John Mitchell (baseball)
| John Mitchell | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: August 11, 1965 Dickson, Tennessee |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 8, 1986, for the New York Mets | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 30, 1990, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 9–14 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.35 | ||
| Strikeouts | 107 | ||
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John Kyle Mitchell (born August 11, 1965 in Dickson, Tennessee) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in parts of five Major League Baseball seasons, from 1986 through 1990, for the New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles.
Mitchell was originally drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1983 Major League Baseball draft. On October 30, 1983, after completing his first professional season with the New York–Penn League's Elmira Pioneers, Mitchell and two fellow Red Sox farmhands, Anthony Latham and Scott Skripko, were deep-sea fishing off the coast of Florida when their boat capsized. Boat owner Mark Zastrowmy and Latham drowned. Skripko and Mitchell survived over twenty hours in the water by clinging to debris; Skripko held onto a cooler for 20 hours and Mitchell a bucket for 22 hours.
After two more seasons with the Red sox organization, Mitchell was traded to the Mets along with Bob Ojeda, Tom McCarthy and Chris Bayer for Calvin Schiraldi, John Christensen, Wes Gardner and La Schelle Tarver on November 15, 1985. Mitchell went 12–9 with a 3.39 earned run average in his first season with the Tidewater Tides, and received a call-up to the majors that September. His major league debut came on September 8, 1986 against the Montreal Expos at Shea Stadium.
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