Vincent Lhoste

• Throws Right

• Born September 17, 1969

Biographical Information

Vincent Lhoste was on the French national team.

In France's first Intercontinental Cup, the 1991 Intercontinental Cup, he was 0-2 with a 10.80 ERA that beat the team mark of 11.67; he lost to Nicaragua's Carlos Herbert and Taiwan's Chao-Huang Lin. During the 1993 European Championship, he was 0-1 with a save and a team-best 2.87 ERA, .13 ahead of Christophe Gouilleux. He lost to Sweden's Mikael Aho but later saved a win over Sweden, started by Étienne Coste. He finished 10th in ERA, between Joeri Loykens and Gouilleux, and was also tied for 3rd in IP (15 2/3, even with Michael Wäller).

During the 1993 Intercontinental Cup, he was 0-1 with a 21.38 ERA and only Farouk Messagier was higher for France. He lost to Rolando Arrojo and tourney champion Cuba. He led the 1994 European Cup in ERA, while pitching for the Barracudas de Montpellier; a teammate was future MLB All-Star Jeff Zimmerman. Montpellier own Bronze, only the second medal for a French team in a European Cup.