Mike Difelice
[edit] Biography
Mike Difelice (Michael William Difelice) was born on May 28, 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on September 1, 1996 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1997, his rookie year, he hit .238 with 4 home runs and 30 RBI. Difelice played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Arizona Diamondbacks, Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs and New York Mets over the course of his 11 year career.
Most people believe that Mike Difelice's best season was 1999, when he hit for a .307 average.
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[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1996
| STL
| N
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .286
| .286
| .429
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| STL
| N
| 93
| 260
| 16
| 62
| 4
| 30
| .238
| .297
| .331
| 10
| 1
| 19
| 61
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 11
|
| 1998
| TB
| A
| 84
| 248
| 17
| 57
| 3
| 23
| .230
| .274
| .339
| 12
| 3
| 15
| 56
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 12
|
| 1999
| TB
| A
| 51
| 179
| 21
| 55
| 6
| 27
| .307
| .346
| .469
| 11
| 0
| 8
| 23
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 2000
| TB
| A
| 60
| 204
| 23
| 49
| 6
| 19
| .240
| .280
| .402
| 13
| 1
| 12
| 40
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 8
|
| 2001
| TB
| A
| 48
| 149
| 13
| 31
| 2
| 9
| .208
| .259
| .295
| 5
| 1
| 8
| 39
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 2001
| ARI
| N
| 12
| 21
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .048
| .091
| .048
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2001
| Total
|
| 60
| 170
| 14
| 32
| 2
| 10
| .188
| .239
| .265
| 5
| 1
| 8
| 49
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 2002
| STL
| N
| 70
| 174
| 17
| 40
| 4
| 19
| .230
| .297
| .362
| 11
| 0
| 17
| 42
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| 2003
| KC
| A
| 62
| 189
| 29
| 48
| 3
| 25
| .254
| .299
| .397
| 16
| 1
| 9
| 30
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 6
|
| 2004
| DET
| A
| 13
| 22
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .136
| .240
| .227
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 2004
| CHI
| N
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2004
| Total
|
| 17
| 25
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .120
| .214
| .200
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 2005
| NY
| N
| 11
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .118
| .211
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 2006
| NY
| N
| 15
| 25
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .080
| .233
| .120
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 209
| 507
| 37
| 109
| 8
| 53
| .215
| .281
| .312
| 23
| 1
| 43
| 130
| 5
| 9
| 1
| 3
| 16
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 318
| 991
| 106
| 243
| 20
| 105
| .245
| .290
| .377
| 57
| 7
| 55
| 191
| 11
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 33
|
| Total
|
|
| 527
| 1498
| 143
| 352
| 28
| 158
| .235
| .287
| .355
| 80
| 8
| 98
| 321
| 16
| 20
| 3
| 3
| 49
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1996
| STL
| N
| C
| 4
| 2
| 18
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1997
| STL
| N
| C
| 91
| 81
| 688.2
| 586
| 64
| 6
| 10
| 0
| 12
| 62
| 34
| 1
| .991
|
| 1997
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| TB
| A
| C
| 84
| 75
| 671
| 483
| 52
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 13
| 49
| 32
| 2
| .993
|
| 1999
| TB
| A
| C
| 51
| 50
| 442.1
| 344
| 28
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 8
| 23
| 17
| 2
| .987
|
| 2000
| TB
| A
| C
| 59
| 57
| 496.2
| 351
| 34
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 10
| 35
| 17
| 0
| .980
|
| 2001
| TB
| A
| C
| 48
| 46
| 386.1
| 293
| 29
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 28
| 16
| 2
| .982
|
| 2001
| ARI
| N
| C
| 12
| 7
| 59.2
| 53
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| .982
|
| 2001
| Total
|
| C
| 60
| 53
| 446
| 346
| 32
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 29
| 19
| 2
| .982
|
| 2002
| STL
| N
| C
| 61
| 51
| 435.1
| 312
| 33
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 23
| 9
| 1
| .991
|
| 2003
| KC
| A
| C
| 58
| 54
| 469.2
| 305
| 34
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 37
| 16
| 0
| .994
|
| 2003
| KC
| A
| DH
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 2004
| DET
| A
| C
| 12
| 4
| 59
| 40
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2004
| DET
| A
| DH
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 2004
| CHI
| N
| C
| 4
| 0
| 6.1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2004
| Total
|
| C
| 16
| 4
| 65.1
| 46
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2005
| NY
| N
| C
| 11
| 5
| 50
| 39
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .976
|
| 2006
| NY
| N
| C
| 15
| 9
| 84
| 71
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| .974
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 510
| 441
| 3867
| 2898
| 289
| 38
| 43
| 0
| 50
| 270
| 148
| 8
| .988
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 11th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1991 - signed June 6, 1991).
- Selected by Tampa Bay Devil Rays from St. Louis Cardinals (20th pick overall) in the expansion draft (November 18, 1997).
- Traded by Tampa Bay Devil Rays with Albie Lopez to Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Jason Conti and Nick Bierbrodt (July 25, 2001).
- Released by Arizona Diamondbacks (September 4, 2001).
- Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (November 20, 2001).
- Granted free agency (November 1, 2002).
- Signed by Kansas City Royals (January 9, 2003).
- Granted free agency (October 26, 2003).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (December 18, 2003).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (April 3, 2004).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (April 13, 2004).
- Sent to Chicago Cubs by Detroit Tigers for future considerations (August 31, 2004).
- Granted free agency (October 12, 2004).
- Signed by Florida Marlins (December 24, 2004).
- Released by Florida Marlins (March 27, 2005).
- Signed by New York Mets (April 15, 2005).
- Released by New York Mets (June 2, 2005).
- Signed by Washington Nationals (February 19, 2006).
- Released by Washington Nationals (March 23, 2006).
- Signed by New York Mets (May 30, 2006).
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