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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, 17,434th 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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 2	OAK		TEX	W,3-2		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	4 (1)	Apr 4	OAK		TEX	L,5-7		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7 (2)	Apr 7	OAK	@	SEA	W,6-5		3	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	9 (1)	Apr 10	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-4		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	10	Apr 11	OAK	@	TEX	L,0-7	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
6	12 (1)	Apr 13	OAK	@	ANA	W,7-2		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	18 (5)	Apr 20	OAK		ANA	W,8-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	19	Apr 21	OAK		ANA	W,6-5	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	24 (4)	Apr 27	OAK		CHW	W,16-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	27 (2)	May 1	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-1		4	1.1	0	1	0	1	1	P
11	32 (4)	May 7	OAK		BOS	L,7-9		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	34 (1)	May 9	OAK		BOS	L,1-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	35	May 10	OAK		TOR	L,2-6		8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
14	38 (2)	May 14	OAK	@	BOS	L,2-6		6	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	43 (4)	May 19	OAK	@	TOR	L,0-11	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	44	May 21	OAK		BAL	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	47 (2)	May 24	OAK		TBD	W,9-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	51 (3)	May 29	OAK	@	BAL	L,5-10		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	52	May 30	OAK	@	TBD	L,3-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	53	May 31	OAK	@	TBD	W,13-9		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	55 (1)	Jun 2	OAK	@	TBD	W,4-2		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	58 (2)	Jun 5	OAK		SEA	L,0-5		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	60 (1)	Jun 7	OAK		HOU	W,5-3		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	61	Jun 8	OAK		HOU	W,5-1		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	63 (1)	Jun 10	OAK		MIL	W,8-6		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	66 (2)	Jun 14	OAK	@	SFG	W,3-2		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	67	Jun 15	OAK	@	SFG	L,2-6		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	69 (1)	Jun 18	OAK	@	PIT	W,4-2		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	72 (2)	Jun 21	OAK	@	CIN	W,5-3		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	74 (1)	Jun 23	OAK	@	CIN	W,5-1		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	76 (1)	Jun 25	OAK	@	SEA	L,1-7	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	77	Jun 26	OAK	@	SEA	L,0-1		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	79 (1)	Jun 28	OAK		SFG	W,10-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	82 (2)	Jul 1	OAK		MIN	L,4-5		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	87 (4)	Jul 6	OAK		KCR	L,3-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	90 (2)	Jul 12	OAK	@	BAL	W,1-0		2	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	93 (2)	Jul 15	OAK	@	TBD	W,4-0		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	95 (1)	Jul 17	OAK		ANA	L,4-10		8	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	99 (3)	Jul 21	OAK		TEX	L,3-7	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	100	Jul 23	OAK	@	ANA	W,2-1		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	102 (1)	Jul 25	OAK	@	ANA	L,4-5		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	103	Jul 26	OAK	@	TEX	L,4-12		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	145 (41)	Sep 11	OAK	@	ANA	L,5-6		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	149 (3)	Sep 15	OAK		SEA	L,3-6		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	153 (3)	Sep 19	OAK		ANA	W,5-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	154	Sep 20	OAK		TEX	W,4-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	156 (1)	Sep 22	OAK		TEX	W,7-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							47gm		37.0	1	11	0	12	1