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Joe Mikulik
Joseph Mikulik (/ˈmɪkəlɪk/ MIK-ə-lik), born October 30, 1963, in Weimar, Texas, is the manager of the Texas Tailgaters. He is a former minor league baseball player, coach, and manager. As an outfielder, he never rose above Triple-A but was a key player in the Tucson Toros' first Pacific Coast League championship in 1991. During 2007, his eighth season with the Asheville Tourists, Mikulik, who already held the team record for most games managed, became the team's all-time leader in managerial wins.
Mikulik attended Bishop Forest High School in Schulenburg, Texas, with his brothers John and Gene Mikulik, where he lettered in football, baseball, basketball and track and field. He then played two years at San Jacinto College, where he was a walk-on and received a full scholarship. After an All-American sophomore season, Texas A&M offered him a two-year scholarship, which he declined when he was selected by the Houston Astros in the ninth round of the 1984 draft.
Over the next ten years Mikulik played for the Auburn Astros, Asheville Tourists, Columbus Astros, and Jackson Generals, all in the Astros' minor league system, supplemented with a stint in the Mexican League. From 1988 to 1992 he spent parts of each season with the Triple-A Tucson Toros, finally spending the entire season there in 1993. Mikulik finished his career with a lifetime batting average of .279, 1,265 hits, 109 home runs, 670 RBIs, and 161 stolen bases. He hit his 1,000th minor league hit in 1992.
In 1995, he was a replacement player during the ongoing strike for Cleveland during spring training.
In 1995, Mikulik coached the Canton–Akron Indians. He managed the Burlington Indians in 1997. He became manager of his previous team, the Asheville Tourists, in 2000. Mikulik won his 800th game with the Asheville Tourists on May 17, 2011, against Lexington and became the all-time leader in victories and games managed. In 2012, Mikulik lead the Tourists to the South Atlantic League Championship but after a tirade and subsequent ejection in Charleston, South Carolina, Mikulik was fired by the Tourists' major league affiliate, the Colorado Rockies.
Mikulik became the outfield coordinator in the Texas Rangers’ organization for the 2013 season and then became a manager in the Texas system, first with the Single-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans in 2014 and then with the Double-A Frisco Roughriders from 2014 through 2019.
Mikulik was hired as hitting coach by the Grand Junction Rockies in 2021, of the MLB partner league Pioneer League. He spent 2022 as manager of the Rocky Mountain Vibes, also of the Pioneer League.
In 2023, Mikulik joined the Spokane Indians as bench coach. In 2025, he resigned to become the coach of the Texas Tailgaters, a Banana Ball team, citing increased pay and the team playing closer to his Texas home.
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Joe Mikulik
Joseph Mikulik (/ˈmɪkəlɪk/ MIK-ə-lik), born October 30, 1963, in Weimar, Texas, is the manager of the Texas Tailgaters. He is a former minor league baseball player, coach, and manager. As an outfielder, he never rose above Triple-A but was a key player in the Tucson Toros' first Pacific Coast League championship in 1991. During 2007, his eighth season with the Asheville Tourists, Mikulik, who already held the team record for most games managed, became the team's all-time leader in managerial wins.
Mikulik attended Bishop Forest High School in Schulenburg, Texas, with his brothers John and Gene Mikulik, where he lettered in football, baseball, basketball and track and field. He then played two years at San Jacinto College, where he was a walk-on and received a full scholarship. After an All-American sophomore season, Texas A&M offered him a two-year scholarship, which he declined when he was selected by the Houston Astros in the ninth round of the 1984 draft.
Over the next ten years Mikulik played for the Auburn Astros, Asheville Tourists, Columbus Astros, and Jackson Generals, all in the Astros' minor league system, supplemented with a stint in the Mexican League. From 1988 to 1992 he spent parts of each season with the Triple-A Tucson Toros, finally spending the entire season there in 1993. Mikulik finished his career with a lifetime batting average of .279, 1,265 hits, 109 home runs, 670 RBIs, and 161 stolen bases. He hit his 1,000th minor league hit in 1992.
In 1995, he was a replacement player during the ongoing strike for Cleveland during spring training.
In 1995, Mikulik coached the Canton–Akron Indians. He managed the Burlington Indians in 1997. He became manager of his previous team, the Asheville Tourists, in 2000. Mikulik won his 800th game with the Asheville Tourists on May 17, 2011, against Lexington and became the all-time leader in victories and games managed. In 2012, Mikulik lead the Tourists to the South Atlantic League Championship but after a tirade and subsequent ejection in Charleston, South Carolina, Mikulik was fired by the Tourists' major league affiliate, the Colorado Rockies.
Mikulik became the outfield coordinator in the Texas Rangers’ organization for the 2013 season and then became a manager in the Texas system, first with the Single-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans in 2014 and then with the Double-A Frisco Roughriders from 2014 through 2019.
Mikulik was hired as hitting coach by the Grand Junction Rockies in 2021, of the MLB partner league Pioneer League. He spent 2022 as manager of the Rocky Mountain Vibes, also of the Pioneer League.
In 2023, Mikulik joined the Spokane Indians as bench coach. In 2025, he resigned to become the coach of the Texas Tailgaters, a Banana Ball team, citing increased pay and the team playing closer to his Texas home.