Rick Guttormson | |
Number: | -- |
Position: | Starting pitcher |
Birth Date: | 11 January 1977 |
Birth Place: | Torrance, California |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutdate: | April 9 |
Debutyear: | 2009 |
Debutleague: | KBO |
Debutteam: | Kia Tigers |
Statyear: | 2009 |
Statleague: | KBO |
Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
Stat1value: | 13–4 |
Stat2label: | Earned run average |
Stat2value: | 3.24 |
Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
Stat3value: | 95 |
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Rick Lee Guttormson (リック・ガトームソン, 릭 구톰슨) (born January 11, 1977) is a former professional baseball starting pitcher.
He became the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the history of interleague play in Japanese baseball, doing so against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on May 25, . As of the 2022, he became the last foreign pitcher to throw a no hitter in Nippon Professional Baseball until 2022, when Cody Ponce of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters did so against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on the 27th of August.[1]