He is the brother of major leaguer Steve Stanicek. They made their big-league debuts 15 days apart in 1987.\n', '

Stanicek is an alumnus of Rich East High School in Park Forest, Illinois and Stanford University. He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles on June 4, 1984 in the 13th round of the 1984 amateur draft, but did not sign with the team. On June 3, 1985, he was re-drafted by the Orioles in the ninth round of the 1985 amateur draft and signed with them. He spent the 1986 season with the class A Hagerstown Suns, being selected as second baseman for Carolina League\'s end-of-season All Star Team.\n', '

He was called up to the Baltimore Orioles and batted leadoff on September 1, 1987 in a home game against the Seattle Mariners. Stanicek had one of Baltimore\'s two hits that night off Seattle\'s Scott Bankhead in a 5-0 defeat. His sixth-inning leadoff single was his first MLB hit, but he was stranded by the next three batters, brothers Billy and Cal Ripken and Eddie Murray.\n', '

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