| Mike Redmond | |
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| Free Agent — No. -- | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: May 5, 1971 Seattle, Washington |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| May 31, 1998 for the Florida Marlins | |
| Career statistics (through August 24, 2009) |
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| Batting average | .290 |
| Home runs | 13 |
| Runs batted in | 237 |
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Michael Patrick Redmond (born May 5, 1971 in Seattle, Washington) is a Major League Baseball catcher nicknamed "Goat man" and "Naked guy" by his avid Twins fans. He is currently a free agent.
Redmond graduated from Gonzaga Preparatory School (Washington) in 1989. He then went on to attend Gonzaga University. He has two sons with his wife, Michele (née Rowe).
Redmond made his Major League debut with the Florida Marlins on May 31, 1998. He played with the Marlins through the 2004 season (including their 2003 World Series championship) and signed a two-year contract with the Twins before the 2005 season. Redmond is known to Twins fans to have coined the term "Smell Those RBIs", [1] referring to whenever a Twins player is credited with an RBI, a tap on the nose and a look to the dugout. He is also known as a very durable catcher. One example is during the second game of a doubleheader on July 6, 2007 when Redmond was hit in the head by the bat of Jim Thome who accidentally let go of his bat after his swing. Redmond received seven stitches, and was catching the next day. During this game, the Twins' other catcher, Joe Mauer was the designated hitter; therefore due to Redmond's injury, Twins pitcher Matt Garza became the first AL pitcher to bat in an AL game since 2000.
During the 2008 season, Mike frequently joined Dan Gladden, live, on the Twins Radio Network broadcasts prior to first pitch of the game to give his insight from the dugout.
On May 28th 2009, Mike was ejected in a game against the Red Sox for the first time in his career.
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- Mike Redmond: In the shadow of the chosen one (Minnesota Public Radio)
- Redmond on playing time, sideburns, Pete Rose & more (Minnesota Public Radio)
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