Category: Athlete Appearances, Baseball
Highlights: Mark Grace is a retired first baseman who played 16 seasons in the majors for the Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks. He won four Gold Gloves and was named an All-Star three times.
Travels From: Arizona
Fee Range: $10,001 - $20,000
Mark Grace played first base for the Chicago Cubs from 1988-2000 before finishing his career with the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2001-2003. Among the franchises most popular players during his time in the Windy City on teams that featured the likes of future Hall of Famers Ryne Sandberg and Andre Dawson, Grace was named an All-Star three times and won four Gold Gloves. After moving to Arizona, he capped his career by winning a World Series in 2001. Grace recorded the most doubles and hits of any MLB player during the 1990s and, in total for his career, amassed a batting average of .303 with 2,445 hits, 1,146 RBI and 173 homers.
Born on June 28, 1964, Grace played college baseball at San Diego State before being picked by Chicago in the 1985 MLB draft (24th round). He played in the minors for three years before making his MLB debut on May 2, 1988. After retiring from playing, Grace spent one season as a hitting coach in Arizona’s minor league system before moving to the big-league team in 2015 in the same capacity. He also spent time as a baseball tv analyst calling MLB games for Fox Sports, Diamondbacks’ games for Fox Sports Arizona and Cubs’ games for Marquee Sports Network.
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