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Mark
Delia		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: December 26, 1981 in Australia
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Tyson Bacon Award 2008   
Zachary Matthews Award 2007    2017   
Post Season MVP Award 2013   
All-Star Selections 2002    2003    2005    2006    2008    2013    2014    2015    2016   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 18 NV GE $ 300,000 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
2001 19 NV GE $ 300,000 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
2002 20 NV GE $ 300,000 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
2003 21 NV GE $ 300,000 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6
2004 22 NV GE $ 300,000 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
2005 23 IL GE $ 300,000 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 8 8 8
2006 24 IL GE $ 300,000 9 9 9 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
2007 25 IL GE $ 300,000 9 9 9 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
2008 26 IL GE $ 300,000 9 9 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 9 9 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 27 IL GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
2010 28 IL GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
2011 29 IL GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
2012 30 IL GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
2013 31 IL GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
2014 32 IL GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
2015 33 KS GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
2016 34 KS GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
2017 35 KS GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
2018 36 KS GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
2019 37 KS GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2000 18 NV GE 9 19 2 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 4 .263 .364 .474 .837 3.6 0.9
    AAA   28 101 8 28 6 1 0 4 8 0 3 25 .277 .298 .356 .655 11.3  
    AA   69 288 43 93 7 2 6 34 26 6 18 50 .323 .363 .424 .786 44.9  
    A   40 170 29 70 6 1 3 16 21 3 8 32 .412 .438 .512 .950 35.6  
2001 19 NV GE 58 146 16 38 2 1 1 6 12 4 10 38 .260 .312 .308 .620 15.2 1.6
    AAA   59 80 15 24 2 0 4 11 3 0 8 17 .300 .364 .475 .839 14.1  
2002 20 NV GE 148 579 89 179 22 6 8 76 61 22 22 80 .309 .340 .409 .750 81.7 20.3
2003 21 NV GE 156 589 96 187 27 6 8 67 79 33 40 72 .317 .362 .424 .786 88.2 16.7
2004 22 NV GE 158 612 96 190 28 11 6 75 72 21 34 74 .310 .351 .422 .773 90.6 17.4
2005 23 IL GE 155 616 89 181 16 10 9 54 61 24 37 51 .294 .335 .396 .731 77.9 14.1
2006 24 IL GE 160 600 105 207 29 16 18 83 52 20 38 29 .345 .383 .537 .920 113.1 24.5
2007 25 IL GE 154 601 95 198 25 17 11 79 72 20 31 35 .329 .367 .483 .850 103.9 24.6
2008 26 IL GE 154 621 128 219 29 12 23 94 81 33 39 34 .353 .399 .549 .948 123.5 29.3
2009 27 IL GE 133 530 97 185 25 7 17 78 57 15 17 15 .349 .371 .519 .890 96.9 23.9
2010 28 IL GE 154 608 95 181 30 6 15 63 55 33 34 19 .298 .341 .441 .782 88.0 18.9
2011 29 IL GE 156 610 98 180 32 6 25 74 53 23 30 29 .295 .337 .490 .828 100.0 25.6
2012 30 IL GE 152 626 79 189 26 3 14 69 54 28 23 39 .302 .333 .420 .753 83.0 17.6
2013 31 IL GE 157 644 114 228 27 4 18 73 55 18 36 37 .354 .393 .492 .885 117.0 31.8
2014 32 IL GE 157 631 101 209 26 5 25 82 65 30 38 32 .331 .378 .507 .886 115.4 26.7
