Mark Christie
Mark was the unluckiest player on the team, enduring three severe knee injuries during his AWA career, as well as a variety of other ailments that kept him out of the lineup and in the operating room. But just when it looked like he was finished as a softball player, he kept coming back, until the last one put "Spark" out for good in 1994. When he was healthy, Mark was a gifted and aggressive athlete who played the outfield and ran the bases with abandon. In a 1984 tournament game, Mark pulled off what is arguably the greatest defensive play in AWA history -- an over-the-head game-saving catch while crashing into the left field fence on the dead run. In '94, after three seasons of being out of commission, Mark's first game back in uniform ended with him making a game-saving head-long diving catch in center field. He was supposed to be taking it easy. A good line drive hitter, "Spark" was a solid performer game in and game out. His only AWA home run was a grand slam.
Years PlayedPositionBatsThrowsNicknameNumber
9OutfieldRight RightSpark8

Batting and Fielding Statistics
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
SO
BB
SF
Avg.
PO
A
E
Pct.
DP
OfA
1979
3
9
3
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
.333
4
1
1
.833
0
1
1980
---
---
1981
---
---
1982
---
---
1983
22
68
16
33
0
3
0
16
0
1
1
.485
46
7
9
.855
3
1
1984
13
44
14
20
1
1
0
8
0
1
0
.455
33
1
4
.895
0
1
1985
13
36
10
16
1
1
1
12
1
1
1
.444
24
0
4
.857
0
0
1986
25
72
17
30
1
2
0
19
0
1
4
.417
61
5
2
.971
0
5
1987
---
---
1988
25
72
22
29
2
2
0
11
0
5
2
.403
42
4
6
.885
1
3
1989
11
37
9
17
3
0
0
5
0
2
0
.459
19
0
0
1.000
0
0
1990
12
36
11
16
2
1
0
6
1
0
2
.444
15
3
4
.818
1
3
1991
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---
1992
---
---
1993
---
---
1994
27
91
26
37
4
0
0
20
1
4
5
.407
50
2
11
.825
0
0
Total
151
465
128
201
14
10
1
98
3
15
15
.432
294
23
41
.885
5
16

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