Mark Grace was a member of the 2001 World Series champion Diamondbacks that beat the New York Yankees.
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26 Facts About Mark Grace
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Mark Grace played high school baseball and basketball at Tustin High School in Tustin, California.
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Mark Grace spent three years playing in the Cubs farm system before making his major league debut May 2,1988.
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Mark Grace starred on Cubs teams that included Ryne Sandberg, Andre Dawson, Shawon Dunston and Sammy Sosa and was a consistent, steady hitter, compiling 2,445 hits and more than 500 doubles during his 16-year career and for a few years batted clean-up for the Cubs.
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Mark Grace holds the distinction of having the most hits and doubles of any player in the 1990s.
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Mark Grace helped lead the Cubs to the NL East division title in 1989 and the NL wild card in 1998.
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Mark Grace collected the most hits and doubles of any player in the 1990s [1].
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Mark Grace signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks on December 8,2000, with a $6 million, two-year contract after the Cubs declined to offer salary arbitration.
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Mark Grace wore his familiar number 17 in Arizona where he played for three more seasons, including helping the Diamondbacks win the 2001 World Series.
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In Game 7, Mark Grace led off the bottom of the 9th inning with a single — his third of the game — off Yankee pitcher Mariano Rivera, which rallied the Arizona Diamondbacks to a come-from-behind victory for the franchise's first championship.
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Mark Grace surrendered one run on catcher David Ross's first career home run.
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Mark Grace impersonated teammate Mike Fetters, who from the stretch would take a deep breath and then quickly turned his head towards the catcher.
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Mark Grace has stated a desire to manage a major league team at some point.
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Mark Grace was considered for the Diamondbacks' managerial position following the 2004 season, but the Diamondbacks hired Bob Melvin instead.
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Mark Grace spent 2014 as hitting coach for the Diamondbacks' Class A Short Season affiliate Hillsboro Hops of the Northwest League.
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Mark Grace was paired with Thom Brennaman on television from 2004 to 2006, and was paired with Daron Sutton from 2007 to 2012.
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Mark Grace originally rotated between the studio and the number three booth.
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Mark Grace reunited with Brennaman in 2011 before leaving the network at the end of the regular season.
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Mark Grace was replaced by Eric Karros who had worked on the number three team with Kenny Albert.
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In February 2017, Mark Grace was named as a baseball analyst for Diamondbacks games by Fox Sports Arizona.
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In February 2020, Mark Grace was hired as an analyst for select Chicago Cubs games on Marquee Sports Network.
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Mark Grace will continue his role with the Diamondbacks as the lead color commentator on Fox Sports Arizona.
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Mark Grace was known to smoke cigarettes before and after Cub games, and reportedly at times, during games in the clubhouse.
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Mark Grace has been arrested twice for driving under the influence; once in May 2011 and once in August 2012.
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Mark Grace subsequently pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four months in jail on January 31,2013.
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