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Mark Salas was born on 8 March, 1961 in Montebello, California, U.S., is an American baseball player. Discover Mark Salas's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?
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Mark Salas Net Worth
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Timeline
Mark Bruce Salas (born March 8, 1961) is a former professional catcher who played in Major League Baseball from -.
Salas, who is of Mexican descent, also worked for the Chicago White Sox as a bullpen catcher.
Salas was drafted out of Nogales High School in La Puente, California by the St. Louis Cardinals in the eighteenth round of the 1979 Major League Baseball draft.
After five seasons in their farm system, Salas debuted with the Cards on June 19, against the Montreal Expos.
With one out in the ninth, Salas connected for a pinch hit double.
He collected his first career run batted in in his next game against the Chicago Cubs.
From there, Salas fell into an 0 for 17 slump, and was demoted to the triple A Louisville Redbirds.
After the season, he was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the rule 5 draft.
Upon his arrival in Minnesota, Salas displaced All-Star catcher Dave Engle behind the plate (Engle was used primarily as a designated hitter in ).
He hit his first major league home run off Hall of Famer Don Sutton on April 27, 1985, on his way to nine on the season.
He also batted an even .300 with 41 RBIs and five triples in what would turn out to be his best season.
His season was interrupted in late May by a toe injury.
He returned strong, batting .303 through July 1, but fell off after that.
His batting average for the season was .233, however, he still produced 33 RBIs with eight home runs and four triples.
Salas began the season splitting time with Tim Laudner behind the plate.
He batted .378 with three home runs through June 6 when he was traded to the New York Yankees for starting pitcher Joe Niekro.
Salas never quite got his footing as a Yankee, and batted .200 with three home runs and twelve RBIs over the remainder of the season in pinstripes.
With Carlton Fisk turning 40 to start the season, the Chisox went with three catchers.
Salas had the second most playing time, and batted .250 with three home runs and nine RBIs.
He was released during Spring training the following season, and signed with the Cleveland Indians.
He spent most of the season with the triple A Colorado Springs Sky Sox, where he batted .315 with six home runs & twenty RBIs.
He joined Cleveland in mid-May, and was used mostly as a designated hitter in his month and a half in the majors.
Salas signed with the Detroit Tigers the day before the season started.
His first hit as a Tigers was a game-winning home run on April 15 against the Baltimore Orioles.
Regardless, he saw limited duty until a mid-June injury to starting catcher Mike Heath landed him in the everyday line-up.
His game-winning home run on June 10 led to a 7 for 17 stretch in which he hit two more home runs, and raised his batting average from .094 to .204.
His nine home runs for the season tied a career high, and were two more than Heath.
Salas hit just one home run in, but his final career home run likely stands as his biggest.
As a team, the Tigers had struck out a franchise record tying 21 times in a fourteen inning marathon against the Toronto Blue Jays on August 8.
Entering the game in the fourteenth inning as a pinch hitter for Skeeter Barnes, Salas connected on a 3-2 pitch for a three-run home run off Jays closer Tom Henke.
Despite hitting just 38 home runs in his MLB career, Salas had three multi-home run games.
The first one carried the Twins to a 6–2 victory over Charlie Hough and the Texas Rangers on September 11, 1986.
The other two both came in blowout losses.
In the TV series Reacher, Reacher's brother Joe used "Mark Salas" as a pseudonym, as Joe was a Yankees fan and Salas played for them briefly.