Doug Mientkiewicz
American baseball player (born 1974) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Douglas Andrew Mientkiewicz (/mɪntˈkeɪvɪtʃ/ mint-KAY-vitch; born June 19, 1974) is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1998 to 2009, most prominently as a member of the Minnesota Twins where he was a Gold Glove Award winner. Mientkiewicz was also a member of the 2004 World Series winning Boston Red Sox team. He is one of five players to win both an Olympic gold medal and a World Series championship.
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First baseman | |||||||||||||||
Born: (1974-06-19) June 19, 1974 (age 49) Toledo, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
September 18, 1998, for the Minnesota Twins | |||||||||||||||
Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
October 4, 2009, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||||||||||||||
MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
Batting average | .271 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 405 | ||||||||||||||
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After his playing career, Mientkiewicz briefly worked as a television sports analyst before serving as a minor league manager in the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers organizations.