Alan Mills (baseball)
| Alan Mills | |||
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| Baltimore Orioles | |||
| Pitcher / Bullpen Coach | |||
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Born: October 18, 1966 Lakeland, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 14, 1990, for the New York Yankees | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 5, 2001, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–Loss record | 39–32 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.12 | ||
| Strikeouts | 456 | ||
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Alan Bernard Mills (born October 18, 1966) is an American former relief pitcher who spent twelve seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees (1990–1991), Baltimore Orioles (1992–1998, 2000–2001) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1999–2000). He pitched right-handed.
Born in Lakeland, Florida on October 18, 1966, Mills was the youngest of Hugh and Alfreddia Mills' four children. His favorite sport in his youth was football, but he switched to baseball after doctors informed him that he had only one kidney. He graduated from Kathleen High School in 1984. He was an outfielder on the school's varsity team before making the transition to pitcher. He attended Tuskegee University, but transferred to Polk Community College after one year when the former dropped baseball scholarships.
He was selected in the MLB Draft on two different occasions in 1986, both times in phases that were discontinued later that year. He was chosen by the Boston Red Sox (13th overall) and California Angels (8th overall) in the first rounds of the regular phase of the January draft and the secondary phase of the June draft respectively. He decided to sign with the Angels over the Red Sox based on which team was willing to finance his final two years of college.
Mills spent just one season with the Salem Angels of the Northwest League, compiling a 6-6 record over fourteen starts, before the Angels sent him to the New York Yankees to complete a December 19, 1986 deal in which the Yankees sent Butch Wynegar to the Angels for Ron Romanick and a player to be named later.
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