Mike Stanton

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Mike Stanton

Born:	June 2, 1967
Birthplace:	Houston, Texas
Hometown:
Height:	6' 1"
Weight:	190 lbs
Bats:	Left
Throws:	Left
Drafted:	1987: 13th Rd by the Atlanta Braves
College:	Southwestern University
High School:	Midland High School (TX)
Other Teams:	Atlanta Braves 1989–1995 Texas Rangers 1996 NY Yankees 1997-2002, 05 New York Mets 2003-2004 Washington Nationals 05-06 SF Giants 2005, 2006 Cincinnati Reds 2007-Pres
Years with Boston:	1995 - 1996, 2005

William Michael (Mike) Stanton (born June 2, 1967 in Houston, Texas) is a left-handed reliever currently pitching for the Cincinnati Reds. Mike pitched for the Boston Red Sox from 1995 to 1996, and again in 2005.

1 Overall Career
2 Moment in the Sun
3 Steroids
4 Trivia
5 Transactions
6 External Links

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Overall Career

From 1989 through 2006, Stanton has posted a 67-60 record with a 3.81 ERA and 84 saves in 1109 games pitched. He is currently ranked third all-time in appearances behind Jesse Orosco (1251) and John Franco (1119).

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Moment in the Sun

2001 American League All-Star

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Steroids

Stanton was named in the December 13, 2007 Mitchell Report on performance enhancing drugs in baseball. According to former clubhouse attendant and admitted steroids distributer Kirk Radomski, he met Stanton around 2001 while he was pitching for the Yankees. Radomski recalled making two sales of human growth hormone to Stanton. The first occurred in 2003, during Stanton’s first season with the Mets. Early in that season, Radomski mailed two kits of human growth hormone to Stanton at his residence.

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Trivia

Has short, stubby fingers.
Despite being a set-up man, Stanton has a consistent "entrance song" like many Major League Closers. Stanton usually enters to Aldo Nova's Fantasy. With the Mets, he had entered to Metallica's Enter Sandman during save situations as an obvious tribute to Mariano Rivera.

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Transactions

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 13th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1987.
December 23, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
April 12, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
July 31, 1995: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Matt Murray (PTBNL) to the Boston Red Sox for Mike Jacobs (PTBNL) and Marc Lewis (PTBNL)
July 31, 1996: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Dwayne Hosey (PTBNL) to the Texas Rangers for Mark Brandenburg and Kerry Lacy.
October 27, 1996: Granted Free Agency.
December 11, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
November 5, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
November 29, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
October 30, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
December 19, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
December 3, 2004: Traded by the New York Mets to the New York Yankees for Felix Heredia.
July 1, 2005: Released by the New York Yankees.
July 13, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.
September 29, 2005: Traded by the Washington Nationals to the Boston Red Sox for Rhys Taylor and Yader Peralta.
October 12, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
December 24, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.
July 28, 2006: Traded by the Washington Nationals to the San Francisco Giants for Shairon Martis.
November 20, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.