Mike Fuentes (baseball)

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Mike Fuentes

|position=Left fielder

|image=1987 Best - Mike Fuentes (cropped).jpg

|caption=Fuentes with the Memphis Chicks {{circa}} 1987

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1958|7|11}}

|birth_place=Miami, Florida, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 2

|debutyear=1983

|debutteam=Montreal Expos

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 21

|finalyear=1984

|finalteam=Montreal Expos

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.250

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=0

|teams=

Montreal Expos ({{mlby|1983}}–{{mlby|1984}})

|highlights=*Golden Spikes Award (1981)

}}

Michael Jay Fuentes (born July 11, 1958) is an American former Major League Baseball player. He attended Florida State University, where he was the 1981 recipient of the Golden Spikes Award.

Career

Fuentes was selected by the Montreal Expos with their second-round pick in the 1981 Major League Baseball draft.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75181865/the-miami-herald/|title=Ex-FSU sluggers swing for the top|first=Bruce|last=Shoenfeld|work=The Miami Herald|date=August 20, 1982|page=5E|accessdate=April 5, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} Fuentes was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 2, 1983, with the Expos. He played in a total of nine games in the majors, eight as a pinch hitter or pinch runner and one in left field. He went 2-for-8 at the plate, with no extra base hits or RBI. Fuentes was elected to the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2023.