Mark Harold Holzemer (born August 20, 1969) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
Career
Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1987 Major League Baseball Draft, Holzemer made his Major League Baseball debut with the California Angels on August 21, 1993, and appeared in his final game on August 13, 2000. In 2001, he played for the Yokohama BayStars (in Japan)[1] Holzemer won 2 games in the major leagues and on July 23, 1997, he picked up the only save of his MLB career. Holzemer retired the last batter of the game to close out a 6-3 Mariners victory over the Indians.[2]
Mark and his wife, Liz Holzemer, a meningioma survivor, appeared on an episode of Mystery Diagnosis on the Discovery Health Channel.[3]
Mark is currently the owner of Slammers Baseball in Lakewood, Colorado, where he also works as an instructor. He is also currently employed as an Associate Scout for the Kansas City Royals organization.[4]
References
- ^ Holzemer, Liz: Curveball, When Life Throws You a Brain Tumor, page 93. Ghost Road Press, 2007
- ^ "Seattle Mariners at Cleveland Indians Box Score, July 23, 1997".
- ^ "Brain Science Foundation - Meningiomas - Primary Brain Tumors - News & Events - Archived News". www.brainsciencefoundation.org. Archived from the original on 2007-02-07.
- ^ Slammers Baseball Archived 2012-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League)
- Slammers Baseball - Company owned by Mark Holzemer
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