Mike Blowers

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Mike Blowers

Third Baseman

Born: April 24, 1965 (1965-04-24) (age 43)
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 1, 1989 for the New York Yankees
Final game
October 3, 1999 for the Seattle Mariners
Career statistics
Hits	591
Home runs	78
Runs batted in	365
Teams
New York Yankees (1989-1991) Seattle Mariners (1992-1995, 1997, 1999) Los Angeles Dodgers (1996) Oakland Athletics (1998)
Career highlights and awards

Michael Roy Blowers (born April 24, 1965, in Würzburg, Germany) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and first baseman. He is an alumnus of Bethel High School in Spanaway, Washington, Tacoma Community College and the University of Washington.^[1] He was inducted into the Tacoma Community College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007.

Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 10th round of the 1986 MLB amateur draft, Blowers made his Major League Baseball debut with the New York Yankees on September 1, 1989, and his last game was on October 3, 1999. His career batting average is .257 with a .955 fielding percentage. Blowers shares two major league records. He was the 13th player to hit grand slams in consecutive games which he did on May 16 and 17, 1993 as a Mariner, and he equaled an American League record by committing four errors in one game at third base as a Yankee in 1990. Blowers also hit for the cycle on May 18, 1998 as a member of the Oakland Athletics.

He is tied with Edgar Martínez for the most RBI (runs batted in) in one month by a Mariner, with 33 in August 1995.

He is now a Seattle Mariners TV and radio commentator. Blowers originated the "Rally Fries" tradition at Mariners' games. Mariners fans at all home TV-broadcast games who design signs requesting "rally fries" are selected by Blowers to receive Grounders Garlic Fries. At away games, the lucky sign holder gets whatever type of fries are offered at the away ball park.