mike
OQUIST
Midland RockHounds
pitcher #35
Height: 6-2 Weight: 190
Bats: R Throws: R
Born: 05-30-68, La Junta, CO
Resides: Swink, CO  
When Drafted: Selected by Baltimore in the 13th round of the 1989 draft

2004: Wore number 35 with the Midland RockHounds...pitched his 1,300th career minor league inning on July 8...Hogs in the Minors Player of the Week one time.

2003: Wore number 21 with the Somerset Patriots of the independent Atlantic league...placed on the DL in June...came off the DL on June 14...won the 2003 Atlantic League Championship with Somerset.

2001: Signed by Minnesota on February 12...Story: It's deja vu for Oquist...Story: Oquist goes for career win No. 100 tonight...Story: Mike's Milestone...August 9th he was placed on the DL with a partial tendon tear and a mild ligament sprain in his pitching elbow...retired at the end of the season.

2000: Hogs in the Minors Player of the Week one time.

1999: Signed by Detroit on November 29...News Story: Oquist hurls Athletics past Royals, 5-3.

1996: Signed by Oakland on December 5 ...ranked 11th overall (AA & AAA combined) in ERA with a 2.89.

1995: Signed by San Diego on December 21.

1993: Played for Tucson in the Arizona Fall League.

1990: Was named to the mid-season Carolina League All-Star team.

College: Is fifth on the career strikeout list at the University of Arkansas. Struck out 223 batters from 1987-89...Pitched in the College World Series in 1987 and 1989.

 

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