The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels are a
Minor League Baseball team of the
Florida State League and the
Single-A
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affiliate of the
Minnesota Twins. They are located in
Fort Myers, Florida, and play their home games at the Lee County Sports Complex at
Hammond Stadium
Hammond Stadium is a baseball field located in the CenturyLink Sports Complex in South Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The stadium was built in 1991, and underwent major renovations in 2014 and 2015.
The spring training home of the Minnesota ...
, which has a capacity of 7,500 and opened in 1991. The park is also used as the Minnesota Twins'
spring training facility.
The majority owner is Kaufy Baseball, LLC, a privately held company managed by John Martin, who purchased a controlling interest in the club from Andrew Kaufmann in January 2022.
History
The Mighty Mussels franchise was founded in 1926, as the Fort Myers Palms. One year later, the team moved to
Miami
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, and were renamed the Miami Hustlers. The team became temporarily inactive, with the rest of the
Florida State League, midway through the 1928 season. Even though the Florida State League resumed play in 1936, the Hustlers remained inactive until they were reactivated by the FSL during the 1961–1962 offseason to serve as the Class D affiliate of the
Philadelphia Phillies. The team was renamed the Miami Marlins in honor of the original Marlins of the Triple-A
International League who had moved to
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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(and subsequently
Charleston, West Virginia), following the 1960 season.
In 1963, there was a restructuring of the classification system of all
Minor League Baseball, which resulted in the FSL changing from Class D to its current status of Class A-Advanced. They became a
Baltimore Orioles
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affiliate in 1966, and were renamed the Miami Orioles after their MLB parent club from 1971 to 1981.
Upon the Baltimore Orioles' severing of their affiliation with the Miami Orioles following the 1981 season, the franchise reverted to the Marlins name and participated in the 1982 FSL season as an independent entry. Without a Major League affiliate, this team was composed of undrafted players from the area, free agents from various organizations and players on loan from the Baltimore Orioles,
San Diego Padres
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, and
Oakland A's
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organizations.
The following season the Miami Marlins became a San Diego Padres affiliate. This partnership lasted two years and the Marlins were without a parent club for the 1985 season. They filled their roster with ten former major leaguers looking to rejuvenate their careers, including Derrel Thomas, who made it back to MLB later that season with the Philadelphia Phillies. The Marlins continued this practice through the 1988 season. One of their signees in 1987, Dennis Martínez, also returned to MLB, signing with the Montreal Expos later that season. In 1987, the team started receiving some players on loan from the Tokyo Giants. This lasted through the 1988 season.
In 1988, the team began the season at Bobby Maduro Miami Stadium, but moved later in the season to the Miami-Hialeah Lakes High School field.
The Marlins had per-game attendance totals of approximately 100 fans.
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On , the South Florida Baseball Club Limited Partnership purchased the Marlins and were renamed the Miami Miracle. They moved the team from Miami Stadium, which the team had called home for the vast majority of its time in South Florida, to ]Florida International University
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's University Park with some games to be held at Key West High School.[ South Florida BC LP consisted of Stuart Revo, managing partner, Marvin Goldklang, South Florida commercial real estate developer ]Michael M. Adler
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Adler has a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Miami.
Joe Biden campaign and administration
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; Potamkin Television, New Age Broadcasting automobile dealership group Potamkin Companies president Alan Potamkin; Sillerman-Magee Communication Management Corp. CEO Robert Sillerman, actor Bill Murray
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and recording artist Jimmy Buffett. E.J. Narcise was named general manager. While having a partial affiliation with the Cleveland Indians and the Tokyo Giants of the Japanese league, the Miracle were considered an independent entry in the FSL.[
The team received only nine players from the Indians for the 1989 season and had to scramble to find players like pitcher Longo Garcia who was released by the ]San Francisco Giants
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organization having been a tenth round draft pick. Jim Gattis was named manager by April 1989.[
]
The Miracle were sold again a year later to the Marv Goldklang Group. Mike Veeck (son of Hall of Fame inductee Bill Veeck, and author of the book, ''Fun is Good'') also became part owner of the organization while Murray and Buffett still maintained their shares as well.
In 1990, the team moved again, playing its home games at Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium. The team spent two seasons in Pompano Beach with future big league skipper Fredi González
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at the helm.
In 1992, with the impending arrival of MLB's Florida Marlins
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The fran ...
, the Goldklang Group returned the Miracle to Fort Myers. The Miracle operated as a co-op club with the Minnesota Twins that season, and became a full Twins affiliate a year later. The current Player Development Contract runs through 2018.
In December 2019, the franchise announced that it would be rebrand ahead of the 2020 season and become known as the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels.
