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Mike Venafro

Michael Robert Venafro

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 2, 1973 in Takoma Park, MD
High School: Paul VI HS (Fairfax, VA)
School: James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 29th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1999
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Athletics/DevilRays/Dodgers/Rockies 1999-2006

Final Game: September 30, 2006
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1999 25 TEX AL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 26 TEX AL 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 27 TEX AL 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 28 OAK AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 29 TBD AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 30 LAD NL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 32 COL NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
7 Yrs 307 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (3 yrs) 212 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TBD (1 yr) 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
COL (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAD (1 yr) 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 283 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1999 25 TEX AL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $200,000 1
2000 26 TEX AL 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $245,000 1
2001 27 TEX AL 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $310,000 1
2002 28 OAK AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $812,500 1
2003 29 TBD AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $300,000 1
2004 30 LAD NL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2006 32 COL NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
7 Seasons 307 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 0 $1,867,500
TEX (3 yrs) 212 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 0 $755,000
TBD (1 yr) 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $300,000
COL (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
OAK (1 yr) 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $812,500
LAD (1 yr) 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 25 TEX AL ALDS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 30 LAD NL NLDS STL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1999 25 TEX AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 26 TEX AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 27 TEX AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 28 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 29 TBD AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 30 LAD NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 32 COL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Yrs 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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