Mitch Webster

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Mitch Webster
Runs batted in
342
Teams

Mitchell Dean Webster (born May 16, 1959) is a former

Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Dodgers. Listed at 6' 0", 185 lb., he was a switch hitter and threw left handed.[1]

Playing career

Born in

1977 MLB Draft. He then was selected by Toronto from Los Angeles in the 1979 Minor League draft.[1]

A speedy outfielder, Webster achieved good production from both sides of the plate, and also had a strong arm with the ability to play all three outfield positions well.

His most productive season came with Montreal in 1986, when he posted career-highs with a .290 batting average and 36 stolen bases while leading the National League with 13 triples.[1] He is one of the few players to play both major league Canadian teams, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Montreal Expos.[2]

Webster's 1990 season with the

Cleveland Indians featured a bench clearing incident between Webster and Todd Stottlemyre of the Toronto Blue Jays. In the action, Webster charged the mound but was tackled by Stottlemyre and catcher Pat Borders.[3]

In a 13-season career, Webster slashed .263/.330/.401 with 70 home runs and 160 steals in 1,265 games, driving in 342 runs and scoring 504 times while playing mostly as a leadoff hitter.[1]

As an outfielder, he committed just 42 errors in 2,007 fielding chances for a .979 fielding percentage.[1]

Post-playing career

Webster scouted during 14 years with the Dodgers organization,[4] serving for eight seasons as an amateur scout before working in 2008 and 2009 as a professional scout, being responsible for signing such players as Blake DeWitt, Scott Elbert, Joel Hanrahan, Koyie Hill, Lucas May, Bubba Starling, and Scott Van Slyke, among others.[citation needed] He also spent four seasons as a coach in the Dodgers minor league system from 1996 to 1999.[4]

In 2009, the Kansas City Royals named Webster as their Midwest Regional Scouting Supervisor.[4] He was named to the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.[5]

See also

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e Major League Baseball Statistics and History. Baseball Reference. Retrieved on January 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "101 players who played for Toronto Blue Jays and Washington Nationals (Montreal Expos, 1969-2004)". Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  3. ^ Blue Jays 10, Indians 4. UPI game recap - April 30, 1990
  4. ^ a b c Royals name Mitch Webster Midwest Regional Scouting Supervisor. MLB.com. Retrieved on January 17, 2017.
  5. Kansas City Star
    . Retrieved June 14, 2018.

External links

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