*1964 US, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Mark Eugene Grace (born June 28, 1964) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman for 16 seasons with the Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks. He is currently a coach with the Diamondbacks after spending 2014 as hitting coach for the Hillsboro Hops of the Northwest League. He batted left-handed. He wore jersey number 28 and 17 during his rookie season in 1988, and he kept number 17 for the remainder of his career. Grace retired with a .303 batting average and a .383 career on-base percentage, the 148th best in major league history.
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