Aaron Myette
Aaron Myette | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada | September 26, 1977|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 7, 1999, for the Chicago White Sox | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 27, 2004, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 6-12 |
Earned run average | 8.16 |
Strikeouts | 134 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
Medal record | ||
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Men's baseball | ||
Representing Canada | ||
Pan American Games | ||
1999 Winnipeg | Team competition |
Aaron Kenneth Myette (born September 26, 1977) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Myette attended the University of Washington, where he played college baseball for the Huskies in 1996.[1]
Myette was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 17th round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft (454th overall), and then by the Chicago White Sox in the first round of the 1997 Major League Baseball draft (43rd overall), and subsequently played for the White Sox (1999–2000), Texas Rangers (2001–2002), Cleveland Indians (2003) and Cincinnati Reds (2004). He was a member of Team Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where they finished in fourth place. In 2005, he played for Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan. Myette played for the York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League for the 2008 season.
Aaron's brother Andrew was drafted in three consecutive years by the Rangers: the 17th round of the 2000 draft (514th overall), the 44th round of the 2001 draft (1305th overall) and the 41st round of the 2002 draft (1222nd overall).
Myette's first major league strikeout victim was Mo Vaughn.
References
- ^ "University of Washington Baseball Players Who Made It to a Major League Baseball Team". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2005. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1977 births
- 2006 World Baseball Classic players
- All-Star Futures Game players
- Akron Aeros players
- Baseball people from British Columbia
- Baseball players at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Birmingham Barons players
- Central Arizona Vaqueros baseball players
- Charlotte Knights players
- Chicago White Sox players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Cleveland Indians players
- Canadian expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Major League Baseball players from Canada
- Sportspeople from New Westminster
- Olympic baseball players of Canada
- Washington Huskies baseball players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Hickory Crawdads players
- Tulsa Drillers players
- Oklahoma RedHawks players
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons players
- Louisville Bats players
- Texas Rangers players
- Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players
- Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
- York Revolution players
- Living people
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in baseball
- Canadian baseball pitcher stubs