Mighty Mussels in Fort Myers
Since moving to Fort Myers for the 1992 season, the Mighty Mussels have qualified for the Florida State League Playoffs eight times. As the Miracle, the club won the FSL West Division first half in 2003 and 2008 and the FSL West second half in 1995, 2000 and 2006. In 2009, the Florida State League adopted a North–South setup of divisions. In that year, the Miracle won both the FSL South first and second half under manager Jeff Smith. Despite a regular season record of 80–58 and winning game one of a best-of-three series on the road, the Charlotte Stone Crabs
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defeated the Miracle in games two and three.
After a three-season hiatus, the Miracle returned to the FSL Playoffs under first-year manager Doug Mientkiewicz. Guiding a star-studded team of Twins prospects such as Miguel Sano
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, Kennys Vargas and Eddie Rosario
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, the Miracle won the first half in the FSL South with a 45–22 record. The 45 wins tied the franchise record for the most in a single half and the winning percentage of .672 marked the best for a half in team history. Posting the best overall record in the Florida State League at 79–56 during the regular season, the Miracle again fell to the Stone Crabs in the FSL South Divisional Playoff. Charlotte held the league-best Fort Myers offense, that included the consensus top prospect in baseball Byron Buxton
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, to just one run in a two-game sweep.
2014 championship season
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in 1995 and 2008. For a second consecutive season, Mientkiewicz led the Miracle to a first half title in the FSL South, narrowly edging the St. Lucie Mets by one game in the standings with a final day win, 4–0, over the Bradenton Marauders
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. Fort Myers finished with a first half record of 41–28 with a roster featuring top prospects José Berríos
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, Jorge Polanco and Adam Brett Walker. During the 2014 campaign, Walker broke the Miracle franchise record for home runs in a season with 25; previously held by Brock Peterson with 21 in 2006. Walker was also a 2014 FSL All-Star Game MVP and Home Run Derby Champion at the 2014 FSL All-Star Game in Bradenton
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Late 18th and early 19th centuries
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, at McKechnie Field
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. In the second half, the Miracle posted a record of 41–29 for an overall mark of 82–57, second-best in team history.
In the FSL South Divisional Playoff, the Miracle faced Bradenton. Trailing 7–3 in the top of the fourth inning, Jason Kanzler hit an opposite field grand slam to tie the game in the first of a best-of-three series. After the fifth inning, play was halted for 58 minutes due to rain. When the game resumed in the top of the sixth, Dalton Hicks drove in the eventual game-winning run with a single. The Miracle won game one, 8–7, and Kanzler had six runs batted in. In game two, the Miracle scored six runs in the bottom of the third inning to take 6–1 lead. Miracle starter D. J. Baxendale earned the win with six innings allowing just one unearned run and five strikeouts. After a two-game sweep of the Marauders, the Miracle advanced to the FSL Championship series for the third time in team history.
Facing the Cubs again, the Miracle hosted the first two games of the best-of-five series at JetBlue Park
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. The Miracle pitching staff allowed just one run in a pair of wins. Fort Myers took game one, 5–1, and game two, 5–0. With a 2–0 series lead for the Miracle, the Cubs staved off elimination in game three at Jackie Robinson Ballpark
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in Daytona, Florida After a two-hour, seven-minute delay, the Cubs and Miracle engaged in a back-and-forth battle with Daytona eventually going on to win, 8–7. The Cubs trailed 6–5 in the bottom of the eighth inning, but took the lead on a three-run homer by Wilson Contreras. After the Cubs' win, the two teams had to wait a day after heavy storms made the field in Daytona unplayable. On Monday, September 8, the Miracle and Cubs played game four. Fort Myers built a 2–0 lead midway through the fourth inning. Daytona tied the game in the sixth. Going into extra innings, Kanzler gave the Miracle a 4–2 lead with a two-run homer in the top of the eleventh. Zack Jones recorded a perfect ninth inning, striking out Contreras for the save. The FSL Championship was the first in team history since moving to Fort Myers in 1992. The series win also marked the first time the Daytona Cubs had lost a FSL Playoff series.
Season-by-season
These statistics are current through the 2022 season, and include seasons dating back to 1971.
* The Miracle finished with the same record as the Dunedin Blue Jays
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, but since the Blue Jays had the better head-to-head record in the first half (4–2), the Miracle did not win the division.
* The playoffs were canceled due to the impending threat from Hurricane Dorian
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.
Media appearances
The Miracle's name and logo appeared in the 1998 film '' Major League: Back to the Minors''. Gus Cantrell (Scott Bakula
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) pitched for the Miracle before retiring to become the manager of the Buzz.
Roster
FSL All-Stars
*1992 – Troy Buckley, Brian Raabe
*1993 – Brent Brede
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, Steve Hazlett†, Damian Miller
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High school years
Miller attended West Salem High School in West S ...
