Mark Payton

Mark David Payton
Born: December 7, 1991
Orland Park, IL US
Primary Position: Outfield
All Position(s) Played: CF, LF, RF
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 190
Draft: Round 31 (2010 June Amateur Draft, Minnesota Twins)
Draft: Round 16 (2013 June Amateur Draft, Cleveland Indians)
Draft: Round 7 (2014 June Amateur Draft, New York Yankees)
Draft: Round 2 (2018 Rule V (3A phase), Oakland Athletics)
Draft: Round 1 (2019 Rule V Draft, Cincinnati Reds)
School: St. Rita (IL) HS
Texas
Career: 2014-2025
Major League Statistics

Mark Payton compiled a career batting average of .288 with 106 home runs and 464 RBI in his 1183-game career with the Charleston RiverDogs, Tampa Yankees, Trenton Thunder, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, Las Vegas Aviators, Syracuse Mets, Louisville Bats, Charlotte Knights, Saitama Seibu Lions, Union Laguna Algodoneros and Tijuana Toros. He began playing during the 2014 season and last took the field during the 2025 campaign.

Charleston RiverDogs	Tampa Yankees	Trenton Thunder	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Las Vegas Aviators	Louisville Bats
Syracuse Mets	Charlotte Knights	Saitama Seibu Lions	Tijuana Toros	Tijuana Toros	Union Laguna Algodoneros

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Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2014	A	SALL3	Charleston RiverDogs	22	97	84	16	30	4	1	2	13	1	2	13	15	.357	.443	.500	.943	42	0	0	0	0	0
2014	Advanced A	FLOR	Tampa Yankees	26	111	91	14	26	11	1	2	8	3	2	16	17	.286	.396	.495	.891	45	0	2	0	2	0
2015	AA	EL	Trenton Thunder	72	297	264	28	66	9	1	5	34	5	3	24	60	.250	.315	.348	.664	92	1	3	2	4	3
2015	Advanced A	FLOR	Tampa Yankees	49	216	182	33	53	8	4	1	18	6	4	26	32	.291	.390	.396	.785	72	3	4	3	1	0
2016	AA	EL	Trenton Thunder	97	381	338	53	92	15	5	7	47	8	2	31	50	.272	.337	.408	.745	138	7	3	7	2	4
2016	Advanced A	FLOR	Tampa Yankees	24	98	81	15	25	2	1	3	15	2	3	16	18	.309	.418	.469	.888	38	0	0	0	1	0
2016	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	2	9	7	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.429	.556	.571	1.127	4	0	0	0	0	0
2017	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	80	296	268	33	73	14	2	6	22	4	5	24	51	.272	.334	.407	.741	109	0	2	0	2	1
2017	AA	EL	Trenton Thunder	14	59	56	6	10	1	3	0	1	0	1	2	16	.179	.203	.304	.507	17	2	0	0	1	0
2018	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	62	237	197	29	51	6	2	6	25	2	6	34	49	.259	.368	.401	.769	79	3	1	3	2	1
2019	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas Aviators	118	447	395	80	132	30	3	30	97	7	4	45	76	.334	.400	.653	1.053	258	5	1	2	4	0
2021	AAA	AAAE	Louisville Bats	35	151	139	19	39	7	2	4	14	4	1	11	23	.281	.331	.446	.777	62	4	0	0	1	1
2021	AAA	AAAE	Syracuse Mets	40	174	151	23	46	12	1	4	19	2	2	19	27	.305	.385	.477	.862	72	1	2	0	2	1
2022	AAA	IL	Charlotte Knights	119	539	471	85	138	31	5	25	95	15	6	54	76	.293	.369	.539	.908	254	7	6	2	6	1
2024	AAA	IL	Charlotte Knights	112	479	417	70	129	30	2	10	53	5	7	53	81	.309	.383	.463	.846	193	6	0	4	5	1
2025	Ind	MEX	Tijuana Toros	8	31	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	9	.045	.300	.045	.345	1	0	0	1	0	0
2025	Ind	MEX	Union Laguna Algodoneros	14	38	36	3	8	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	6	.222	.243	.389	.632	14	0	1	1	0	0
Totals				894	3660	3199	509	922	184	33	106	464	65	48	378	606	.288	.365	.466	.830	1490	39	25	25	33	13

