Career
He is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is an alumnus of Florida Atlantic University, where he played baseball for the Owls under head coach Kevin Cooney. Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 34th round of the 1992 Major League Baseball draft, Harikkala would make his Major League Baseball debut with Seattle on May 27, 1995.
Harikkala made his first start in his only appearance in the majors in 1996.
He played for Samsung Lions and LG Twins in South of Korea from 2005 to 2007. He would make 71 major league relief appearances before making his second major league start for the Colorado Rockies on August 12, 2007.
With 4,021 days passing between these two starts, Harikkala holds the MLB record for time elapsed between two starts. Harikkala played in Master of Science-league in Finland (Finnish Baseball and Softball Federation (FBSF)) during the 2010 season.