*1994 – Gus Gandarillas, Andrew Kontorinis‡, Matt Lawton
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‡‡, Scott Moten, Chad Roper††
*1995 – Shane Bowers
*1996 – Mike Moriarty, Javier Valentín
*1997 – Chad Allen, Phil Haigler, Jacque Jones, Brad Niedermaier, David Ortiz†† ‡‡, A. J. Pierzynski
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‡‡
*1998 – Joe Mays, Chad Moeller
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, Tommy Peterman‡,
*1999 – Matt LeCroy, Kyle Lohse
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*2000 – Brandon Masters, Juan Rincón
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, Saúl Rivera, Rubén Salazar, Brad Thomas††
*2001 – Ronnie Corona, Juan Padilla
*2002 – Beau Kemp, Josh Rabe, Matt Scanlon††
*2003 – J.D. Durbin, Jason Kubel
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, Joe Mauer
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‡‡
*2004 – Scott Baker††, Travis Bowyer††, Kaulana Kuhaulua, Francisco Liriano
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, José Morales, Justin Olson
*2005 – Nick Blackburn
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Blackburn graduated from Del City High Schoo ...
, Matt Moses, Denard Span
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*2006 – Alexi Casilla
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Professional career Minnesota Twins
Casilla was sign ...
, Matt Garza
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††, Kyle Geiger, Brandon Roberts, Kevin Slowey
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*2007 – Eddie Morlan, Ryan Mullins††, Oswaldo Sosa
*2008 – Robert Delaney, Brian Dinkelman, Jeff Manship, Wilson Ramos
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, Anthony Slama
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Career
College
Aft ...
, Rene Tosoni
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†, Danny Valencia
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*2009 – David Bromberg, Chris Cates, Carlos Gutierrez††, Steven Hirschfeld, Daniel Lehmann††, Chris Parmelee, Ben Revere
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, Steve Singleton, Spencer Steedley
*2010 – Billy Bullock, Kyle Gibson††, Chris Herrmann, Yangervis Solarte††
*2011 – Brian Dozier††, Bruce Pugh††, Danny Rams, Dakota Watts
*2012 – Ricky Bowen, Pat Dean, Josmil Pinto, Daniel Santana
*2013 – D.J. Baxendale††, Matt Koch, Zack Jones, Taylor Rogers, Miguel Sano††, Kennys Vargas, Corey Williams
*2014 – José Berríos, David Hurlbut†, Brett Lee†, Adam Brett Walker‡
*2015 - JT Chargois, Chih-Wei Hu, Brandon Peterson, Alex Swim
*2016 - Edgar Corcino, Stephen Gonsalvez, Nick Gordon, Tyler Jay, Felix Jorge, Yorman Landa, Todd Van Steensel, Trey Vavra
*2017 - Sam Clay, Max Murphy, Brian Navarreto, Chris Paul, Dereck Rodriguez
*2018 - Travis Blankenhorn, Jaylen Davis, Taylor Grzelakowski, Jimmy Kerrigan, Andrew Vasquez
*2019 - Lewin Diaz, Tom Hackimer, Ryan Jeffers, Trevor Larnach, Royce Lewis, Alex Phillips, Johan Quezada, Bryan Sammons
* MLB ended Minor League All Star games in 2021. Only postseason All Stars will be recognized.
† Injured & did not play
†† Promoted & did not play
‡ FSL All-Star Game MVP
‡‡ MLB All-Star
Notable franchise alumni
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franchise alumni
*Ferguson Jenkins
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(1962–1963) Inducted, 1991
* Eddie Murray
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(1974) Inducted, 2003
* Jim Palmer
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(1967–1968) Inducted, 1990
* Cal Ripken Jr.
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(1979) Inducted, 2007
Notable alumni
* Rick Aguilera
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(1996) 3 x MLB All-Star
* John Altobelli
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(1985) longtime Orange Coast College
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coach
* Scott Baker (2004, 2008–2009, 2012)
* Don Baylor
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(1969) MLB All-Star; 1995 NL Manager of the Year; 1979 AL Most Valuable Player
* Jose Canseco
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(1982) 6 x MLB All-Star; 1986 AL Rookie of the Year; 1988 AL Most Valuable Player
* Terry Crowley
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(1966–1967)
* Michael Cuddyer
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(1997) 2 x MLB All-Star; 2013 NL Batting Title
* Storm Davis
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World Series experie ...
