Mark Vincent Bomback (born April 14, 1953) is a former professional baseball pitcher. Bomback played four Major League Baseball seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays. Minor leagues Bomback was drafted in the 25th round of the 1971 Major League Baseball draft by the Boston Red Sox. Over six seasons as a starting pitcher in the Bosox farm system, Bomback went 59–48 with a 4.21 earned run average and 681 strikeouts. He was released at the end of Spring training , and signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers shortly afterwards. After going 12–6 with a 4.53 ERA for the Holyoke Millers in 1977, he was able to bring his ERA down to 3.16 in , splitting his time between Holyoke and the triple A Spokane Indians. Milwaukee Brewers He earned a call up to Milwaukee that September, and was hit hard in his major league debut against the Seattle Mariners. After striking out the first batter he faced, Bomback allowed a single, home run, another single and a double before he was able to retire another batter. When he walked the next batter, manager George Bamberger pulled him before he could complete an inning. He fared far better in his next appearance. Pitching a single inning of "mop up duty" against the Minnesota Twins, Bomback allowed one hit (to Hall of Famer Rod Carew), and retired the other three batters he faced. Despite putting together an impressive season with the triple A Vancouver Canadians (22-7, 2.56 ERA, 151 SO), Bomback never returned to the majors with the Brewers. After the season, he was traded to the New York Mets for fellow pitcher Dwight Bernard. New York Mets Bomback was an early invite to Spring training, and earned a job in the Mets' bullpen to start the season. With Mets ace Pat Zachry beginning the season on the disabled list, Tom Hausman replaced Zachry in the starting rotation. Following a poor performance by Hausman against the Philadelphia Phillies on April 22, Bomback was given the opportunity to start despite three unimpressive relief appearances (5 earned runs in 5.2 innings pitched). He responded by holding the Phillies to one run over seven innings the very next day to record his first major league victory. In his next start, he pitched a two hit shutout against the Phillies. Upon Zachry's return, Bomback split time between