Chuck Mount

Charles Joseph Mount

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.
• School Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College

• Born June 30, 1965 in Kansas City, MO USA

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Chuck Mount was drafted by his hometown Kansas City Royals in the secondary phase of the 1986 amateur draft out of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. He had previously been drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 6th round of the regular phase of the January 1986 amateur draft, but had not accepted their offer.

In his first professional season, he went 3-2, 3.35 in 29 games as a reliever for the Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest League, also picking up 8 saves. He then appeared with three different teams in 1987, starting with 28 games for the Appleton Foxes of the Midwest League and then being successively promoted to the Fort Myers Royals of the [Florida State League]] and the Memphis Chicks of the AA Southern League. Altogether, his record was 1-3, 3.23 in 59 games, with 21 saves. One red flag however was a poor K/W ratio, 55/41 in 69 2/3 innings. Following the season, on December 10th, he was included in a big major league trade, joining fellow pitchers John Davis, Greg Hibbard and Melido Perez in heading to the Chicago White Sox in return for veteran P Floyd Bannister and utility player Dave Cochrane. At the time, author Bill James decried the trade as a patent case of a team likely giving up a package that would turn out to be much more valuable than the player they acquired, figuring that at 33, Bannister was nearing the end of his career, while there was a high likelihood that at least one of the youngsters acquired by Chicago would turn out top be much more valuable. He was right in that Bannister had only one good year left, while both Hibbard and Perez became reliable starting pitchers and Davis also had some value as a reliever. For his part, Mount was the only player in the group who never reached the majors.

Mount spent the next two seasons, 1988 and 1989, with the Birmingham Barons of the AA Southern League going 7-9, 4.01 the first year and 5-4, 4.20 the second. He continued to show poor control,. and actually walked more batters than he struck out the second year. In 1990, after a move to the Chicago Cubs, having been traded for Rich Scheid, he was given a look as a starting pitching, making 20 starts in his 40 appearances with the Charlotte Knights, still in the Southern League. He went 11-9, 4.15, but walked 93 men while striking out 77 in 154 innings. In 1991, his final season, he reached AAA briefly, pitching 10 games with the Iowa Cubs of the American Association with another 17 with Charlotte. His combined record was 5-7, 4.08 in 27 games. After not pitching in 1992, he signed as a free agent back with the Royals in February of 1993 but never made it back to play professionally.

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