Mark Guthrie

Mark Andrew Guthrie (born September 22, 1965) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He was a member of the 1991 World Series Champion Minnesota Twins.

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Mark Guthrie
Guthrie in 1988
Pitcher
Born: (1965-09-22) September 22, 1965
Buffalo, New York
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
July 25, 1989, for the Minnesota Twins
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 2003, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Win–loss record51–54
Earned run average4.05
Strikeouts778
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Career

After graduating from Venice High School, Guthrie attended LSU where he led the team in ERA in 1985 and was all SEC first team in 1986. After the 1986 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[1]

He was selected by the Twins in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur entry draft and played in Minnesota from 1989 to 1995. On November 6, 1996, he signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he played until the close of 1998. Following his membership with the Dodgers, Guthrie was a player for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Mets. Throughout his entire professional career (1989–2003) Guthrie earned over 15 million dollars. As a member of the Chicago Cubs in 2003, Guthrie took the loss in Game 1 of the 2003 National League Championship Series surrendering an 11th inning home run to the Marlins Mike Lowell.

Personal

His son, Dalton Guthrie, played college baseball at the University of Florida[2] and was drafted in the sixth round of the 2017 MLB Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies.[3]

References
  1. "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. writer, Kevin Brockway Staff. "Freshman Guthrie reaches goal".
  3. "Dalton Guthrie Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com.


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