2015 33 IL GE 85 325 43 120 15 2 8 43 34 15 16 15 .369 .402 .502 .904 58.9 15.1
  KS GE 70 282 46 84 10 1 11 41 30 13 14 10 .298 .337 .457 .794 42.7 9.6
  TOT   155 607 89 204 25 3 19 84 64 28 30 25 .336 .372 .481 .853 101.6 24.7
2016 34 KS GE 157 598 111 196 26 4 30 107 54 26 52 24 .328 .389 .535 .924 116.1 29.1
2017 35 KS GE 155 606 74 163 23 3 12 65 38 16 24 63 .269 .309 .376 .685 67.7 10.9
2018 36 KS GE 151 529 48 123 12 1 7 44 8 4 23 101 .233 .270 .299 .569 40.2 0.6
2019 37 AAA   84 114 17 27 5 0 4 14 4 0 15 13 .237 .326 .386 .712 15.8  
19 Years Sim 2679 10372 1622 3262 431 121 267 1275 994 398 560 801 .315 .355 .457 .812 1623.5 359.5
3 Years AAA 171 295 40 79 13 1 8 29 15 0 26 55 .268 .338 .400 .738 41.2  
1 Years AA 69 288 43 93 7 2 6 34 26 6 18 50 .323 .373 .424 .796 44.9  
1 Years A 40 170 29 70 6 1 3 16 21 3 8 32 .412 .438 .512 .950 35.6  
5 Years Minors 280 753 112 242 26 4 17 79 62 9 52 137 .321 .373 .434 .807 121.8  
162 Game Average 627 98 197 26 7 16 77 60 24 33 48 .315 .355 .457 .812 98.2  
Career Highs 160 644 128 228 32 17 30 107 81 33 52 101 .354 .399 .549 .948 123.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   7722 1176 2385 330 90 182 933 737 309 405 581 .309 .349 .446 .795 1143.9
vs LH   2650 446 877 101 31 85 342 257 89 155 220 .331 .372 .489 .860 457.6
Home 1338 5065 776 1603 232 55 129 599 485 182 268 373 .316 .356 .460 .816 791.3
Away 1341 5307 846 1659 199 66 138 676 509 216 292 428 .313 .354 .453 .807 810.2
RISP   2295 0 712 87 21 69 974 0 0 181 200 .310 .357 .457 .814 360.9
Pinch Hitting   161 19 47 8 3 3 23 10 8 11 11 .292 .352 .435 .787 21.7
Close/Late   1384 199 444 55 20 36 192 0 0 103 101 .321 .374 .467 .842 223.5
Mar/Apr 382 1530 242 514 63 18 40 230 173 59 82 114 .336 .373 .479 .852 260.8
May 452 1803 286 562 74 21 54 229 187 67 96 144 .312 .353 .466 .819 285.1
June 434 1672 264 519 79 24 38 212 162 56 101 126 .310 .354 .455 .808 260.5
July 410 1600 255 513 65 20 39 194 156 55 78 123 .321 .359 .459 .818 250.9
August 471 1807 272 559 76 18 40 185 153 77 96 152 .309 .350 .438 .788 259.3
Sep/Oct 530 1960 303 595 74 20 56 225 163 84 107 142 .304 .345 .447 .792 285.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2000 18 NV GE SS 6 5 45.7 3 18 1 1 .955 4.14   0.3
2001 19 NV GE SS 36 30 275.0 37 98 6 17 .957 4.42   1.8
2002 20 NV GE SS 146 137 1244.7 160 407 16 69 .973 4.10   7.1
2003 21 NV GE SS 153 142 1310.7 175 419 11 78 .982 4.08   11.5
    3B 1 0 3.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
2004 22 NV GE SS 156 148 1321.0 169 433 15 76 .976 4.10   6.8
2005 23 IL GE SS 154 147 1339.7 194 428 12 84 .981 4.18   13.3
2006 24 IL GE SS 155 146 1326.3 172 381 13 66 .977 3.75   8.4
2007 25 IL GE SS 150 146 1327.0 177 438 13 64 .979 4.17   8.9
2008 26 IL GE SS 151 142 1309.3 155 405 12 73 .979 3.85   4.7
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
2009 27 IL GE SS 132 124 1147.7 139 431 7 77 .988 4.47   8.0
2010 28 IL GE SS 150 144 1305.7 164 499 17 88 .975 4.57   8.1
    2B 1 1 9.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 8.0 1 7 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
2011 29 IL GE SS 153 141 1304.3 194 485 18 80 .974 4.69   8.2
2012 30 IL GE SS 151 143 1302.7 171 483 12 74 .982 4.52   9.9
2013 31 IL GE SS 155 144 1344.0 167 508 11 64 .984 4.52   6.4
2014 32 IL GE SS 150 140 1321.0 177 509 16 78 .977 4.67   7.5
2015 33 IL GE SS 83 78 687.5 86 292 9 35 .977 4.95   2.2