(1980)
* Mike Easler
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(1990, MGR) MLB All-Star
* Ed Farmer
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(1985) MLB All-Star
* Mike Flanagan (1973–1974) MLB All-Star; 1979 AL Cy Young Award
* Tim Foli
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(1985)
* Matt Garza
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(2006)
* LaTroy Hawkins
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(1994)
* Torii Hunter
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(1995–1996) 5 x MLB All-Star
* Alex Johnson
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(1962) MLB All-Star; 1970 AL Batting Title
* Jimmy Johnston (1926)
* Jacque Jones (1997)
* Roberto Kelly
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(1997) 2 x MLB All-Star
* Jason Kubel
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(2003, 2011)
* Matt Lawton
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(1994, 1999) 2 x MLB All-Star
* Francisco Liriano
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(2004, 2008) MLB All-Star
* Kyle Lohse
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(1999)
* Dennis Martinez (1974, 1980, 1987) 4 x MLB All-Star
* Joe Mauer
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(2003–2004, 2007, 2009, 2011) 6 x MLB All-Star; 3 x AL Batting Title (2006, 2008–2009); 2009 AL Most Valuable Player
* Doug Mientkiewicz
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(1995–1996)(2013–2014, MGR)
* Damian Miller
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(1993) MLB All-Star
* Eric Milton
Eric Robert Milton (born August 4, 1975) is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher who played for several teams between 1998 and 2009, and is currently the head coach at Severna Park High School.
Amateur career
A na ...
(2003) MLB All-Star
* Pat Neshek
Patrick John Neshek (pronounced NEE-shehk; born September 4, 1980), is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, ...
(2003–2004, 2010) 2 x MLB All-Star
* Johnny Oates
Johnny Lane Oates (January 21, 1946 – December 24, 2004) was an American professional baseball player, Coach (baseball), coach, and Manager (baseball), manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for the Baltimore Orioles, ...
(1967) 1996 AL Manager of the Year
* David Ortiz (1997, 2001) 10 x MLB All-Star; 2013 World Series Most Valuable Player
* Mike Pagliarulo
Michael Timothy Pagliarulo, a.k.a. "Pags" (born March 15, 1960), is an American former professional baseball third baseman and later the hitting coach of the Miami Marlins. He played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, San Diego Pa ...
(1992)
* Carl Pavano
Carl Anthony Pavano (born January 8, 1976) is an American former professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Pavano played in Major League Baseball from 1998 to 2012 for the Montreal Expos, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Clevel ...
(2012) MLB All-Star
* Glen Perkins
Glen Weston Perkins (born March 2, 1983) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and a television analyst. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins.
He made his major league debut with the Min ...
(2007, 2009, 2017) 3 x MLB All-Star
* A. J. Pierzynski
Anthony John Pierzynski (; born December 30, 1976) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Minnesota Twins (1998–2003), San Francisco Giants (2004), Chicago White Sox (2005–2012) ...
(1997) 2 x MLB All-Star
* Nick Punto
Nicholas Paul Punto (born November 8, 1977) is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Minnesota Twins, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers ...
(2007)
* Brad Radke
Brad William Radke (born October 27, 1972) is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played his entire 12 season career with the Minnesota Twins. Radke won 148 career games and was one of the most consistent pitchers in ...
(1993, 2002) MLB All-Star
* J. C. Romero
Juan Carlos Romero (born June 4, 1976) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Philli ...
(1997, 2000)
* Miguel Sano
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Places
*Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands
* São Miguel (disamb ...
(2013) MLB All-Star
* Benito Santiago
Benito Santiago Rivera (born March 9, 1965), is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1986 to 2005, most prominently as a member of the San Diego Padres, with whom he was a fou ...
(1983) 5 x MLB All-Star; 1989 NL Rookie of the Year
* Bryn Smith (1975–1976)
* Denard Span
Keiunta Denard Span (born February 27, 1984) is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Washington Nationals, San Francisco Giants, Tampa Bay Rays and Seattle Mar ...
(2005)
* Sammy Stewart
Samuel Lee Stewart (October 28, 1954 – March 2, 2018) was an American professional baseball player. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1978 to 1987. Stewart had the best earned run average (ERA) in the American League (AL) in 1981 ...
(1976)
* Derrel Thomas
Derrel Osbon Thomas (born January 14, 1951) is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman and utility player from to . Thomas was a member of the 1981 World Series winning ...
(1985)
* Mike Torrez
Michael Augustine Torrez (born August 28, 1946) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) starting pitcher. In an 18-season career, he pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals (1967–1971), Montreal Expos (1971–1974), Baltimore Orioles (19 ...
(1985)
* Todd Walker
Todd Arthur Walker (born May 25, 1973) is a former professional baseball infielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1996 to 2007. Listed at and , he batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Walker played college baseball at Loui ...
(1994)
* Rondell White
Rondell Bernard White (born February 23, 1972) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and designated hitter. As well as being a solid defensive player, White also had a batting ave ...
(2007) MLB All-Star
* John Wockenfuss
Johnny Bilton Wockenfuss (February 27, 1949 – August 19, 2022), sometimes known by the nicknames "Fuss" and "Johnny B.", was an American professional baseball player and minor league manager who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the ...
(1986)
* Chris Herrmann (2010–2011)
References
External links
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