Mike Brown (pitcher)
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Michael Gary Brown (born March 4, 1959 in Camden County, New Jersey) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1982 through 1987 for the Boston Red Sox (1982-86) and Seattle Mariners (1986-87). He batted and threw right handed.
Brown reached the majors in 1982 with the Boston Red Sox, playing in part of five seasons with them before moving to the Seattle Mariners in the same transaction that brought Dave Henderson and Spike Owen to Boston. His most productive season came in 1983 with the Red Sox, when he recorded career bests in wins (6), earned run average (4.67), starts (18), complete games (3) and innings pitched (104).
In a six-season career, Brown posted a 12-20 record with 115 strikeouts and a 5.75 ERA in 253-2/3 innings.
Following his playing retirement, Brown worked with the Cleveland Indians as their minor league pitching coordinator from 1995 to 2001, and as their major league pitching coach in 2002. After that, he served as pitching coach in Japan.
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- Pitched an 8–0, five-hit shutout against Seattle at Fenway Park (May 7, 1983).
- George Brett, Cecil Cooper, Julio Franco, Cal Ripken, Gorman Thomas, and Lou Whitaker batted a combined .104 against him (7-for-67).
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- "I'm a rookie, not a savior", Brown warned, after jumping from Double-A to join the modest pitching rotation of the Red Sox in 1983.
