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American baseball player (born 1970)

Baseball player

Joe Vitiello
Designated hitter
Born: (1970-04-11) April 11, 1970 (age 54) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Batted: RightThrew: Right
Professional debut
MLB: April 29, 1995, for the Kansas City Royals
NPB: March 24, 2001, for the Orix BlueWave
Last appearance
NPB: October 5, 2001, for the Orix BlueWave
MLB: September 28, 2003, for the Montreal Expos
MLB statistics
Batting average	.248
Home runs	26
Runs batted in	104
NPB statistics
Batting average	.275
Home runs	22
Runs batted in	83
Stats at Baseball Reference

Teams
Kansas City Royals (1995–1999) San Diego Padres (2000) Orix BlueWave (2001) Montreal Expos (2003)

Joseph David Vitiello (/ˌvɪtiˈɛloʊ/; born April 11, 1970) is an American former professional baseball player who was a designated hitter from 1995–2003. He played for the Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres, and Montreal Expos of Major League Baseball (MLB). He also played for the Orix BlueWave of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in 2001.

Vitiello attended the University of Alabama. In 1989 and 1990 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star in 1990. He was selected by the Royals in the first round (7th overall) of the 1991 MLB Draft.

References

"Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
"Cape League Baseball". The Cape Codder. Orleans, MA. July 20, 1990. p. 34.

v t e 1991 Major League Baseball draft first round selections
Brien Taylor Mike Kelly David McCarty Dmitri Young Kenny Henderson John Burke Joe Vitiello Joey Hamilton Mark Smith Tyler Green Shawn Estes Doug Glanville Manny Ramirez Cliff Floyd Tyrone Hill Shawn Green Eduardo Pérez Al Shirley Benji Gil Pokey Reese Allen Watson Brian Barber Aaron Sele Jon Farrell Scott Ruffcorn Brent Gates Scott Stahoviak Tom McKinnon Shawn Livsey Jason Pruitt Greg Anthony Justin Thompson Steve Whitaker Jorge Fábregas Jeff Ware Bobby Jones J. J. Johnson Mike Rossiter Dan Cholowsky Jim Gonzalez Trever Miller Dante Powell Scott Hatteberg Mike Groppuso

v t e Kansas City Royals first-round draft picks
1969: Simmons 1970: Goodson 1971: Branch 1972: Quirk 1973: Olsen 1974: Wilson 1975: Hurdle 1976: Gryzbek 1977: Jones 1978: Biancalana 1979: Hammaker 1980: Wills 1981: Leeper 1982: Morris 1983: Thurman 1984: Bankhead 1985: McRae 1986: Clements 1987: Appier 1988: Walker 1989: Mayne 1990: None 1991: Vitiello, Pruitt 1992: Tucker, Pittsley, Clinkscales, Damon 1993: Granger 1994: Smith 1995: Lebron 1996: Brown 1997: Reichert 1998: Austin, Burch, George 1999: Snyder, MacDougal, Gehrke, Gobble 2000: Stodolka 2001: C. Griffin 2002: Greinke 2003: Lubanski, Maier 2004: Butler, Campbell, Howell 2005: Gordon 2006: Hochevar 2007: Moustakas 2008: Hosmer, Montgomery 2009: Crow 2010: Colón 2011: Starling 2012: Zimmer 2013: Dozier 2014: Finnegan, F. Griffin 2015: Russell, Watson 2016: None 2017: Pratto 2018: Singer, Kowar, Lynch 2019: Witt 2020: Lacy 2021: Mozzicato 2022: Cross 2023: Mitchell 2024: Caglianone

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