Kam Mickolio #31

Kameron Kraig (Kam) Mickolio...Graduated from Bozeman (Mont.) High School in 2002...played for the local American Legion Belgrade Bandits during high school because Montana did not sanction baseball as a high school sport...Attended the College of Eastern Utah...drafted in the 46th round by St. Louis in 2003, but did not sign...Graduated from Utah Valley State College in May 2006...named to the 2006 Division I All-Independent Baseball second-team...named Division I All-Independent Pitcher of the Week for the week of April 25, 2006...became Utah Valley's first player to play in the Major Leagues.

2010

Made 3 appearances with the Orioles after being recalled from Triple-A Norfolk on April 15...Tossed a season-high 2.0 innings and struck out a season-high 2 batters on April 19 @ Mariners...Allowed his first Major League home run on April 24 @ Red Sox to Kevin Youkilis...Optioned to Triple-A Norfolk on April 27 and spent the rest of the season with the Tides...Made 30 appearances for Norfolk and went 4-3 with a 6.37 ERA (25 ER in 35.1 IP)...Went 2-2 with a 8.05 ERA in 18 appearances for the Tides before the All-Star break and 2-1 with a 4.41 ERA in 12 games after the break...Played for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League following the season...in 8 games, posted a 0.75 ERA (1 ER in 12.0 IP) with 2 walks and 18 strikeouts.

2009

Had three stints with the Orioles: July 6-21, July 31-August 4 and August 18-September 6...Placed on disabled list September 7 with right shoulder inflammation...Did not allow a run in his first nine appearances (9.2IP) before allowing four runs in his last four appearances (4.0IP)...Did not allow a home run in his 13.2 innings of work...Struck out at least one batter in 27 of his 35 appearances for Triple-A Norfolk...Held International League opponents to a .203 batting average (32-158), including a .191 average (13-68) against left-handers...Was 3-0 with a 1.25 ERA (21.2IP, 3ER) in 17 home games for the Tides and 0-3 with a 5.73 ERA (22.0IP, 14ER) in 18 road games for Norfolk...Named the Orioles' #8 prospect by Baseball America after the season

2008

Began the year with Double-A Bowie, going 2-1 with a save and a 4.70 ERA(38.1IP, 20ER) in 28 games...Allowed one ER or less in 23 of his 28 appearances with the Baysox...In six appearances, May 23-June 11, lowered his ERA from 4.07 to 3.52 by pitching 6.1 innings and allowing one ER...Transferred to Triple-A Norfolk on July 6 and pitched to a 1.80 ERA(20.0IP, 4ER) in 17 appearances with the Tides...Allowed two ER in 0.2 IPin a day game August 18 v CHA and pitched to a 0.93 ERA(19.1IP, 2ER) in 16 night games...Held right-handed hitters to a .125 average (4-32) with the Tides...Had his contract selected from Triple-A Norfolk on August 20 and made his major league debut that night against Boston, allowing an ER on three hits and two strikeouts in 1.0 IP...Was optioned to Norfolk on August 25 before being recalled on September 2...Appeared in seven September games for the O's and pitched to a 5.40 ERA(6.2IP, 4ER)...Pitched a career-high 2.0 scoreless innings on September 13 v MIN in game two of the doubleheader...Took the loss on September 17 @TOR, allowing one ER in 1.0 inning of work

2007

Combined to go 6-4 with a 2.68 ERA in 32 relief appearances between AA West Tennessee and AAA Tacoma in just his second pro season...Was rated as Seattle's No. 18 prospect by Baseball America...Began the season with West Tennessee... Limited opponents to a .224 (24-107) average, including a .131 (8-61) clip vs. right-handed batters...Won back-to-back outings April 22 and 25, both vs. Jacksonville...Tossed 19.0 consecutive scoreless innings while striking out 22, April 18-May 29...Was promoted to Tacoma on June 14...Recorded at least one strikeout in 13 of 14 games, including striking out 4 batters in a game on 3 occasions...Was placed on the disabled list with a right elbow strain on August 4 for the remainder of the season.

2006

Began his pro career with Short-A Everett...Did not allow an earned run in 17 of his 21 appearances, including a season-high 8.1 inning stretch without an earned run, August 13-September 6...Picked up his only win of the season on August 6 at Tri-City, tossing 3.0 scoreless innings...Went 4-for-5 in save opportunities.