Mickey Lee Tettleton was born on September 16,1960 and is an American former professional baseball player.
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27 Facts About Mickey Tettleton
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Mickey Tettleton played in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, and Texas Rangers.
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Two-time All-Star, Mickey Tettleton was considered one of the best-hitting catchers of his era, winning three Silver Slugger Awards.
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Mickey Tettleton's powerful hitting was highlighted when he became only the fifth player in major league history to hit two home runs over the right field roof of Tiger Stadium and, in 1992 he became the first player to hit a ball onto Eutaw Street which runs behind right field at Baltimore's Camden Yards.
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At the time of his retirement, Mickey Tettleton ranked eighth in major league history in career home runs by a switch-hitter.
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Mickey Tettleton was distinguished by the huge wad of chewing tobacco he kept in his cheek during games, as well as his claim that Froot Loops were the source of his hitting power.
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Mickey Tettleton attended Southeast High School in Oklahoma City before enrolling at Oklahoma State University.
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Mickey Tettleton played for the Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team that reached the finals in the 1981 College World Series, before losing to the Arizona State Sun Devils.
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Mickey Tettleton was named to the 1981 College World Series All-Tournament Team as an outfielder.
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Mickey Tettleton was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the fifth round of the 1981 Major League Baseball draft.
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Mickey Tettleton spent three seasons in the minor leagues playing for the Modesto Athletics of the California League.
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Mickey Tettleton began the 1984 season with the Double-A Albany A's but was promoted to the major leagues in June when Athletics catcher Jim Essian suffered a broken hand.
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Mickey Tettleton made his major league debut with Oakland on June 30,1984, at the age of 23.
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Mickey Tettleton served as a backup catcher to Mike Heath until December 1985, when the Athletics traded Heath and Tim Conroy to the St Louis Cardinals for Joaquin Andujar, keeping Tettleton as their starting catcher.
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Mickey Tettleton was given the starting catcher's job for the 1986 season, but his offensive statistics failed to impress.
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Mickey Tettleton began the 1987 season as the Athletics starting catcher.
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Mickey Tettleton started the season in Rochester but was called back to the major leagues, where he shared catching duties with Terry Kennedy in 1988, and improved his batting average significantly to.
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Mickey Tettleton hit 20 home runs by midseason, earning him a place as a reserve player for the American League team in the 1989 All-Star Game.
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Mickey Tettleton's hitting performance earned him the 1989 American League Silver Slugger Award, which is awarded annually to the best offensive player at each position.
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Mickey Tettleton's batting rebounded in 1991, producing his highest home run totals, including a stretch in late June when he hit 7 home runs in seven games.
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Mickey Tettleton became only the fifth player in major league history to hit two home runs over the right field roof of Tiger Stadium.
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Mickey Tettleton had 14 home runs and 41 runs batted in at the All-Star break in 1994 and was selected by Cito Gaston as a reserve player in the 1994 All-Star Game, perhaps to make amends for the previous year's snub.
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Mickey Tettleton was granted free agency, and in April 1995, he signed a one-year contract for $550,000 to play for the Texas Rangers.
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Mickey Tettleton hit over 30 home runs four times in his career, and was known for his patience at the plate, accumulating 949 career walks.
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Mickey Tettleton led the American League in 1992 with 122 walks and finished in the top ten in six other seasons, including second three times.
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In 2019, Mickey Tettleton was named assistant coach at Oklahoma Christian University, and served as hitting coach for the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
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In 1994, Mickey Tettleton made a cameo appearance in the film, Little Big League, about a 12-year-old boy who inherits a major league baseball team.
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