Mel Stottlemyre, Jr.

The 6 ft (1.8 m), 190 lb (86 kg) Stottlemyre attended the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.^[1] He is the son of former New York Yankees starting pitcher and longtime MLB pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre and the elder brother of Todd Stottlemyre, who won 138 games during a 14-year big league career.^[1]

Professional career

Houston Astros

Stottlemyre was selected in the 1982 Major League Baseball draft by the Seattle Mariners but did not sign. He was later drafted in the January Secondary 1985 Major League Baseball draft by the Houston Astros. Stottlemyre began his playing career in 1985 with the Class-A Asheville Tourists of the South Atlantic League in the Astros organization. In his first year he went 5–4 with a 2.75 ERA in 14 games, 13 starts.

In 1986, Stottlemyre split the season between the Class-A Asheville Tourists and the Class-A Osceola Astros. He went 3–1 with a 2.10 ERA in seven games, all starts. With Osceola, Stottlemyre went 0–7 with a 7.82 ERA in nine games, eight starts. This gave him a combined record of 3–8 with a 5.01 ERA on the year.

Stottlemyre began the 1987 season with the Double-A Columbus Astros of the Southern League. He was traded by the Astros to the Kansas City Royals on July 29, 1987 for Buddy Biancalana.^[2]

Kansas City Royals

After the trade, Stottlemyre was assigned to the Double-A Memphis Chicks of the Southern League. He went a combined 7–6 with a 4.31 ERA in 20 games, all starts.

He played the 1988 season with the Double-A Memphis Chicks. He went 3–2 with a 2.40 ERA in seven games, all starts.

In a one-season career at the Major League level in 1990, Stottlemyre posted a 0–1 record with 14 strikeouts, a 4.88 ERA, and 31⅓ innings in 13 games pitched, two as a starter.

Coaching career

Stottlemyre began his coaching career while with the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, serving as their pitching coach. Stottlemyre also served as a pitching coach for the Class-A Yakima Bears in 2002, the Class-A Lancaster JetHawks, the Double-A El Paso Diablos and the Rookie-Level Missoula Osprey in 2005–2006.^[1]

On May 7, 2009, Stottlemyre was hired as the pitching coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks after Bryan Price, the former Diamondbacks pitching coach, resigned.^[3] He was released as pitching coach after the 2010 season, but remained in the D-backs' organization as a roving minor league pitching instructor.^[4]^[5] On December 2, 2013, he returned to the Diamondbacks' Major League staff as bullpen coach under manager Kirk Gibson.^[5]

On October 26, 2015, Stottleymyre was announced as the new pitching coach for the Seattle Mariners during manager Scott Servais' inaugural press conference.^[6] He will replace Rick Waits, who was hired after the 2013 season.^[7]

References

1 2 3 "Player Development" (PDF). Arizona Diamondbacks. arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
↑ "Biancalana sent to Houston for Stottlemyre". Lawrence Journal-World. Lawrence Journal-World. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ "Diamondbacks fire Melvin, name Hinch manager". sportingnews.com. Associated Press. May 7, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
↑ "Diamonbacks hire minor league coordinators". USA Today. December 13, 2010.
1 2 mlb.com
↑ http://www.seattlepi.com/sports/baseball/article/New-Mariners-manager-Scott-Servais-says-he-s-6591604.php
↑ http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10035668/howard-johnson-new-seattle-mariners-hitting-coach

External links

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

Preceded by Bryan Price	Arizona Diamondbacks pitching coach 2009–2010	Succeeded by Charles Nagy
Preceded by Glenn Sherlock	Arizona Diamondbacks bullpen coach 2014–2015	Succeeded by TBD
Preceded by Rick Waits	Seattle Mariners pitching coach	Succeeded by Incumbent

Seattle Mariners current roster

Active roster	4 Ketel Marte 7 Seth Smith 8 Nori Aoki 10 Dae-ho Lee 12 Leonys Martín 13 Nate Karns 15 Kyle Seager 16 Luis Sardiñas 18 Hisashi Iwakuma 20 Wade Miley 21 Franklin Gutiérrez 22 Robinson Canó 23 Nelson Cruz 26 Adam Lind 31 Steve Cishek 32 Steve Clevenger 33 Chris Iannetta 34 Félix Hernández 37 Mike Montgomery 38 Vidal Nuño 44 Taijuan Walker 48 Mayckol Guaipe 50 Nick Vincent 52 Steve Johnson 62 Joel Peralta

Inactive roster	1 Chris Taylor 3 Mike Zunino 17 Stefen Romero 28 Steve Baron 36 Shawn O'Malley 40 Boog Powell 49 Jonathan Aro 57 Cody Martin 59 David Rollins 64 Guillermo Heredia 65 James Paxton

Disabled list	2 Jesús Sucre 29 Ryan Cook 41 Charlie Furbush 53 Joaquín Benoit 55 Tony Zych 58 Evan Scribner

Coaching staff	Manager 9 Scott Servais Bench 27 Tim Bogar First base 43 Casey Candaele Third base 14 Manny Acta Hitting 11 Edgar Martínez Pitching 30 Mel Stottlemyre, Jr. Bullpen 46 Mike Hampton Quality control 88 Chris Prieto Bullpen catcher 66 Fleming Baez Batting practice pitcher 89 Nasuel Cabrera

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