Batting Average .167 Role Baseball Coach Hits 6 Height 1.83 m | Home Runs 0 Weight 82 kg Name Mark Budaska | |
Mark Budaska on promotion to major league staff: "I'm glad to be here"
Mark David Budaska (born December 27, 1952) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder and current minor league coach.
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- Mark Budaska on promotion to major league staff Im glad to be here
- Early and personal life
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- References
Early and personal life
Budaska was born on December 27, 1952, in Sharon, Pennsylvania. He is an alumnus of Granada Hills (CA) High School. He was undrafted and was signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1973.
Playing career
Budaska played five seasons at the Triple-A level, but just 13 games in the Major Leagues. He played his final MLB game on August 18, 1981.
Coaching career
Prior to joining the Memphis coaching staff in 2008, Budaska spent the six years in the Boston Red Sox organization. He had three seasons (2004–2007) with Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox in the International League. In 2002–2003, he was the hitting coach of the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs. In 2001, he helped the Anaheim Angels' Double-A affiliate Arkansas Travelers win the Texas League Championship, as the team ranked fourth in the league with a .266 team batting average. He also served as hitting coach and first base coach for a major league team in Taiwan from 1998 to 2000. He served as the assistant hitting coach with the St. Louis Cardinals for several weeks in the first half of the 2017 sesason while Bill Mueller was on personal leave. He then returned to their Triple-A Memphis Redbirds as hitting coach.