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Mark Portugal
Mark Steven Portugal

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut August 14, 1985
  vs. OAK 6.3 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 5 ER, L
Final Game September 22, 1999
Born October 30, 1962 in Los Angeles, CA

Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1980. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1985 22 MIN AL   1   3   6   4   0   0   0  0   24.3   24   16   15   3   14   12   0   1   105   0   1  5.55  4.36   79 1.562
 1986 23 MIN AL   6  10  27  15   3   0   7  1  112.7  112   56   54  10   50   67   1   5   481   1   0  4.31  4.27   99 1.438
 1987 24 MIN AL   1   3  13   7   0   0   3  0   44.0   58   40   38  13   24   28   1   2   204   1   0  7.77  4.61   59 1.864
 1988 25 MIN AL   3   3  26   0   0   0   9  3   57.7   60   30   29  11   17   31   1   2   242   1   2  4.53  4.05   90 1.335
 1989 26 HOU NL   7   1  20  15   2   1   1  0  108.0   91   34   33   7   37   86   2   3   440   0   0  2.75  3.40  124 1.185
 1990 27 HOU NL  11  10  32  32   1   0   0  0  196.7  187   90   79  21   67  136   4   6   831   4   0  3.62  3.72  103 1.292
 1991 28 HOU NL  10  12  32  27   1   0   3  1  168.3  163   91   84  19   59  120   2   4   710   5   1  4.49  3.47   77 1.319
 1992 29 HOU NL   6   3  18  16   1   1   0  0  101.3   76   32   30   7   41   62   1   1   405   3   1  2.66  3.33  125 1.155
 1993 30 HOU NL  18   4  33  33   1   1   0  0  208.0  194   75   64  10   77  131   4   9   876   3   2  2.77  3.88  140 1.303 CYA-6
 1994 31 SFG NL  10   8  21  21   1   0   0  0  137.3  135   68   60  17   45   87   6   5   580   2   0  3.93  3.97  101 1.311
 1995 32 TOT NL  11  10  31  31   1   0   0  0  181.7  185   91   81  17   56   96   4   7   775   2   0  4.01  4.09  102 1.327
         SFG NL   5   5  17  17   1   0   0  0  104.0  106   56   48  10   34   63   2   2   445   2   0  4.15  4.06   98 1.346
         CIN NL   6   5  14  14   0   0   0  0   77.7   79   35   33   7   22   33   2   5   330   0   0  3.82  4.14  108 1.300
 1996 33 CIN NL   8   9  27  26   1   1   0  0  156.0  146   77   69  20   42   93   2   6   646   2   0  3.98  4.27  107 1.205
 1997 34 PHI NL   0   2   3   3   0   0   0  0   13.7   17    8    7   0    5    2   0   0    60   0   0  4.61  4.25   92 1.610
 1998 35 PHI NL  10   5  26  26   3   0   0  0  166.3  186   88   82  26   32  104   4   4   704   2   0  4.44  4.36   98 1.311
 1999 36 BOS AL   7  12  31  27   1   0   1  0  150.3  179  100   92  28   41   79   4   2   667   1   0  5.51  5.02   91 1.463
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 15 Yr WL% .534 109  95 346 283  16   4  24  5 1826.3 1813  896  817 209  607 1134  36  57  7726  27   7  4.03  4.02  100 1.325
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  10  37  30   1   0   2  0  197.3  196   96   88  22   65  122   3   6   835   2   0  4.03  4.02  100 1.325
 Career High     18  12  33  33   3   1   9  3  208.0  194  100   92  28   77  136   6   9   876   5   2  2.66  5.02  140 1.155
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1989 26 HOU NL  20   34    3    7   3  0   1    2   0  0   1   6  .206  .229  .382   75   13   3   0   0   0   0
 1990 27 HOU NL  32   66    2    9   0  0   0    5   0  0   1   8  .136  .149  .136  -19    9   5   0   0   0   4
 1991 28 HOU NL  33   46    4    9   1  0   0    3   0  0   4   4  .196  .269  .217   43   10   6   1   0   1   0
 1992 29 HOU NL  18   28    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  12  .107  .107  .107  -38    3   6   0   0   0   0
 1993 30 HOU NL  33   65    4   15   0  0   1    8   0  0   3  13  .231  .257  .277   46   18  10   2   0   0   2
 1994 31 SFG NL  21   48    4   17   5  1   0    8   0  0   1   8  .354  .360  .500  128   24   4   1   0   0   1 SS
 1995 32 TOT NL  31   58    5    8   5  0   0    5   0  0   5  13  .138  .206  .224   15   13   8   0   0   0   1
         SFG NL  17   29    1    3   2  0   0    1   0  0   2   6  .103  .161  .172  -10    5   7   0   0   0   1
         CIN NL  14   29    4    5   3  0   0    4   0  0   3   7  .172  .250  .276   39    8   1   0   0   0   0
 1996 33 CIN NL  28   48    4    8   1  0   0    1   0  0   1  11  .167  .184  .188   -2    9   7   0   0   0   1
 1997 34 PHI NL   3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1998 35 PHI NL  24   50    6   13   5  0   0    4   0  0   4  10  .260  .315  .360   76   18   4   0   0   0   2
 1999 36 BOS AL   3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     246  450   33   89  20  1   2   36   0  0  20  87  .198  .232  .260   35  117  54   4   0   1  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        296   22   59  13  1   1   24   0  0  13  57  .198  .232  .260   35   77  36   3   0   1   7
