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Patrick Michael Venditte
Pat Venditte - Mariners

Pronunciation: ven-det-ee

Position: BHP - Switch Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Both

Born: June 30, 1985 in Omaha, Nebraska
High School: Central HS (Omaha, NE)
College: Creighton University

Drafted by the New York Yankees 2007 & 2008

2015 Oakland Athletics
called up to the big leagues on 5 June 2015

Switch pitched in debut against the Boston Red Sox on Friday, 5 June 2015.

Current team: San Francisco Giants (Relief pitcher)


History in the MLB:
Patrick Michael Venditte Jr. is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (2019). He has also played in MLB for the Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Dodgers. (source: Wikipedia)
2019 San Francisco Giants (Spring Training, age 33)

2018 Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB, age 33)

2018 Dodgers Review: Pat Venditte - True Blue LA

Switch-pitcher Pat Venditte only appeared in 15 games with the Dodgers, but he was called up from Oklahoma City a team-high eight times.

2017 Phillies (minor league, age 32)

Philadelphia Phillies get switch-pitcher Pat Venditte from Seattle 

The Philadelphia Phillies have acquired switch-pitcher Pat Venditte from theMariners for minor league outfielder Joey Curletta.

Phillies' Pat Venditte: Headed to minors - CBSSports.com
2016 Seattle Mariners
Venditte joins the Mariners bullpen - Aug 2016

2016 Toronto Blue Jays
Oct 19, 2015

TORONTO -- Prior to Game 3 of the ALCS Monday night, the Blue Jays claimed switch-pitcher Pat Venditte off waivers from the Athletics, the team announced. Infielder Darwin Barney was designated for assignment to clear a 40-man roster spot.
Venditte, 30, had a 4.40 ERA (93 ERA+) in 28 2/3 innings across 26 appearances for Oakland this season. It was his first taste of MLB. Venditte spent seven seasons in the minors with the Yankees before hooking on with the A's as a free agent last offseason.

Comments

  1. DanAxtellFebruary 11, 2018

    The Pat Venditte interview, Nov. 7, 2017, is a great bit of oral history. It's 75 minutes on omaha.com (and it's just before going to the Dodgers). Pat always makes it a pleasure to listen to his ongoing story. This has some details not mentioned in other interviews.
    http://www.omaha.com/sports/podcasts/where-i-come-from/where-i-come-from-ambidextrous-pitcher-pat-venditte/article_a0d81af2-c412-11e7-be67-037434c3849b.html

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  2. DanAxtellJuly 01, 2018

    Pat Venditte's favorite movie is "probably Bull Durham" according to a quote in newsOK.com July 1, 2018 (https://newsok.com/article/5599927/the-sandlot-and-bull-durham-are-top-movie-picks-among-local-baseball-players). Pat turned 33 yesterday, so that makes sense. I'm still rooting for him. Is it normal for The Show to multiply your ERA by 3? If he can get that multiplier down to 2 (that is, an ERA of 3 or so), he'd have some staying power and Baseball would be richer for it.

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