Lance Painter

Lance Telford Painter (b. July 21 1967 in Bedford, England) is the current Pitching Coach for the High Desert Mavericks baseball club of the Class A California League. He is a former major league left-handed pitcher who played for the Colorado Rockies (1993-1996), Milwaukee Brewers (2001), St. Louis Cardinals (1997-1999) (2003), and the Toronto Blue Jays (2000-2001). Although he started 28 games, Painter is most known as a reliever.

Painter played college baseball at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1990 Painter was drafted in the 25th round of the amateur draft by the San Diego Padres. While playing with the Rockies in the 1995 NLDS he pinch hit in the ninth inning of game one (striking out) and then started the next day in a losing effort game against the Atlanta Braves. During the 1998 season with the Cardinals, Painter appeared in 65 games, went 4-0, and posted a 3.99 ERA. Painter appeared in 314 major league games and posted a career ERA of 5.22. He retired after the 2003 season.

Lance was the pitching coach of the Great Britain Baseball Team during the 2005 European Championships in the Czech Republic. GB placed 7th, just missing out on the qualification round for the World Championships.

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