Mayne attended
Costa Mesa High School, in
Costa Mesa, California,
Orange Coast College and
Cal State Fullerton. He was an
All-American with the
Cal State Fullerton Titans. The
Kansas City Royals selected Mayne in the first round, with the 13th overall selection, of the
1989 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft. As a Royal, Mayne caught
Bret Saberhagen's
no-hitter on August 26, 1991. On May 28, 1998, the
San Francisco Giants were playing the
Arizona Diamondbacks. With the bases loaded and the Diamondbacks leading 8-6 with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th inning,
Barry Bonds came to the plate with the bases loaded. Diamondbacks manager
Buck Showalter ordered Bonds intentionally walked. Bonds's walk drove in the run. Mayne then came to the plate with the tying run on third base and winning run in scoring position, and lined out to right field to end the game. On August 22, 2000, the
Colorado Rockies sent Mayne in as a
relief pitcher in the 12th
inning against the
Atlanta Braves. Mayne, the Rockies' regular catcher, was unable to swing a bat due to a sprained left wrist and had missed the previous four games. Out of pitchers, manager
Buddy Bell asked Mayne if he could pitch. Mayne, who later said he had never pitched at any level, responded, "Yeah, I can pitch." He pitched one inning, surrendering no runs with a
fastball that topped out at 83 miles per hour. Colorado won the game in the bottom of the 12th inning when rookie
Adam Melhuse, pinch-hitting for Mayne, singled with the bases loaded and two outs. Mayne became the first
position player pitcher to be credited with a
win since
Rocky Colavito in , and the last to do so until
Wilson Valdez in 2011. In a 15-year career, Mayne was a .263 hitter with 38
home runs and 403
RBI in 1279 games. Mayne was inducted into the Orange Coast College Hall of Fame in 2006 and into the Cal State Fullerton Hall of Fame in 2011. ==References==