13 Facts About Mark Langston

Mark Edward Langston was born on August 20,1960 and is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher.

Mark Langston pitched collegiately at San Jose State and was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the second round of the 1981 Major League Baseball draft.

Mark Langston was chosen as a compensation pick from the Texas Rangers for the signing of Bill Stein.

Mark Langston debuted for the Mariners in 1984 with fellow rookie Alvin Davis.

Davis' performance won him the American League Rookie of the Year award, but Mark Langston's performance was voted worthy of the Rookie Pitcher of the Year award, as he finished the year with a league-leading 204 strikeouts.

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In 1989, the Mariners traded Mark Langston, who was their top pitcher at the time, to the Montreal Expos for a package of three young pitchers: Randy Johnson, Gene Harris and Brian Holman.

Mark Langston was the Angels starting pitcher for the 1995 American League West tie-breaker game.

Mark Langston is one of only eight pitchers in MLB history to pick off three runners in a single game which he accomplished against the Cubs in 1989.

Mark Langston serves as a radio color commentator for the Los Angeles Angels during all games and is a co-host of the Angels post-game call-in show Angel Talk on radio station KLAA.

On September 20,2019, after announcing the starting lineups for an away game against the Houston Astros, Mark Langston suffered from ventricular fibrillation and collapsed in the broadcast booth.

Mark Langston was revived and taken to a hospital, where he later had a defibrillator installed; Jose Mota took over Langston's place in the radio broadcasts.

Right after retirement Mark Langston was the head coach for Lutheran High School of Orange County for two years.

Mark Langston appeared as himself in an episode of Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, entitled "To Tell a Mortal", where he plays catch with Harvey.