About Mike Birkbeck
Born 1961. Mike Birkbeck is an American baseball player.
Michael Laurence Birkbeck (born March 10, 1961) is a college baseball coach and former baseball pitcher. He played for the Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets of Major League Baseball, and the Yokohama BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball. He is currently the pitching coach at Kent State University.
Birkbeck attended Orrville High School in Orrville, Ohio and played college baseball at the University of Akron. Birkbeck's promising debut years were compromised by injury, culminating in a broken fibula on a comebacker from Shane Mack during his stint with Yokohama, which effectively ended his career. He retired as a player in 1996.
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American baseball player
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Mike Birkbeck was born on 10 March 1961 in Orrville.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Mike Birkbeck. https://biography.guide/mike-birkbeck/
MLA: "Mike Birkbeck." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/mike-birkbeck/.
Chicago: "Mike Birkbeck." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/mike-birkbeck/.
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