Win–loss record 31–41 Name Mike Fetters Earned run average 3.86 Role Baseball athlete | Strikeouts 518 Education ʻIolani School Saves 100 | |
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Similar Tony Perezchica, Mark Grace, Paul Abbott (baseball) Batted Right Threw Right MLB debut September 1, 1989, for the California Angels Last MLB appearance September 16, 2004, for the Arizona Diamondbacks Win–loss record (MLB) 31–41 Earned run average 3.86 Strikeouts 518 Born December 19, 1964 (age 58) Van Nuys, California, U.S. | ||
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Michael Lee Fetters (born December 19, 1964) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for eight teams during his sixteen-year career from 1989 to 2004. Fetters started his playing career with the California Angels and also played with the Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Minnesota Twins. Fetters had his best season in 1996 when he finished fifth in the American League in saves with thirty-two with the Brewers. Fetters finished his career with one hundred career saves.
Fetters is of mixed ethnicity, being half-Caucasian and half-Samoan in ancestry. Fetters is a graduate of Iolani School, where he played high school baseball in the early 1980s, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Fetters is best known for his head movement while on the mound. Prior to pitching, he took a deep breath and moved his head quickly 90 degrees to the left. He claimed that he was stressed when pitching as the reason for his head movement. While with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2002, Mark Grace imitated the same move when invited to pitch for one inning. During one game in the 2004 season, Houston Astro Craig Biggio imitated Fetters' head movement and scowl while batting against him, drawing laughter from the Houston crowd. Fetters is the cousin of American baritone Stephen Totter. He presently serves as the bullpen coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks, following a four-year tenure as a quality control coach.
