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Mark Grace Biography

Mark Grace is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on June 28, 1964 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. The four-time Gold Glove winner and consistent Chicago Cubs hitter who recorded 2,445 career hits during the Majors.

He played with slugger He played alongside slugger Sammy Sosa on the Chicago Cubs. on the Chicago Cubs.

After playing baseball for San Diego State University, Grace was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1985. He spent three years playing in the Cubs farm system before making his major league debut May 2, 1988.

Grace helped lead the Cubs to the NL East division title in 1989 and the NL wild card in 1998. In the 1989 NLCS, Grace batted .647 in the five-game contest with a home run and three doubles, while driving in 8 of the total 16 runs scored by the Cubs in the series.

After divorced from the first woman he had married, he was married to Tonya Avila on February 22, 2002. They had two sons.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Grace starred on Cubs teams that included Ryne Sandberg, Andre Dawson and Sammy Sosa and was a consistent, steady hitter, compiling almost 2,500 hits and more than 500 doubles during his 16-year career and for a few years batted clean-up for the Cubs. He had a career on-base percentage of .383 and collected four Gold Glove Awards and was a three-time All-Star (1993, 1995, 1997).

Mark Grace Net Worth

Mark Grace is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mark Grace's net worth $20 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a player for the club in Tustin, California before playing the ball at college at San Diego.

He hit more than anyone else during the 1990s with 1,754 hits.

Mark Eugene Grace (born June 28, 1964) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman who spent 16 seasons with the Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks of the National League (NL). He was a member of the 2001 World Series champion Diamondbacks that beat the New York Yankees. Grace batted and threw left-handed; he wore jersey number 28 and 17 during his rookie season of 1988, and he kept number 17 for the remainder of his career.

Grace’s ex-wife, Michelle, married Ray Liotta in 1997 after meeting at a Cubs game.. Liotta had played baseball player “Shoeless” Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams. As of 2006, he is divorced from his second wife, Tanya, who starred on the VH1 show Baseball Wives.

Grace signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks on December 8, 2000, with a $6 million, two-year contract after the Cubs declined to offer salary arbitration. The deal included a mutual $3 million option year in 2003. He received $5.3 million in his last season with the Cubs but accepted less money for the opportunity to live year-round at his home in suburban Scottsdale, Arizona, with his family. “For me to remain a Cub, the Cubs would have wanted to want me back and the Cubs would have had to win”, Grace said at the time. “Neither of those happened and I’m one proud Diamondback now.”

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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He holds the distinction of having the most hits and doubles of any player in the 1990s.

On September 26, 2003, Grace announced his retirement from baseball.

Who is Mark Grace Dating?

According to our records, Mark Grace married to Tanya Avila , Michelle Grace . As of December 1, 2023, Mark Grace’s is not dating anyone.

Grace wore his familiar number 17 in Arizona where he played for three more seasons, including helping the Diamondbacks win the 2001 World Series. Having never even visited Yankee Stadium, he belted a home run there in Game 4 of the series. Grace led off the bottom of the 9th inning with a single off Yankee pitcher Mariano Rivera, which rallied the Arizona Diamondbacks to a come-from-behind victory in Game 7. His .515 batting average in League Championship Series play is a record for players in at least ten games.

Facts & Trivia

Mark Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mark Grace celebrates birthday on June 28 of every year.

Grace has stated a desire to manage a major league team at some point. He was considered for the Diamondbacks’ managerial position following the 2004 season, but the Diamondbacks hired Bob Melvin instead.

What's Mark Grace doing now?

In February 2017, Grace was named as a baseball analyst for Diamondbacks games by Fox Sports Arizona. In February 2020, Grace was hired as an analyst for select Chicago Cubs games on Marquee Sports Network. Grace will continue his role with the Diamondbacks as the lead color commentator on Fox Sports Arizona.

Why is Mark Grace not in the Hall of Fame?

(In fact, Grace and Pete Rose are the ONLY Major Leaguers to lead a decade in hits not elected to Cooperstown.) Ballplayers need 75% of votes for induction and 5% to stay on future ballots, and in Grace’s only time of consideration, he got only 4.1%, so he was dropped for further eligibility.

Who is Mark Grace ex wife?

Ex-spouses

Is Mark Grace still announcing?

In February 2020, he was hired as a select analyst for Chicago Cubs broadcasts, continuing being the lead color commentator with Fox Sports Arizona. Grace made headlines once again in 2020 while on air when he called his ex-wife a ‘dingbat’ on a live telecast.

Did Mark Grace go jail?

PHOENIX (AP) — Former major leaguer Mark Grace has been released from a Phoenix jail after completing a four-month DUI sentence under a work-release program.

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