Mark Guthrie

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1989-2003)

W–L 51–54
ERA 4.05
WHIP 1.40
SO 778
Pitcher PIV 6748.3
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / L
Height / Weight
6'4" / 192 lb
Born
9/22/1965 in Buffalo, NY, USA
MLB Debut
1989-07-25
Last Game
2003-09-28

Full name: Mark Andrew Guthrie

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
51 54 765 43 3 1 14 978.7 989 440 101 381 778 4.05 6748.3

Career ERA 4.05 vs. league average 4.30 across their career seasons — 5.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1989 MIN AL 2 4 13 8 0 0 0 57.3 66 29 21 38 4.55 3.71 (-23%) -667.0
1990 MIN AL 7 9 24 21 3 1 0 144.7 154 61 39 101 3.79 3.86 (+2%) 3355.3
1991 MIN AL 7 5 41 12 0 0 2 98.0 116 47 41 72 4.32 3.91 (-10%) -539.0
1992 MIN AL 2 3 54 0 0 0 5 75.0 59 24 23 76 2.88 3.75 (+23%) 1629.1
1993 MIN AL 2 1 22 0 0 0 0 21.0 20 11 16 15 4.71 4.19 (-12%) -468.8
1994 MIN AL 4 2 50 2 0 0 1 51.3 65 35 18 38 6.14 4.51 (-36%) -428.2
1995 MIN AL 5 3 36 0 0 0 0 42.3 47 21 16 48 4.46 4.45 (avg) 934.5
1995 LAN NL 0 2 24 0 0 0 0 19.7 19 8 9 19 3.66 4.45 (+18%) 539.9
1996 LAN NL 2 3 66 0 0 0 1 73.0 65 18 22 56 2.22 4.61 (+52%) 2767.8
1997 LAN NL 1 4 62 0 0 0 1 69.3 71 41 30 42 5.32 4.39 (-21%) -1830.9
1998 LAN NL 2 1 53 0 0 0 0 54.0 56 21 24 45 3.50 4.43 (+21%) 1081.8
1999 BOS AL 1 1 46 0 0 0 2 46.3 50 30 20 36 5.83 4.71 (-24%) -951.2
1999 CHN NL 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 12.3 7 5 4 9 3.65 4.71 (+23%) 311.3
2000 CHN NL 2 3 19 0 0 0 0 18.7 17 10 10 17 4.82 4.77 (-1%) 465.0
2000 TBA AL 1 1 34 0 0 0 0 32.0 33 16 18 26 4.50 4.77 (+6%) -41.7
2000 TOR AL 0 2 23 0 0 0 0 20.7 20 11 9 20 4.79 4.77 (avg) 120.5
2001 OAK AL 6 2 54 0 0 0 1 52.3 49 26 20 52 4.47 4.42 (-1%) 318.7
2002 NYN NL 5 3 68 0 0 0 1 48.0 35 13 19 44 2.44 4.28 (+43%) 1317.1
2003 CHN NL 2 3 65 0 0 0 0 42.7 40 13 22 24 2.74 4.40 (+38%) -1165.6
Career · 19 seasons 51 54 765 43 3 1 14 978.2 989 440 381 778 4.05 — 6,748

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
766 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .071 .071 .071 .143 0

Career AVG .071 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 73.0% below league average.

Career OBP .071 vs. league average .333 across their career seasons — 78.6% below league average.

Career SLG .071 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — 82.7% below league average.

