Stephen Wayne Mintz is a retired professional baseball

Professional baseball

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 pitcher

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. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball

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, 1995 for the San Francisco Giants

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 and 1999 for the Anaheim Angels

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. He currently serves as the pitching coach of the Fort Myers Miracle

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The Fort Myers Miracle is the Class A Advanced minor league baseball affiliate of the Minnesota Twins Major League Baseball club, currently managed by Jake Mauer. Home games are played at the Lee County Sports Complex in Hammond Stadium, which has a capacity of 7,500, and opened in...

 in the Minnesota Twins

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 organization.

Playing career

Mintz was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers

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 in the 17th round of the 1990 amateur draft

1990 Major League Baseball Draft

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. He played his first professional season with the Dodgers' Class A (short season) Yakima Bears

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 in 1990, then played two more seasons in their organization until being released before the 1993 season.

Mintz was picked up by the Boston Red Sox

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, playing one season in their farm system, then signed with the Giants on December 15, 1993. He made his major league debut for the Giants May 18, 1995. Over 14 appearances with San Francisco that season, he was 1-2 with a 7.45 earned run average

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.

After four seasons in the Milwaukee Brewers

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, San Diego Padres

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 and Pittsburgh Pirates

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 organizations, he made three appearances with the Anaheim Angels during the 1999 season. Mintz ended his career with Anaheim's Triple-A farm club, the Salt Lake Stingers, in 2001.

Coaching career

Upon his retirement from pitching mid-way through the 2001 season, he spent the second-half of the season as pitching coach for the Angels' short-season minor league teams. His first job in the Twins organization was with the Gulf Coast League Twins

Gulf Coast League Twins

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 from 2002 through 2005. From there, he was promoted to pitching coach for the Midwest League

Midwest League

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 Beloit Snappers

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. After two seasons with the Snappers, Mintz was promoted again; this time, to the Double-A New Britain Rock Cats

New Britain Rock Cats

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. In 2009, he replaced Eric Rasmussen

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 as pitching coach of the Twins' Florida State League

Florida State League

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 advanced A affiliate, the Fort Myers Miracle

Fort Myers Miracle

The Fort Myers Miracle is the Class A Advanced minor league baseball affiliate of the Minnesota Twins Major League Baseball club, currently managed by Jake Mauer. Home games are played at the Lee County Sports Complex in Hammond Stadium, which has a capacity of 7,500, and opened in...

, a position he continued to hold as of the end of the 2011 season.

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