Career

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Career Highlights
2003
The Cubs' Opening Day starter at third base, Mark was traded to Colorado June 19 and went on to bat a combined .221 (55-for-249) with 10 doubles, a triple, 2 homers and 26 RBI in 99 games between the two clubs with Chicago, he hit at a .209 (29-for-139) clip with both homers and 22 of his 26 RBI as a Rockie, Bellhorn hit .236 (26-for-110) with 3 extra-base hits--all doubles--and 4 RBI in 48 games the switch-hitter batted a combined .225 (40-for-178) from the left side and .211 (15-for-71) from the right had one homer from each side of the plate, knocking in 15 as a LHB and 11 as a RHB saw action in the pinch on 28 occasions and went 3-for-22 (.136), drawing 6 walks also had one home run in the pinch, the game-winning solo shot in the top of the ninth inning in Chicago's 2-1 win at St. Louis on May 17 it was Bellhorn's second career PH home run but first since his first career homer on July 3, 1997 at San Francisco after that May 17th shot, Mark did not hit a home run for the rest of the year and will enter 2004 with a homerless drought that spans 142 at-bats started 22 games for Colorado, 12 at second base, 8 at third and 2 at shortstop, while also seeing action at center field, right field and first base the only positions he didn't play were catcher, pitcher and left field made 61 total starts in 2003, 47 at third base, 12 at second and 2 at shortstop began the season by going 1-for-3 with 4 RBI on Opening Day at Shea Stadium March 31 would not enjoy another hit for nine games until April 12, going 0-for-his-next-23 with 10 strikeouts rebounded a bit, hitting safely in seven of his next eight (11-for-26), but still finished April with a .194 mark started May by going 2-for-2 with a double and 3 RBI vs. the Rockies at Wrigley Field the 3-RBI matched a season high, the third and final time he would knock in 3 throughout the year saw action in only six June games with the Cubs before being traded to the Rockies June 19 got the start that night at second base for Colorado vs. Detroit and went 2-for-3 with walk and a run scored would start in five of the next seven games and 13 for the month of July (19 total games) slumped after the All-Star Break, going only 3-for-22 (.136) to open the second half before being placed on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder tendinitis Aug. 2 went a rehab assignment with AAA-Colorado Springs and batted .389 (21-for-54) with 5 doubles, a triple, 4 homers and 16 RBI in 16 games was returned from his rehab assignment and reinstated from DL Aug. 23 after his DL stint, Mark would go on to bat .257 (9-for-35) the remainder of the season and posted a .350 (7-for-20) average in the month of September.

2002
Bellhorn had one of the top seasons in Chicago Cubs history for a switch hitter, batting .258 with 27 homers and 56 RBI ... his homer total set a Cubs single-season switch-hitter mark, surpassing the 18 hit by Augie Galan in 1937 ... started at all four infield positions -- as he played in 77 games at second base (63 starts), 36 games at third base (29 starts), 22 games at first base (7 starts) and 12 games at shortstop (10 starts) ... also saw action in 1 game in leftfield ... was the first player in Cubs history to hit homers at all four infield positions during one season ... hit 15 homers as a second baseman, 6 as a third baseman, 4 as a first baseman and 2 as a shortstop. ... his versatility also extended to his batting order position, as his 109 starts included 52 outings in the leadoff spot, 16 batting second, twice batting fifth, 23 batting sixth, 4 batting seventh and 12 hitting eighth ... hit the first 2 game-opening homers of his big league career (July 26 at St. Louis off Chuck Finley and September 11 vs. Montreal off Masato Yoshii) ... hit 17 homers as a left-handed batter with a .241 average -- while hitting 10 homers from the right side of the plate to go with a .303 average ... homered from both sides of the plate June 30 against the White Sox at Comiskey Park -- hitting a 6th-inning 2-run blast as a right-handed batter off Mark Buehrle and a 9th-inning solo shot as a left-handed batter off Rocky Biddle ... was the first Cubs switch hitter to homer from both sides of the plate in one game since Ellis Burton on September 7, 1964, against the Milwaukee Braves ... as part of the Cubs' 10-run 4th inning August 29 at Milwaukee, he once again homered from both sides of the plate -- this time hitting a 2-run shot batting right-handed off Andrew Lorraine and a 3-run shot batting left-handed off Jose Cabrera in that frame ... became the first switch-hitter in National League history to homer from both sides of the plate in an inning ... the only American Leaguer to accomplish the feat was Cleveland's Carlos Baerga on April 8, 1993, against the New York Yankees ... the only other Cub to hit 2 homers in an inning was Sammy Sosa (May 16, 1996, vs. Houston -- 7th inning), while the only other Cub with a 5-RBI inning was Billy Williams (May 1, 1964, at Houston -- 1st inning) ... was on an Opening Day roster for the first time during his big league career ... hit his first homer with the Cubs April 11, a 9th-inning solo shot batting left-handed off New York closer Armando Benitez ... in his next at-bat -- on April 12 -- he homered batting right-handed off Pittsburgh southpaw Dave Williams ... drove in all 3 runs in the Cubs' 3-0 victory at Los Angeles May 5, going 2-for-4 with a solo homer off Kevin Brown and a 2-run single ... hit his first career grand slam May 30 -- a 3rd-inning shot off Pittsburgh southpaw Jimmy Anderson ... over his final 83 games, he batted .273 (84-308) with 19 homers, 14 doubles, 33 RBI and 64 runs scored ... had a career-high 8-game hitting streak June 28-July 6, going 12-for-25 (.480) with 3 homers ... also ended the campaign with a 7-game hitting streak.
