Kam Mickolio

Mickolio graduated from Belgrade High School in 2002, but did not play baseball because Montana did not sanction the sport.^[2] Instead he was with the local American Legion Baseball team named the Belgrade Bandits,^[3]^[4] which finished in third place with a 32–20 record in state competition. He went 9–2 with 115 strikeouts in 88 innings pitched. He registered five shutouts and complete games each in his eleven starts. He also batted .386 with six home runs.^[2]

Mickolio attended the College of Eastern Utah for two years. He was the 46th-round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2003 MLB Draft, but did not sign a contract. Mickolio completed his college career at Utah Valley State College.^[5]

Professional career

Mickolio was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 18th round of the 2006 MLB Draft, and signed with the team five days later on June 11.^[6] Used exclusively out of the bullpen, he compiled a 7–4 record, and progressed through the organization, starting with the Everett AquaSox in 2006. He split the following season with the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx and Tacoma Rainiers.^[7]

Baltimore Orioles

Mickolio was traded by the Mariners along with George Sherrill, Adam Jones, Chris Tillman and Tony Butler to the Baltimore Orioles for Érik Bédard on February 8, 2008.^[8] After spending the first four months of the 2008 campaign with the Bowie Baysox and Norfolk Tides,^[7] Mickolio was promoted to the Orioles for the first time to replace an injured Sherrill on August 20.^[9] He made his major league debut later that night at Camden Yards, becoming the first player from Utah Valley to play in an MLB game.^[2] He pitched the top half of the eighth inning in relief of Dennis Sarfate and surrendered a run in the 11–6 win over the Boston Red Sox.^[10] When Brian Burres was recalled to fill a starting rotation vacancy on August 25, Mickolio was optioned to Norfolk,^[11] but returned to the Orioles eight days later on September 2.^[12] His only decision in nine relief appearances that season was an 8–7 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on September 17, when he allowed a one-out Travis Snider sacrifice fly to left field to score Scott Rolen in the bottom of the eighth to break a 7–7 deadlock.^[13]

Pitching for the Tides in the first half of 2009, Mickolio was recalled by the Orioles on July 6 after biceps tendinitis forced Chris Ray onto the disabled list.^[14] He bounced back and forth between Norfolk and Baltimore twice within the next six weeks, getting his final promotion of the year on August 17 to replace Matt Albers who was sent to the Tides.^[15] Mickolio was credited with a pair of losses before inflammation in his throwing shoulder ended his season on September 17.^[16]

Arizona Diamondbacks

On December 6, 2010 Mickolio and David Hernandez were traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for third baseman Mark Reynolds.

On May 28, 2010, Mickolio was optioned to Triple-A Reno after Zach Duke was activated from the disabled list.^[17] He was released on November 9.

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

Mickolio's contract was sold to the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan on November 14, 2011, and he was the team's closer for three seasons. In 61 appearances (40 games finished) in 2012, Mickolio was 3-5 with a 2.79 ERA and 21 saves, striking out 54 in 58 innings. On December 6, 2012, he re-signed with Hiroshima for 75.6 million yen ($740,000 USD).^[18] In 57 appearances (45 games finished) in 2013, he was 2-4 with a 2.04 ERA and 27 saves, striking out 39 in 57.1 innings. In his third season with the Carp in 2014, Mickolio appeared in 51 games, posting a 1-1 record with 25 saves and a 2.45 ERA.

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

Mickolio left the Carp after the 2014 season and signed a two-year deal with the Eagles worth an estimated 481 million yen and was assigned the number 43. He was unable to pitch in 2015 due to injury.

Personal life

On November 12, 2011, Mickolio married the former Tiffany Leone. The couple has three children, a son, Braden Landon Mickolio, born in August 2012; a daughter, Abriella Emilia Mickolio, born in May 2014; and a daughter, Lincoln Perry Mickolio, born in May 2015. Tiffany and their three children are planning on joining Kameron in Japan in July 2016.

References

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
"Orioles add RHP Cla Meredith to the roster," Baltimore Orioles press release, Tuesday, July 21, 2009.
"Orioles Place RHP Brad Bergesen on 15-Day Disabled List," Baltimore Orioles press release, Friday, July 31, 2009.
"Orioles recall LHP Brian Matusz from Double-A Bowie," Baltimore Orioles press release, Tuesday, August 4, 2009.

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles current roster

Manager	99 Masataka Nashida

First squad coaching	80 Toru Nimura 88 Takahiro Ikeyama 83 Koichi Isobe 92 Tsuyoshi Yoda 72 Ryoji Moriyama 97 Kenji Furukubo 74 Yasunaga Makishi 76 Osamu Yonemura

Second squad manager/coaching	89 Yosuke Hiraishi 79 Tomoyoshi Oishi 96 Ryo Kawano 93 Daisuke Kusano 75 Shinichiro Koyama 86 Kento Sugiyama 81 Yuichi Yanagisawa 78 Mitsuo Tateishi 87 Tadaharu Sakai 84 Makoto Moriyama

First squad	0 Kenta Kurihara 1 Yuki Matsui 3 Jonny Gomes 4 Mitsutaka Gotoh 6 Kazuya Fujita 7 Kazuo Matsui 8 Toshiaki Imae 11 Takahiro Shiomi 12 Ken Ray 14 Takahiro Norimoto 17 Jake Brigham 22 Kenji Tomura 23 Ryo Hijirisawa 24 Masayoshi Fukuda 25 Akihisa Makida 26 Norihito Kaneto 27 Takero Okajima 29 Shota Koseki 30 Kohei Hasebe 31 Manabu Mima 32 Shintaro Masuda 33 Ginji 34 Yoshitaka Muto 35 Hiroaki Shimauchi 37 Motohiro Shima 40 Zelous Wheeler 41 Koji Aoyama 42 Japhet Amador 43 Kam Mickolio 49 Radhames Liz 55 Tetsuro 58 Wataru Karashima 59 Yasunori Kikuchi 64 Hiroyuki Fukuyama 67 Tatsuro Iwasaki 68 Ryohei Kawamoto

Second squad	00 Toshihito Abe 2 Ryota Yoshimochi 5 Eigoro Mogi 9 Louis Okoye 13 Kodai Hamaya 15 Fumiya Ono 16 Yudai Mori 20 Tomohiro Anraku 21 Yoshinao Kamata 28 Ryota Ishibashi 36 Yasuhito Uchida 38 Yusuke Nishimiya 39 Takahiro Shimotsuma 44 Yuichi Adachi 45 Takashi Kawai 46 Ryota Ito 47 Takahito Otsuka 48 Tadashi Ishimine 50 Takahiro Irino 51 Luciano Fernando 52 Masahi Kato 53 Kazutomo Aihara 54 Takaaki Yokoyama 56 Taishi Nakagawa 57 Takumi Miyoshi 60 Yuri Furukawa 61 Kim Mu-young 62 Susumu Aizawa 63 Rintaro Kitagawa 65 Kengo Horiuchi 66 Ikki Murabayashi 69 Soma Yamauchi

Development	001 Hiroshi Katayama 005 Hirohito Shimai 024 Kazuya Takahori 036 Aoi Enomoto 051 Takahiro Kakizawa 090 Ryuta Konno 121 Sho Miyagawa 122 Takumaru Yaoita 123 Hiroki Ohsakaya 126 Takumi Deguchi 127 Hiroki Yamada 143 Sung Chia-Hao

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