Background
Guante was born in Villa Mella, Dominican Republic.
Guante was born in Villa Mella, Dominican Republic.
He made his MLB debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates and ended his career after playing with the Cleveland Indians. He worked exclusively as a relief pitcher (save for one start in 1990). His height is 6"3" and his playing weight was 205 pounds
He was a right-handed pitcher and also a right-handed batter.
Guante was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1979. He was eventually called up to the big leagues in 1982.
He played five seasons for the Pirates, working exclusively as a relief pitcher. His strongest season was in 1985, when Guante posted a 4–6 record in 63 games.
He pitched 109.0 innings, had 92 strikeouts, a 2.72 European Research Area and a 1.138 WHIP. In 1987, Guante was traded to the New York Yankees, a team looking for pitching help.
He was traded with Pat Clements and Rick Rhoden to the Yankees for Doug Drabek, Brian Fisher, and Logan Easley. To make matters worse for the Yankees, Guante had a 5.73 European Research Area in 1987. By comparison, the average European Research Area for an American League pitcher in 1987 was 4.38.
Though Guante had a statistically strong year in 1988 (5 wins and a 282 European Research Area), he was traded to the Texas Rangers for Dale Mohorcic before the season was over.
Guante played two more full seasons before leaving MLB for good. Guante briefly played for CPBL"s Uni-President Lions in 1992 after leaving the major leagues.
Guante wore a giant G for Guante on his glove, as can be seen here.