Career OPS .143 vs. league average .745 across their career seasons — 80.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1989 MIN AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1990 MIN AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1991 MIN AL 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1992 MIN AL 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1993 MIN AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1994 MIN AL 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1995 MIN AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1995 LAN NL 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1996 LAN NL 66 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1997 LAN NL 62 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 — — — — 0.0
1998 LAN NL 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1999 BOS AL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1999 CHN NL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2000 CHN NL 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2000 TBA AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2000 TOR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2001 OAK AL 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2002 NYN NL 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2003 CHN NL 65 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 19 seasons 766 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .071 — — — — 0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2003 NLCS CHN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2003 NLDS2 CHN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2001 ALDS2 OAK 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1996 NLDS1 LAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1995 NLDS2 LAN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1991 ALCS MIN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1991 WS MIN 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 2 15 0 0 13.0 8 5 7 7 3.46

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2003 NLCS CHN 0 1 2 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 9.00
2003 NLDS2 CHN 0 0 1 0 0 0.7 2 2 1 0 27.00
2001 ALDS2 OAK 0 0 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 2 0.00
1996 NLDS1 LAN 0 0 1 0 0 0.3 0 0 1 1 0.00
1995 NLDS2 LAN 0 0 3 0 0 1.3 2 1 1 1 6.75
1991 ALCS MIN 1 0 2 0 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 0.00
1991 WS MIN 0 1 4 0 0 4.0 3 1 4 3 2.25

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home38380100.125
Away38360000.000

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home382483.24602001884243.72
Away383495.05292401933544.36

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2003-09-28 CHCPIT — 1.0000100
2003-09-25 CHCCIN — 0.2222011
2003-09-20 CHCPIT — 2.0100100
2003-09-19 CHCPIT — 0.1000000
2003-09-13 CHCCIN — 1.0300010
2003-09-12 CHCCIN — 0.0333000
2003-09-10 CHCWSN — 0.0000200
2003-09-03 CHCSTL — 0.2100100
2003-09-02 CHCSTL W 2.0100010
2003-08-31 CHCMIL — 1.0100100

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 765 43 30 135 8 2

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1989 MIN P 13 8 2 8 0 0
1990 MIN P 24 21 5 23 1 0
1991 MIN P 41 12 5 10 1 0
1992 MIN P 54 0 4 6 1 0
1993 MIN P 22 0 0 5 0 0
1994 MIN P 50 2 3 8 0 0
1995 MIN P 36 0 0 2 2 0
1995 LAN P 24 0 0 3 0 0
1996 LAN P 66 0 1 10 1 1
1997 LAN P 62 0 2 13 1 0
1998 LAN P 53 0 3 9 1 0
1999 BOS P 46 0 1 6 0 0
1999 CHN P 11 0 0 1 0 0
2000 CHN P 19 0 0 2 0 0
2000 TBA P 34 0 1 6 0 0
2000 TOR P 23 0 0 1 0 0
2001 OAK P 54 0 0 4 0 0
2002 NYN P 68 0 1 6 0 0
2003 CHN P 65 0 2 12 0 1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 765

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2003 CHN NL $1,600,000
2002 NYN NL $1,800,000
2001 OAK AL $1,800,000
2000 CHN NL $1,600,000
1999 BOS AL $1,600,000
1998 LAN NL $1,600,000
1997 LAN NL $1,600,000
1996 LAN NL $870,000
1995 MIN AL $810,000
1994 MIN AL $875,000
1993 MIN AL $725,000
1992 MIN AL $270,000
1991 MIN AL $160,000
1990 MIN AL $102,000
1989 MIN AL $68,000
Total Career Earnings $15,480,000

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge LA 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Mark Guthrie (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Jeremy Affeldt
    43-46, 3.97 ERA
  2. 78
    Tim Worrell
    48-59, 3.97 ERA
  3. 75
    Doug Brocail
    52-48, 4.00 ERA
  4. 71
    Dennis Cook
    64-46, 3.91 ERA
  5. 69
    Bryan Shaw
    43-46, 3.96 ERA
  6. 68
    Hector Carrasco
    44-50, 4.00 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Mark Guthrie

What years did Mark Guthrie play?
Mark Guthrie played in Major League Baseball from 1989 to 2003.
Was Mark Guthrie a pitcher?
Yes. Mark Guthrie pitched in the major leagues, recording 51 wins and 778 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Mark Guthrie hit?
Mark Guthrie hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.