Aaron Myette

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Aaron Myette

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|9|26}}

| birth_place = New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = September 7

| debutyear = 1999

| debutteam = Chicago White Sox

| finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = September 27

| finalyear = 2004

| finalteam = Cincinnati Reds

| debut2league = NPB

| debut2date = March 27

| debut2year = 2005

| debut2team = Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

| final2league = NPB

| final2date = April 3

| final2year = 2005

| final2team = Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

| statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 6–12

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 8.16

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 134

| stat2league = NPB

| stat21label = Win–loss record

| stat21value = 0–0

| stat22label = Earned run average

| stat22value = 20.77

| stat23label = Strikeouts

| stat23value = 3

| baseball_ref = myettaa01

| teams =

Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1999}}–{{mlby|2000}})
Texas Rangers ({{mlby|2001}}–{{mlby|2002}})
Cleveland Indians ({{mlby|2003}})
Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|2004}})
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ({{npby|2005}})

|show-medals=no

|medaltemplates=

{{Medal|Country | {{bb|CAN}} }}

}}

Aaron Kenneth Myette (born September 26, 1977) is a Canadian former professional baseball right-handed pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Career

Myette attended the University of Washington, where he played college baseball for the Washington Huskies in 1996.{{cite web|title=University of Washington Baseball Players Who Made It to a Major League Baseball Team |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_washington_baseball_players.shtml |work=Baseball-Almanac.com |access-date=August 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051202092907/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_washington_baseball_players.shtml |archive-date=December 2, 2005 |url-status=dead }}

Myette was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 17th round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft (454th overall), and then by the Chicago White Sox in the first round of the 1997 Major League Baseball draft (43rd overall). He played for the White Sox in 1999 and 2000. The White Sox traded Myette and Brian Schmack to the Texas Rangers for Royce Clayton after the 2000 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-15-sp-463-story.html|title=Shortstop-Rich Rangers Deal Clayton to White Sox|date=December 15, 2000|website=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=February 20, 2022}} He played for the Rangers (2001–2002), Cleveland Indians (2003) and Cincinnati Reds (2004). He was a member of Team Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where they finished in fourth place. In 2005, he played for Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan. Myette played for the York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League for the 2008 season.

Aaron's brother Andrew was drafted in three consecutive years by the Rangers: the 17th round of the 2000 draft (514th overall), the 44th round of the 2001 draft (1305th overall) and the 41st round of the 2002 draft (1222nd overall).

Myette's first major league strikeout victim was Mo Vaughn.

References

External links

{{Baseballstats|mlb=150329|espn=|br=m/myettaa01|fangraphs=1263|brm=myette001aar|retro=M/Pmyeta001}}
{{COC profile}}
{{Olympics.com|aaron-myette}}
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