Mark Loretta

Full Name: Mark David Loretta Primary Position: 2B,SS,3B,1B Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175 First Game: September 4, 1995 Birthdate: August 14, 1971 MLB Experience: 12 years Birthplace: Santa Monica, California Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Mark Loretta (Mark David Loretta) was born on August 14, 1971 in Santa Monica, California. He made his Major League debut on September 4, 1995 for the Milwaukee Brewers. In 1996, his rookie year, he hit .279 with 1 home run and 13 RBI. Loretta played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, San Diego Padres and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 12 year career.

Baseball players typically enter their prime in their mid to late-20's, but Lorretta was just starting to hit his stride in 2003 at the age of 31. The contact hitter began to develop some power to go along with his .300 AVG. A thumb injury zapped that power in 2005 and it's unclear if he will ever recapture the swing that lead him to .441 and .495 SLG in back to back years. He's always been a smart hitter who can work counts and make consistent contact with the ball. He's also pretty steady at secondbase. He won't turn any heads, but he has good hands and makes all the plays that he's supposed to make.

Loretta is a career .300 hitter who spent most of his career as a utility player for the Milwaukee Brewers. It wasn't until he signed with the San Diego Padres that he settled in as a regular at second base and began to shine as a hitter. In an attempt to shave a couple million dollars off their payroll the Padres shipped Loretta to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for backup catcher, Doug Mirabelli after the 2005 season.

Most people believe that Mark Loretta's best season was 2004, when he slugged 16 home runs, hit for a .335 average and knocked in 76 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1995	MIL	A	19	50	13	13	1	3	.260	.327	.380	3	0	4	7	1	1	1	0	1
1996	MIL	A	73	154	20	43	1	13	.279	.339	.318	3	0	14	15	0	2	2	0	7
1997	MIL	A	132	418	56	120	5	47	.287	.354	.388	17	5	47	60	2	5	5	2	15
1998	MIL	N	140	434	55	137	6	54	.316	.382	.424	29	0	42	47	7	4	9	1	14
1999	MIL	N	153	587	93	170	5	67	.290	.354	.390	34	5	52	59	10	9	4	1	14
2000	MIL	N	91	352	49	99	7	40	.281	.350	.406	21	1	37	38	1	8	0	2	9
2001	MIL	N	102	384	40	111	2	29	.289	.346	.352	14	2	28	46	7	7	1	0	6
2002	MIL	N	86	217	23	58	2	19	.267	.350	.359	14	0	23	32	5	6	0	1	6
2002	HOU	N	21	66	10	28	2	8	.424	.481	.576	4	0	9	5	0	0	1	0	1
2002	TOT	N	107	283	33	86	4	27	.304	.381	.410	18	0	32	37	5	6	1	1	7
2003	SD	N	154	589	74	185	13	72	.314	.372	.441	28	4	54	62	3	3	5	2	17
2004	SD	N	154	620	108	208	16	76	.335	.391	.495	47	2	58	45	9	4	5	3	10
2005	SD	N	105	404	54	113	3	38	.280	.360	.347	16	1	45	34	8	2	8	4	11
2006	BOS	A	155	635	75	181	5	59	.285	.345	.361	33	0	49	63	12	2	4	1	16
2007	HOU	N	133	460	52	132	4	41	.287	.352	.372	23	2	44	41	3	3	1	0	15
2008	HOU	N	101	261	27	73	4	38	.280	.350	.383	15	0	29	30	2	0	0	1	9
Total	NL		1240	4374	585	1314	64	482	.300	.366	.408	245	17	421	439	55	46	34	15	112
Total	AL		379	1257	164	357	12	122	.284	.347	.365	56	5	114	145	15	10	12	3	39
Total			1619	5631	749	1671	76	604	.297	.361	.399	301	22	535	584	70	56	46	18	151

