Mike Kekich

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Mike Kekich
Pitcher
Born: April 2, 1945 in
San Diego , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Strikes: Right Throws: Left
Debut in Major League Baseball
June 9,  1965  with the  Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB assignment
October 1,  1977  with the  Seattle Mariners
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Win - Loss    39-51
ERA    4.59
Strikeouts    497
Teams

Michael Dennis Kekich (born April 2, 1945 in San Diego , California ) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played nine seasons between 1965 and 1977 for the Los Angeles Dodgers (30 games), the New York Yankees (125 games) who played the Cleveland Indians (16 games), the Texas Rangers (23 games) and the Seattle Mariners (41 games). In 1974 he played in Japan for the Nippon Ham Fighters (29 games).

Kekich was a left-handed pitcher who began his career as a starting pitcher but later played as a relief pitcher . He is known less for his professional career in Major League Baseball than for his family swap with his teammate at the New York Yankees, pitcher Fritz Peterson , which took place prior to the 1973 season.

After his Major League Baseball time was over, Kekich tried a comeback at Nuevo Laredo Tecolotes (31 games) in the Liga Mexicana de Béisbol , which was unsuccessful. He remarried and lives near Albuquerque in the US state of New Mexico .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Flash: Fritz Peterson, Mike Kekich trade wives , Montreal Gazette, March 7, 1973
  2. ↑ Mike Kekich And Fritz Peterson: The Story Behind "The Trade" , The Huffington Post 25 February, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Kekich, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kekich, Michael Dennis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH San Diego , California