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class="infobox ib-baseball-bio vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><span class="note">Mike Vail</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Vail_Mets.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Mike_Vail_Mets.jpg/220px-Mike_Vail_Mets.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Mike_Vail_Mets.jpg/330px-Mike_Vail_Mets.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Mike_Vail_Mets.jpg/440px-Mike_Vail_Mets.jpg 2x" data-file-width="523" data-file-height="626" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">Outfielder</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Born:</b> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-11-10</span>) </span>November 10, 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">August 18, 1975, for the New York Mets</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">July 30, 1984, for the Los Angeles Dodgers</td><link 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</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Michael Lewis Vail</b> (born November 10, 1951) is an American former <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> <a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">outfielder</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="St._Louis_Cardinals_farm_system">St. Louis Cardinals farm system</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Vail&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: St. Louis Cardinals farm system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vail was original drafted by the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> in the seventeenth round of the <a href="/wiki/1970_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1970 Major League Baseball draft">1970 Major League Baseball draft</a> as a senior at <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_Mitty_High_School" title="Archbishop Mitty High School">Archbishop Mitty High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a>. He declined, choosing, instead, to attend <a href="/wiki/De_Anza_College" title="De Anza College">De Anza College</a>. Seven months later, the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> selected him in the fourth round of the January <a href="/wiki/1971_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1971 Major League Baseball season">1971</a> secondary draft. </p><p>Through his first three seasons in the Cardinals' <a href="/wiki/Farm_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Farm system">farm system</a>, Vail batted .256 with 27 <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> and 158 <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">runs batted in</a>. In <a href="/wiki/1974_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1974 Major League Baseball season">1974</a>, his fourth season in <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> split evenly between the class A <a href="/wiki/Modesto_Reds" class="mw-redirect" title="Modesto Reds">Modesto Reds</a> and the double A <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Travelers" title="Arkansas Travelers">Arkansas Travelers</a>, Vail batted .334 with fifteen home runs and 76 RBIs. After the season, he and <a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">shortstop</a> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Heidemann" title="Jack Heidemann">Jack Heidemann</a> were dealt to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> for <a href="/wiki/Infielder" title="Infielder">infielder</a> <a href="/wiki/Ted_Martinez" class="mw-redirect" title="Ted Martinez">Ted Martinez</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_York_Mets">New York Mets</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Vail&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: New York Mets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His first season in the Mets' organization, Vail batted .342 with seven home runs and 79 RBIs for the <a href="/wiki/Tidewater_Tides" class="mw-redirect" title="Tidewater Tides">Tidewater Tides</a> to earn the <a href="/wiki/1975_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1975 Major League Baseball season">1975</a> <a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a> "Player of the Year" award.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was called up to the majors in August, and got a pinch hit <a href="/wiki/Single_(baseball)" title="Single (baseball)">single</a> off <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> ace <a href="/wiki/J._R._Richard" title="J. R. Richard">J. R. Richard</a> in his first major league <a href="/wiki/At_bat" title="At bat">at bat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 22, Vail went 2-for-5 against the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three days later, Vail went 4-for-4 with two <a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">doubles</a> and an RBI against the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a>. He was <a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">intentionally walked</a> in his fifth <a href="/wiki/Plate_appearance" title="Plate appearance">plate appearance</a> in the ninth <a href="/wiki/Inning" title="Inning">inning</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From there, he proceeded to tie a modern Major League rookie record 23 game <a href="/wiki/Hitting_streak" title="Hitting streak">hitting streak</a>. Over the course of this streak, Vail batted .364 with three home runs and fifteen RBIs. </p><p>The streak ended on September 16, when he was unable to collect a <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hit</a> in an eighteen inning marathon with the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> in which he had seven at bats.