Mike Sarbaugh

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Michael "Mike" Sarbaugh (born April 25, 1967) is a former minor league baseball player, and is currently a minor league manager for the Akron Aeros [1], the AA farm team of the Cleveland Indians. After attending Lamar University, where he was an all conference shortstop and earned a degree in kinesiology, Sarbaugh played six seasons in the minors before becoming a minor league coach. He played for the Helena Brewers in 1989, then in the Cleveland Indians' chain from 1990 to 1994, where he won a Carolina League championship as a member of the Kinston Indians.

Sarbaugh was named the hitting coach for the Kinston Indians in 1995, and the "K-Tribe" was able to win the Carolina League championship that year. He moved on to the Columbus RedStixx of the South Atlantic League in 1996 and 1997 and then back to Kinston in 1998 and 1999. He also served as the hitting coach for the Akron Aeros from 2000 to 2003.

In 2004, he was named the manager of the Mahoning Valley Scrappers and led them to a New York-Penn League championship. The next season he managed the Lake County Captains. In 2006, he became skipper of the Kinston Indians and won the league championship. This made him a Carolina League champion as a player, coach and manager. His team was voted the Advanced Class A Team of the Year by both Minor League Baseball and Baseball America. He has remained the manager in Kinston for the 2007 campaign, and managed the Carolina League team in the California League/Carolina League All-Star Game held in Stockton, California.