Dennis Bryan Cook is an American former professional baseball

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 pitcher

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. He played in Major League Baseball

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 with nine teams from 1988 to 2002: the San Francisco Giants

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 (1988–1989), Philadelphia Phillies

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 (1989–1990, 2001), Los Angeles Dodgers

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 (1990–1991), Cleveland Indians

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 (1992–1993, 1995), Chicago White Sox

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 (1994), Texas Rangers

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 (1995–1996), Florida Marlins

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 (1997), New York Mets

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 (1998–2001), and Anaheim Angels

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 (2002). He made his major league debut on September 12, 1988, and played his final game on September 18, 2002.

Cook was a member of the 1997 World Champion Marlins, pitching in the World Series and was the winning pitcher in relief of Game 3.

Although not on the postseason roster, Cook was a member of the 2002 Angels team that won the World Series

2002 World Series

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, defeating the Giants.

On February 1, 2010 Cook was announced as Team Sweden

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's new head coach along with Scott Scudder

Scott Scudder

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 in the coaching staff.

Prior to his major league career, Cook was named to the All-Southwest Conference Team as an outfielder at University of Texas in both 1984 and 1985.

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