Mike Holtz
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Professional career
On June 2, 1994, Holtz was drafted by the California Angels in the 17th round of the 1994 Major League Baseball draft. In 1997, he was named to the Topps All-Star Rookie Team along with fellow Angel teammate Jason Dickson.
In an eight-season career, Holtz posted a 16–19 record with a 4.76 ERA and three saves in 353 relief appearances.
Following the bulk of his MLB career, Holtz played for the Yokohama BayStars of the Japanese Central League in 2005 and had a 0–1 mark with 4.38 ERA and 22 strikeouts in <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />24+2⁄3 innings of work. He came back to the majors to pitch in three games for the Red Sox in 2006.
External links
- Career statistics from Script error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
- Boston Globe
- Japanese cards
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- American expatriate baseball players in Canada
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Anaheim Angels players
- Baseball players from Arlington County, Virginia
- Boise Hawks players
- Boston Red Sox players
- California Angels players
- Edmonton Trappers players
- Lake Elsinore Storm players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Midland Angels players
- Nashville Sounds players
- Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
- Oakland Athletics players
- Pawtucket Red Sox players
- Portland Beavers players
- Rancho Cucamonga Quakes players
- San Diego Padres players
- Vancouver Canadians players
- Yokohama BayStars players