finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
2006 left middletown , new york 1991 june 26 53 -- 55 3.90 854 pitcher atlanta braves win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts june 15 23 march 1966 mike remlinger qatar 3.jpg mike remlinger
 san francisco giants mike remlinger left
mike remlinger

michael john remlinger -lrb- born march 23 , 1966 in middletown , new york -rrb- is a former relief pitcher in major league baseball .
remlinger has played with the san francisco giants -lrb- 1991 -rrb- , new york mets -lrb- 1994 -- 95 -rrb- , cincinnati reds -lrb- 1995 -- 98 -rrb- , atlanta braves -lrb- 1999 -- 2002 , 2006 -rrb- , chicago cubs -lrb- 2003 -- 2005 -rrb- , and the boston red sox -lrb- 2005 -rrb- .
he bats and throws left-handed .
a dartmouth college graduate , remlinger led the nation with a 1.59 era during his sophomore season .
he was selected by the giants with the 16th pick of the first round in the 1987 amateur draft .
in a 16-season career , remlinger compiled a 53-54 record with a 3.89 era and 20 saves in 634 games .
he made the national league all-star team in .
remlinger often pitched better against right-handed hitters , which is unusual for a left-handed pitcher .
on may 25 , 2005 , mike remlinger was placed on the 15-day disabled list by the chicago cubs after breaking his left pinkie by getting it caught in a chair .
at the time remlinger was pitching quite poorly and many speculated the injury was a way of clearing roster space without putting remlinger on waivers .
steve stone , a baseball analyst and former cubs broadcaster , often refers to having players `` sit in the remlinger chair '' when they are playing badly during a season .
remlinger and cash were then traded to the boston red sox for minor league pitcher olivio astacio .
he was later released by boston .
remlinger signed a one-year minor league contract with the atlanta braves in january 2006 after being released by the red sox .
the braves invited him to spring training as a non-roster invitee , and later he was added to the 25-man roster .
the braves designated remlinger for assignment and later released him on june 26 , 2006 .
remlinger saved the pieces of a broken bat used by sammy sosa in a 2003 game , which was found to have cork embedded within it , in violation of mlb rules .
he auctioned off the pieces in 2010 .
