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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1999 25 TEX AL 3 2 .600 3.29 65 0 11 0 0 0 68.1 63 29 25 4 22 0 37 3 0 0 283 155 1.244 8.3 0.5 2.9 4.9 1.68
2000 26 TEX AL 3 1 .750 3.83 77 0 21 0 0 1 56.1 64 27 24 2 21 4 32 4 0 1 248 132 1.509 10.2 0.3 3.4 5.1 1.52
2001 27 TEX AL 5 5 .500 4.80 70 0 20 0 0 4 60.0 54 35 32 2 28 4 29 7 0 3 266 98 1.367 8.1 0.3 4.2 4.4 1.04
2002 28 OAK AL 2 2 .500 4.62 47 0 8 0 0 0 37.0 45 22 19 5 14 2 16 2 0 1 168 95 1.595 10.9 1.2 3.4 3.9 1.14
2003 29 TBD AL 1 0 1.000 4.74 24 0 6 0 0 0 19.0 24 10 10 1 3 0 9 3 0 1 85 94 1.421 11.4 0.5 1.4 4.3 3.00
2004 30 LAD NL 0 0 4.00 17 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 11 5 4 1 3 1 6 2 0 0 42 107 1.556 11.0 1.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
2006 32 COL NL 1 0 1.000 2.45 7 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 15 217 1.636 7.4 0.0 7.4 4.9 0.67
7 Yrs 15 10 .600 4.09 307 0 68 0 0 5 253.1 264 129 115 15 94 11 131 21 0 6 1107 118 1.413 9.4 0.5 3.3 4.7 1.39
162 Game Avg. 3 2 .600 4.09 68 0 15 0 0 1 56 58 29 25 3 21 2 29 5 0 1 245 118 1.413 9.4 0.5 3.3 4.7 1.39
TEX (3 yrs) 11 8 .579 3.95 212 0 52 0 0 5 184.2 181 91 81 8 71 8 98 14 0 4 797 125 1.365 8.8 0.4 3.5 4.8 1.38
TBD (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 4.74 24 0 6 0 0 0 19.0 24 10 10 1 3 0 9 3 0 1 85 94 1.421 11.4 0.5 1.4 4.3 3.00
COL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 2.45 7 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 15 217 1.636 7.4 0.0 7.4 4.9 0.67
OAK (1 yr) 2 2 .500 4.62 47 0 8 0 0 0 37.0 45 22 19 5 14 2 16 2 0 1 168 95 1.595 10.9 1.2 3.4 3.9 1.14
LAD (1 yr) 0 0 4.00 17 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 11 5 4 1 3 1 6 2 0 0 42 107 1.556 11.0 1.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
AL (5 yrs) 14 10 .583 4.11 283 0 66 0 0 5 240.2 250 123 110 14 88 10 123 19 0 6 1050 117 1.404 9.3 0.5 3.3 4.6 1.40
NL (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 3.55 24 0 2 0 0 0 12.2 14 6 5 1 6 1 8 2 0 0 57 129 1.579 9.9 0.7 4.3 5.7 1.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1999 25 TEX AL 68.1 65 0 29 3.82 5.33 -0.03 -0.39 104.3 5.18 11 1.0 1.2 -0.1 1.6 20 .515 .506 $200,000
2000 26 TEX AL 56.1 77 0 27 4.31 5.70 -0.39 -0.42 103.2 5.86 9 0.9 1.4 0.0 1.4 17 .511 .505 $245,000
2001 27 TEX AL 60.0 70 0 35 5.25 5.21 -0.29 -0.39 102.7 5.26 -0 -0.0 1.3 -0.1 0.4 8 .500 .500 $310,000
2002 28 OAK AL 37.0 47 0 22 5.35 5.23 -0.04 -0.40 97.2 4.74 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.1 0.0 2 .494 .498 $812,500
2003 29 TBD AL 19.0 24 0 10 4.74 5.16 0.17 -0.39 96.2 4.43 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.0 0.1 2 .498 .500 $300,000
2004 30 LAD NL 9.0 17 0 5 5.00 5.57 0.38 -0.41 100.0 4.78 -0 -0.0 1.3 -0.0 0.0 1 .498 .500 $
