Aaron Myette


Aaron Kenneth Myette is a Canadian former professional baseball right-handed pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball.

Career

Myette attended the University of Washington, where he played college baseball for the Washington Huskies in 1996.
Myette was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 17th round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft, and then by the Chicago White Sox in the first round of the 1997 Major League Baseball draft. He played for the White Sox in 1999 and 2000. The White Sox traded Myette and Brian Schmack to the Texas Rangers for Royce Clayton after the 2000 season. He played for the Rangers, Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds. He was a member of Team Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where they finished in fourth place. In 2005, he played for Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan. Myette played for the York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League for the 2008 season.
Aaron's brother Andrew was drafted in three consecutive years by the Rangers: the 17th round of the 2000 draft, the 44th round of the 2001 draft and the 41st round of the 2002 draft.
Myette's first major league strikeout victim was Mo Vaughn.