| Doug Mientkiewicz | |||||||||||||||
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 Mientkiewicz as the Fort Myers Miracle manager in 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| First baseman | |||||||||||||||
| Born: June 19, 1974 Toledo, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| September 18, 1998, for the Minnesota Twins | |||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| October 4, 2009, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .271 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 66 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 405 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Douglas Andrew Mientkiewicz (/mɪntˈkeɪvɪtʃ/ mint-KAY-vitch; born June 19, 1974) is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1998 to 2009, most prominently as a member of the Minnesota Twins where he was a Gold Glove Award winner. He was also a member of the 2004 World Series winning Boston Red Sox team. He is one of six players to win both an Olympic gold medal and a World Series championship.
After his playing career, Mientkiewicz briefly worked as a television sports analyst before serving as a minor league manager in the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers organizations.