  KS GE SS 68 65 598.6 75 254 8 31 .976 4.95   4.6
  TOT   SS 151 143 1286.1 161 546 17 66 .977 4.95   6.8
2016 34 KS GE SS 152 144 1317.0 164 494 13 87 .981 4.50   9.3
    2B 3 2 30.7 4 13 1 1 .944 4.99   0.1
2017 35 KS GE SS 152 148 1321.3 162 550 15 67 .979 4.85   9.5
    2B 1 0 7.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.0
2018 36 KS GE SS 148 146 1269.3 207 510 14 97 .981 5.08   8.5
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 2601 2460 22418.4 2948 8042 239 1306 .979 4.41   144.9
  2B 6 3 48.7 4 20 1 2 .960 4.44   0.1
  3B 2 0 11.7 1 8 0 1 1.000 6.95   0.1
  1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
Career Totals   2610 2463 22479.7 2955 8070 240 1309 .979 4.41   145.1
Career Highs   156 148 1347.7 207 553 18 97 .988 5.08    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2004 22 NV GE 3 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 .222 .364 .222 .586
2006 24 IL GE 16 67 6 15 1 1 0 2 7 1 3 1 .224 .254 .269 .522
2007 25 IL GE 9 39 7 16 3 0 1 9 7 0 1 4 .410 .415 .564 .979
2008 26 IL GE 13 52 6 14 4 1 1 4 3 4 4 2 .269 .328 .442 .770
2009 27 IL GE 14 58 10 16 5 0 0 4 5 2 2 6 .276 .311 .362 .674
2010 28 IL GE 8 33 2 10 2 0 1 7 1 3 1 1 .303 .314 .455 .769
2011 29 IL GE 14 58 14 22 2 1 2 10 5 5 6 4 .379 .455 .552 1.006
2012 30 IL GE 12 54 6 17 5 0 1 4 5 3 3 3 .315 .351 .463 .814
2013 31 IL GE 16 68 15 35 4 0 8 20 8 6 3 6 .515 .548 .926 1.474
2014 32 IL GE 18 76 13 37 6 0 1 7 9 3 5 2 .487 .536 .605 1.141
2015 33 KS GE 5 20 4 10 3 1 0 2 0 2 4 1 .500 .583 .750 1.333
2016 34 KS GE 4 16 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .313 .313 .438 .750
Career Post-Season Batting 132 550 83 199 35 5 15 70 51 30 33 34 .362 .405 .525 .931
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2002-8-.309
2003-6-.317
2006-3-.345
2007-4-.329
2008-1-.353
2009-2-.349
2013-1-.354
2014-2-.331
2015-3-.336
2016-1-.328
CAR-18-.315
 On-Base Pct
2006-6-.383
2008-5-.399
2009-9-.371
2013-6-.393
2014-7-.378
2016-5-.389
 Slugging Pct
2006-4-.537
2008-3-.549
2009-6-.519
2011-9-.490
2013-7-.492
2014-5-.507
2016-5-.535
 OPS
2006-4-.920
2007-10-.850
2008-3-.948
2009-7-.890
2013-5-.885
2014-5-.886
2016-2-.924
 XR
2006-4-113.1
2007-5-103.9
2008-1-123.5
2009-7-96.9
2011-5-100.0
2013-1-117.0
2014-3-115.4
2015-7-101.6
2016-2-116.1
CAR-12-1623.5
 Games
2004-5-158
2006-2-160
2013-9-157
CAR-8-2679
At-Bats
2003-9-589
2004-3-612
2005-3-616
2006-7-600
2007-9-601
2008-3-621
2010-1-608
2011-2-610
2012-2-626
2013-1-644
2014-1-631
2015-2-607
2016-4-598
2017-5-606
CAR-7-10372
 Runs
2002-6-89
2003-5-96
2004-6-96
2005-10-89
2006-4-105
2007-8-95
2008-1-128
2009-5-97
2010-5-95
2011-3-98
2013-1-114
2014-2-101
2016-3-111
CAR-12-1622
 Hits
2002-6-179
2003-5-187
2004-7-190
2005-6-181
2006-1-207
2007-4-198
2008-1-219
2009-3-185
2010-3-181
2011-2-180
2012-4-189
2013-1-228
2014-1-209
2015-1-204
2016-1-196
CAR-6-3262
 Total Bases
2006-3-322
2007-9-290
2008-1-341
2009-10-275
2010-8-268
2011-2-299
2013-2-317
2014-2-320
2015-3-292
2016-2-320
CAR-9-4736
 Singles
2002-4-143
2003-3-146
2004-7-145
2005-2-146
2006-2-144
2007-2-145
2008-1-155
2009-4-136
2010-2-130
2012-5-146
2013-1-179
2014-1-153
2015-1-157
2016-5-136
2017-7-125
CAR-6-2443
 Doubles
CAR-21-431
Triples
2004-2-11
2005-4-10
2006-1-16
2007-1-17
2008-2-12
2009-3-7
2010-5-6
2011-5-6
2014-9-5
CAR-2-121
 Homeruns
2016-8-30
 RBIs
2008-8-94
2016-5-107
CAR-21-1275
 Stolen Bases
2002-1-61
2003-1-79
2004-1-72
2005-2-61
2006-2-52
