Chris Bosio

Chris Bosio
Pitcher
Born: April 3, 1963 (1963-04-03) (age 48) Carmichael, California
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 3, 1986 for the Milwaukee Brewers
Last MLB appearance
September 22, 1996 for the Seattle Mariners
Career statistics
Win–Loss record	94–93
Earned run average	3.96
Strikeouts	1,059
Teams
Milwaukee Brewers (1986–1992) Seattle Mariners (1993–1996)
Career highlights and awards
Pitched a no-hitter on April 22, 1993

Christopher Louis Bosio (born April 3, 1963 in Carmichael, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Milwaukee Brewers and Seattle Mariners from 1986 to 1996 and a current major league pitching coach. He attended Cordova High School and Sacramento City College.

Bosio was the second pitcher in Mariners' history to pitch a no-hitter on April 22, 1993, against the Boston Red Sox. The dramatic last out was made when shortstop Omar Vizquel bare-handed a high chopper over the mound by Ernest Riles and threw him out.^[1] It still stands as the last no-hitter in Mariners history. It also stands as the last time the Red Sox were no-hit.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing, Bosio began a career in coaching In 1998. He was a special assignment pitching coach in the Seattle Mariners organization in from 1998 to 2002. In 2001 he was the pitching coach for the Tacoma Rainiers. In that season Tacoma won the Triple-A title and led the pitching staff to the lowest earned run average in the Pacific Coast League, working with future-Major Leaguers Brian Fuentes, Brett Tomko, and Joel Piniero. He also had most valuable pitcher in Denny Stark who went 16-2 with a 2.43 era. In that season he also served as the advanced scout for the Seattle Mariners in their 116 win season.

In 2003, he was the Tampa Bay Devil Rays pitching coach for Lou Pinella. Leaving baseball after the 2003 season for family health reasons, he moved his family to Appleton, Wisconsin. In 2006 he was the assistant pitching coach at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, and in 2007 the pitching coach and then interim manager at Lawrence University. Bosio joined the Cincinnati Reds organization in 2008, serving as pitching coach at their Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts. He was named to the same position for 2009 with the Carolina Mudcats, the Reds' new Double-A affiliate, but instead signed on with the Milwaukee Brewers farm system. In 2009, he served as the Triple-A Nashville Sounds pitching coach. He helped lead the Sounds Pitching staff to the lowest earned run average in the Pacific Coast League upon his promotion to the Milwaukee Brewers. On August 12, 2009, he replaced Bill Castro as pitching coach for the Milwaukee Brewers. In October 2009 he was named Major League Advanced scout for the Milwaukee Brewers.

He is currently the pitching coach of Nashville Sounds of the PCL league, replacing Rich Gale who left the team for personal reasons.

See also

• List of Major League Baseball no-hitters

References

1. ^ "Most Recent No-hitters by Team: Mariners - Chris Bosio - April 22, 1993 Sports Illustrated. Retrieved on 4 December 2008.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Preceded by Kevin Gross

No-hitter pitcher April 22, 1993

Succeeded by Jim Abbott

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Date of birth	April 3, 1963
Place of birth	Carmichael, California
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