Mike Pazik
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Michael Joseph Pazik
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
- School College of the Holy Cross
- High School Lynn English High School
- Debut May 11, 1975
- Final Game April 22, 1977
- Born January 26, 1950 in Lynn, MA USA
[edit] Biography
As of 2009, Mike Pazik is the last player from Holy Cross to play major league baseball. 77 players from that college have played MLB, but none in the last 30 years. Mike played for the Minnesota Twins in 1975-77.
He was a year older than Bert Blyleven and four years younger than Rod Carew.
Mike was a first-round pick in the 1971 draft (secondary phase), and was in the New York Yankees organization from 1971 through part of 1974. He went 13-8 for Syracuse in 1973 and in 1974, split between Syracuse and Tacoma, again went 13-8. In 1976 with Tacoma he went 14-5.
He finished his playing career in 1979. He managed the 1980 Glens Falls White Sox and 1984 Stockton Mudville Nine.
