Mark Gubicza is a color commentator for Los Angeles Angels games on Bally Sports West.
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39 Facts About Mark Gubicza
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Mark Gubicza was a mainstay in the Royals starting rotation for years, earning back-to-back MLB All-Star selections in 1988 and 1989 and making an Opening Day start for the team in 1989.
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Mark Gubicza played a reduced number of games later in his career due to three arm injuries and a leg injury between 1990 and 1997.
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Mark Gubicza was traded to the Anaheim Angels before the 1997 season and retired after that year.
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At the time of his retirement, Mark Gubicza held the Royals franchise record for strikeouts with 1,366, was third in wins at 132, and was second in pitching wins above replacement with 38.
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Mark Gubicza was inducted into the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Mark Gubicza attended the William Penn Charter School where he was teammates with eventual professional player Ruben Amaro Jr.
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Mark Gubicza was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the second round of the 1981 Major League Baseball draft, the 34th overall pick.
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Mark Gubicza played for the Fort Myers Royals in the Florida State Class A League in 1982 and missed most of the season due to injuries.
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Mark Gubicza pitched 6 innings, gave up 5 hits, 1 run, and struck out 4.
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Mark Gubicza posted similar statistics to his previous season: a 4.
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Mark Gubicza made his only career postseason appearances during the 1985 American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays.
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In game one of the series, Mark Gubicza entered the game as a relief pitcher in the fifth inning following a two-inning start by Leibrandt that resulted in five runs being surrendered.
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Mark Gubicza worked three innings in relief, giving up no hits or runs while striking out two and walking one.
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In 1986, Mark Gubicza was a member of a revised Royals rotation as former starter Bud Black was moved to the bullpen.
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Mark Gubicza pitched two shutouts in 1986, first against the Cleveland Indians on May 14 and later against the New York Yankees on August 17.
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Mark Gubicza was named in talks for Seattle Mariners players Phil Bradley and Danny Tartabull, but he was not traded.
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Mark Gubicza finished third in voting for the 1988 American League Cy Young Award behind Frank Viola and Dennis Eckersley.
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Mark Gubicza followed up his career-best season with another All-Star season in 1989.
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Mark Gubicza was not ready to return to the mound until May 14,1991, when he made his season debut in Toronto.
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Mark Gubicza was brought on to an Angels pitching staff that had combined for a 5.
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Mark Gubicza signed a minor-league deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers in January 1998 but announced his retirement the following month, citing his injuries.
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In 1988, with the help of pitching coach Frank Funk, Mark Gubicza loosened up his delivery, a change that delivered improved results.
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In 2000, Mark Gubicza took a job as an analyst for the Fox Sports Net shows titled National Sports Report and Baseball Today.
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Mark Gubicza was offered a job to be on ESPN's Baseball Tonight, but declined because the show's studio in Bristol, Connecticut, was too far from home.
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Mark Gubicza has worked for Bally Sports West, formerly known as Fox Sports West, since the mid-2000s.
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Mark Gubicza has primarily served as a color commentator for Angels broadcasts, occasionally providing pre-game and post-game analysis on Angels Live and formerly for Dodgers Live.
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Mark Gubicza co-hosted Angels in the Infield with Bill Macdonald.
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In 2021, Mark Gubicza became a permanent fixture of an otherwise rotating broadcast booth that featured Matt Vasgersian as the primary play-by-play announcer with Daron Sutton filling in when Vasgersian had to call games for ESPN or MLB Network.
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In 2022, Vasgersian remained on the network's primary broadcast team alongside Mark Gubicza and became more available due to his departure from ESPN.
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Mark Gubicza finished his Royals tenure third all-time in wins with 132 and second in pitching wins above replacement with 38.
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On July 21,2006, Mark Gubicza was inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame in a pregame ceremony at Kauffman Stadium.
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Mark Gubicza called his induction a "tremendous honor" and former teammates John Wathan and Jeff Montgomery spoke about his career at the ceremony.
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Mark Gubicza was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame on January 31,2010.
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Mark Gubicza was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame on June 16,2022.
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Mark Gubicza met his wife, Lisa, at the wedding of Royals teammate Bret Saberhagen.
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Mark Gubicza spent several years coaching Little League and 14-U travel teams in the San Fernando Valley area.
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Mark Gubicza has attended Philadelphia Eagles games with Angels outfielder Mike Trout, a native of Millville, New Jersey, who roots for Philadelphia's teams.
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