Mike Andrews

Second baseman

Born: July 9, 1943 (age 73)
Los Angeles, California

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

September 18, 1966, for the Boston Red Sox

Last MLB appearance

September 29, 1973, for the Oakland Athletics

MLB statistics

.258

316

Teams

Career highlights and awards

Michael Jay Andrews (born July 9, 1943) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics. After his playing career, he served for more than 25 years as chairman of The Jimmy Fund, an event fundraising organization affiliated with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the older brother of Rob Andrews, who played five seasons in MLB from 1975 through 1979.

Andrews grew up in Torrance, California attending the city's South High School, starring in baseball, football and basketball. After he accepted a full football scholarship to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) that required a one-year enrollment at a junior college to complete foreign language courses, he matriculated at El Camino College, earning Junior College All-American honors as a wide receiver.