Mike Kekich
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 Dennis Kekich (born April 2, 1945) is an American former professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners in parts of nine seasons spanning 1965–1977. In 1974, he played in Japan for the Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Career
Kekich was a left-handed pitcher who began his career as a starter but later moved to the bullpen as a reliever.[1] He had a modestly successful career in the Major Leagues, but he is best remembered for trading families with fellow Yankees pitcher Fritz Peterson before the 1973 season.[2] The trade worked out better for Peterson, who later married Kekich's wife, Susanne, than it did for Kekich, who soon broke up with Peterson's wife, Marilyn.[3] Shortly after, Kekich was traded to the Cleveland Indians.
After his big league career ended, Kekich attempted a comeback in the Mexican League, but this proved unsuccessful.
He is remarried and currently resides near Albuquerque, New Mexico.[4]
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- 1945 births
- Living people
- Albuquerque Dodgers players
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- American expatriate baseball players in Mexico
- American people of Serbian descent
- Arizona Instructional League Dodgers players
- Baseball players from San Diego
- Cleveland Indians players
- Gold Coast Suns (baseball) players
- Indios de Ciudad Juárez (minor league) players
- Leones del Caracas players
- American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- Los Angeles Dodgers players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Mexican League baseball pitchers
- Minor league baseball managers
- New York Yankees players
- Nippon Ham Fighters players
- Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
- San Jose Missions players
- Santa Barbara Dodgers players
- Santo Domingo Azucareros players
- Seattle Mariners players
- Spokane Indians players
- St. Petersburg Saints players
- Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo players
- Texas Rangers players
- Tiburones de La Guaira players
- Tigres de Aragua players
- 20th-century American sportsmen