Mike Fetters
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Michael Lee Fetters (born December 19, 1964) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eight teams during his 16–year career from Template:Mlby to Template:Mlby. Fetters started his playing career with the California Angels and also played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, the Diamondbacks, and Minnesota Twins. Fetters had his best season in Template:Mlby when he finished fifth in the American League in saves with 32 with the Brewers. Fetters finished his career with 100 saves.
Playing career
Fetters is a graduate of ʻIolani School,[1] where he played high school baseball in the early 1980s, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Fetters played baseball at Pepperdine University and was drafted in the first round of the 1986 Major League Draft by the California Angels.[2] Fetters is known for his head movement while on the mound. Prior to a pitch, he took a deep breath and moved his head quickly 90 degrees to the left. He explained that being stressed during pitching was the reason for his head movement. In Template:Mlby, teammate Mark Grace comically imitated the Fetters move when invited to pitch one Diamondbacks 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.
Coaching career
since 2019[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Fetters works as the Arizona Diamondbacks bullpen coach, having spent the four previous years as a quality control coach. On October 3, 2024, Fetters was fired by the Diamondbacks.[3]
Personal life
Fetters is half-Caucasian and half-Samoan in ancestry.[4]
Fetters is a cousin of American baritone Stephen Totter.
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