Michael John Kinnunen (born April 1, 1958) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in parts of three seasons between 1980 and 1987. He holds the major league record for most pitching appearances without a decision of any kind (win, loss or save) with 48.
| Mike Kinnunen | |||||||||||||||
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.webp) Kinnunen with the Columbus Clippers c. 1988 | |||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: April 1, 1958 Seattle, Washington, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| June 12, 1980, for the Minnesota Twins | |||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| October 3, 1987, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 5.23 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Career
editKinnunen attended Washington State University, where he played college baseball for the Cougars from 1977 to 1979.[1]
Kinnunen was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 10th round of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft, and was quickly promoted to the majors in 1980. Although he pitched reasonably well, he spent 1981 in the minors before being traded to the St. Louis Cardinals. He finally made it back to the majors in 1986 after bouncing around the minors for several years.
As of 2008, Kinnunen was living in Carolina, Puerto Rico, where he worked at Roberto Clemente Stadium.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Washington State University Baseball Players Who Made It to the Major Leagues". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2004. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Baseball Gauge
- Retrosheet
- Mexican League
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League