Mike Venafro
Michael Robert Venafro
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 2, 1973 in Takoma Park, MD
High School: Paul VI (Fairfax, VA)
School: James Madison University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 29th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1999
Final Game: September 30, 2006
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Standard Pitching

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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 1 248 131 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 94 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 93 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 42 102 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 15 200 1.636 7.4 0.0 7.4 4.9 0.67
7 Seasons 15 10 .600 4.09 307 0 68 0 0 5 253.1 264 129 115 15 94 11 131 21 0 6 1107 117 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 1 245 117 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 93 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 15 200 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 94 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 42 102 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 57 122 1.579 9.9 0.7 4.3 5.7 1.33

Postseason Pitching

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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 Seasons (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 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
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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
7 Seasons 307 1107 965 129 264 51 6 15 9 5 94 131 .274 .347 .385 .732 .299 372 37 21 14 13 11
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
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.840 25 9 29 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 1.130 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 1.285 28 17 21 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 0.939 20 9 16 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 0.576 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 1.033 6 5 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 1.867 3 2 2 2 3 2 4 3 0 5 0 0 1.6 7
7 Seasons 307 307 68 15 10 12 5 7 42% 104 78 287 86 30% 1.028 118 71 107 139 34 134 169 138 67 159 91 81 2.5 13

Ratio Pitching*

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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 54% 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 44% 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 58% 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 57% 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 55% 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 43% 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 53% 0.0% 13.3% 20.0% 6.7% 33% 0.43 0.50 67% 30% 0.0% 14% 8 1 13%
7 Seasons 1107 53% 1.4% 11.8% 8.5% 6.5% 27% 1.32 2.09 75% 23% 4.5% 8% 268 37 14%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 168 601 3.58 373 62% 31% 12% 20% 36% 69% 4% 43% 82% 56% 4% 7 5 15% 26 15 2 25% 4 0 0 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 Seasons 1107 3985 3.60 2468 62% 29% 12% 24% 35% 71% 3% 44% 83% 59% 5% 53 26 19% 207 109 11 34% 24 16 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 1 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 Seasons 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 1 0 27 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 116 1.410 9.4 0.5 3.3 4.7 1.42 116
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 116 1.410 9.4 0.5 3.3 4.7 1.42 116
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 117 1.413 9.4 0.5 3.3 4.7 1.39 117

Neutralized Pitching

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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 59 23 21 2 19 31 4 1.418 9.7 3.1 5.1 1.63 0.3 77
2001 27 3 3 .500 4.35 60.0 52 32 29 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 16 2 1.639 11.3 3.5 4.0 1.14 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 3.00 3.0 3 1 1 0 3 2 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 6.0 0.67 0.0 7
7 Seasons 13 11 .542 3.81 248.0 252 115 105 15 89 129 21 1.375 9.1 4.7 1.45 0.5 307

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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