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, it was also the longest hitting streak in Mets' franchise history (both records have since been broken). Vail's 23 game hitting streak still stands, as of 2019, as a New York Mets Rookie Record, and the ball in that 23rd game is on display in at the <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cooperstown,_New_York" title="Cooperstown, New York">Cooperstown</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>. </p><p>Over the remainder of the season, Vail batted .211 with two RBIs and no home runs. Still, the Mets anointed Vail their "Player of the Future," and during the off-season, traded star <a href="/wiki/Right_fielder" title="Right fielder">right fielder</a> <a href="/wiki/Rusty_Staub" title="Rusty Staub">Rusty Staub</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to make room for Vail in their <a href="/wiki/Outfield" title="Outfield">outfield</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two months after this deal was completed, and just as <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">Spring training</a> was set to get underway, Vail dislocated his left foot playing <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vail did not return to the Mets until mid-June <a href="/wiki/1976_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1976 Major League Baseball season">1976</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and saw just limited use through the end of the month. He assumed his starting job in right field in July, but batted just .190 with one RBI. He began hitting in the beginning of August, but soon fell off, and ended the season with a .217 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a>, nine RBIs and no home runs in nineteen fewer at bats than the previous season.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vail got off to a slow start in <a href="/wiki/1977_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1977 Major League Baseball season">1977</a>, batting .200 with three RBIs and no home runs through May 1. On May 2,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he hit his first home run since September 8, 1975,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and put together a 22-game stretch in which he batted .417 with two home runs and eight RBIs, and brought his average to a season high .363. He batted over .300 for much of the season, however, off months of August (.159 avg., 2 HR, 5 RBI) and September (.191 avg., 0 HR, 1 RBI) dropped his season average to .262 with a career high eight home runs and 35 RBIs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cleveland_Indians">Cleveland Indians</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Vail&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cleveland Indians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After batting .143 during Spring training <a href="/wiki/1978_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1978 Major League Baseball season">1978</a>, he was placed on waivers, and selected by the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He began the season in the minors,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, injuries soon opened up a major league roster spot.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> debut, Vail went 2-for-2, including a game winning, walk-off hit in the ninth.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this early success, Vail saw limited use during his time in Cleveland. On June 15, he was dealt to the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> for fellow outfielder <a href="/wiki/Joe_Wallis" title="Joe Wallis">Joe Wallis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chicago_Cubs">Chicago Cubs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Vail&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Chicago Cubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After a bunch of <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hitter" title="Pinch hitter">pinch hitter</a> and late-inning defensive replacement appearances, Vail went 2-for-2 in his first start as a Cub.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the month of July, Vail batted .347 with two home runs (including one on July 6, in his first game back at <a href="/wiki/Shea_Stadium" title="Shea Stadium">Shea Stadium</a> since leaving the Mets<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) and twelve RBIs. For the season, Vail batted .333 with four home runs and 33 RBIs as a Cub. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1979_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1979 Major League Baseball season">1979</a>, in a platoon with left-handed-hitting <a href="/wiki/Scot_Thompson_(baseball)" title="Scot Thompson (baseball)">Scot Thompson</a> in right field, Vail batted .335 with seven home runs and 35 RBIs. <a href="/wiki/Herman_Franks" title="Herman Franks">Herman Franks</a> resigned as manager with seven games left in the season, naming several players whose attitudes he blamed for driving him out. One was Vail, who Franks labeled a "constant whiner who made him sick". Said Franks, "I just got tired of being around him. There isn't enough money in the world to pay me to manage if I have to look at that face every day."