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Mike Milchin

Mike Milchin

American baseball player

Michael Wayne Milchin (born February 28, 1968) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He played for the Minnesota Twins for 26 games during the 1996 season and the Baltimore Orioles for 13 games during the 1996 season.

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Biography

Milchin was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and is Jewish.[1][2] He attended John Randolph Tucker High School in Richmond, Virginia, and played at Clemson University. In 1987, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[3] He was on the Gold Medal Team USA at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games.[2][4]

He played for the Minnesota Twins for 26 games during the 1996 season and the Baltimore Orioles for 13 games during the 1996 season. He had been claimed off waivers by the Orioles from the Twins on August 8, 1996.[5] He was left off the Orioles roster for the 1996 postseason in favor of Arthur Rhodes.[6] He was released by the Orioles on November 19, 1996.[7]

Milchin is as of 2020 the Player Representative; Baseball, of Independent Sports & Entertainment.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Big League Jews". Jewish Sports Review. 12 (137): 20. January–February 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Mike Milchin Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  3. [3]
    "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  4. [4]
    Mike Milchin (1945-02-26). "Mike Milchin". Jewish Baseball Museum. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  5. [5]
    "Comings and Goings For Thursday, August 8," The Wall Street Journal, Thursday, August 8, 1996. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  6. [6]
    Maske, Mark. "Despite Controversy, It's Still a Level Playing Field," The Washington Post, Wednesday, October 2, 1996. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Transactions," The New York Times, Wednesday, November 20, 1996. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  8. [8]
    ISE; "About Us"


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