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Mike Venafro
Michael Robert Venafro

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.
School James Madison University

Debut April 24, 1999
  vs. MIN 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Born August 2, 1973 in Takoma Park, MD

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 29th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1995. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1999 25 TEX AL   3   2  65   0   0   0  11  0   68.3   63   29   25   4   22   37   3   0   283   0   0  3.29  5.11  155 1.244
 2000 26 TEX AL   3   1  77   0   0   0  21  1   56.3   64   27   24   2   21   32   4   1   248   4   0  3.83  5.02  131 1.509
 2001 27 TEX AL   5   5  70   0   0   0  20  4   60.0   54   35   32   2   28   29   7   3   266   4   0  4.80  4.70   98 1.367
 2002 28 OAK AL   2   2  47   0   0   0   8  0   37.0   45   22   19   5   14   16   2   1   168   2   0  4.62  4.33   94 1.595
 2003 29 TBD AL   1   0  24   0   0   0   6  0   19.0   24   10   10   1    3    9   3   1    85   0   0  4.74  4.39   93 1.421
 2004 30 LAD NL   0   0  17   0   0   0   2  0    9.0   11    5    4   1    3    6   2   0    42   1   0  4.00  4.10  102 1.556
 2006 32 COL NL   1   0   7   0   0   0   0  0    3.7    3    1    1   0    3    2   0   0    15   0   0  2.45  4.90  200 1.636
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .600  15  10 307   0   0   0  68  5  253.3  264  129  115  15   94  131  21   6  1107  11   0  4.09  4.79  117 1.413
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3   2  68   0   0   0  15  1   56.0   58   28   25   3   20   29   4   1   245   2   0  4.09  4.79  117 1.413
 Career High      5   5  77   0   0   0  21  4   68.3   64   35   32   5   28   37   7   3   283   4   0  3.29  5.11  155 1.244

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1999 25 TEX AL P 65 2 18 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.47 2.64 1.69 0 68.3 2000 26 TEX AL P 77 3 9 2 1 .857 .952 0.16 0.46 1.92 1.61 0 56.3 2001 27 TEX AL P 70 4 13 4 4 .810 .955 0.24 0.49 2.55 1.75 0 60.0 2002 28 OAK AL P 47 1 11 0 1 1.000 .960 0.26 0.48 2.92 1.68 0 37.0 2003 29 TBD AL P 24 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.08 0.49 0.95 1.75 0 19.0 2004 30 LAD NL P 17 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.06 0.47 1.00 1.80 0 9.0 2006 32 COL NL P 7 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.43 0.00 1.70 0 3.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1999 25 TEX AL P 65 2 18 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.47 2.64 1.69 0 68.3 2000 26 TEX AL P 77 3 9 2 1 .857 .952 0.16 0.46 1.92 1.61 0 56.3 2001 27 TEX AL P 70 4 13 4 4 .810 .955 0.24 0.49 2.55 1.75 0 60.0 2002 28 OAK AL P 47 1 11 0 1 1.000 .960 0.26 0.48 2.92 1.68 0 37.0 2003 29 TBD AL P 24 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.08 0.49 0.95 1.75 0 19.0 2004 30 LAD NL P 17 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.06 0.47 1.00 1.80 0 9.0 2006 32 COL NL P 7 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.43 0.00 1.70 0 3.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 307 12 52 6 6 .914 .955 0.21 0.47 2.27 1.69 0 253.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 307 12 52 6 6 .914 .955 0.21 0.47 2.28 1.70 0 253
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1999   ALDS  TEX NYY     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1     2   0   1   0 
 2004   NLDS  LAD STL     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.2   0   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       0-2   4   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1.2   2   0   1   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1999   ALDS  TEX NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2004   NLDS  LAD STL     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       0-2   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
2000 AL-77-2
2001 AL-70-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2417) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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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 8, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

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


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
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.
Uniforms 
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