2007-2-72
2008-1-81
2009-3-57
2010-3-55
2011-3-53
2012-4-54
2013-6-55
2014-3-65
2015-3-64
2016-4-54
2017-9-38
CAR-4-994
 Caught Stealing
2002-1-22
2003-1-33
2004-2-21
2005-1-24
2006-2-20
2007-2-20
2008-1-33
2009-6-15
2010-1-33
2011-1-23
2012-1-28
2013-6-18
2014-1-30
2015-1-28
2016-1-26
2017-9-16
CAR-3-398
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 49    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 215    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 75    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Had first career hit on 9/11/2000, off Burton Imes (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 9/28/2000, off James Klein (COL)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/2002, hitting .591 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Injured on 4/22/2002 with a Sprained Wrist, out for one week
Was selected to the 2002 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/2003, hitting .565 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Traded from Nevada to Illinois on 3/1/2005 (Going to Ill: SS M. Delia. Going to Nev: P K. Freitag)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/11/2005, hitting .515 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2005, hitting .422 with 3 HR, 15 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/23/2005, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against Nevada on 4/25/2007
Hit for the cycle against Colorado on 8/18/2007
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2007
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/2008, hitting .607 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/4/2009, hitting .483 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 6/27/2009 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 2-3 weeks
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2009
Won Player of the Week award on 4/19/2011, hitting .433 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2011
Had 2000th career hit on 5/20/2012, off Clarence McNatt (Col)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Kansas on 6/11/2013
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/23/2013, hitting .462 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2013, hitting .420 with 3 HR, 14 RBI
Named Illinois Jethawks MVP for the 2013 season
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2013
Won Ruth Award in 2013, hitting .354 with 18 HR, 73 RBI
Won Innaugural Reggie Jackson Award in 2013, hitting .515 with 8 HR and 20 RBI in the postseason
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2014, hitting .337 with 9 HR, 21 RBI
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 9/15/2014
Won Player of the Week award on 6/21/2015, hitting .560 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Illinois to Kansas on 7/11/2015 (Going to Kan: SS Mark Delia, 3B Grady McDonaghey, P Jack Teitelbaum. Going to Ill: P James Lantigua, P Miltons Lost)
Was selected to the 2015 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/27/2015, hitting .348 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/19/2016, hitting .448 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 10/4/2016, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Named Kansas Storm team MVP for the 2016 season
Had 3000th career hit on 4/23/2017, off Virgil Murcheson (UT)
Won Mays Award at Shortstop in 2017
 
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