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- Lawrence Cyril Gura (/ˈɡʌrə/; born November 26, 1947) is a left-handed former pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1970 to 1985. He won a national championship at Arizona State University and spent 16 years in the Major Leagues. He played for the Chicago Cubs (1970–1973, 1985) of the National League, and the New York Yankees (1974–1975) and Kansas City Royals (1976–1985), both of the American League. He attended Joliet East High School and was inducted into the inaugural Joliet Hall of Fame in Joliet, Illinois. He was elected to the American League All-Star team in 1980 when he had his finest season, finishing with an 18–10 record and a 2.95 ERA. Gura won in double figures for seven consecutive seasons for the Royals (1978–1984) compiling 99 wins over that span. He particularly pestered his former team, the Yankees, against whom he went 11–6 in the regular season as a Royal. Gura was 3–0 against them in both 1979 and 1980, with five complete games, and tossed another complete-game victory against the Yankees in the 1980 American League Championship Series. Gura was named Royals pitcher of the year two times. Gura was the Royals' starting pitcher for Games 2 and 5 of the 1980 World Series. He finished with a 126–97 career record, 24 saves and an earned run average of 3.76. Gura was also an exceptional fielding pitcher, committing only 7 errors in 483 total chances for a career .986 fielding percentage. He won 18 games in a season twice including the 1980 season. He ranks in the Royals all time top 10 in games started (219), innings pitched (1,701.1) and though not a dominant strikeout artist, he still struck out 633 batters in a Royal uniform. (en)
- 勞倫斯·賽瑞爾·古拉（英語：Lawrence Cyril Gura，1947年11月26日－），為美國職棒大聯盟的投手，生涯曾效力過小熊、洋基和皇家等隊。 1980年，古拉投出了生涯年，單季拿下18勝10敗，防禦率2.95，也入選生涯唯一一次明星賽。古拉生涯面對洋基隊投得非常出色，例行賽對戰拿下11勝6敗，季後賽更是3戰全勝。1980年美國聯盟冠軍賽，古拉在第五戰面對洋基拿下完投勝，帶隊闖進世界大賽。1980年世界大賽，古拉在第二和第五戰都擔任先發投手，不過都拿下無關勝敗。 總計古拉生涯拿下126勝97敗，防禦率3.76，24次救援成功。他的先發次數和投球局數至今仍是皇家隊史前十名。 (zh)
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