Name: Mark Steven Gubicza
Nickname: Goobs, Space
Years Played: 1984 - 1997
Teams: Kansas City Royals, Anaheim Angels
Highlights/Awards: 2 time All-Star, 3rd in Cy Young voting in 1988, Led the AL in BB/9IP in 1994
Career Stats: 132-136 3.96 ERA, 42 CG, 1371 K, 786 BB, 58 HBP, 107 WP, 1.36 WHIP
Best Season: 1988; 20-8, 2.70 ERA, 183 K, 1.18 WHIP
Did You Know: He is the Royals career leader in Walks Allowed, Wild Pitches and Hit Batsmen
Thoughts: Most memories from my childhood turn out to be not totally accurate when revisited years later, but the three things I remember about Mark Gubicza: 1) hard throwing 2) wild 3) fantastic mullet, are absolutely true. Goobs had a couple of good/great years from 86 to 89, but he also logged 947 IP during those seasons. All of those innings obviously took a toll, because in the eight following years he only pitched a total of 910 innings.
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