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/1980_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1980 Major League Baseball season">1980</a> Cubs manager <a href="/wiki/Preston_Gomez" class="mw-redirect" title="Preston Gomez">Preston Gomez</a> stuck with the Thompson/Vail lefty/righty platoon. Vail was batting .305 with four home runs and 32 RBIs when Gomez was fired, and replaced with <a href="/wiki/Joey_Amalfitano" title="Joey Amalfitano">Joey Amalfitano</a> (who served as interim manager for the last seven games of the 1979 season). Under Amalfatano, Vail's playing time reduced substantially (only thirteen starts in the last 72 games). After the season, Vail departed as a <a href="/wiki/Free_agent" title="Free agent">free agent</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cincinnati_Reds">Cincinnati Reds</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Vail&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cincinnati Reds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With both <a href="/wiki/Ken_Griffey" class="mw-redirect" title="Ken Griffey">Ken Griffey</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Foster_(baseball)" title="George Foster (baseball)">George Foster</a> having been dealt during the off-season, Vail saw much more playing time in the outfield in <a href="/wiki/1982_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1982 Major League Baseball season">1982</a> (he was only on the field for 11 innings all of 1981). In the first game of the season, Vail hit an RBI double off <a href="/wiki/Willie_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Willie Hernández">Willie Hernández</a> — his first <a href="/wiki/Extra_base_hit" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra base hit">extra base hit</a> in over a year.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his first start as a Red 499 days after signing his first contract with the team on April 9, and went 1-for-3 with a double and a walk.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 15, he capped off a five-run ninth inning against the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> with a two-run home run, his first with the Reds.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All told, Vail batted .254 with four home runs and 29 RBIs his second season in Cincinnati. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1983_season">1983 season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Vail&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1983 season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 5, <a href="/wiki/1983_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1983 Major League Baseball season">1983</a>, Vail was traded to the San Francisco Giants for <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> <a href="/wiki/Rich_Gale" title="Rich Gale">Rich Gale</a>. The San Francisco native was 0 for his first eleven Giants bats, until April 20, when his pivotal pinch hit single in the tenth inning led to an <a href="/wiki/Extra_innings" title="Extra innings">extra innings</a> victory over <a href="/wiki/Dodgers%E2%80%93Giants_rivalry" title="Dodgers–Giants rivalry">the rival Dodgers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vail's stay with his home town team was short and uneventful, however. On May 25, he was traded to the Montreal Expos for infielder <a href="/wiki/Wallace_Johnson_(baseball)" title="Wallace Johnson (baseball)">Wallace Johnson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 27, he homered in his first at bat as an Expo off <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Hall of Famer</a> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His second, and only other, home run in an Expos uniform also came off Carlton on June 29.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall, he batted .283, mostly as a right-handed bat off the bench for Montreal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Los_Angeles_Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Vail&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Los Angeles Dodgers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Expos released Vail at the end of Spring training <a href="/wiki/1984_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1984 Major League Baseball season">1984</a>. He caught on with the Dodgers in June, but only managed one hit and one walk in seventeen plate appearances. That one hit, however, was a walk off single to beat the Cardinals in extra innings on July 6.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_statistics">Career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Vail&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td>Seasons </td> <td>Games </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Plate_appearance" title="Plate appearance">PA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/At_bat" title="At bat">AB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">Runs</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">Hits</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">2B</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Triple_(baseball)" title="Triple (baseball)">3B</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_runs" class="mw-redirect" title="Home runs">HR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">RBI</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stolen_bases" class="mw-redirect" title="Stolen bases">SB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">BB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hit_by_pitch" title="Hit by pitch">HBP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">SO</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">Avg.</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">OBP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fielding_percentage" title="Fielding percentage">Fld%</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td>665 </td> <td>1705 </td> <td>1604 </td> <td>146 </td> <td>447 </td> <td>71 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>34 </td> <td>219 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>81 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>317 </td> <td>.279 </td> <td>.313 </td> <td>.969 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Though he never lived up to his expectations, Vail still managed a respectable ten-year career. In three seasons and 275 games as a Cub, Vail batted .317 with seventeen home runs and 115 RBIs. While his greatest success was as a Cub, his greatest success was also <i>against</i> the Cubs, as he has a .365 career batting average against the Cubs. </p><p>Vail was roommates with "Macho Man" <a href="/wiki/Randy_Savage" title="Randy Savage">Randy Savage</a> when both were teenage farmhands with the St. Louis Cardinals.