Michael Bruce Fiers is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.
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25 Facts About Mike Fiers
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Mike Fiers has played in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers and Oakland Athletics.
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Mike Fiers has pitched two no-hitters, the latter being the 300th no-hitter in MLB history.
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Mike Fiers is known for being the whistleblower in the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal.
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In January 2008, Mike Fiers fell asleep while driving on the Florida Turnpike, crashed into a guard rail, and was ejected through the windshield of the car.
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Mike Fiers began his career playing for the Rookie league Helena Brewers, Class A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, and Class A-Advanced Brevard County Manatees in 2009.
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Mike Fiers played the 2010 season at Brevard and with the Double-A Huntsville Stars.
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Mike Fiers began the 2011 season with Huntsville, but was promoted to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds in late May 2011.
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Mike Fiers was called up to the majors for the first time on September 10,2011.
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Mike Fiers appeared in two games in the major leagues in 2011.
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Mike Fiers pitched eight innings allowing one run on three hits, earning the victory.
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Miami third-baseman Casey McGehee, the on-deck batter, started yelling at the umpire, but Mike Fiers thought that McGehee was yelling at him, so he tried to say that he did not do it on purpose; this then caused a bench-clearing shouting match.
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On May 7,2015, Mike Fiers became the 73rd pitcher in MLB history to record an Immaculate inning when he struck out Enrique Hernandez, Carlos Frias, and Joc Pederson on 9 consecutive pitches in the fourth inning.
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Mike Fiers finished the game with a career-high 134 pitches thrown, striking out 10 batters and walking three.
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On September 14,2017, Mike Fiers was suspended five games for throwing a pitch aimed at the head of Luis Valbuena.
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Mike Fiers did not participate in the playoffs, but was still on the 40-man roster at the time.
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On December 8,2017, Mike Fiers signed a one-year, $6 million contract with the Detroit Tigers.
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Mike Fiers went through extended spring training due to a back injury, and was not on the Tigers 2018 opening day roster.
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On May 7,2019, Mike Fiers threw a no-hitter at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum against the Cincinnati Reds, striking out six and walking two.
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Mike Fiers began the 2021 season on the injured list and was activated towards the end of April, but after 2 starts he was placed back on the IL on May 9.
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On March 24,2022, Mike Fiers signed with the Leones de Yucatan of the Mexican League for the 2022 season.
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In November 2019, Mike Fiers revealed to journalists Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drelich of The Athletic that in 2017 the Astros used a video camera in center field to steal signs from opposing teams.
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Some baseball commentators, including analyst Jessica Mendoza and former pro Pedro Martinez, have criticized Mike Fiers for coming forward publicly and only revealing the scandal once he was playing for a divisional rival, but many in the baseball community defended his move as necessary to restore the integrity of the game.
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Mike Fiers's changeup is considered by many to be his best pitch, and he has excellent command of the strikezone with all of his pitches.
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