#17

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Full Name:
 

Mitchell Evan Haniger​

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Nicknames:

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None​

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Born:  
   

December 23, 1990

Mountain View, California

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Family:  

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Father: Walt

Mother: Judy

Brother: Jason

Spouse: Amanda Haniger
Cousins: Nik and Alex Balog 

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His brother, Jason, was a catcher at Georgia Tech and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates (2008).
 

Nik Balog was in the Baltimore Orioles minor league system.

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He met his wife as a freshman in high school.

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Friends:  

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Childhood best friend: Elliot Stewart.

Haniger and Stewart were friends from elementary school and played baseball together at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California.

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School:  

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Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose, California

Mascot: Monarchs (Archie the Lion)

Coach: Bill Hutton

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California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly),

Cal Poly Mustangs Baseball

Coach: Larry Lee

Major: Social sciences
Full roster
 

Larry Lee was not entirely convinced at first that he would be a successful college player.
 

Baseball Related:

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2009 - Drafted by the New York Mets (31st round) but did not sign. 

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2010 - Played with the Corvallis Knights in the West Coast League.

 

2012 - Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers after selection in the supplemental section of the first round.

 

2014 - Traded from the Milwaukee Brewers (with Anthony Banda) to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Gerardo Parra.

 

2016 - August 16th - Major League debut with the Arizona Diamondbacks. In his 1st at-bat he struck out against Noah Syndergaard.

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2016 - Traded from Diamondbacks (with Jean Segura, and Zac Curtis) to the Seattle Mariners for Taijuan Walker and Ketel Marte.

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Extra:

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His favourite team growing up was the San Francisco Giants.

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In 2017 and early 2018 he was tweeting about how Edgar Martinez belongs in the Hall of Fame.

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Sample Heckles:

 

Not available

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Heckle him on twitter:

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@M_Hanny17