Mark Wagner (baseball)
| Mark Wagner | |||
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| Shortstop / Second Baseman | |||
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Born: March 4, 1954 Conneaut, Ohio | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 20, 1974, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 30, 1984, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .243 | ||
| Home runs | 3 | ||
| RBI | 71 | ||
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Mark Duane Wagner (born March 4, 1954 in Conneaut, Ohio) is a retired Major League Baseball infielder. He played with the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, and Oakland Athletics between 1976 and 1984.
Career
He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1972 amateur draft and played for the Tigers as a backup shortstop from 1976 to 1980. He later played with the Texas Rangers (1981–1983) and Oakland Athletics (1984). Over nine seasons in the Major Leagues, Wagner played in 414 games and had a .243 batting average, 205 hits, 81 runs scored, 71 RBIs, 61 walks, 20 doubles, 12 RBIs, nine triples and three home runs. On August 20, 1984, he also pitched the final 1 2⁄3 innings against the Detroit Tigers giving up 2 hits and no runs in a 14-1 loss.
Sources
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or Venezuelan Winter League
Family
Children. Megan Wagner Brydle of Ohio and Mark Wagner II of Florida
Grand children: Madelyn and Michael Brydle
Parents: Palmer and Mary Wagner
Sisters: Rita, Meriba and Laura/ Georgia and sherry
Is related to Edward Lanham and Stephen lanham of Boynton Beach, FL.