2006 32 COL NL 3.2 7 0 1 2.45 5.42 0.08 -0.40 114.4 5.65 1 0.1 1.6 0.0 0.2 2 .519 .501 $
7 Seasons 253.1 307 0 129 4.58 5.37 -0.14 -0.40 102.0 5.22 17 1.6 1.3 -0.3 3.7 51 .505 .501 $1,867,500
TEX (3 yrs) 184.2 212 0 91 4.44 5.41 -0.22 -0.40 103.4 5.41 20 1.8 1.3 -0.2 3.4 44 .509 .504 $755,000
TBD (1 yr) 19.0 24 0 10 4.74 5.16 0.17 -0.39 96.2 4.43 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.0 0.1 2 .498 .500 $300,000
COL (1 yr) 3.2 7 0 1 2.45 5.42 0.08 -0.40 114.4 5.65 1 0.1 1.6 0.0 0.2 2 .519 .501 $
OAK (1 yr) 37.0 47 0 22 5.35 5.23 -0.04 -0.40 97.2 4.74 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.1 0.0 2 .494 .498 $812,500
LAD (1 yr) 9.0 17 0 5 5.00 5.57 0.38 -0.41 100.0 4.78 -0 -0.0 1.3 -0.0 0.0 1 .498 .500 $

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1999 25 TEX AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 3.000 18.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
2004 30 LAD NL NLDS L STL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 10 1.800 10.8 5.4 5.4 5.4 1.00
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 3.000 18.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1999 25 TEX AL 65 283 251 29 63 6 2 4 2 0 22 37 .251 .317 .339 .655 .278 85 12 3 5 2 0 4
2000 26 TEX AL 77 248 217 27 64 15 0 2 3 2 21 32 .295 .362 .392 .753 .332 85 8 4 2 4 4 4
2001 27 TEX AL 70 266 225 35 54 16 2 2 2 0 28 29 .240 .337 .356 .693 .263 80 8 7 2 4 4 7
2002 28 OAK AL 47 168 146 22 45 5 2 5 2 2 14 16 .308 .372 .473 .845 .315 69 4 2 4 2 2 2
2003 29 TBD AL 24 85 78 10 24 5 0 1 0 1 3 9 .308 .353 .410 .763 .333 32 2 3 0 1 0 1
2004 30 LAD NL 17 42 36 5 11 3 0 1 0 0 3 6 .306 .390 .472 .862 .345 17 2 2 1 0 1 1
2006 32 COL NL 7 15 12 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 .250 .400 .333 .733 .300 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 307 1107 965 129 264 51 6 15 9 5 94 131 .274 .347 .385 .732 .299 372 37 21 14 13 11 19
162 Game Avg. 68 245 214 29 58 11 1 3 2 1 21 29 .274 .347 .385 .732 .299 82 8 5 3 3 2 4
MLB Averages .266 .336 .427 .763 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1999 25 TEX AL 12.6 1.2 284 1.3 4.5 -3.2 .85 1.3 0.2 14.2 1.3 0.85 15.8 26 8 28
2000 26 TEX AL 7.0 0.6 253 -0.1 5.0 -5.1 1.16 0.3 -0.4 4.0 0.4 1.16 4.0 29 25 21
2001 27 TEX AL -0.4 -0.0 272 -0.6 5.8 -6.4 1.29 -0.3 -0.2 -5.0 -0.5 1.29 -0.3 28 18 20
2002 28 OAK AL -1.7 -0.2 173 -0.3 2.5 -2.7 .93 -0.6 0.3 -5.2 -0.5 0.93 -5.8 19 9 17
2003 29 TBD AL -0.2 -0.0 87 0.4 1.0 -0.6 .56 -0.1 0.7 -1.1 -0.1 0.56 -0.3 7 4 12
2004 30 LAD NL -0.0 0.0 42 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 1.02 -0.2 -0.4 -2.5 -0.2 1.02 -3.2 6 4 6
2006 32 COL NL 1.1 0.1 15 0.2 0.6 -0.4 1.85 0.1 0.0 1.4 0.1 1.85 0.7 3 2 2
7 Yrs 18.4 1.7 1126 0.2 19.7 -19.5 1.03 0.6 -0.4 5.8 0.5 1.03 10.9 118 70 106

