Mike Devereaux

Mike Devereaux
Outfielder
Born: April 10, 1963 (1963-04-10) (age 48) Casper, Wyoming
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 2, 1987 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
April 17, 1998 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Career statistics
Batting average	.254
Home Runs	105
Runs batted in	480
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (1987–1988) Baltimore Orioles (1989–1994) Chicago White Sox (1995) Atlanta Braves (1995) Baltimore Orioles (1996) Texas Rangers (1997) Los Angeles Dodgers (1998)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1995) 1995 NLCS MVP

Michael Devereaux (born April 10, 1963 in Casper, Wyoming) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fifth round of the 1985 amateur draft and made his debut on September 2, 1987. Along with the Dodgers, Devereaux played for the Baltimore Orioles in two separate stints, and the Chicago White Sox, Atlanta Braves and Texas Rangers.

Early life

Devereaux went to Kelly Walsh High School in Casper, Wyoming. He played collegiately at Mesa Community College and Arizona State University.

Career highlights

The peak of Devereaux's career was from 1989–1993, with his best season coming in 1992 with the Orioles, when he played in 159 games, with 24 home runs, 107 RBIs and a .276 batting average. In 1995 Devereaux won the NLCS MVP award by driving in the game-winning RBI in the 10th inning of Game One and hitting a three run home run in Game Four. The Braves went on to defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series.

On July 15, 1989, Devereaux hit a walk-off home run in an 11-9 win against the California Angels.^[1] The call was controversial, as the home run ball came extremely close to the foul pole. Angels manager Doug Rader argued the call with umpire Ken Kaiser the following day and was ejected prior to the start of the next game.^[2]

Devereaux played his final MLB game with his original team, the Dodgers, on April 17, 1998. In 12 seasons, he had a .254 batting average, and hit 105 home runs with 490 RBIs, three grand slams, 635 strikeouts, 85 stolen bases, and 29 errors. He is the second all-time career leader for home runs by a player born in Wyoming, surpassed by John Buck

Post-baseball career

In December 2009, it was announced that Devereaux would serve as field coach for the Delmarva Shorebirds (Baltimore Orioles Class-A Affiliate) in 2010, replacing former third baseman Ryan Minor, who had been promoted to team manager.^[3] He currently is serving as the field coach for the Frederick Keys.

References

1. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198907150BAL
2. ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1068656/5/index.htm
3. ^ http://masnsports.com/2009/12/shorebird-shuffling.html

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Preceded by Curt Schilling

National League Championship Series MVP 1995

Succeeded by Javy López

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Name	Devereaux, Mike
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Date of birth	April 10, 1963
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