Michael Lawrence Birkbeck is a former baseball player. A pitcher, Birkbeck played for the Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, and the Yokohama BayStars of the Nippon Professional Baseball league. In six MLB seasons, Birkbeck had a 12-19 win-loss record, 54 games pitched, two complete games, 270 ? innings pitched, 319 hits allowed, 158 runs allowed, 146 earned runs allowed, 27 home runs allowed, 93 walks allowed, 149 strikeouts, four hit batters, eight wild pitches, 1,196 batters faced, four intentional walks, 12 balks and a 4.86 ERA. In 1986, Birkbeck became the second ever former University of Akron baseball player to reach Major League Baseball. The only other to date was Jack DiLauro, who reached the major leagues in 1969. Birkbeck is currently an associate baseball head coach at Kent State University. 

March 10th, 1961 in Orrville (Age 59)