Phillip Wayne Stidham (born November 18, 1968) is an American former

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. Stidham played for the

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in . Stidham attended

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and then played four years of

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exclusively as a

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1968 births Living people Arkansas Razorbacks baseball players Detroit Tigers players Lakeland Tigers players Fayetteville Generals players London Tigers players Toledo Mud Hens players Trenton Thunder players Chattanooga Lookouts players Norfolk Tides players Binghamton Mets players Salt Lake Buzz players New Haven Ravens players Hardware City Rock Cats players Colorado Springs Sky Sox players Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Tulsa, Oklahoma American expatriate baseball players in Canada All-American college baseball players Nathan Hale High School alumni {{US-baseball-pitcher-1960s-stub