Mike Venafro

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: August 2, 1973 in Takoma Park, MD us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 29th round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA).

High School: Paul VI HS (Fairfax, VA)

School: James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA)

Debut: April 24, 1999 (Age 25-265d, 17,448th in major league history)
vs. MIN 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 30, 2006 (Age 33-059d)
vs. CHC 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Full Name: Michael Robert Venafro

Pronunciation: \VEN-a-fro\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.0

ERA

4.09

307

253.1

131

WHIP

1.413

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1995	21	TEX-min	A-	9	1	.900	2.13	32	0	12	0	0	2	50.2	37	13	12	0	21	2	32	5	3	1	200			1.145	6.6	0.0	3.7	5.7	1.52	HDV NYPL
1996	22	TEX-min	A	1	3	.250	3.51	50	0	42	0	0	19	59.0	57	27	23	0	21	3	62	3	0	13	258			1.322	8.7	0.0	3.2	9.5	2.95	CHS SALL
1997	23	TEX-min	A+,AA	4	3	.571	3.43	46	0	36	0	0	11	60.1	64	29	23	3	33	1	48	3	0	2	271			1.608	9.5	0.4	4.9	7.2	1.45	CHT,TUL FLOR,TL
1998	24	TEX-min	AA,AAA	3	4	.429	3.89	59	0	43	0	0	14	69.1	61	33	30	8	36	0	60	3	0	4	305			1.399	7.9	1.0	4.7	7.8	1.67	TUL,OKC TL,PCL
1999	25	TEX-min	AAA	0	0		5.40	6	0	3	0	0	1	11.2	16	7	7	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	46			1.371	12.3	1.5	0.0	5.4		OKC PCL
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	3.91	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	3.79	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	4.27	1.367	8.1	0.3	4.2	4.4	1.04
2002	28	OAK-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.97	8	0	2	0	0	0	10.1	12	8	8	2	1	0	14	2	0	0	46			1.258	10.5	1.7	0.9	12.2	14.00	SAC PCL
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	5.15	1.595	10.9	1.2	3.4	3.9	1.14
2003	29	HOU-min	AAA	2	1	.667	3.54	23	0	9	0	0	0	28.0	35	11	11	0	5	1	11	1	0	2	121			1.429	11.3	0.0	1.6	3.5	2.20	NOR PCL
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	3.72	1.421	11.4	0.5	1.4	4.3	3.00
2004	30	KCR-LAD-min	AAA	2	5	.286	4.64	40	0	17	0	0	3	64.0	78	35	33	8	21	2	45	5	0	3	296			1.547	11.0	1.1	3.0	6.3	2.14	OMA,LVG PCL
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	4.83	1.556	11.0	1.0	3.0	6.0	2.00

2005	31	LAD-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.85	53	0	13	0	0	1	44.2	60	38	34	4	35	5	24	5	0	0	224			2.127	12.1	0.8	7.1	4.8	0.69	LVG PCL
2006	32	CIN-COL-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.35	56	0	13	0	0	2	38.1	29	10	10	1	13	3	28	2	0	3	155			1.096	6.8	0.2	3.1	6.6	2.15	LOU,CSP IL,PCL
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	4.51	1.636	7.4	0.0	7.4	4.9	0.67
2007	33	TOR-MIN-STL-min	AAA	1	2	.333	4.65	51	0	14	0	0	2	50.1	61	27	26	2	20	1	28	7	0	3	231			1.609	10.9	0.4	3.6	5.0	1.40	SYR,ROC,MEM IL,PCL
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	4.18	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	4.18	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	3.99	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	3.72	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	4.51	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	5.15	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	4.83	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	4.15	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	4.74	1.579	9.9	0.7	4.3	5.7	1.33