MIKE EPSTEIN
Former Major League slugger Mike Epstein is considered among the preeminent instructors of the big league swing. As a Washington Senator, Mike was tutored by manager and personal mentor Ted Williams, who says, “...I believe Mike articulates and clinically teaches the science of proper hitting as well as anyone I have run across in all my years of baseball.”
Mike teaches hitting today as an independent instructor through his videotape sets, seminars, and speaking engagements. In San Diego, he offers one-on-one hitting lessons and has taught a number of today’s top professional hitters. He is a regular contributor on hitting mechanics in leading baseball publications.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
College All-American, University of California, Berkeley [1963,1964]
Member, first United States Olympic baseball team [Japan, 1964]
Still holds highest lifetime batting average at the University of California, Berkeley [.384]
Class A California League Rookie-of-the-Year and Player-of-the-Year, League MVP [1965]
Class AAA International League Rookie-of-the-Year and Player-of-the-Year, League MVP [1966]
Sporting News and Topps Minor League Player-of-the-Year [1966]
American League record, most putouts, first baseman one game, 32 [versus Chicago White Sox, 1967]
Hit three home runs in one game [versus Chicago White Sox, 1969]
Won prestigious Major League “Player Win Average” award in the American League, given to baseball’s most productive hitter. (Willie McCovey won it in the National League) [1969]
One game, career-high eight runs-batted-in [versus Baltimore Orioles, 1970]
Tied Major League record four consecutive home runs [versus Washington Senators, 1971]
Member, 1972 World Champion Oakland Athletics. Led team in home runs [27]
Came in third in the American League home run race, 1972
Washington Senators club record, most home runs by a left-handed hitter, season, 30 [1969]
Coach, San Diego Crush, 3-time Amateur World Champions [1991, 1992, 1994]
Minor League Manager and Roving Hitting Instructor, Milwaukee Brewers, [1993]
Minor League Hitting Coordinator San Diego Padres [2000]
Ted Williams said about Mike Epstein:
”Mike comprehe
nds and teaches the the science of proper hitting (hips leading the hands) as skillfully as anyone I have run across in all my years of baseball.”
“Mike Epstein can help any hitter.”
“This man can flat out teach.”
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