Rick Guttormson

Rick Guttormson
Rick Guttormson
	Starting pitcher
	Born: January 11, 1977 (age 47); Torrance, California
	Bats: Right Throws: Right
KBO debut
	April 9, 2009, for the Kia Tigers
KBO statistics ; (through 2009)
Win–loss record	13–4
Earned run average	3.24
Strikeouts	95
Teams
	Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2005–2006); Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2007–2008); Kia Tigers (2009);
Career highlights and awards
	Korean Series champion (2009); Pitched a no-hitter on May 25, 2006;

Rick Lee Guttormson (リック・ガトームソン, 릭 구톰슨) (born January 11, 1977) is a former professional baseball starting pitcher.

He became the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the history of interleague play in Japanese baseball, doing so against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on May 25, 2006. As of the 2022, he became the last foreign pitcher to throw a no hitter in Nippon Professional Baseball until 2022, when Cody Ponce of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters did so against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on the 27th of August.^[1]

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