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American baseball player (born 1964)
Baseball player
Dann Paul John Howitt
(born February 13, 1964) is an American former professional baseball
outfielder
. He played high school baseball at
Hastings High School
in
Hastings, Michigan
.
[2]
He played college baseball at
Cal State Fullerton
, graduating in 1986
[3]
and was drafted by the
Oakland Athletics
in the 18th round of the
1986 Major League Baseball Draft
. He played during six seasons at the
Major League Baseball
(MLB) for the
Athletics
,
Seattle Mariners
,
Chicago White Sox
. Howitt played his first professional season with their Class A (Short Season)
Medford A's
in 1986, and his last with the
Colorado Rockies
' Triple-A
Colorado Springs Sky Sox
in 1997.
It was Howitt that got the final hit off
Nolan Ryan
when he hit a grand slam home run on September 22, 1993, in Ryan's final appearance at the
Seattle Kingdome
. It was the last game of Ryan's career and Howitt was the second to last batter he ever faced (Ryan injured his arm facing the next batter and left the game before completing the at-bat).
[4]
Howitt became a contributing baseball writer for the sports section of
The Grand Rapids Press
.
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