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Stottlemyre was selected in the 1982 Major League Baseball Draft by the Seattle Mariners but did not sign. He was later drafted in the January Secondary 1985 Major League Baseball Draft by the Houston Astros. Stottlemyre began his playing career in 1985 with the Class-A Asheville Tourists of the South Atlantic League in the Astros organization. In his first year he went 5-4 with a 2.75 ERA in 14 games, 13 starts.
In 1986, Stottlemyre split the season between the Class-A Asheville Tourists and the Class-A Osceola Astros. He went 3-1 with a 2.10 ERA in seven games, all starts. With Osceola, Stottlemyre went 0-7 with a 7.82 ERA in nine games, eight starts. This gave him a combined record of 3-8 with a 5.01 ERA on the year.
Stottlemyre began the 1987 season with the Double-A Columbus Astros of the Southern League. He was traded by the Astros to the Kansas City Royals on July 29, 1987 for Buddy Biancalana.
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