Mike Morin (baseball)
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| Born: May 3, 1991 Andover, Minnesota |
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| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 8-6 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.20 | ||
| Strikeouts | 95 | ||
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Michael William Morin (/ˈmɔːrɪn/; born May 3, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Early Life
Michael William Morin was born on May 3, 1991 in Andover, Minnesota and grew up in Leawood, Kansas. He is the son of Leatha Scalise Cline and Greg Morin. He was a four year letterman at Shawnee Mission South High School and was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 40th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. He did not sign and instead attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1]
College Career
As a freshman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morin made 24 appearances including one start. He recorded a 5-3 win–loss record with a 5.45 ERA and had 3 saves. As a sophomore in 2011, Morin made 32 appearances including six starts. He became the Tar Heels closer and recorded 10 saves. In 64 innings of work, he struck out 66 batters, and only walked 18, while posting a 4.64 ERA. [2]
While at North Carolina, Morin set the ACC’s single-season saves record.[3]
Professional Career
In 2012 he was named an All-American by Baseball America.[4] He was then drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 13th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.[5]
Morin was called up to the majors for the first time on April 27, 2014[6] and made his debut three days later on April 30, 2014 against the Cleveland Indians. He earned his first career win on June 21, 2014 against Texas.[7]
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- North Carolina Tar Heels bio
- Mike Morin on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim players
- North Carolina Tar Heels baseball players
- Orem Owlz players
- Mesa Solar Sox players
- Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino players
- Arkansas Travelers players
- Salt Lake Bees players
- Baseball players from Minnesota
- Major League Baseball pitchers
