1965
Born September 22, 1965
Buffalo, NY, USA
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b. September 22, 1965 · Minnesota Twins 1989–1995, Los Angeles Dodgers 1995–1998, Chicago Cubs 1999–2000, 2003, Boston Red Sox 1999, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2000, Toronto Blue Jays 2000, Oakland Athletics 2001, New York Mets 2002
Mark Guthrie pitched in 765 major league games and started only 43 of them, which is the shape of the specialist left-hander's job as it was invented and refined during exactly the years he was working.
Minnesota had him for seven seasons and he was on the 1991 club that won the World Series. Los Angeles took the middle of the career, and the last five years were spent moving — six clubs between 1999 and 2003, several of them for a matter of weeks.
Born in Buffalo in 1965, Guthrie struck out 778 batters in 979 innings, finished 51-54 with fourteen saves, and pitched until he was thirty-seven.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | MIN | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990 | MIN | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1991 | MIN | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1992 | MIN | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1993 | MIN | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1994 | MIN | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1995 | LAD/MIN | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1996 | LAD | 66 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1997 | LAD | 62 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| 1998 | LAD | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1999 | BOS/CHC | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | CHC/TBD/TOR | 76 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2001 | OAK | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | NYM | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2003 | CHC | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Career | — | 766 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .071 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | MIN | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 57.1 | 66 | 29 | 21 | 38 | 4.55 |
| 1990 | MIN | 7 | 9 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 144.2 | 154 | 61 | 39 | 101 | 3.79 |
| 1991 | MIN | 7 | 5 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 98.0 | 116 | 47 | 41 | 72 | 4.32 |
| 1992 | MIN | 2 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 5 | 75.0 | 59 | 24 | 23 | 76 | 2.88 |
| 1993 | MIN | 2 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 4.71 |
| 1994 | MIN | 4 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 51.1 | 65 | 35 | 18 | 38 | 6.14 |
| 1995 | LAD/MIN | 5 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 66 | 29 | 25 | 67 | 4.21 |
| 1996 | LAD | 2 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 73.0 | 65 | 18 | 22 | 56 | 2.22 |
| 1997 | LAD | 1 | 4 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 69.1 | 71 | 41 | 30 | 42 | 5.32 |
| 1998 | LAD | 2 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 56 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 3.50 |
| 1999 | BOS/CHC | 1 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 58.2 | 57 | 35 | 24 | 45 | 5.37 |
| 2000 | CHC/TBD/TOR | 3 | 6 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 71.1 | 70 | 37 | 37 | 63 | 4.67 |
| 2001 | OAK | 6 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 52.1 | 49 | 26 | 20 | 52 | 4.47 |
| 2002 | NYM | 5 | 3 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 48.0 | 35 | 13 | 19 | 44 | 2.44 |
| 2003 | CHC | 2 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 42.2 | 40 | 13 | 22 | 24 | 2.74 |
| Career | — | 51 | 54 | 765 | 43 | 14 | 978.2 | 989 | 440 | 381 | 778 | 4.05 |
On this day & linked events
1989
Major-league debut: Mark Guthrie
Mark Guthrie made a major-league debut on July 25, 1989.
2003
Final major-league game: Mark Guthrie
Mark Guthrie played a final major-league game on September 28, 2003.
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