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Mickey Tettleton
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Birthdate: 9/16/1960
Height / Weight: 6' 2" / 212 lbs.
Place of Birth: Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Bats / Throws: B / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Although he had some difficulty adjusting to hitting major league pitching early in his career, catcher Mickey Tettleton settled in defensively quickly. In his first four years with the Oakland A’s, he batted .263, .251, .204 and .194. Fielding wise, his numbers were very respectable, .992,  .989, .984 and .987. After being released by Oakland he signed a contract with Baltimore and had three solid years with the Orioles, 1988-90. With experience Mickey Tettleton learned to hit the fastball and his power numbers rose quickly. He hit 21 doubles and 26 homers for Baltimore in 1989.

 

In 1991 Mickey Tettleton signed as a free agent with Detroit and for three straight seasons powered over 30 homers and in 1991 hit two homers that cleared the roof of Tiger Stadium. In 1993 the 6 ft 3 inch backstop had his first 100 RBI season, 110 RBIs, and he was shifted to the outfield for 53 games, played 35 at first base and 51 as a catcher. In 1995 Mickey Tettleton signed with the Texas Rangers as a free agent, and hit 32 home runs his first season there. All-in-all he was a well-known power-hitting catcher.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
14 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1984 OAK (AL) 33 76 10 20 2 1 1 5 11 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263 .352 SLG
1985 OAK (AL) 78 211 23 53 12 0 3 15 28 59 2 2 0 2 5 0 .251 .344 SLG
1986 OAK (AL) 90 211 26 43 9 0 10 35 39 51 7 1 0 1 7 4 .204 .325 SLG
1987 OAK (AL) 82 211 19 41 3 0 8 26 30 65 1 1 0 0 5 2 .194 .292 SLG
1988 BAL (AL) 86 283 31 74 11 1 11 37 28 70 0 1 2 2 1 2 .261 .330 SLG
1989 BAL (AL) 117 411 72 106 21 2 26 65 73 117 3 2 4 1 1 3 .258 .369 SLG
1990 BAL (AL) 135 444 68 99 21 2 15 51 106 160 2 4 3 5 0 4 .223 .376 SLG
1991 DET (AL) 154 501 85 132 17 2 31 89 101 131 3 3 9 2 0 4 .263 .387 SLG
1992 DET (AL) 157 525 82 125 25 0 32 83 122 137 0 6 18 1 0 6 .238 .379 SLG
1993 DET (AL) 152 522 79 128 25 4 32 110 109 139 3 7 12 0 0 6 .245 .372 SLG
1994 DET (AL) 107 339 57 84 18 2 17 51 97 98 0 1 10 5 0 3 .248 .419 SLG
1995 TEX (AL) 134 429 76 102 19 1 32 78 107 110 0 0 5 7 1 3 .238 .396 SLG
1996 TEX (AL) 143 491 78 121 26 1 24 83 95 137 2 1 8 3 1 9 .246 .366 SLG
1997 TEX (AL) 17 44 5 4 1 0 3 4 3 12 0 0 1 1 0 0 .91 .167 SLG
14 years   1485 4698 711 1132 210 16 245 732 949 1307 23 29 72 30 21 47 .241 .369 .SLG



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