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
2014	A	SALL3	Charleston RiverDogs	RF	6	9	1	0	0	1.000	1.667
2014	Advanced A	FLOR	Tampa Yankees	CF	24	52	0	1	0	.981	2.167
2014	Advanced A	FLOR	Tampa Yankees	OF	24	52	0	1	0	.981	2.167
2014	A	SALL3	Charleston RiverDogs	OF	22	36	1	1	0	.974	1.682
2014	A	SALL3	Charleston RiverDogs	CF	16	27	0	1	0	.964	1.688
2015	AA	EL	Trenton Thunder	OF	64	135	4	0	1	1.000	2.172
2015	Advanced A	FLOR	Tampa Yankees	LF	5	12	0	1	0	.923	2.400
2015	Advanced A	FLOR	Tampa Yankees	OF	47	100	1	4	1	.962	2.149
2015	AA	EL	Trenton Thunder	RF	34	63	3	0	0	1.000	1.941
2015	Advanced A	FLOR	Tampa Yankees	CF	25	59	1	3	1	.952	2.400
2015	AA	EL	Trenton Thunder	CF	20	49	1	0	1	1.000	2.500
2015	Advanced A	FLOR	Tampa Yankees	RF	18	29	0	0	0	1.000	1.611
2015	AA	EL	Trenton Thunder	LF	10	23	0	0	0	1.000	2.300
2016	AA	EL	Trenton Thunder	OF	85	153	11	1	2	.994	1.929
2016	AA	EL	Trenton Thunder	LF	80	142	10	1	2	.993	1.900
2016	AA	EL	Trenton Thunder	CF	4	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
2016	Advanced A	FLOR	Tampa Yankees	LF	4	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.250
2016	AA	EL	Trenton Thunder	RF	3	5	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
2016	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	OF	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
2016	Advanced A	FLOR	Tampa Yankees	OF	17	29	5	0	1	1.000	2.000
2016	Advanced A	FLOR	Tampa Yankees	CF	12	22	4	0	1	1.000	2.167
2016	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	LF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2016	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	RF	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
2016	Advanced A	FLOR	Tampa Yankees	RF	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
2017	AA	EL	Trenton Thunder	LF	7	14	1	1	0	.938	2.143
2017	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	OF	51	89	3	3	0	.968	1.804
2017	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	CF	5	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.200
2017	AA	EL	Trenton Thunder	RF	3	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.667
2017	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	LF	24	34	1	1	0	.972	1.458
2017	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	RF	22	49	2	2	0	.962	2.318
2017	AA	EL	Trenton Thunder	OF	11	24	1	1	0	.962	2.273
2017	AA	EL	Trenton Thunder	CF	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000
2018	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	OF	55	108	2	2	0	.982	2.000
2018	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	LF	40	68	2	1	0	.986	1.750
2018	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	RF	3	10	0	0	0	1.000	3.333
2018	AAA	IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	CF	12	30	0	1	0	.968	2.500
2019	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas Aviators	LF	64	94	5	1	1	.990	1.547
2019	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas Aviators	CF	5	12	1	0	0	1.000	2.600
2019	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas Aviators	RF	43	67	6	0	0	1.000	1.698
2019	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas Aviators	OF	106	173	12	1	1	.995	1.745
2021	AAA	AAAE	Louisville Bats	LF	5	9	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
2021	AAA	AAAE	Syracuse Mets	RF	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
2021	AAA	AAAE	Syracuse Mets	CF	20	53	0	0	0	1.000	2.650
2021	AAA	AAAE	Louisville Bats	CF	18	37	0	0	0	1.000	2.056
2021	AAA	AAAE	Syracuse Mets	LF	15	26	2	1	2	.966	1.867
2021	AAA	AAAE	Louisville Bats	RF	11	20	0	0	0	1.000	1.818
2022	AAA	IL	Charlotte Knights	CF	69	153	2	2	1	.987	2.246
2022	AAA	IL	Charlotte Knights	LF	26	41	1	1	0	.977	1.615
2022	AAA	IL	Charlotte Knights	RF	14	30	3	2	0	.943	2.357
2024	AAA	IL	Charlotte Knights	RF	8	12	2	1	0	.933	1.750
2024	AAA	IL	Charlotte Knights	LF	74	134	4	2	0	.986	1.865
2024	AAA	IL	Charlotte Knights	CF	10	20	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
2025	Ind	MEX	Union Laguna Algodoneros	LF	9	20	0	0	0	1.000	2.222
2025	Ind	MEX	Tijuana Toros	CF	8	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.250
2025	Ind	MEX	Tijuana Toros	OF	8	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.250
2025	Ind	MEX	Union Laguna Algodoneros	CF	3	9	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
2025	Ind	MEX	Union Laguna Algodoneros	OF	13	32	0	0	0	1.000	2.462
2025	Ind	MEX	Union Laguna Algodoneros	RF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Totals					1183	2198	91	32	14	.986	1.935

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
2014	A	South Atlantic League	Charleston RiverDogs	NYA	July 5, 2014	August 1, 2014
2014	Advanced A	Florida State League	Tampa Yankees	NYA	August 3, 2014	August 31, 2014
2015	Advanced A	Florida State League	Tampa Yankees	NYA	April 9, 2015	June 17, 2015
2015	AA	Eastern League	Trenton Thunder	NYA	June 2, 2015	September 6, 2015
2016	Advanced A	Florida State League	Tampa Yankees	NYA	April 8, 2016	May 6, 2016
2016	AA	Eastern League	Trenton Thunder	NYA	May 18, 2016	September 5, 2016
2016	AAA	International League	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	NYA	September 2, 2016	September 4, 2016
2017	AAA	International League	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	NYA	April 8, 2017	August 26, 2017
2017	AA	Eastern League	Trenton Thunder	NYA	May 29, 2017	September 3, 2017
2018	AAA	International League	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	NYA	June 1, 2018	September 3, 2018
2019	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Las Vegas Aviators	OAK	April 5, 2019	September 2, 2019
2021	AAA	AAA East	Louisville Bats	CIN	May 4, 2021	July 18, 2021
2021	AAA	AAA East	Syracuse Mets	NYN	July 27, 2021	October 2, 2021
2022	AAA	International League	Charlotte Knights	CHA	April 5, 2022	September 23, 2022
2023	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Saitama Seibu Lions
2024	AAA	International League	Charlotte Knights	CHA	March 29, 2024	September 22, 2024
2025	Ind	Mexican League	Tijuana Toros		May 28, 2025	June 10, 2025
2025	Ind	Mexican League	Union Laguna Algodoneros		July 4, 2025	August 7, 2025

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