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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

Standard Batting

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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 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 26 TEX AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 27 TEX AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 28 OAK AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 29 TBD AL 2 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 Seasons 51 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) 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TBD (1 yr) 2 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) 5 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) 27 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

Postseason Batting

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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
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 0
1 NLDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1999 TEX AL 25 P 65 0 68.1 20 2 18 0 0 1.000 2.63 0.31 .950 1.69 0.47
2000 TEX AL 26 P 77 0 56.1 14 3 9 2 1 .857 1.92 0.16 .957 1.61 0.46
2001 TEX AL 27 P 70 0 60.0 21 4 13 4 4 .810 2.55 0.24 .962 1.76 0.49
2002 OAK AL 28 P 47 0 37.0 12 1 11 0 1 1.000 2.92 0.26 .958 1.68 0.48
2003 TBD AL 29 P 24 0 19.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95 0.08 .950 1.75 0.49
2004 LAD NL 30 P 17 0 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0.06 1.000 1.80 0.47
2006 COL NL 32 P 7 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.72 0.43
7 Seasons P 307 0 253.1 70 12 52 6 6 .914 2.27 0.21 .957 1.69 0.47
7 Seasons TOT 307 0 253.1 70 12 52 6 6 .914 2.27 0.21 .871 1.69 0.47

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 (2165), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 29th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1995.

January 14, 2002: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Carlos Pena to the Oakland Athletics for Jason Hart, Gerald Laird, Ryan Ludwick and Mario Ramos.

December 21, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

January 13, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

March 26, 2003: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

March 28, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

June 30, 2003: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

July 10, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

August 29, 2003: Released by the Houston Astros.

November 21, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

August 10, 2004: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Elvin Nina (minors).

October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

February 19, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 21, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

March 31, 2006: Released by the New York Mets.

April 14, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

July 15, 2006: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

July 20, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

October 13, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

May 13, 2007: Purchased by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Minnesota Twins.

August 1, 2007: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

August 14, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1999Texas Rangers$200,000
2000Texas Rangers$245,000
2001Texas Rangers$310,000
2002Oakland Athletics$812,500
2003Tampa Bay Devil Rays$300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,867,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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