0.3	0	0	0	—	0.0
Career · 2 seasons			2	1.1	1	1	2	—	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 Loretta — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	18	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	.278

Playoff Batting by Year

Mark Loretta — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	RBI	SO	AVG
2009	NLCS	LAN	2	2	0	0	1	.000
2009	NLDS1	LAN	1	1	1	1	0	1.000
2005	NLDS1	SDN	3	15	4	2	0	.267

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Mark Loretta — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	861	2785	381	838	45	309	.301
Away	865	3027	387	875	31	320	.289

Pitching — Home / Away

Mark Loretta — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Away	2	1.1	1	0	1	2	0.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Mark Loretta — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	2B	RBI	SO
2009-10-04	LAD	COL	W	0	0	0	0	0
2009-10-03	LAD	COL	W	1	1	1	1	0
2009-09-30	LAD	SDP	L	3	0	0	0	0
2009-09-28	LAD	PIT	L	3	1	0	0	1
2009-09-26	LAD	PIT	W	3	2	1	1	0
2009-09-18	LAD	SFG	L	1	0	0	0	0
2009-09-15	LAD	PIT	W	2	1	0	1	0
2009-09-14	LAD	PIT	W	1	0	0	0	0
2009-09-13	LAD	SFG	L	1	0	0	0	0
2009-09-11	LAD	SFG	W	0	0	0	0	0

Last 2 Games — Pitching

Mark Loretta — Last 2 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2009-07-28	LAD	STL	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001-06-20	MIL	CIN	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Mark Loretta — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	214	147	1355	95	9	125
2B	829	743	1474	2135	40	503
3B	234	173	135	316	14	29
OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
P	2	0	0	0	0	0
SS	405	337	501	944	29	214

Season-by-Season Fielding

Mark Loretta — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1995	ML4	2B	4	3	5	9	0	2
1995	ML4	SS	13	11	13	33	1	5
1996	ML4	2B	28	19	32	61	1	13
1996	ML4	3B	23	9	9	23	0	4
1996	ML4	SS	21	11	22	32	1	12
1997	ML4	1B	19	16	150	7	2	10
1997	ML4	2B	63	56	125	170	6	52
1997	ML4	3B	15	10	9	16	1	3
1997	ML4	SS	44	29	50	84	6	23
1998	MIL	1B	70	32	353	23	3	41
1998	MIL	2B	13	4	12	15	0	5
1998	MIL	3B	22	15	18	33	0	9
1998	MIL	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1998	MIL	SS	56	50	67	144	3	39
1999	MIL	1B	66	54	474	31	3	44
1999	MIL	2B	17	9	28	37	3	8
1999	MIL	3B	14	7	11	16	3	2
1999	MIL	SS	74	70	112	176	4	40
2000	MIL	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0
2000	MIL	SS	90	88	121	254	2	54
2001	MIL	2B	52	52	115	144	2	31
2001	MIL	3B	39	35	16	54	5	0
2001	MIL	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2001	MIL	SS	9	6	11	20	1	4
2002	MIL	1B	5	2	20	1	0	2
2002	MIL	2B	3	2	7	6	0	2
2002	MIL	3B	47	44	37	73	1	6
2002	MIL	SS	12	5	14	10	2	3
2002	HOU	2B	3	3	7	8	0	2
2002	HOU	3B	10	10	6	11	1	1
2002	HOU	SS	6	5	6	16	1	2
2003	SDN	2B	150	144	273	412	7	84
2003	SDN	SS	3	0	2	0	0	0
2004	SDN	2B	154	154	288	451	10	101
2005	SDN	2B	105	105	201	262	6	61
2005	SDN	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2006	BOS	1B	11	9	74	9	0	8
2006	BOS	2B	138	133	246	389	4	99
2007	HOU	1B	24	18	148	15	1	8
2007	HOU	2B	49	18	47	50	0	14
2007	HOU	3B	23	17	11	28	0	0
2007	HOU	SS	72	58	80	157	6	29
2008	HOU	1B	2	2	14	0	0	0
2008	HOU	2B	46	41	85	119	1	28
2008	HOU	3B	17	12	7	31	1	1
2008	HOU	SS	5	4	3	18	2	3
2009	LAN	1B	17	14	122	9	0	12
2009	LAN	2B	3	0	2	2	0	1
2009	LAN	3B	23	14	11	31	2	3
2009	LAN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Mark Loretta Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	2
First Base	214
Second Base	829
Third Base	234
Shortstop	405
Left Field	1
Designated Hitter	19

Awards & Honors

Mark Loretta — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2006	Hutch Award
2004	Silver Slugger	2B
2004	TSN All-Star	2B

Salary History

Mark Loretta — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2009	LAN	NL	$1,250,000
2008	HOU	NL	$2,750,000
2007	HOU	NL	$2,500,000
2006	BOS	AL	$3,250,000
2005	SDN	NL	$2,750,000
2004	SDN	NL	$2,500,000
2003	SDN	NL	$1,250,000
2002	MIL	NL	$5,000,000
2001	MIL	NL	$3,500,000
2000	MIL	NL	$2,500,000
1999	MIL	NL	$1,495,000
1998	MIL	NL	$275,000
1997	ML4	AL	$167,500
1996	ML4	AL	$109,000
1995	ML4	AL	$109,000
Total Career Earnings			$29,405,500

College History

Mark Loretta — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Northwestern University	Evanston	IL	1990, 1991, 1992, 1993

Award Voting History

Mark Loretta — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2004	Most Valuable Player	NL	9th	50.0	448	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Mark Loretta

What years did Mark Loretta play?: Mark Loretta played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2009.
Was Mark Loretta a pitcher?: No. Mark Loretta was a position player (Second Baseman), though he did pitch in 2 career games.
How many home runs did Mark Loretta hit?: Mark Loretta hit 76 career home runs with 1713 hits.
What was Mark Loretta's career batting average?: Mark Loretta batted .295 over his career, with 1,713 hits in 5,812 at bats.
How many RBI did Mark Loretta have?: Mark Loretta drove in 629 runs in his career.
What was Mark Loretta's career ERA?: Mark Loretta finished with a 0.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 2 strikeouts.