Mike Campbell (pitcher)

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Mike Campbell
Pitcher
Born: (1964-02-17) February 17, 1964 (age 61)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 4, 1987, for the Seattle Mariners
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1996, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Win–loss record12–19
Earned run average5.86
Strikeouts135
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Michael Thomas Campbell (born February 17, 1964) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played with four Major League Baseball teams from 1987 through 1996.

Campell attended West Seattle High School then Newport High School in Washington before playing college baseball for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. He was Hawaii's most valuable pitcher in 1984 and 1985. He was picked in the first round (seventh overall) by the Seattle Mariners in the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft. Campbell was named Pacific Coast League Most Valuable Player in 1987 while coming up through the Mariners system with the Calgary Cannons before his MLB debut that same year.[1][2][3]

After making his major league debut on July 4, 1987, Campbell was in and out of the Mariners rotation from 1987 to 1989. In one of his best games, he threw a one-run, five-hit complete game shutout against the Cleveland Indians on April 28, 1988, with a career-high 7 strikeouts.[4] In July 1989, he was traded to the Montreal Expos as the player to be named later in an earlier trade that sent Mark Langston to Montreal for Randy Johnson, Brian Holman and Gene Harris.[5] Campbell also played in the big leagues with the Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, and Chicago Cubs.[6]

Chronic shoulder injuries limited Campbell. He fractured an ankle bone with the Cubs in 1996, ending his season early. He signed with the Yokohama BayStars in 1997, but his ankle injury never healed. He was cut in spring training by the Expos in 1988, then pitched that summer for the Grays Harbor Gulls of the Western Baseball League (WBL).[7][8] He retired from baseball in 1999 after stints in independent baseball with the Lehigh Valley Black Diamonds of the Atlantic League and Tri-City Posse of the WBL.[9]

After retiring as a player, Campbell and Steve Towey, a former minor league pitcher and Mariners bat boy, ran Shiskaberry's, a concession stand at ballparks and street events.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Seattle Mariners 1988 Media Guide. 1988. pp. 18, 19.
  2. ↑ "Pacific Coast League MVP Award". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Raley, Dan (May 26, 2005). "Former big league hopefuls provide sweetness in sour Mariners season". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Top Performances for Mike Campbell". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
  5. ↑ Johns, Greg; Kramer, Daniel (December 1, 2021). "Top 10 biggest trades in Mariners history". MLB.com. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Mike Campbell Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball Reference. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
  7. ↑ Andriesen, David (June 20, 1998). "Mariners prize becomes a Gulls surprise". The Olympian. pp. B1, B5. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
  8. ↑ Weiss, Bill (March 23, 1997). "All 10 teams have player development contracts". Press Dispatch. Howe Sportsdata International. p. C4. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Mike Campbell Minor & Independent Leagues Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved November 24, 2025.