Vito Valentinetti

Full Name: Vito John Valentinetti	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/195	First Game: June 20, 1954
Birthdate: September 16, 1928	Final Game: May 11, 1959
Birthplace: West New York, New Jersey	MLB Experience: 5 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on September 16, 1928 in West New York, New Jersey, Vito Valentinetti (Vito John Valentinetti) played for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 5 year career. Valentinetti broke into the bigs on June 20, 1954 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 3.78 ERA in 95.1 innings pitched in 1956, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Vito Valentinetti's best season was 1956, when he posted a 3.78 ERA.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1954	CHI	A	1	0	0	0	54.00	1	6	6	0	0	1	4	1	2	0	0	0
1956	CHI	N	42	2	6	4	3.78	26	47	40	0	1	95.1	84	10	36	7	4	1
1957	CLE	A	11	2	2	2	4.94	9	14	13	1	0	23.2	26	3	13	0	2	1
1957	CHI	N	9	0	0	0	2.25	8	5	3	0	0	12	12	1	7	1	0	0
1957	Total		20	2	2	2	4.04	17	19	16	1	0	35.2	38	4	20	1	2	1
1958	WAS	A	23	10	4	6	5.08	33	54	54	2	0	95.2	106	16	49	7	2	2
1958	DET	A	15	0	1	0	3.38	10	7	7	0	2	18.2	18	4	5	0	0	1
1958	TOT	A	38	10	5	6	4.80	43	61	61	2	2	114.1	124	20	54	7	2	3
1959	WAS	A	7	1	0	2	1.12	7	12	12	0	0	10.2	16	0	10	0	1	1
Total	NL		51	2	6	4	3.61	34	52	43	0	1	107.1	96	11	43	8	4	1
Total	AL		57	13	7	10	5.53	60	93	92	3	2	149.2	170	24	79	7	5	5
Total			108	15	13	14	4.73	94	145	135	3	3	257	266	35	122	15	9	6

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1954	CHI	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1956	CHI	N	P	42	0	0	4	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1957	CLE	A	P	11	2	23.2	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
1957	CHI	N	P	9	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1957	Total		P	20	2	35.2	2	6	0	0	0	4	1	0	1.000
1958	WAS	A	P	23	10	95.2	8	21	0	5	1	2	3	1	1.000
1958	DET	A	P	15	0	18.2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1958	TOT	A	P	38	10	114.1	8	23	1	5	1	2	3	1	.969
1959	WAS	A	P	7	1	10.2	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	108	13	160.2	16	44	2	5	2	6	4	1	.968

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB	SO	SH
1954	CHI	A	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1956	CHI	N	42	20	0	2	.100	.143	.100	1	10	1
1957	CLE	A	11	5	0	1	.200	.200	.200	0	3	0
1957	CHI	N	9	2	0	0	.000	.333	.000	1	0	0
1957	Total		20	7	0	1	.143	.250	.143	1	3	0
1958	WAS	A	23	28	1	9	.321	.345	.321	1	7	2
1958	DET	A	15	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1958	TOT	A	38	28	1	9	.321	.345	.321	1	7	2
1959	WAS	A	7	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1	0	0
Total	NL		51	22	0	2	.091	.167	.091	2	10	1
Total	AL		57	33	1	10	.303	.343	.303	2	10	2
Total			108	55	1	12	.218	.271	.218	4	20	3

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1950).
Selected by Chicago Cubs from Toronto (International) in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 27, 1955).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Jackie Collum to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Don Elston (May 23, 1957).
Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Cleveland Indians (August 24, 1957).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Milt Bolling to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Pete Wojey and $20000 (March 27, 1958).
Traded by Detroit Tigers to Washington Senators in exchange for Al Cicotte (June 23, 1958).
Traded by Washington Senators to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Billy Loes (April 1, 1959); trade voided (April 8, 1959).

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