William Michael Stanton (born June 2, 1967 in Houston, Texas) is a former left-handed specialist relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who enjoyed success over his career, most notably with the New York Yankees.
Stanton graduated from Midland High School (Midland, Texas), where he played baseball, basketball and football. He did not however, pitch at all in high school. His first pitching appearance came when he pitched at Southwestern Universi...
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William Michael Stanton (born June 2, 1967 in Houston, Texas) is a former left-handed specialist relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who enjoyed success over his career, most notably with the New York Yankees.
Stanton graduated from Midland High School (Midland, Texas), where he played baseball, basketball and football. He did not however, pitch at all in high school. His first pitching appearance came when he pitched at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Stanton also attended Alvin Community College.
Stanton was drafted by the Atlanta Braves and made his major league debut in 1989 with the Braves, where he would spend the first six years of his career. He would eventually make quick stops with the Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers before he would pitch for the New York Yankees for 7 seasons. During that span, Stanton was a large part of the Yankees world series teams proving himself in big roles out of the bullpen and was selected to the 2001 All-Star team. He would...
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