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#3 Mark Bugger
Shortstop • 5-11 • 185 • Bats: R Throws: R
Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville H.S.

2000: Named second team All-American, first team All-Region and All-Great Lakes Valley Conference ... Also named GLVC Player of the Year ... Led the team in average (.414), at bats (220), hits (91), runs batted in (59) and slugging percentage (.545) ... 1999: Started all 53 games he played in last season ... Second on the team with a .360 batting average ... Led the team in homeruns with three ... 1998: Broke single-season freshman record for hits with 84 ... Batted .387, with eight home runs and 41 runs batted in ... Previous: Four-time letterwinner in baseball and soccer at Edwardsville High School ... All-State in both sports as a senior ... Born: April 24, 1979 ... Graduated: December 2002 with a bachelor's degree in Psychology.

Mark Bugger's Baseball Career at SIUE
         NOTE: According to the 2001 NCAA Baseball & Softball Records, only five players in NCAA Division II history have recorded 300 or more hits. Listed below are the five players to have recorded 300 or more career hits.
Player, Team Years G Hits
Mark Bugger, SIUE 1998-2001 227 351
Mike Stevenson, Lewis 1988-1991 236 341
Ronnie Merrill, Tampa 1997-2000 227 339
Eric Mirza, Tampa 1995-1998 234 329
Mark Altobella, Lewis 1981-1984 254 312

BUGGER BY SEASON
YR. BA GP/GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SO SB/AS
2001 .409 68/68 269 66 110 70 18 6 7 26 13 11/14
2000 .414 56/56 220 51 91 59 17 3 2 18 12 6/9
1999 .360 53/53 197 36 71 46 14 4 3 14 25 8/11
1998 .387 53/53 217 51 84 41 8 3 8 9 14 7/9
Totals .394 230/230 903 204 356 216 57 16 20 67 64 32/43
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