Gary Lance

Gary Dean Lance (born September 21, 1948) is a former baseball pitcher. He played briefly for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB) in its 1977 season. Listed at 6' 3", 195 lb., Lance batted and threw right handed. He was born in Greenville, South Carolina and attended Dentsville High School in Columbia, SC and continued playing baseball for University of South Carolina.

Career The Royals signed Lance as a free agent in 1971.

In 1973, while pitching for the Double-A Jacksonville Suns, Lance hurled a no-hitter against the Birmingham A's. He averaged 12 wins in four of these seasons, with a career-high 16 victories in 1977, before joining the big team late in the year.

In between, Lance played winter ball in Venezuela with the Tiburones de La Guaira and Tigres de Aragua clubs, as well as in Puerto Rico for the Lobos de Arecibo, Indios de Mayagüez and Vaqueros de Bayamón. While pitching for Arecibo, he was a member of the 1983 Caribbean Series champion team.

Lance made a short return in 1990, while pitching for the Florida Tropics of the short-lived Senior Professional Baseball Association.