Mark Gubicza
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Mark Steven Gubicza is a former Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
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 pitcher for 14 seasons for the Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals
The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...

 (1984–96) and Anaheim Angels
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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 (1997). He currently does color commentary for Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim games on Fox Sports.

Career highights

He helped the Royals win the American League Western Division and the 1985 World Series
1985 World Series
-Game 1:Saturday, October 19, 1985 at Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri-Game 2:Sunday, October 20, 1985 at Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri...

.

He was elected to American League All-Star
All-star
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 Teams in 1988 and 1989.

He finished 3rd in voting for the 1988 American League
American League
The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

 Cy Young Award
Cy Young Award
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 for having a 20–8 win–loss record in 35 games (all as a starter), 8 complete games, 4 shutouts, innings pitched, 237 hits allowed, 94 runs allowed (81 earned), 11 home runs allowed, 83 walks, 183 strikeouts, and a 2.70 ERA.

He led the American League in games started in 1989 (36) and 1995 (33).

He led the American League in walks allowed per 9 innings pitched (1.80) in 1994.

He is the Royals career leader in:
  • Walks Allowed (783)
  • Wild Pitches (107)
  • Hit Batsmen (58)


He holds the Royals single-season record for walks allowed (120 in 1987).

He ranks 64th on the MLB career wild pitches List (107).

In 14 years he had a 132–136 win–loss record in 384 games, with a 3.96 ERA.

Broadcasting

Gubicza has served as an MLB Analyst on Dodgers and Angels pre-game and post-game shows for Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket. In 2007, he was paired with José Mota on fifty Angels telecasts on Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket and KCOP
KCOP-TV
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. http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20070214&content_id=1801936&vkey=pr_ana&fext=.jsp&c_id=ana He also co-hosts Angels
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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 in the Infield
with Bill Macdonald
Bill Macdonald
Bill Macdonald is an American sportscaster who works for Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket. Macdonald joined the network, then called Prime Ticket, at its inception in 1985.Currently, Macdonald hosts the following pre-game and in-game shows:...

. The Angels announced that he will work roughly 75 games on television during the 2008 season. Gubizca was slated to work with Rory Markas
Rory Markas
Rory Markas was an American sportscaster best known as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's play-by-play broadcaster for eight seasons, and as the radio voice of the University of Southern California men's basketball team for 11 seasons...

 on Angels broadcasts in 2010 before Markas's sudden death on January 4, 2010. On March 3, 2010, Victor Rojas
Victor Rojas
Victor Rojas is an American baseball broadcaster, currently the TV voice of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. -Playing career:Rojas is the son of former major-league player and manager Cookie Rojas...

 was named as Markas' replacement.

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