Mark Grudzielanek
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Mark James Grudzielanek (born June 30, 1970) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop.
Grudzielanek played for six different clubs in his 15-season career.
He batted and threw right-handed.
He is currently the general manager of the Charlotte Knights, the Chicago White Sox's Triple-A affiliate.
Early years
Grudzielanek attended J. M. Hanks High School in El Paso, Texas, where he was a letterman and an All-State selection in basketball and baseball. His mother is of Galician origins, and his father is of Polish descent.
Professional career
Grudzielanek was originally drafted by the New York Mets in the 17th round of the 1989 MLB Draft but did not sign. He was then drafted in the 11th round of the 1991 MLB draft by the Montreal Expos and signed on June 11, 1991.
With the Double-A Harrisburg Senators in 1994, he reached.322 in 122 games and was rewarded by being named as a Double-A All-Star, Eastern League Most Valuable Player, and Expos Minor league player of the year.
He made his Major League debut against the Chicago Cubs on April 28, 1995, striking out as a pinch hitter against Mike Walker. He made his first appearance (at second base) the following day but did not record his first major league hit (a double) until May 4 against New York Mets relief pitcher Mike Remlinger. He made his first home run against Kevin Jarvis of the Cincinnati Reds on May 16, 1995. He played in 78 games this season, averaging.245.
Gruzielanek played.306 in 153 games in 1996 and was selected to play in the 1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game for his first appearance in the Mid-Summer Classic. In the All-Star game, he grounded out in his lone at-bat against Roberto Hernandez. He led the majors in 1997 with 54 doubles.
In 492 games for the Expos over four seasons, he scored.281 out of 492.
Jonathan Tucker, Peter Bergeron, Wilton Guerrero, and Ted Lilly were traded by the Expos to the Los Angeles Dodgers (along with Hiram Bocachica and Carlos Perez) on July 31, 1998. Alex Cora, who was primarily a shortstop at this point in his career, was moved to second base in 2000 to make room for him to play shortstop.
He spent five seasons with the Dodgers, playing in 605 games and finishing.284 with 38 home runs.
The Dodgers traded him (along with Eric Karros) to the Chicago Cubs on December 4, 2002, along with Chad Hermansen and Todd Hundley. He played in 202 games for the next two seasons in Chicago, hitting.312 in 202 games.
Grudzielanek signed with the St. Louis Cardinals on January 6, 2005 after leaving the Cubs as a free agent during the 2004 season. He appeared in 137 games with the Cardinals, with a.294 average. He was the only Cardinals player to reach the cycle from April 27 to July 1, 2022, before Nolan Arenado achieved the feat on the latter date.
Grudzielanek, the second baseman for the Kansas City Royals, signed a deal on December 16, 2005. In 2006, he received the Gold Glove Award for second basemen in the American League. He was with the Royals for three seasons, appearing in 336 games with a.300 batting average.
He became a free agent after the 2008 season, but did not sign with a franchise until the Minnesota Twins gave him a minor league contract on July 19, 2009. He was announced on August 10 after only 11 games (three with the Gulf Coast Twins and eight with the New Britain Rock Cats).
He signed a minor league deal with the Cleveland Indians on January 12, 2010, with a spring training invite. On April 3, he was called to the Major League roster. He played in 30 games for the Indians, hitting.273 but also spending several weeks on the disabled list. His 30 hits were all singles; this was the first hit total without an extra-base hit in a single season since 1938. Grudzielanek was scheduled for transfer by the Indians on June 8 to make room on the roster for Anderson Hernandez, but he was released shortly after. On February 23, 2011, Grudzielanek announced that he had departed from professional baseball.
Grudzielanek's average in 1,802 games over 15 seasons (3.2,400 runs, 36 triples, 90 home runs, 640 RBI, 364 bases on balls,.332 on-base percentage, and.393 slugging percentage. He made a 97 percent fielding percentage at second base, shortstop, and third base in his career. He hit.188 (16-for-85) with 8 runs and 5 RBI in 21 postseason games.
Coaching career
Until the 2015 season, Grudzielanek was appointed as the head of the Arizona Diamondbacks' Class A affiliate, Kane County Cougars. Grudzielanek was promoted to Assistant Coordinator after the Cougars won the Midwest Western division in 2015 with a 48–22 record (.686 winning percentage). From 2017 to 2019, he was the manager of the Charlotte Knights, the Chicago White Sox's Triple-A affiliate. He was one of four new inductees into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in Troy, Michigan, on June 20, 2019.