Paul Michael Mitchell Jr. (born August 19, 1949) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played from 1975 to 1980 for the Baltimore Orioles, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers.

He made his MLB debut for Baltimore on July 1, 1975, at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox and finished the season with a 3-0 record and a 3.63 earned run average in 11 games.

Don Baylor was the third player sent over from Baltimore, and in addition to Jackson, the Orioles also acquired Ken Holtzman and minor-league right-handed pitcher Bill Van Bommel.

[6] Mitchell posted a 9-7 record for Oakland in 1976 but struggled early in 1977 and was dealt mid-season to the Seattle Mariners, who had joined the American League as an expansion team for the 1977 season.

In 2002, Mitchell was inducted into the Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame,[9] and in 2011 he served as honorary captain of the West Division team at the CCBL All-Star Game at Fenway Park.