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Michael Warren Maroth (born August 17, 1977 in Orlando, Florida) is a professional baseball player of the Detroit Tigers. After attending the University of Central Florida, the left-handed starting pitcher made his Major League debut in the 2002 season. Originally drafted by the Boston Red Sox, Maroth was acquired by Detroit in 1999 in exchange for pitcher Bryce Florie.

In 2003, he lost 21 games, the first pitcher to lose 20 or more in a season since Brian Kingman for the Oakland Athletics in 1980. However, many experts consider this feat to be more a function of poor run support by a Detroit Tigers team that lost an American League record 119 games rather than a reflection of Maroth's pitching ability; indeed, he still managed to win 9 games that season, which is an impressive total for a pitcher on a team that had one of the worst seasons of all time.

Maroth rebounded to a decent 2004 campaign, going 11-13 with a 4.31 ERA and 108 strikeouts. 2004 also saw Maroth pitch a one-hit complete game shutout against a surging New York Yankees team that September. 2005 has seen him settle into the #2 starter role behind young ace Jeremy Bonderman.

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