Name: Mark Salas
Rank: 137
Position: C
Year With White Sox: 1988
Mark Salas came to the White Sox from the Yankees, along with Dan Pasqua and Steve Rosenberg, on November 12, 1987 in exchange for Richard Dotson and Scott Nielsen. Salas backed up Carlton Fisk during the 1988 season, appearing in 75 games and hitting .250.
In spring training 1989, the White Sox decided that Ron Karkovice was ready to ascend to the big leagues for good, so they cut Salas loose in late March. Salas returned to the White Sox in 1995 as the bullpen catcher, a position he held through 1999. He returned again in the same role in 2007 and remains there to this day.
Salas’s numbers in a White Sox uniform were:
| BA | At Bats | Runs | Hits | RBI | Walks | Strike Outs | Doubles | Triples | HR | SB | GIDP | Errors | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.250 | 196 | 17 | 49 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 75 |
