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Season Stats - 22 Games - 19 Runs - .208 BA / .450 OBP / .840 OPS / 33 Walks-16 Hits-30 K's
"You absolutely just have to ignore the batting average and strike outs... as hard as that is. Fortunately, we've learned to trust the Mark Wareham system... He just creates a different kind of havoc for pitchers. He makes them throw tons of pitches and works the count. And this season, he's doing it at another level from his recent seasons," commented Manager Juan Martinez.
Mark is once again leading the BBA in walks and as unlikely as it is to keep his current pace of 200+ walks, he's on track to break his previous single season walk record of 162 BB's. He's ready to grab the Top 15 Career BB spot (1417 vs 1410) and if he can pull 140+ Walks on the season, he'll likely move into the Top 10 by the end of the season (needs to pass 1517 walks).
The Career Walk leader is the legend, Charles Puckett, with 2198 which is an untouchable number. Mark would need another 7 season after this year with an average of 150 walks per season to even think about reaching that spot. And with Mark being 33 years... Yeah, nope.
On a historical note, of the players in the Top 15 for Walks, 13 are currently in the Hall of Fame. There's a reason that the two remaining players are currently not "Official" Hall of Fame members.
Alfredo Salazar is still an active player, but with a career WAR of 74+ and climbing, he's basically a lock.
And
Alfredo Martinez was inducted this last Off Season...
However, will history look kindly on Mark Wareham's career? There's GMs around the league who outrightly state they don't get the hype, which is fair. He's basically been a singles hitter, who doesn't hit the ball... but also tended to hit 20-30 homers per yer for most of his career. With a current career WAR of about 50, can his talents overcome his shortcomings... mainly strikeouts. His 1,400 career walks is eclipsed by his almost 1,700 K's. But unlike the Career Walk Record, Wareham has no chance of reaching the career Strike Out mark of 2,837 held by Valeri Kharlamov... but we're sure Mark'll give it the college try.
