Andrew Lorraine

Andrew Jason Lorraine (born August 11, 1972) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1994 to 2002 for the California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and Milwaukee Brewers. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He also played for the La New Bears in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League.

In high school, Lorraine was named the Los Angeles Times High School Pitcher of the Year, and a member of the USA Junior National Team. He was drafted, for a second time, out of Stanford University in the fourth round in by the California Angels. He pitched for the California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and Milwaukee Brewers.

Lorraine was a pitching coach for the Seattle Mariners organization from 2009–16, and in December 2016 was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates as a professional scout. Lorraine has been the pitching coach of the Israel national baseball team, and was the pitching coach for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic in South Korea and Japan in March 2017. He was also the pitching coach for Team Israel at the 2019 European Baseball Championship, and for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament, in Italy in September 2019, which Israel won.

Early and personal life Lorraine was born in Los Angeles, grew up in Newhall, Santa Clarita, California, and is Jewish. He is the son of Marlene and Michael (Mike) Lorraine; his mother is from New Jersey and his father emigrated to the United States from Blackpool, England. Lorraine's paternal grandfather, who emigrated from Poland to England, was originally named Levin, but after his grandfather spent time in Alsace-Lorraine in France in World War II with the British army, Andrew Lorraine said: "He liked the name Lorraine, and changed his name...." While in high school, as a junior he was 9–5 with a 2.18 ERA, and struck out 101 batters in 93 innings. Lorraine was in the selected out of high school in the 38th round of the draft by the New York Mets, but chose to continue his education.

College He attended and played baseball for the Cardinal baseball team at Stanford University on scholarship, obtaining a degree in American Studies. In 1993, Lorraine was Pac-10 All-Conference. He was then drafted in the fourth round in by the California Angels.

Called up, he made his first appearance with the Angels at the age of 21, pitching in four games. In 1999, he was 9–8 with a 3.71 ERA in 21 starts and 1 relief appearance for the Iowa Cubs of the AAA Pacific Coast League, and 2–5 with a 5.55 ERA in 11 starts for the Chicago Cubs.

Lorraine signed a minor league contract prior to the season with the Minnesota Twins. In , Lorraine was a member of the Baltimore Orioles organization. In , he pitched for the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League, going 2–1 with a 3.12 ERA in 9 games, and the Charlotte Knights of the International League, where he had a 1.95 ERA in 27.2 innings.

Team Israel coach In September 2012, Lorraine was the pitching coach for the 2013 qualifier for Israel at the World Baseball Classic. In September 2016, Lorraine was the pitching coach for Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualifier. He returned in the same role, and coached Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic main tournament in South Korea and Japan.

He was the pitching coach for Team Israel at the 2019 European Baseball Championship, for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament, in Italy in September 2019, which Israel won.

Honors

In 2016 he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.