Description
Michael Lee Fetters is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for eight teams during his sixteen-year career from 1989 to 2004. Fetters started his playing career with the California Angels and also played with the Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Minnesota Twins. Fetters had his best season in 1996 when he finished fifth in the American League in saves with thirty-two with the Brewers. Fetters finished his career with one hundred career saves.
Fetters is of mixed ethnicity, being half-Caucasian and half-Samoan in ancestry. Fetters is a graduate of Iolani School, where he played high school baseball in the early 1980s, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Fetters is best known for his head movement while on the mound. Prior to pitching, he took a deep breath and moved his head quickly 90 degrees to the left. He claimed that he was stressed when pitching as the reason for his head movement. While with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2002, Mark Grace imitated the same move when invited to pitch for one inning.
Born
December 19th, 1964 in Van Nuys (Age 59)
Teams
Arizona Diamondbacks (2012-) | Arizona Diamondbacks (2004) | Minnesota Twins (2003) | Arizona Diamondbacks (2002) | Pittsburgh Pirates (2001-2002) | Los Angeles Dodgers (2000-2001) | Baltimore Orioles (1999) | Oakland Athletics (1998) | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (1998) | Milwaukee Brewers (1992-1997) | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (1989-1991) |
Last Changes
2024/10/02
New Address: Available to members only
2021/12/29
New Scanned Autograph (Bought/Probably Authentic)
2020/06/16
New Scanned Autograph (Gift/Probably Authentic)