Michael Edward Hartley (born August 31, 1961) is an American former

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who played in

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(MLB) from 1989 to 1995. Signed as an amateur free agent by the

St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals ha ...

in 1981, Hartley would make his MLB debut with the

Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in the city of Brooklyn ...

on September 10, 1989, and appear in his final big league game on September 24, 1995. In 1994, he pitched in Japan for the

Chiba Lotte Marines The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd. History The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ...

Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''. Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...

(NPB). From 2005 to 2007, Hartley was a

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for the independent

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. From 2008 to 2010, he was the head coach for the

Heidenheim Heideköpfe Heidenheim Heideköpfe is a German baseball and softball club from Heidenheim an der Brenz, Baden-Württemberg. The club was established in 1992 as the baseball arm of Heidenheimer Sportbund (SB), a parent organization that contains several clubs ...

a German first league team. Hartley lead the team to become the 2009 German National Champions. In 2010, Heidekoepfe finished 2nd in the Final Four European Championship. In 2011, Hartley became the head coach for the Croatian National Team and won the European Championship Qualifier.Former Major Leaguer Mike Hartley New Head Coach In Heidenheim.
''mister-baseball.com''. Mister Baseball. March 3, 2008. In 2012, he became the head coach of Grosseto Baseball in the

Italian Baseball League The Italian Baseball League (IBL; Italian: ') is a professional baseball league that is governed by FIBS (Italian Baseball & Softball Federation), which has its headquarters in Rome. The IBL is a wood bat league in which both composite and alumi ...

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1961 births Living people Baseball players from California Los Angeles Dodgers players Philadelphia Phillies players Minnesota Twins players Boston Red Sox players Baltimore Orioles players Major League Baseball pitchers American expatriate baseball players in Japan Chiba Lotte Marines players Sportspeople from Hawthorne, California Johnson City Cardinals players St. Petersburg Cardinals players Erie Cardinals players Macon Redbirds players Springfield Cardinals players Savannah Cardinals players Albuquerque Dukes players San Antonio Dodgers players Bakersfield Dodgers players Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons players Pawtucket Red Sox players Rochester Red Wings players Mesa Miners players Reno Chukars players American expatriate baseball players in Italy Nettuno Baseball Club players American expatriate baseball players in Germany {{US-baseball-pitcher-1960s-stub