Mark Wagner (baseball)

Mark Duane Wagner (born March 4, 1954) is a retired Major League Baseball infielder. He played with the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, and Oakland Athletics between 1976 and 1984.

Mark Wagner
Shortstop
Born: (1954-03-04) March 4, 1954
Conneaut, Ohio
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
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 runs3
Runs batted in71
Teams

Wagner was born in 1954 in Conneaut, Ohio. He attended Harbor High School in Ashtabula, Ohio.[1]

He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1972 amateur draft and played for the Tigers shortstop from 1976 to 1980.[1] He was traded from the Tigers to the Rangers for Kevin Saucier on December 10, 1980.[2] He played with the Rangers from 1981 to 1983. In April 1984, he signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics. He appeared in his final major league game on September 30, 1984, with Oakland.[1] On August 20, 1984, he also pitched the final 12⁄3 innings against the Detroit Tigers, giving up two hits and no runs in a 14-1 loss.[3]

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.[1]

References
  1. "Mark Wagner". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  2. "Wagner goes for lefty". Detroit Free Press. December 11, 1980 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Tigers win laugher, 14-1". Detroit Free Press. August 22, 1984 – via Newspapers.com.


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