Pat Venditte #29

Graduated from Creighton University in 2008, majoring in Marketing. He was the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament "Most Outstanding Player" after leading Creighton to its first-ever MVC tournament title in 2007...Venditte is a natural right-hander, but has been throwing with both hands since the age of 3. He uses a six-fingered glove with two thumb holes...When he made his MLB debut in 2015, he was the first switch-pitcher since Greg Harris in 1995...However, Venditte is the first pitcher in the Modern Era (since 1900) to switch-pitch on a full-time basis...On July 2, 2008, the Professional Baseball Umpire Corporation created a new rule regarding ambidextrous pitchers, stating that they must indicate which way they will pitch before an at-bat.

2019

Spent 2019 in the San Francisco organization, posting a 2.85 ERA in 25 outings (one start) for Triple-A Sacramento and a 16.20 ERA in two relief outings for the Giants...Venditte was on the Minor League temporary inactive list from July 5 to August 27 after taking a leave of absence while his wife, Erin, recovered from a brain hemorrhage suffered on July 4. 

2018

Appeared in 15 games with Los Angeles-NL, posting a 2.57 ERA (4er, 14.0ip) with a .212 opponents batting average against...Made 45 appearances with triple-A Oklahoma City, going 4-2 with a 1.75 ERA (10er, 51.1ip) and a 0.85 WHIP...Was named a Mid-Season All-Star for Oklahoma City...Was recalled from triple-A to the Dodgers eight separate times...Ended the year with a scoreless streak of 9.2-innings, the longest scoreless streak of his big league career. 

2017

Spent the season with the Phillies' Triple-A Lehigh Valley, going 9-5 with two saves and posting a 3.36 ERA (26 ER/69.2 IP) in 52 relief appearances…posted a 1.29 WHIP and struck out 69 batters against 36 walks ... Was effective against batters from both sides of the plate, limiting righties to a .216 average and left-handed hitters to a .218 mark…held the opposition to a .217 average with runners on base, while keeping hitters to a .229 mark with runners in scoring position ... Started the season going 7-0 with a 2.23 ERA and one save in 26 games through June 21 ... Prior to the start of the season he was a member of Team Italy in the World Baseball Classic, allowing five runs in 3.1 innings with four strikeouts in three relief appearances.

2016

Went 0-0 with a 5.73 ERA (14 ER, 22.0 IP) with 19 strikeouts in 15 combined relief appearances with Toronto and Seattle…went 0-0 with a 6.08 ERA (9 ER, 13.1 IP) with 12 strikeouts in 7 relief appearances with Seattle…made 5 relief appearances with AAA Tacoma, going 1-0 with a 1.08 ERA (1 ER, 8.1 IP) with 11 strikeouts...acquired from Toronto in exchange for a player to be named on Aug. 6...posted 5.19 ERA (5 ER, 8.2 IP) with 7 strikeouts and 4 walks in 8 relief appearances with Toronto…in 25 games, including 2 starts, with AAA Buffalo, was 2-1 with 4.37 ERA (17 ER, 35.0 IP) with 52 strikeouts.

2015

Spent the entire season in the Oakland organization, appearing at three different levels, splitting most of the year between Nashville (Triple-A) and OAK. Made his ML debut on June 5 at BOS, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings…Became the first ambidextrous player to play in the Majors since Greg Harris on September 28, 1995. Was placed on the seven-day DL June 12 with a strained right shoulder…Made rehab appearances for Stockton Ports (A) and Nashville before being activated and optioned to the Sounds August 3. While with OAK, posted a 0.51 ERA in games in which he tossed more than 1.0 innings (1ER/17.2IP)…In appearances of 1.0 inning or less he recorded a 10.64 ERA (13ER/11.0IP).