In the latter event, he hit .391/.533/.522 with 13 runs and 8 RBI in 9 games, starting ahead of Scott Servais.
He was also signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a tenth round pick in the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft.
He set the Suns single season record at the AA level for on-base percentage in 1991 at 0.444.
In 1993, he was traded to the Oakland Athletics and ended up playing for the Class AAA Tacoma Tigers.
He never made it to the major leagues due to multiple injuries to his throwing shoulder.