 Career High     33   66    6   17   5  1   1    8   0  0   5  13                          24  10   2   0   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1989 26 HOU NL   38   30    3   2.7    88| .206  .250| .229  .317| .382  .373| .611  .690|  75  .322  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1990 27 HOU NL   72   66    1   0.4    95| .136  .261| .149  .327| .136  .392| .285  .718| -19  .013 -10.9  -1.1   0%
 1991 28 HOU NL   58   44    4   2.4    88| .196  .250| .269  .316| .217  .374| .486  .690|  43  .271  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1992 29 HOU NL   34   31    1   0.9    88| .107  .253| .107  .318| .107  .373| .214  .691| -38  .055  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1993 30 HOU NL   80   64    5   2.1   100| .231  .266| .257  .331| .277  .406| .534  .736|  46  .189  -4.9  -0.5   0%
 1994 31 SFG NL   54   37    8   5.8   104| .354  .267| .360  .333| .500  .418| .860  .751| 128  .575   2.0   0.2   0%
 1995 32 TOT NL   71   59    3   1.4   105| .138  .268| .206  .337| .224  .417| .430  .755|  15  .090  -7.1  -0.6   0%
         SFG NL   38   34    1   0.8   103| .103  .266| .161  .335| .172  .414| .333  .748| -10  .035  -4.6  -0.4   0%
         CIN NL   33   25    2   2.2   107| .172  .271| .250  .340| .276  .421| .526  .761|  39  .184  -2.5  -0.2   0%
 1996 33 CIN NL   56   48    2   1.1   108| .167  .271| .184  .340| .188  .424| .372  .764|  -2  .064  -7.3  -0.7   0%
 1997 34 PHI NL    4    4    0   0.0   108| .000  .270| .000  .342| .000  .424| .000  .767|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1998 35 PHI NL   58   43    5   3.1   109| .260  .271| .315  .342| .360  .428| .675  .770|  76  .308  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1999 36 BOS AL    4    4    0   0.0   117| .000  .280| .000  .353| .000  .448| .000  .801|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons      529  430   32   2.0   100| .198  .263| .232  .330| .260  .404| .492  .734|  35  .179 -41.2  -4.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1985 22 MIN AL P 6 4 7 1 1 .917 .957 1.83 0.70 4.07 1.85 4 24.3 1986 23 MIN AL P 27 5 14 1 3 .950 .955 0.70 0.68 1.52 1.83 15 112.7 1987 24 MIN AL P 13 1 6 0 2 1.000 .959 0.54 0.67 1.43 1.84 7 44.0 1988 25 MIN AL P 26 2 1 1 0 .750 .968 0.12 0.67 0.47 1.78 0 57.7 1989 26 HOU NL P 20 11 15 2 0 .929 .945 1.30 0.63 2.17 1.87 15 108.0 1990 27 HOU NL P 32 23 19 1 2 .977 .957 1.31 0.58 1.92 1.80 32 196.7 1991 28 HOU NL P 32 16 17 3 1 .917 .954 1.03 0.59 1.76 1.86 27 168.3 1992 29 HOU NL P 18 16 13 3 1 .906 .954 1.61 0.60 2.58 1.94 16 101.3 1993 30 HOU NL P 33 21 28 2 2 .961 .953 1.48 0.54 2.12 1.84 33 208.0 1994 31 SFG NL P 21 10 12 1 1 .957 .957 1.05 0.54 1.44 1.86 21 137.3 1995 32 TOT NL P 31 9 21 1 2 .968 .955 0.97 0.51 1.49 1.84 31 181.7 SFG NL P 17 5 13 1 1 .947 .957 1.06 0.51 1.56 1.84 17 104.0 CIN NL P 14 4 8 0 1 1.000 .952 0.86 0.51 1.39 1.84 14 77.7 1996 33 CIN NL P 27 11 16 2 1 .931 .954 1.00 0.52 1.56 1.84 26 156.0 1997 34 PHI NL P 3 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 1.00 0.53 1.97 1.84 3 13.7 1998 35 PHI NL P 26 24 17 3 2 .932 .960 1.58 0.54 2.22 1.85 26 166.3 1999 36 BOS AL P 31 9 22 0 1 1.000 .951 1.00 0.47 1.86 1.69 27 150.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1985 22 MIN AL P 6 4 7 1 1 .917 .957 1.83 0.70 4.07 1.85 4 24.3 1986 23 MIN AL P 27 5 14 1 3 .950 .955 0.70 0.68 1.52 1.83 15 112.7 1987 24 MIN AL P 13 1 6 0 2 1.000 .959 0.54 0.67 1.43 1.84 7 44.0 1988 25 MIN AL P 26 2 1 1 0 .750 .968 0.12 0.67 0.47 1.78 0 57.7 1989 26 HOU NL P 20 11 15 2 0 .929 .945 1.30 0.63 2.17 1.87 15 108.0 1990 27 HOU NL P 32 23 19 1 2 .977 .957 1.31 0.58 1.92 1.80 32 196.7 1991 28 HOU NL P 32 16 17 3 1 .917 .954 1.03 0.59 1.76 1.86 27 168.3 1992 29 HOU NL P 18 16 13 3 1 .906 .954 1.61 0.60 2.58 1.94 16 101.3 1993 30 HOU NL P 33 21 28 2 2 .961 .953 1.48 0.54 2.12 1.84 33 208.0 1994 31 SFG NL P 21 10 12 1 1 .957 .957 1.05 0.54 1.44 1.86 21 137.3 1995 32 TOT NL P 31 9 21 1 2 .968 .955 0.97 0.51 1.49 1.84 31 181.7 SFG NL P 17 5 13 1 1 .947 .957 1.06 0.51 1.56 1.84 17 104.0 CIN NL P 14 4 8 0 1 1.000 .952 0.86 0.51 1.39 1.84 14 77.7 1996 33 CIN NL P 27 11 16 2 1 .931 .954 1.00 0.52 1.56 1.84 26 156.0 1997 34 PHI NL P 3 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 1.00 0.53 1.97 1.84 3 13.7 1998 35 PHI NL P 26 24 17 3 2 .932 .960 1.58 0.54 2.22 1.85 26 166.3 1999 36 BOS AL P 31 9 22 0 1 1.000 .951 1.00 0.47 1.86 1.69 27 150.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 346 163 210 22 19 .944 .955 1.08 0.57 1.84 1.83 283 1826.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 346 163 210 22 19 .944 .955 1.08 0.57 1.84 1.83 283 1826
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1995   NLCS  CIN ATL     L   1   0  36.00  0  1  0  0   1     3   4   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1995   NLCS  CIN ATL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Silver Sluggers
1994-NL--P

