Bill Latham

Bill Latham [William Carol Latham] played 2 seasons in the Major Leagues between 1985-1986. Latham was born on August 29th, 1960 in Birmingham, Alabama and is currently 66 years old. He played his high school baseball for the Huffman High School Vikings in Birmingham, Alabama. He played 4 years of NCAA Division I College Baseball for the Auburn University Tigers [Southeastern Conference] where he was teammates with future Major Leaguer Pat Keedy. Participated in the D1 NCAA Tournament in 1978 [Regionals]. He was drafted in the 11th round (286th overall) of the 1977 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Seattle Mariners but did not sign. Made his Major League Debut on April 15th, 1985 at the age of 24. Debuted as a starting pitcher for New York Mets against the Pittsburgh ...
Pirates, throwing 3.2 innings, allowing 3 runs, 3 walks and striking out 2 batters. He recorded an out to the first batter he faced, Bill Almon. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were Mark Carreon, John Gibbons, Billy Beane and Terry Blocker. Latham played 7 seasons with the New York Mets organization and 2 seasons with the Minnesota Twins. Led the Carolina League (A+) with a 2.13 Earned Run Average and a .21 Home Runs per 9 Innings in 1983.

Jobs in Baseball: Pitching Coach for 4 years in the New York Mets organization with Columbia [A] and St. Lucie [A+] between 1991-1994.

Career Transactions: Traded from New York Mets with Billy Beane and Joe Klink to Minnesota Twins for Tim Teufel and Pat Crosby on January 16th, 1986. Traded from Minnesota Twins to New York Mets for Jason Felice on May 10th, 1987.