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Joe Vitiello

Joseph David Vitiello

Positions: Designated Hitter, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: April 11, 1970 in Cambridge, MA
High School: Stoneham HS (Stoneham, MA)
School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed July 5, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1995 (Age 25)   vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Royals/Padres/Expos 1995-2003

Final Game: September 28, 2003 (Age 33)   vs. CIN 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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Career Home Runs

Joe Vitiello: 26 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 8 go ahead
3 Tms
KCR21
MON3
SDP2
 
vs LHP17
vs RHP9
 
Home13
Away13
 
Leverage
High Lev3
Medium Lev10
Low Lev13
13 Opps
ANA/CAL5
DET4
MIN3
SEA3
TEX2
CLE2
NYM1
ATL1
PHI1
NYY1
FLA1
CHW1
TOR1
24 Pitchers
Mark Langston2
Jim Abbott2
LaTroy Hawkins1
Mark Holzemer1
John Burkett1
Greg Keagle1
Mike Myers1
Jimmy Key1
John Franco1
Jose Paniagua1
Travis Miller1
Jarrod Washburn1
Glenn Dishman1
Dave Righetti1
Sterling Hitchcock1
Kenny Rogers1
Marty Janzen1
Rick Aguilera1
Orel Hershiser1
John Farrell1
13 Parks
KAN0610
ANA014
DET042
MON021
SEA031
NYC171
ARL021
PHI121
CHI121
SJU011
TOR021
MIN031
SAN011
Where Hit
713
95
894
784
General field locations when available.
 
 
Pitches
46
25
55
14
34
7+2
Pitches in PA when available.
Game Totals
1·HR gms22
2·HR gms2
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
4th8
7th7
5th5
6th3
9th1
8th1
3rd1
Outs
210
18
08
 
DefPos
Unk14
1B8
LF2
PH1
RF1
Bases
---15
1--6
-2-3
12-2
 
39 RBI
RISP5
0 on15
1 on9
2 on2
Any on11
Inning
13
24
31
44
51
62
76
83
92
 
1-38
4-67
7-end11
RelScore
+4..3
+32
+25
+14
Tied8
-31
-4..3
 
Ahead14
Tied8
Behind4
Before event, for batter
Count
1-24
1-04
0-04
1-14
2-13
3-13
2-22
3-21
0-11

Play By Play

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1995 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1995-08-01 KCR @ CHW Dave Righetti tied 0-0 t 2 0 1-- 7,(2-2)  2 5 DH 0.154 69% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Gaetti Scores
2 2 2 1 1995-08-25 KCR TEX Kenny Rogers tied 1-1 b 1 2 12- 5,(1-2)  3 6 DH 0.228 77% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Gaetti Scores; Cookson Scores
3 3 3 1 1995-09-15 KCR @ CAL Jim Abbott tied 0-0 t 2 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 5 DH 0.097 60% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
4 4 4 1 1995-09-17 KCR @ CAL Mark Langston tied 0-0 t 1 2 12- 2,(1-0)  3 5 3 0.234 73% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Gagne Scores; Gaetti Scores
5 5 5 2 1995-09-17 KCR @ CAL Mark Langston ahead 5-3 t 5 1 1-- 4,(1-2)  2 5 3 0.136 88% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Gaetti Scores
6 6 6 1 1995-09-22 KCR CLE Orel Hershiser tied 2-2 b 4 1 --- 5,(2-2)  1 7 DH 0.122 66% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
7 7 7 1 1995-09-23 KCR CLE Jim Poole behind 2-7 b 9 2 --- 4,(1-2)  1 7 DH 0.001 0% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1996 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
8 8 1 1 1996-04-23 KCR NYY Jimmy Key tied 0-0 b 4 2 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 4 DH 0.212 74% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Norman Scores
9 9 2 1 1996-05-07 KCR @ CAL Jim Abbott tied 3-3 t 8 2 -2- 4,(2-1)  2 4 DH 0.355 82% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Goodwin Scores
10 10 3 1 1996-05-22 KCR @ DET John Farrell ahead 3-2 t 6 0 --- 4,(1-2)  1 4 DH 0.114 76% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
11 11 4 2 1996-05-22 KCR @ DET Mike Myers ahead 5-3 t 7 2 --- 3,(1-1)  1 4 DH 0.094 85% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
12 12 5 1 1996-06-02 KCR @ TOR Marty Janzen ahead 5-2 t 7 0 1-- 4,(2-1)  2 4 DH 0.067 96% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Lockhart Scores
13 13 6 1 1996-06-09 KCR SEA Sterling Hitchcock behind 0-3 b 7 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 4 DH 0.098 25% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
14 14 7 1 1996-07-06 KCR @ MIN Rick Aguilera ahead 1-0 t 1 1 -2- 5,(3-1)  2 4 DH 0.126 73% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Goodwin Scores; Vitiello Scores
15 15 8 1 1996-08-24 KCR DET Greg Keagle ahead 6-2 b 8 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 4 3 0.008 99% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Vitiello Scores
1997 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
16 16 1 1 1997-05-23 KCR SEA Randy Johnson ahead 2-0 b 3 2 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 6 9 0.134 87% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Davis Scores; Vitiello Scores
17 17 2 1 1997-06-01 KCR @ TEX John Burkett tied 0-0 t 2 1 -2- 4,(2-1)  2 7 DH 0.149 67% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Damon Scores
18 18 3 1 1997-07-28 (2) KCR MIN Travis Miller ahead 2-1 b 4 1 --- 5,(3-1)  1 6 3 0.103 76% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19 19 4 1 1997-07-29 KCR MIN LaTroy Hawkins ahead 2-0 b 2 1 --- 3,(1-1)  1 7 DH 0.076 80% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
20 20 5 1 1997-08-07 KCR DET Glenn Dishman behind 1-8 b 7 1 --- 3,(1-1)  1 7 7 0.008 2% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1999 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
21 21 1 1 1999-09-20 KCR @ SEA Jose Paniagua ahead 9-6 t 7 2 --- 7,(3-2)  1 8 3 0.061 91% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2000 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
22 22 1 1 2000-07-16 SDP ANA Jarrod Washburn ahead 1-0 b 4 0 1-- 5,(3-1)  2 5 3 0.142 86% Home Run; Nevin Scores
23 23 2 1 2000-08-10 SDP @ PHI Mark Holzemer ahead 11-3 t 8 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 3 3 0.001 100% Home Run
2003 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
24 24 1 1 2003-07-02 MON @ NYM John Franco ahead 10-4 t 9 1 --- 3,(1-1)  1 9 PH 0.002 100% Home Run (Fly Ball)
25 25 2 1 2003-09-05 MON FLA Mark Redman ahead 3-1 b 6 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 7 7 0.077 89% Home Run (Fly Ball)
26 26 3 1 2003-09-17 MON ATL Jason Marquis behind 1-14 b 7 2 --- 2,(0-1)  1 7 3 0.000 0% Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF)

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

For years from 1916 to 2013, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.

There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.