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/1989_in_baseball" title="1989 in baseball">1989</a>, Vail played two games for the <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Juice" title="Orlando Juice">Orlando Juice</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Senior_Professional_Baseball_Association" title="Senior Professional Baseball Association">Senior Professional Baseball Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Vail&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.centerfieldmaz.com/2016/11/mid-seventies-mets-outfielder-who-tied.html">"Mid Seventies Mets Outfielder Who Tied Rookie Hitting Streak Record: Mike Vail (1975-1977)"</a>. Centerfield Maz. November 9, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mid+Seventies+Mets+Outfielder+Who+Tied+Rookie+Hitting+Streak+Record%3A+Mike+Vail+%281975-1977%29&rft.pub=Centerfield+Maz&rft.date=2016-11-09&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.centerfieldmaz.com%2F2016%2F11%2Fmid-seventies-mets-outfielder-who-tied.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU197508180.shtml">"Houston Astros 4, New York Mets 0"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Baseball-Reference.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball-Reference.com">Baseball-Reference.com</a></i>. August 18, 1975.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=Houston+Astros+4%2C+New+York+Mets+0&rft.date=1975-08-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FHOU%2FHOU197508180.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN197508220.shtml">"New York Mets 6, San Francisco Giants 4"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>. August 22, 1975.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=New+York+Mets+6%2C+San+Francisco+Giants+4&rft.date=1975-08-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FSFN%2FSFN197508220.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN197508250.shtml">"New York Mets 4, San Diego Padres 0"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>. August 25, 1975.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=New+York+Mets+4%2C+San+Diego+Padres+0&rft.date=1975-08-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FSDN%2FSDN197508250.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197509160.shtml">"New York Mets 4, Montreal Expos 3"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>. September 16, 1975.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=New+York+Mets+4%2C+Montreal+Expos+3&rft.date=1975-09-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FNYN%2FNYN197509160.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2202&dat=19751213&id=ZIYlAAAAIBAJ&pg=1268,1504391">"Detroit Swaps Lolich for Rusty Staub; Bill Veeck Holds Long Trade Session"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Gettysburg_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Gettysburg Times">Gettysburg Times</a></i>. 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February 23, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=One+Mo-MET+In+Time%3A+Mike+Vail&rft.pub=Studious+Metsimus&rft.date=2015-02-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fstudiousmetsimus.blogspot.com%2F2015%2F02%2Fone-mo-met-in-time-mike-vail.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19760217&id=atZVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6744,4449258">"People in Sports"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Register-Guard" title="The Register-Guard">The Register-Guard</a></i>. February 17, 1976. p. 4B.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Register-Guard&rft.atitle=People+in+Sports&rft.pages=4B&rft.date=1976-02-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fnid%3D1310%26dat%3D19760217%26id%3DatZVAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D6744%2C4449258&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDuirso1976" class="citation web cs1">Duirso, Joseph (March 20, 1976). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/20/archives/kingman-to-fill-spot-in-right-vail-out-for-part-ofseason.html">"Kingman to Fill Spot in Right"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Kingman+to+Fill+Spot+in+Right&rft.date=1976-03-20&rft.aulast=Duirso&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1976%2F03%2F20%2Farchives%2Fkingman-to-fill-spot-in-right-vail-out-for-part-ofseason.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nymetshistorysite.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/mike-vail-his-new-york-mets-career-1975-1977/">"Mike Vail – His New York Mets Career 1975-1977"</a>. 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May 2, 1977.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=Los+Angeles+Dodgers+3%2C+New+York+Mets+1&rft.date=1977-05-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FLAN%2FLAN197705020.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MON/MON197509081.shtml">"Montreal Expos 6, New York Mets 5"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>. September 8, 1975.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=Montreal+Expos+6%2C+New+York+Mets+5&rft.date=1975-09-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FMON%2FMON197509081.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19780327&id=zdkvAAAAIBAJ&pg=2336,4989063">"Mets Sell Mike Vail"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Spokesman-Review" title="The Spokesman-Review">The Spokesman-Review</a></i>. March 27, 1978. p. 18.