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1995	MIL	A	2B	4	3	25	5	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1995	MIL	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1995	MIL	A	SS	13	11	97	13	33	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1996	MIL	A	3B	23	9	99	9	23	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1996	MIL	A	SS	21	11	110	22	32	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1996	MIL	A	2B	28	19	174	32	61	1	13	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1997	MIL	A	SS	44	29	276	50	84	6	23	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1997	MIL	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	MIL	A	1B	19	16	147	150	7	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1997	MIL	A	2B	63	56	497	125	170	6	52	1	0	0	0	0	.980
1997	MIL	A	3B	15	10	92	9	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1998	MIL	N	3B	22	15	140.2	18	33	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1998	MIL	N	LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	MIL	N	1B	70	32	360.2	353	23	3	41	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1998	MIL	N	2B	13	4	57	12	15	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1998	MIL	N	SS	56	50	390.2	67	144	3	39	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1998	MIL	N	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	MIL	N	2B	17	9	88.2	28	37	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1999	MIL	N	SS	74	70	591.2	112	176	4	40	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1999	MIL	N	3B	14	7	73	11	16	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1999	MIL	N	1B	66	54	492.2	474	31	3	44	0	0	0	0	0	.994
2000	MIL	N	2B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	MIL	N	SS	90	88	750.1	122	255	2	54	0	0	0	0	0	.995
2001	MIL	N	SS	9	6	46.2	11	20	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.969
2001	MIL	N	2B	52	52	424.1	115	144	2	31	0	0	0	0	0	.992
2001	MIL	N	DH	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	MIL	N	3B	39	35	309.1	16	54	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.933
2001	MIL	N	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	MIL	N	1B	5	2	22	20	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2002	MIL	N	3B	47	44	373	37	73	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.991
2002	MIL	N	2B	3	2	18	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2002	MIL	N	SS	12	5	63.2	14	10	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.923
2002	MIL	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	HOU	N	3B	10	10	78	6	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.944
2002	HOU	N	SS	6	5	43	6	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.957
2002	HOU	N	2B	3	3	22	7	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2002	TOT	N	SS	18	10	106.2	20	26	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.939
2002	TOT	N	2B	6	5	40	14	14	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2002	TOT	N	3B	57	54	451	43	84	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	.984
2003	SD	N	2B	150	144	1247.1	274	412	7	84	0	0	0	0	0	.990
2003	SD	N	SS	3	0	6.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2004	SD	N	2B	154	154	1339	288	451	10	101	0	0	0	0	0	.987
2005	SD	N	2B	105	105	910.1	200	262	6	61	0	0	0	0	0	.987
2005	SD	N	3B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	BOS	A	1B	11	9	75	74	9	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2006	BOS	A	DH	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	BOS	A	2B	138	133	1172	246	389	4	99	0	0	0	0	0	.994
2007	HOU	N	SS	72	58	486.2	80	157	6	29	0	0	0	0	0	.975
2007	HOU	N	2B	49	18	201	47	50	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2007	HOU	N	1B	24	18	153	148	15	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	.994
2007	HOU	N	3B	23	17	141.1	11	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2007	HOU	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2008	HOU	N	2B	46	41	368	85	119	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	.995
2008	HOU	N	3B	17	12	110.2	7	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.974
2008	HOU	N	SS	5	4	36	3	18	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.913
2008	HOU	N	1B	2	2	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	826	743	6544.2	1472	2133	40	502	1	0	0	0	0	.989
Total			LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			SS	405	337	2898	502	945	29	214	0	0	0	0	0	.980
Total			3B	211	159	1418	124	285	12	26	0	0	0	0	0	.971
Total			OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	197	133	1267.1	1233	86	9	113	0	0	0	0	0	.993
Total			DH	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
2001	MIL	N	1	0	0	0	.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0

Career Achievements

• Made the NL All-Star team in 2004
• Won the Silver Slugger in 2004
• Came in 9th in the MVP voting in 2004
• In 2004 he was 3rd in the NL with a .335 AVG, 2nd in H with 208, and 4th in 2B with 47

Transactions

• Selected by Milwaukee Brewers in the 7th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1993 - signed June 18, 1993).
• Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with cash to Houston Astros in exchange for 2 players to be named later (August 31, 2002); Milwaukee Brewers received Wayne Franklin (September 3, 2002) and Keith Ginter (September 5, 2002).
• Granted free agency (October 28, 2002).
• Signed by San Diego Padres (December 16, 2002).
• Traded by San Diego Padres to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Doug Mirabelli (December 7, 2005).
• Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).