Mark Saccomanno

Mark Saccomanno
Florida Marlins — No. --
Third Baseman and Shortstop
Born: April 30, 1980 (1980-04-30) (age 31) Houston, Texas
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 8, 2008 for the Houston Astros
Career statistics (through 2008 season)
Batting average	.200
Home runs	1
Runs batted in	2
Teams
Houston Astros (2008)

Mark Edison Saccomanno (born April 30, 1980 in Houston, Texas) is a first baseman in the Florida Marlins organization. At 17, Saccomanno was awarded the Klein Forest High School Golden Glove award. He was also selected to the 17-and-under AAU National All-Tournament Team. At 18, was named Second-Team All-District 16-5A as a shortstop and received the National Scholar Athlete Award. He played college baseball for Baylor University. He was selected in the 23rd round of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft by the Astros.

Saccomanno was called up to the majors by the Houston Astros on September 8, 2008, and hit a home run on the first pitch of his first major league at-bat. A free agent at the end of the season, he re-signed with the Astros on January 5, 2009 to a minor league deal with an invitation to Spring Training as a non-roster player.^[1]

On February 22, Mark was signed a minor league deal with the Florida Marlins.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Home run in first Major League at-bat

References

1. ^ Alyson Footer (2009-01-05). "Astros ink five to Minor League deals". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090105&content_id=3733140&vkey=hotstove2008&fext=.jsp. Retrieved 2009-01-05. 

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

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Name	Saccomanno, Mark
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Date of birth	April 30, 1980
Place of birth	Houston, Texas
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