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1993-NL-6-0.01
Car-260-0.01 shares

ERA
1993 NL-2.77-3

Wins
1993 NL-18-5

Won-Loss %
1993 NL-.818-1
1998 NL-.667-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1998 NL-1.73-6

Games Started
1995 NL-31-1

Shutouts
1996 NL-1-9

Home Runs Allow.
1990 NL-21-5
1991 NL-19-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1993 NL-77-10

Hit Batsmen
1994 NL-6-9

Adjusted ERA+
1993 NL-140-3

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (458) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 18 (1113) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (981) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 8.0 (1023) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

October 23, 1980: Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent.

December 4, 1988: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later. The Houston Astros sent Todd McClure (minors) (December 7, 1988) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

October 25, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

November 21, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

July 21, 1995: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Dave Burba and Darren Lewis to the Cincinnati Reds for Ricky Pickett, John Roper, Deion Sanders, Scott Service, and David McCarty.

November 18, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 28, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

December 11, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

September 27, 1999: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

January 20, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Minnesota Twins$62,500
1989Houston Astros$95,000
1990Houston Astros$202,000
1991Houston Astros$705,000
1992Houston Astros$1,250,000
1993Houston Astros$2,095,000
1994San Francisco Giants$2,333,333
1995San Francisco Giants$3,377,778
1996Cincinnati Reds$4,333,334
1997Philadelphia Phillies$2,350,000
Cincinnati Reds$400,000
1998Philadelphia Phillies$2,350,000
1999Boston Red Sox$2,700,000
Career (may be incomplete)$22,253,945

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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