Mark Miggins

Mark Kenneth Miggins

• Bats Right, Throws left
• Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.
• School Miami-Dade South Community College, University of South Florida
• High School Christopher Columbus High School (Miami)

• Born May 6, 1954

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Mark Miggins was a 5th-round selection by the San Francisco Giants in the January 1974 amateur draft, but he did not sign with them. He signed a couple of years later with the Houston Astros and began his professional career in 1977 with the Cocoa Astros of the Florida State League, where he went 6-6, 2.61 as a swingman, starting 10 games and relieving in 16. He also picked up 3 saves and completed 7 games, one of them a shutout, to earn a late-season promotion to the Columbus Astros of the AA Southern League. he made 3 starts there with a record of 1-2, 3.79. After this promising debut, he was back at Columbus in 1978, but had a tougher year, as he finished at 4-11, albeit with a solid 3.63 ERA. He was again a swingman, with 14 starts and 16 relief appearances, picking up a save and registering a pair of shutouts. His main problem was a lack of strikeouts, with only 43 (against 63 walks) in 119 innings.

Nonetheless, he was promoted to the AAA Charleston Charlies of the International League in 1979, where he started 8 games in 35 appearances and finished at 3-5, 4.25, with a save. In 1980, with the Astros organization very rich in pitchers, he was sent down to Columbus, where he was 4-6, 3.18 as a reliever, with a career-best 8 saves. He also spent time with the Tucson Toros, Houston's new AAA affiliate, where he was 1-2, 5.00 in 9 games, with another save. 1981 saw Mark spend the entire season with Tucson, where he went back to starting. He made 20 starts in 34 games and pitched 163 innings, a career high. In 1982, he was back with Tucson but struggled and found himself in the San Diego Padres' organization, ending the season with the Hawaii Islanders. Between the two Pacific Coast League teams, he went a combined 5-10, 6.25 in 27 games, including 13 starts. Mark completed his professional run in 1983 when he went back to Single A ball, with the Miami Marlins, a Padres farm team in the Florida State League. There, he had a very good stat line, going 3-2, 2.09 in 22 games, all in relief, picking up 4 saves with a 25/18 K/W ratio in 43 innings.

His career record was 37-53 with 18 saves and a 4.18 ERA in223 games (71 starts). He was an impressive 5-for-11 at the plate.

Related Sites

• Christopher Columbus HoF page
• USF page