Paul Mirabella

Paul Thomas Mirabella (born March 20, 1954) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Mirabella, who threw left-handed, played all or parts of 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers (1978 and 1982), New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays (1980–81), Baltimore Orioles (1983), Seattle Mariners (1984–86) and Milwaukee Brewers (1987–90).

Mirabella attended Parsippany High School in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, then Montclair State University.

Mirabella made his MLB debut with Texas on July 28, 1978. After one season in New York, the Yankees traded Mirabella with Chris Chambliss and Dámaso García to the Blue Jays for Rick Cerone, Tom Underwood, and Ted Wilborn in November 1979.

In 1980, Mirabella had a career-high 22 starts and threw the only three complete games and one shutout of his MLB career, but he had a 5–12 win–loss record. He never started more than two games in any future season. He pitched in eight games for Toronto in 1981. In his second stint with Texas, he worked exclusively as a reliever for the first time, pitching in 40 games. The Rangers released him on March 26, 1983, a year after trading for him.

Mirabella played for the Mariners for the next three seasons, pitching in a career-high 52 games in 1984. He pitched in 18 MLB games combined in his final two seasons with the Mariners.

Mirabella played four seasons with Milwaukee to end his MLB career. He second season, in 1988, was one of his finest in the majors, with career bests with four saves and a 1.65 earned run average (ERA).

Personal life Mirabella and his wife have two children.

In high school, Mirabella played football and was the captain of his fencing team.