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1999 25 TEX AL 65 65 11 3 2 1 0 1 0% 21 19 69 24 35% 7 .849 26 8 28 33 5 27 39 26 19 26 25 16 3.2 15
2000 26 TEX AL 77 77 21 3 1 2 1 1 50% 26 17 75 20 27% 8 1.156 29 25 21 34 7 36 43 34 16 41 19 27 2.2 12
2001 27 TEX AL 70 70 20 5 5 8 4 4 50% 30 21 59 21 36% 8 1.286 28 18 20 38 6 26 35 35 15 32 23 17 2.6 14
2002 28 OAK AL 47 47 8 2 2 0 0 0 19 15 44 10 23% 7 .928 19 9 17 23 5 19 27 20 12 29 17 10 2.4 13
2003 29 TBD AL 24 24 6 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 23 4 17% 8 .565 7 4 12 6 2 16 13 11 3 13 5 4 2.4 13
2004 30 LAD NL 17 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 4 40% 8 1.021 6 4 6 3 6 8 8 9 2 13 2 7 1.6 9
2006 32 COL NL 7 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 3 43% 7 1.846 3 2 2 2 3 2 4 3 0 5 0 0 1.6 7
7 Yrs 307 307 68 15 10 12 5 7 42% 104 78 287 86 30% 1.033 118 70 106 139 34 134 169 138 67 159 91 81 2.5 13

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1999 25 TEX AL 283 46% 1.4% 13.1% 7.8% 4.2% 19% 2.13 3.31 75% 13% 6.6% 12% 70 12 17%
2000 26 TEX AL 248 56% 0.8% 12.9% 8.5% 6.9% 27% 1.07 1.87 75% 30% 2.4% 9% 62 8 13%
2001 27 TEX AL 266 42% 0.8% 10.9% 10.5% 7.5% 37% 1.10 1.75 74% 26% 2.2% 3% 57 8 14%
2002 28 OAK AL 168 43% 3.0% 9.5% 8.3% 7.1% 27% 1.23 2.10 76% 24% 10.0% 12% 40 4 10%
2003 29 TBD AL 85 45% 1.2% 10.6% 3.5% 7.1% 25% 1.33 1.61 81% 21% 3.6% 7% 17 2 12%
2004 30 LAD NL 42 57% 2.4% 14.3% 7.1% 9.5% 36% 1.14 2.00 69% 19% 7.7% 7% 14 2 14%
2006 32 COL NL 15 47% 0.0% 13.3% 20.0% 6.7% 33% 0.43 0.50 67% 30% 0.0% 14% 8 1 13%
7 Yrs 1107 47% 1.4% 11.8% 8.5% 6.5% 27% 1.32 2.09 75% 23% 4.5% 8% 268 37 14%
MLB Averages 46% 2.9% 16.7% 8.7% 8.1% 34% 0.78 1.07 70% 21% 8.1% 12% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1999 25 TEX AL 283 972 3.43 616 63% 29% 12% 23% 36% 71% 0% 45% 84% 64% 3% 9 3 19% 53 28 4 32% 4 6 0 0 0
2000 26 TEX AL 248 908 3.66 557 61% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 3% 46% 82% 57% 5% 13 8 18% 44 25 2 34% 6 1 0 0 0
2001 27 TEX AL 266 990 3.72 603 61% 32% 11% 24% 33% 68% 4% 41% 84% 59% 6% 16 4 20% 54 29 1 45% 7 8 0 0 0
2002 28 OAK AL 169 603 3.57 374 62% 31% 12% 21% 36% 69% 3% 43% 82% 56% 4% 7 5 15% 26 15 2 25% 4 0 -1 0 0
2003 29 TBD AL 85 315 3.71 199 63% 31% 12% 22% 35% 69% 0% 43% 83% 58% 4% 3 3 20% 17 7 1 33% 2 0 0 0 0
2004 30 LAD NL 42 150 3.57 95 63% 26% 14% 27% 33% 74% 7% 47% 81% 55% 5% 2 1 26% 11 5 1 17% 1 0 0 0 0
2006 32 COL NL 15 49 3.27 25 51% 28% 16% 16% 40% 72% 0% 37% 78% 47% 20% 3 2 13% 2 0 0 0% 0 1 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1108 3987 3.60 2469 62% 29% 12% 24% 35% 71% 3% 44% 83% 59% 5% 53 26 19% 207 109 11 34% 24 16 -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 62% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1999 25 TEX AL 283 63 9 0 4 0 13 3 1 3 1 21 14 2 67% 4 0 0 119 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2000 26 TEX AL 248 64 5 0 2 1 13 1 1 2 0 20 11 3 55% 4 1 1 114 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
