Mark Wasinger
| Mark Wasinger | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Third baseman | |
| Born: August 4, 1961 Monterey, California | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 27, 1986, for the San Diego Padres | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| April 21, 1988, for the San Francisco Giants | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .244 |
| Home runs | 1 |
| Runs batted in | 4 |
| Teams | |
Mark Thomas Wasinger (born August 4, 1961) is an American professional baseball scout and front-office official, and a former Major League player. A third baseman, second baseman and shortstop, he appeared in 50 MLB games between 1986 and 1988 for the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants. He threw and batted right-handed, and was listed at 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 165 pounds (75 kg).
Playing career
[edit]Amateur
[edit]Born in Monterey, California, Wasinger attended Old Dominion University. In 1981, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[1] He was a third-round selection by the Padres in the 1982 Major League Baseball Draft.
Professional
[edit]Wasinger rose through the Padre system, batted above .300 four times in his first five pro seasons, and was named a 1985 All-Star in the Double-A Texas League. But, following a three-game trial with San Diego in September 1986, he was traded to San Francisco in April 1987 and would spend the rest of his big-league tenure with the Giants. He split the 1987 season between the Giants and Triple-A, and collected 22 hits in a reserve role for San Francisco. On May 9, 1987, in his second game as a Giant, Wasinger collected four hits in five at bats, including a home run, and scored three runs, in a 9–4 defeat of the Pittsburgh Pirates at Candlestick Park.[2] His 888-game minor-league playing career essentially ended after the 1993 season.
Coaching/front office career
[edit]Wasinger managed in independent league baseball, then became a scout for the Padres (1996–2002), where he scouted and signed Jake Peavy in 1999. He joined the Boston Red Sox in 2003, working as an amateur scouting regional cross-checker, a professional scout and special assignment scout for general managers Theo Epstein and Ben Cherington. He was promoted to special assistant/player personnel in January 2015.[3][4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ Information at Retrosheet
- ^ Red Sox Staff List
- ^ "Red Sox hire former major-league pitcher Brian Bannister as pro scout, analyst", The Boston Herald, 2015.01.14. Archived 2015-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
Sources
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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