NORTH PORT, FL. - Former baseball player Billy Koch was arrested by North Port Police early Saturday morning.

Koch was charged with Criminal Mischief of more than $1,000, and Battery (causing physical harm) after getting into an altercation with a neighbor.

According to a North Port Police Department report, Koch and his wife approached their neighbor in his Jonah Drive driveway just before 2am, angry over an incident between Koch's stepchild and the neighbor.  The neighbor grabbed a baseball bat to defend himself and the two wrestled while both held the bat.  In the scuffle Koch punched the neighbor in the lip.

The neighbor released the bat, grabbed a shovel and closed his garage door.  After the door closed, Koch hit the garage door with the bat and also hit another neighbor's car with the bat.

Koch played six seasons from 1999 to 2005, including stints with Toronto, Oakland, the Chicago White Sox and Florida Marlins, earning more than $14 million in his career.

He has since bonded out of jail.