Mark Salas

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Mark Salas (born March 8, 1961 in Montebello, California), is a former professional catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1984-1991.

Salas is one of a few Major Leaguers whose surname is a palindrome; the others being catcher Truck Hannah (1918-1920), third baseman Eddie Kazak (1948-1952), infielder Toby Harrah (1969-1986), pitcher Dave Otto (1987-1994), first baseman Dick Nen (1963-1970) and his son, reliever Robb Nen (1993-2002).

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  • 509 Games
  • 319 Hits
  • 58 Home Runs
  • 143 RBIs
  • .287 Batting Average
  • 5 Grand Slams
  • 89 stolen bases
  • 18 triples

Salas currently works for the White Sox as a bullpen catcher.

Despite playing for the Minnesota Twins before being traded to the New York Yankees during the 1987 season, Mark Salas never received a World Series ring. Instead he was given a watch.

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5 Juan Uribe | 10 Alexei Ramírez | 12 A. J. Pierzynski | 14 Paul Konerko | 18 Orlando Cabrera | 20 Carlos Quentin | 23 Jermaine Dye | 24 Joe Crede | 25 Jim Thome | 26 Octavio Dotel | 30 Nick Swisher | 32 Brian Anderson | 33 Javier Vázquez | 34 Gavin Floyd | 37 Matt Thornton | 38 Pablo Ozuna | 44 Toby Hall | 45 Bobby Jenks | 46 Nick Masset | 50 John Danks | 52 José Contreras | 56 Mark Buehrle | 57 Boone Logan | 61 Adam Russell | 71 Scott Linebrink

Inactive (40-man) roster: 1 Danny Richar | 7 Jerry Owens | 22 Josh Fields | 40 Charlie Haeger | 41 Lance Broadway | 43 Ehren Wassermann | 47 Mike MacDougal | 51 Andrew Sisco | 55 Donny Lucy | 60 Dewon Day | 62 Jack Egbert | 63 Cole Armstrong | 64 Lucas Harrell

Disabled list: 48 Esteban Loaiza

Coaching Staff: Manager 13 Ozzie Guillén | Bench Coach 28 Joey Cora | 1st Base Coach 3 Harold Baines | 3rd Base Coach 8 Jeff Cox | Hitting Coach 29 Greg Walker | Pitching Coach 21 Don Cooper | Bullpen Coach 36 Juan Nieves | Bullpen Catcher 59 Mark Salas |
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