Craig Minetto
| Craig Minetto | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born: April 25, 1954 Stockton, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 4, 1978, for the Oakland Athletics | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 15, 1981, for the Oakland Athletics | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 1–7 |
| Earned run average | 5.40 |
| Strikeouts | 76 |
| Teams | |
Craig Stephen Minetto (born April 25, 1954) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Minetto pitched in parts of four seasons in Major League Baseball from 1978 until 1981 for the Oakland Athletics.
Career[edit]
Originally drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1972, and again in the secondary phase in 1973, Minetto did not sign. Instead, he attended San Joaquin Delta College for two years. He was then signed as an amateur free agent by the Montreal Expos in 1974, but he pitched one season in their farm system before being released.
Unable to find a job in American baseball, Minetto signed with the Fortitudo Baseball Bologna, a professional team based in Bologna, Italy and sponsored by Grappa del Cannonier. He pitched there for a season, and later returned to the United States, where he was signed to a minor league contract by the Athletics before the 1977 season.
Minetto went on to pitch in 55 games for Oakland over four seasons, then was traded to the Baltimore Orioles organization, pitching with their affiliate Rochester Red Wings from 1982 to 1983. In December 1983, he was traded to the Houston Astros for Bobby Sprowl and concluded his career at AAA Tucson Toros in the 1984 season.
In between, Minetto played winter ball with the Tiburones de La Guaira club of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League during the 1978–1979 season.
Sources[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or Venezuelan Winter League
- 1954 births
- Living people
- American expatriate baseball players in Canada
- American people of Italian descent
- Baseball players from Stockton, California
- Chattanooga Lookouts players
- Delta College Mustangs baseball players
- Fortitudo Baseball Bologna players
- Gulf Coast Expos players
- Kinston Expos players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Modesto A's players
- Oakland Athletics players
- Ogden A's players
- Rochester Red Wings players
- San Jose Missions players
- Tacoma Tigers players
- Tiburones de La Guaira players
- American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- Tucson Toros players
- Vancouver Canadians players
- American expatriate baseball players in Italy