2001
Mark split the campaign between Oakland and Sacramento (AAA), appearing in 81 overall contests...in two stints in the majors, he went 10-for-74 (.135) with 1 homer and 4 RBI ... was on Oakland's roster April 15-July 31 and September 10 through the end of the season...appeared in 12 games at second base (9 starts), 9 at third base (5 starts), 5 at shortstop (1 start) and 1 in rightfield (1 start)...had his lone multi-hit game May 10 at Toronto, recording a double and a triple...hit a solo homer September 26 off Anaheim's Jarrod Washburn...in 43 Triple-A affairs, he batted .269 with 12 homers and 36 RBI ... saw action at second base, shortstop and all three outfield positions...over a 17-game stretch August 6-August 23, he had 9 homers and 19 RBI...homered 4 times over a 3-game span August 10-August 12 at Las Vegas ... in the August 11 affair, he had 2 homers, 4 hits and 4 RBI.
2000
Mark had the best success of his professional career at Sacramento (AAA) ... also had a brief late-season stint with Oakland...in 117 Triple-A contests, he batted .266 with 24 homers and 73 RBI ... led the Pacific Coast League in both runs scored (111) and walks (94) and tied for 2nd in the league with 11 triples...in a June 20 contest against New Orleans, he tripled 3 times...scored 6 runs in a July 9 affair against Salt Lake, tying the minor league high for the season...had a season-best 14-game hitting streak August 14-August 28, batting .375 with 7 homers and 14 RBI...joined Oakland September 11 and went 2-for-13 in 9 games. .
1999
Missed most of the campaign with a torn tendon in his left wrist...was on the disabled list April 8-July 29 ... appeared in 12 games for Arizona (Rookie) during an injury rehab assignment before finishing the season at Midland (AA).
1998
Spent most of the season at Edmonton (AAA), appearing in 87 games and batting .249 with 10 homers and 44 RBI...had a pair of stints with the Athletics, going 1-for-12 in 11 games.
1997
Made his major league debut in his third pro campaign ... was on Oakland's roster June 10-August 1 and August 7 through the end of the year, batting .228 in 68 games with 6 homers and 19 RBI...made his debut June 10, recording a single off Detroit's Willie Blair in his first big league at-bat...hit his first big league homer June 23 off Seattle's Derek Lowe...hit a pinch homer July 3 off San Francisco's Doug Creek...had a 4-for-4 performance August 21 vs. Boston...saw action in 40 games at third base (37 starts), 17 at second base (16 starts) and 1 at shortstop, committing 9 errors...also played in 70 games for Edmonton (AAA), batting .328 with 11 homers.
1996
Spent the entire season at Huntsville (AA), hitting .250 with 10 homers and 71 RBI in 131 games ... drew 73 walks -- the 5th-highest total in the Southern League...appeared in 57 games at second base, 55 at shortstop and 12 at third base.
1995
Played in 56 games for Modesto (A) during his first pro season and hit .258 with 6 homers and 31 RBI ... solely saw action at shortstop...hit his first 2 pro homers July 23 at San Bernardino.