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Spokesman-Review&rft.atitle=Mets+Sell+Mike+Vail&rft.pages=18&rft.date=1978-03-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fnid%3D1314%26dat%3D19780327%26id%3DzdkvAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D2336%2C4989063&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19780425&id=ku9VAAAAIBAJ&pg=1897,7110417">"Vail, Beavers Rip Vancouver"</a>. <i>Eugene Register-Guard</i>. April 25, 1978. p. 5B.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Eugene+Register-Guard&rft.atitle=Vail%2C+Beavers+Rip+Vancouver&rft.pages=5B&rft.date=1978-04-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fnid%3D1310%26dat%3D19780425%26id%3Dku9VAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D1897%2C7110417&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19780502&id=IRYxAAAAIBAJ&pg=5146,928375">"Vail Recalled by Indians"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Gazette" title="The Daily Gazette">The Daily Gazette</a></i>. May 2, 1978. p. 18.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Gazette&rft.atitle=Vail+Recalled+by+Indians&rft.pages=18&rft.date=1978-05-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fnid%3D1917%26dat%3D19780502%26id%3DIRYxAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D5146%2C928375&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE197805090.shtml">"Cleveland Indians 5, Seattle Mariners 4"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>. May 9, 1978.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=Cleveland+Indians+5%2C+Seattle+Mariners+4&rft.date=1978-05-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FCLE%2FCLE197805090.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19780616&id=mcpRAAAAIBAJ&pg=5024,2680694">"Vail to Cubs"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette" title="Pittsburgh Post-Gazette">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</a></i>. June 16, 1978. p. 12.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Pittsburgh+Post-Gazette&rft.atitle=Vail+to+Cubs&rft.pages=12&rft.date=1978-06-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fnid%3D1129%26dat%3D19780616%26id%3DmcpRAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D5024%2C2680694&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN197806302.shtml">"Philadelphia Phillies 6, Chicago Cubs 5"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>. June 30, 1978.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=Philadelphia+Phillies+6%2C+Chicago+Cubs+5&rft.date=1978-06-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FCHN%2FCHN197806302.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197807060.shtml">"New York Mets 9, Chicago Cubs 6"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>. July 6, 1978.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=New+York+Mets+9%2C+Chicago+Cubs+6&rft.date=1978-07-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FNYN%2FNYN197807060.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNightingale1979" class="citation web cs1">Nightingale, Dave (September 26, 1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=enQsAAAAIBAJ&pg=3068,4013852">"Whiners, Flakes, Nuts Make Franks Quit"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ledger" title="The Ledger">The Ledger</a></i>. p. 1D & 6D.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Ledger&rft.atitle=Whiners%2C+Flakes%2C+Nuts+Make+Franks+Quit&rft.pages=1D+%26+6D&rft.date=1979-09-26&rft.aulast=Nightingale&rft.aufirst=Dave&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fid%3DenQsAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D3068%2C4013852&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN198204050.shtml">"Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati Reds 2"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>. April 5, 1982.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=Chicago+Cubs+3%2C+Cincinnati+Reds+2&rft.date=1982-04-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FCIN%2FCIN198204050.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN198204090.shtml">"Cincinnati Reds 7, San Francisco Giants 0"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>. April 9, 1982.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=Cincinnati+Reds+7%2C+San+Francisco+Giants+0&rft.date=1982-04-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FCIN%2FCIN198204090.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT198205150.shtml">"Pittsburgh Pirates 12, Cincinnati Reds 9"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>. May 15, 1982.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=Pittsburgh+Pirates+12%2C+Cincinnati+Reds+9&rft.date=1982-05-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FPIT%2FPIT198205150.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN198304200.shtml">"San Francisco Giants 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>. April 20, 1983.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=San+Francisco+Giants+3%2C+Los+Angeles+Dodgers+2&rft.date=1983-04-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FSFN%2FSFN198304200.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUsereau2013" class="citation book cs1">Usereau, Alain (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Jqmhth2I9qEC&pg=PA189"><i>The Expos in Their Prime: The Short-Lived Glory of Montreal's Team, 1977–1984</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/McFarland_%26_Company" title="McFarland & Company">McFarland & Company</a>. p. 189. