Mark Brandenburg (baseball)

Mark Clay Brandenburg is an American former middle-relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox. Brandenburg batted and threw right-handed. Listed at 6' 0", 180 lb., he was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 1992 draft out of Texas Tech.
In a three-season career, Brandenburg posted a 5–8 record with a 4.49 earned run average, 121 strikeouts, 56 walks, 144 ⅓ innings, and no saves, in 97 games pitched.
In July 2008, Brandenburg was inducted into the Texas Tech Athletics Hall of Fame.
His daughter, Ryan Kate, appeared on Season 3 of MasterChef Junior.