Michael R. Garcia is a retired professional baseball

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 pitcher

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. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball

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 for the Pittsburgh Pirates

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. He also played in Mexico, Taiwan, and the Korea Baseball Organization

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He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers

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 in the 55th round of the 1989 amateur draft

1989 Major League Baseball Draft

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. Garcia played his first professional season with their rookie league Bristol Tigers

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 and Class A (short season) Niagara Falls Rapids

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 in , and his last affiliated season with the Chicago Cubs

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' Triple-A Iowa Cubs

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 in . He finished his career with the Road Warriors of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball

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