Chris Hook
{{short description|American baseball player & coach (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Chris Hook
|image=Chris Hook (5960451726) (cropped).jpg
|caption=Hook with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in 2011
|team=Milwaukee Brewers
|number=84
|position=Relief pitcher / Pitching coach
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1968|8|4}}
|birth_place=San Diego, California, U.S.
|death_date=
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 30
|debutyear=1995
|debutteam=San Francisco Giants
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 29
|finalyear=1996
|finalteam=San Francisco Giants
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Win–loss record
|stat1value=5–2
|stat2label=Earned run average
|stat2value=5.89
|stat3label=Strikeouts
|stat3value=44
|teams=
As player
- San Francisco Giants ({{mlby|1995}}–{{mlby|1996}})
As coach
- Milwaukee Brewers ({{mlby|2019}}–present)
}}
Christopher Wayne Hook (born August 4, 1968) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher who is the pitching coach for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the San Francisco Giants.
Major league career
Chris Hook made his major league debut on April 30, 1995, against the Florida Marlins. He pitched one and two thirds of an inning, giving up one hit and one run. Overall, for the 1995 season, he had a 5–1 record with a 5.50 earned run average (ERA). In 1996, he made 10 appearances, which resulted in one loss and a 7.43 ERA.
Coaching career
From 2004 to 2007, he was the pitching coach, as well as manager of baseball operations for the Florence Freedom of the independent Frontier League. In February 2008, Hook announced he was leaving the Freedom to become pitching coach for the Double-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, the Huntsville Stars. Through the 2009 and 2011 seasons, Hook became the pitching coach for the Single-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. During the 2011-2012 offseason, it was announced Hook would return to Double-A Huntsville once more as pitching coach. He served as the Brewers' Double-A pitching coach through 2017, then as the Brewers' roving minor league pitching coordinator in 2018.
Hook was hired as the Milwaukee Brewers' pitching coach on November 19, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/brewers/news/chris-hook-named-brewers-pitching-coach/c-300915944|author=Adam McCalvy|title=Chris Hook Named Brewers' Pitching Coach|website=MLB.com|date=November 19, 2018|accessdate=November 19, 2018}}
References
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External links
{{Baseballstats|mlb=116123|espn=3216|br=h/hookch01|fangraphs=1005997|brm=hook--001chr}}, or [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phookc001.htm Retrosheet]
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