José Guzmán

Infobox MLB retired
name=José Guzmán
position=Pitcher


bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1963|4|9
Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
debutdate=September 10
debutyear=by|1985
debutteam=Chicago Cubs
finaldate=May 23
finalyear=by|1994
finalteam=Chicago Cubs
stat1label=Win-Loss record
stat1value=80-74
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=4.05
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=889
teams=
* Texas Rangers (by|1985-by|1992)
* Chicago Cubs (by|1993-by|1994)
highlights=
* 1991 AL Comeback Player of the Year

José Alberto ("Mirabal") Guzmán (born April 9, 1963 in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from by|1985-by|1994.

Guzmán was signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent in February 10, by|1981. He made his Major League debut in September 10, 1985 against the Oakland Athletics. He remained with the Rangers for six seasons winning the by|1991 MLB Comeback Player of the Year Award after improving from an 11-13 season to 13-7 in 1991.

In December, by|1992, Guzmán signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs. On April 6, by|1993, against the Atlanta Braves at Wrigley Field, Guzmán had a no-hitter broken up by an Otis Nixon single with two out in the ninth. The no-hitter would have been the first pitched by a Cub (and, in fact, the first the Cubs had been involved in) since Milt Pappas in by|1972.

He remained with the Cubs for one more season pitching his final game in May 23, 1994.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/guzmajo01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7D6133CF934A35757C0A965958260&n=Top%2FNews%2FSports%2FBaseball%2FMajor%20League%2FFlorida%20Marlins Guzman loses no-hit bid in the 9th]