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780786493036" title="Special:BookSources/9780786493036"><bdi>9780786493036</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Expos+in+Their+Prime%3A+The+Short-Lived+Glory+of+Montreal%27s+Team%2C+1977%E2%80%931984&rft.pages=189&rft.pub=McFarland+%26+Company&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=9780786493036&rft.aulast=Usereau&rft.aufirst=Alain&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJqmhth2I9qEC%26pg%3DPA189&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI198305270.shtml">"Montreal Expos 7, Philadelphia Phillies 4"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>. May 27, 1983.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=Montreal+Expos+7%2C+Philadelphia+Phillies+4&rft.date=1983-05-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FPHI%2FPHI198305270.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI198306291.shtml">"Montreal Expos 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>. June 29, 1983.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=Montreal+Expos+5%2C+Philadelphia+Phillies+2&rft.date=1983-06-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FPHI%2FPHI198306291.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN198407060.shtml">"Los Angeles Dodgers 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>. July 6, 1984.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=Los+Angeles+Dodgers+3%2C+St.+Louis+Cardinals+2&rft.date=1984-07-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FLAN%2FLAN198407060.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDiunte2017" class="citation web cs1">Diunte, Nick (April 14, 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.yardbarker.com/wwe/articles/mike_vail_macho_man_randy_savage_was_a_darn_good_little_catcher/s1_11773_23716915">"Mike Vail: Macho Man Randy Savage was a "Darn Good Little Catcher"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. YB Media, LLC.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mike+Vail%3A+Macho+Man+Randy+Savage+was+a+%22Darn+Good+Little+Catcher%22&rft.pub=YB+Media%2C+LLC&rft.date=2017-04-14&rft.aulast=Diunte&rft.aufirst=Nick&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yardbarker.com%2Fwwe%2Farticles%2Fmike_vail_macho_man_randy_savage_was_a_darn_good_little_catcher%2Fs1_11773_23716915&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://app.box.com/s/rj2gh23tzu9t51caovul">"1989-90 Orlando Juice Pre-Season Roster"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1989-90+Orlando+Juice+Pre-Season+Roster&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.box.com%2Fs%2Frj2gh23tzu9t51caovul&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Vail" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Vail&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Career statistics from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/123593">MLB</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/309">ESPN</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vailmi01.shtml">Baseball Reference</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1013309">Fangraphs</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=vail--001mic">Baseball Reference (Minors)</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/V/Pvailm001.htm">Retrosheet</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ultimatemets.com/profile.php?PlayerCode=0235&tabno=1">Mike Vail</a> Ultimate Mets Database</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pelotabinaria.com.ve/beisbol/mostrar.php?ID=vailmik001">Mike Vail</a> at Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Professional Baseball League)</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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href="/wiki/Red_Schoendienst" title="Red Schoendienst">Schoendienst</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1944: <a href="/wiki/Howie_Moss" title="Howie Moss">Moss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <a href="/wiki/Sherm_Lollar" title="Sherm Lollar">Lollar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1946: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Robinson_(baseball)" title="Eddie Robinson (baseball)">Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1947: <a href="/wiki/Hank_Sauer" title="Hank Sauer">Sauer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Bloodworth" title="Jimmy Bloodworth">Bloodworth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Morgan_(baseball)" title="Bobby Morgan (baseball)">B. Morgan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Poholsky" title="Tom Poholsky">Poholsky</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Archie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Archie Wilson (baseball)">Wilson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Gilliam" title="Jim Gilliam">Gilliam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Nelson" title="Rocky Nelson">Nelson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Elston_Howard" title="Elston Howard">Howard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Nelson" title="Rocky Nelson">Nelson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Goliat" title="Mike Goliat">Goliat</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Baxes" title="Mike Baxes">Baxes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Nelson" title="Rocky Nelson">Nelson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Pancho_Herrera" title="Pancho Herrera">Herrera</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Jim_King_(baseball)" title="Jim King (baseball)">King</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Savage" title="Ted Savage">Savage</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Tony Martínez">Martínez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Don_Buford" title="Don Buford">Buford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan_(baseball_manager)" title="Joe Morgan (baseball manager)">J. 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