Mark Bruce Salas (born March 8, 1961) is a former professional catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1984-1991.

He batted .378 with three home runs through June 6 when he was traded to the New York Yankees for starting pitcher Joe Niekro.

Salas never quite got his footing as a Yankee, and batted .200 with three home runs and twelve RBIs over the remainder of the season in pinstripes.

He spent most of the 1989 season with the triple A Colorado Springs Sky Sox, where he batted .315 with six home runs & twenty RBIs.

[7] Regardless, he saw limited duty until a mid-June injury to starting catcher Mike Heath landed him in the everyday line-up.

As a team, the Tigers had struck out a franchise record tying 21 times in a fourteen inning marathon against the Toronto Blue Jays on August 8.

Entering the game in the fourteenth inning as a pinch hitter for Skeeter Barnes, Salas connected on a 3-2 pitch for a three-run home run off Jays closer Tom Henke.