2001 27 TEX AL 266 54 7 0 2 0 13 2 0 1 1 23 13 2 57% 7 3 0 113 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2002 28 OAK AL 168 45 7 0 5 0 6 4 1 3 2 9 5 0 56% 2 1 0 77 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2003 29 TBD AL 85 24 2 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 5 5 0 100% 1 1 0 38 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2004 30 LAD NL 42 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 100% 1 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 32 COL NL 15 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1107 264 30 0 15 1 53 11 4 11 4 85 53 7 62% 19 6 1 488 9 5 64% 6 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 27 0
MLB Averages 54% 70%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1999 25 3 2 .600 3.29 65 0 11 0 0 0 68.1 63 29 25 4 22 0 37 3 0 0 283 155 1.244 8.3 0.5 2.9 4.9 1.68 155
2000 26 6 3 .667 3.54 142 0 32 0 0 1 124.2 127 56 49 6 43 4 69 7 0 1 531 143 1.364 9.2 0.4 3.1 5.0 1.60 143
2001 27 11 8 .579 3.95 212 0 52 0 0 5 184.2 181 91 81 8 71 8 98 14 0 4 797 125 1.365 8.8 0.4 3.5 4.8 1.38 125
2002 28 13 10 .565 4.06 259 0 60 0 0 5 221.2 226 113 100 13 85 10 114 16 0 5 965 119 1.403 9.2 0.5 3.5 4.6 1.34 119
2003 29 14 10 .583 4.11 283 0 66 0 0 5 240.2 250 123 110 14 88 10 123 19 0 6 1050 117 1.404 9.3 0.5 3.3 4.6 1.40 117
2004 30 14 10 .583 4.11 300 0 68 0 0 5 249.2 261 128 114 15 91 11 129 21 0 6 1092 117 1.410 9.4 0.5 3.3 4.7 1.42 117
2005 31 14 10 .583 4.11 300 0 68 0 0 5 249.2 261 128 114 15 91 11 129 21 0 6 1092 117 1.410 9.4 0.5 3.3 4.7 1.42 117
2006 32 15 10 .600 4.09 307 0 68 0 0 5 253.1 264 129 115 15 94 11 131 21 0 6 1107 118 1.413 9.4 0.5 3.3 4.7 1.39 118

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1999 25 5 2 .714 2.82 67.0 58 23 21 4 20 36 3 1.164 7.8 2.7 4.8 1.80 0.5 65
2000 26 3 3 .500 3.44 55.0 60 23 21 2 20 31 4 1.455 9.8 3.3 5.1 1.55 0.3 77
2001 27 3 3 .500 4.50 60.0 52 33 30 2 27 29 7 1.317 7.8 4.1 4.4 1.07 0.3 70
2002 28 1 2 .333 4.75 36.0 45 21 19 5 14 15 2 1.639 11.3 3.5 3.8 1.07 1.3 47
2003 29 1 1 .500 5.00 18.0 24 11 10 1 3 9 3 1.500 12.0 1.5 4.5 3.00 0.5 24
2004 30 0 0 4.00 9.0 11 4 4 1 3 6 2 1.556 11.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 1.0 17
2006 32 0 0 2.25 4.0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 1.000 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 7
7 Yrs 13 11 .542 3.83 249.0 252 116 106 15 89 128 21 1.369 9.1 4.6 1.44 0.5 307

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2000 AL  77 (2nd)
2001 AL  70 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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