Mark Wasinger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1961
Place of Birth: Monterey, California, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Mark Wasinger
- Mark Thomas Wasinger (born August 4, 1961) is an American professional baseball scout and front-office official, and a former Major League player.
- A third baseman, second baseman and shortstop, he appeared in 50 MLB games between 1986 and 1988 for the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants.
- He threw and batted right-handed, and was listed at 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 165 pounds (75 kg). Born in Monterey, California, Wasinger attended Old Dominion University and was a third-round selection by the Padres in the 1982 Major League Baseball Draft.
- He rose through the Padre system, batted above .300 four times in his first five pro seasons, and was named a 1985 All-Star in the Double-A Texas League.
- But, following a three-game trial with San Diego in September 1986, he was traded to San Francisco in April 1987 and would spend the rest of his big-league tenure with the Giants.
- He split the 1987 season between the Giants and Triple-A, and collected 22 hits in a reserve role for San Francisco.
- On May 9, 1987, in his second game as a Giant, Wasinger collected four hits in five at bats, including a home run, and scored three runs, in a 9–4 defeat of the Pittsburgh Pirates at Candlestick Park.His 888-game minor-league playing career essentially ended after the 1993 season.
- He managed in independent league baseball, then became a scout for the Padres (1996–2002), where he scouted and signed Jake Peavy in 1999.
- He joined the Boston Red Sox in 2003, working as an amateur scouting regional cross-checker, a professional scout and special assignment scout for general managers Theo Epstein and Ben Cherington.
- He was promoted to special assistant/player personnel in January 2015.
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