A solid hitter, Mike Marshall hit over 15 homers six times for the Los Angeles Dodgers, including a career-high 28 home runs in 1985. He debuted with the West Coast team in 1981 and in his first full season (1983) hit .284 with 17 doubles, 17 homers, 65 RBIs. A popular player with Dodgers fans, in 1985 Mike Marshall went on a season-long slugfest, blasting 27 two-base hits, 28 home runs, drove in a career-best 95 runs while batting .293, however, he did strikeout 137 times in 135 games. In 1988 when the Dodgers won the NL West title, he hit .283, with 27 doubles, 20 Hrs and had 82 RBIs. In slightly over 1,000 major league games, Mike Marshall had a career batting average of .270, a .351 on-base-pct, and a .446 slugging pct. Baseball History |