John Karl Wetteland was born on August 21,1966 and is an American former baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball.
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14 Facts About John Wetteland
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John Wetteland pitched for four teams: the Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, New York Yankees, and Texas Rangers.
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John Wetteland attended Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa, California.
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In 1988, John Wetteland pitched for the San Antonio Missions of the Class AA Texas League.
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John Wetteland won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award, recording the maximum four saves possible during the Series, tying the record for the most saves in a single postseason series, and setting a record for saves in the full postseason, with 7.
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John Wetteland was awarded with the 1996 Rolaids Relief Man Award.
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Yankees allowed John Wetteland to leave as a free agent due to the emergence of Mariano Rivera.
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John Wetteland was again named to the All-Star team for the 1999 season, where he pitched a scoreless 9th inning, and became the first Rangers pitcher to earn an All-Star save.
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John Wetteland was awarded the Rolaids Reliever of the Decade after earning the most saves of any pitcher during the 1990s.
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However, on June 15,2006, John Wetteland was relieved of his duties due to a request from manager Frank Robinson, due to a "long line of transgressions and insubordination".
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John Wetteland was announced as the bullpen coach for the Seattle Mariners on December 3,2008.
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John Wetteland served in this position until after the end of the 2010 season, when new manager Eric Wedge replaced him with Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers pitching coach Jaime Navarro.
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On November 12,2009, John Wetteland was hospitalized for what was originally said to be a "mental issue, " in which a woman reported he was depressed and contemplating suicide.
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