Christopher Wayne Hook (born August 4, 1968) is an American former professional

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for the

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(MLB). He played in MLB for the

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Major league career

Chris Hook made his major league debut on April 30, 1995, against the

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. He pitched one and two thirds of an inning, giving up one

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and one

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. Overall, for the 1995 season, he had a 5–1 record with a 5.50

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(ERA). In 1996, he made 10 appearances, which resulted in one

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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

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of the independent

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. In February 2008, Hook announced he was leaving the Freedom to become pitching coach for the Double-A affiliate of the

, the

Huntsville Stars The Huntsville Stars were a Minor League Baseball team that played in Huntsville, Alabama, from 1985 to 2014. They competed in the Southern League as the Double-A affiliate of Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics from 1985 to 1998 and Milw ...

. Through the 2009 and 2011 seasons, Hook became the pitching coach for the Single-A affiliate of the

, the

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. 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

' pitching coach on November 19, 2018.

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