Mark Joseph Petkovsek is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and Anaheim Angels. He attended the University of Texas, where he threw a seven-inning no-hitter in March 1987. Petkovsek was a first-round pick of the Rangers later that year, and in 1991, he made his major-league debut with the club, pitching 4�?? and taking the loss against the New York Yankees. The Rangers granted him his free agency following the year, and he signed with Pittsburgh for 1992. He spent the year at AAA Buffalo, where he co-aced for the club with Tim Wakefield. After Petkovsek appeared in 23 games for Pittsburgh in '93, the Pirates let Petkovsek walk, and the right-hander signed with the Astros for 1994. They assigned him to AAA Tucson out of Spring Training, and he spent the entire year there. On May 16, 1994, Petkovsek threw the first nine-inning no-hitter in Tucson franchise history, beating the Colorado Springs Sky Sox 5?0 in his only complete game of the year. For his effort, Petkovsek was named PCL Pitcher of the Week. 

November 18th, 1965 in Beaumont (Age 59)