Mike Stenhouse, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 29-May-1958
Place of Birth: Pueblo, Colorado, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Mike Stenhouse
- Michael Steven Stenhouse (born May 29, 1958 in Pueblo, Colorado) is a former outfielder, first baseman, and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played for the Montreal Expos from 1982-1984, the Minnesota Twins in 1985, and the Boston Red Sox in 1986.
- Stenhouse is the CEO of the Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity, a public policy think tank.
- Listed at 6'1", 195 lb., Stenhouse batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
- He is the son of pitcher Dave Stenhouse. A star in high school, Mike turned down opportunities at some of the top baseball colleges, including Arizona State University, in order to attend Harvard.
- He played three seasons for the school's baseball program (1977–1979) and was a two time All-Ivy Leaguer and hit .475 as a freshman in 1977, second-best in NCAA Division I.
- He was an American Baseball Coaches Association All-American, joining Kirk Gibson, Hubie Brooks and Bob Horner. In 1977-79, Stenhouse played collegiate summer baseball for the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL).
- He hit .426 with 6 home runs in 13 games in 1978 before an injury cut short his season, and was a league all-star in 1979.
- Stenhouse was inducted into the CCBL hall of fame in 2008.He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics with the 26th overall pick of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft.
- He was offered only $12,000 by Charlie Finley and opted to return to college when the commissioner's office refused to make him a free agent.
- Finley later offered the same amount of money with the stipulation of a September call-up, but Mike backed out when this was not put in writing.
- Stenhouse was selected fourth overall in the 1980 January draft by the Montreal Expos.
- He signed for a $32,000 bonus this time.He was called up for the first time in 1982, striking out in his only at bat.
- After two sub-par seasons, he was traded by the Expos to the Minnesota Twins for Jack O'Connor.
- There he had career highs in games played (81), at bats (179), runs (23) hits (40), home runs (5), RBI (21), stolen bases (1), walks (29), and batting average (.223).
- That December he was traded by the Twins to the Boston Red Sox for Charlie Mitchell.
- In his final major league season he went 2 for 21 (.095), but walked 12 times and had an on-base percentage of .424. In 1996, Stenhouse was an announcer for the Expos on CIQC.
- He had previously been an analyst for the Pawtucket Red Sox.
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