Lorraine was born in Los Angeles, grew up in Newhall, Santa Clarita, California, and is Jewish.[1][2][3][4][5] He is the son of Marlene and Michael (Mike) Lorraine; his mother is from New Jersey and his father emigrated to the United States from Blackpool, England.[3][4][5][1][6] Lorraine's paternal grandfather, who emigrated from Poland to England, was originally named Levin, but after his grandfather spent time in Alsace-Lorraine in France in World War II with the British army, Andrew Lorraine said: "He liked the name Lorraine, and changed his name...."[3][4][5]
He has an older sister, Karen.[6] Lorraine's wife is named Melissa, but prefers "Missie".[7]
High school
Lorraine attended William S. Hart High School in Newhall.[8] While in high school, as a junior he was 9–5 with a 2.18 ERA, and struck out 101 batters in 93 innings.[1] After a senior year in 1990 in which he was 9-0 and 6 saves with a 0.91 ERA while striking out 138 batters and yielding 45 hits in 85 innings he was named the Los Angeles Times High School Pitcher of the Year, and a member of the USA Junior National Team.[1][9][10][11] Lorraine was in the selected out of high school in the 38th round of the 1990 draft by the New York Mets, but chose to continue his education.[12][13]
In 1993, for the Boise Hawks, Lorraine was 4–1 with a 1.29 ERA. In 1994, he went 12–4 with a 3.42 ERA for the Vancouver Canadians, tied for second in the league in wins and tied for the league lead with four complete games and two shutouts, and was chosen both as a Triple-A All-Star pitcher in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and as a Triple A All-Star, and Baseball America named him the PCL # 1 Pitching Prospect.[5][15][16]
Called up, he made his first appearance with the Angels at the age of 21, pitching in four games.[4] In Lorraine's rookie season he was the losing pitcher for the California Angels in Kenny Rogers' perfect game for the Texas Rangers on July 28, 1994.
When Lorraine returned to the majors that year, pitching for the White Sox, he appeared as a reliever in five games, with a 3.38 ERA, giving up 3 hits in 8 innings.[4][12]
In January 1996, he was traded by the White Sox with Charles Poe to the Oakland Athletics for Danny Tartabull.[12]
He had six starts with the Oakland Athletics in 1997, going 3–1 in 12 games, and was traded to the Seattle Mariners in 1998, where Lorraine had an ERA of 2.45 in four games. Pitching for the Tacoma Rainiers of the AAA Pacific Coast League in 1998, he was 7–4 with two saves and a 4.82 ERA.[17] In 1999, he was 9–8 with a 3.71 ERA in 21 starts and 1 relief appearance for the Iowa Cubs of the AAA Pacific Coast League, and 2–5 with a 5.55 ERA in 11 starts for the Chicago Cubs.[17]
Playing for the Chicago Cubs in 2000, Lorraine had a 1–2 record and was released. He finished the season with the Cleveland Indians, with whom he had an ERA of 3.86 in 10 games, and their Triple-A affiliate the Buffalo Bisons of the International League, where he went 8–3 with a 3.47 ERA.[4]
Lorraine signed a minor league contract prior to the 2004 season with the Minnesota Twins. In 2005, Lorraine was a member of the Baltimore Orioles organization. In 2006, he pitched for the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League, going 2–1 with a 3.12 ERA in 9 games, and the Charlotte Knights of the International League, where he had a 1.95 ERA in 27.2 innings.[17]
Major league organizations' pitching coach and scout
Lorraine was a pitching coach for the Seattle Mariners organization from 2009 to 2016. In December 2016 he was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates as a professional scout.[19][20]
