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AnthonyJamesGiarratano(bornNovember 30,1982,inQueens,NewYork)isaformer MajorLeagueBaseballshortstop.

TonyGiarratano
Shortstop Born:November30,1982 Queens,NewYork Batted:Switch MLBdebut
June1,2005fortheDetroitTigers

Contents
1Collegecareer 2Professionalcareer 3References 4Externallinks

Threw:Right

LastMLBappearance
June25,2005fortheDetroitTigers

Careerstatistics

Collegecareer

Battingaverage

.143

Runsbattedin 4

Homeruns 1 GiarratanoattendedTulaneUniversity,where heplayedcollegebaseballfortheGreen Teams Wave.In2seasonsatTulane,Giarratano recordeda.319battingaverageanddrovein DetroitTigers(2005) 111runs.Hewasnamedafirstteamfreshman AllAmericanatsecondbasein2001andwas aConferenceUSAAllStarinfielderin2003.HewasalsonamedtotheAllTournamentTeaminthe2001 ConferenceUSATournament,whichTulanewon.[1]

Professionalcareer
GiarratanowasdraftedbytheDetroitTigersinthethirdroundofthe2003amateurentrydraft.Hesigned withDetroitonJune30of2003.AfterworkinghiswaythroughtheTigersminorleaguesystem,Tonymade hismajorleaguedebutonJune1,2005.Giarratanoappearedin15gamesfortheDetroitTigersherecorded 6hits,1homerun,4RBIs,andhada.143battingaverageinhisrookieyear. GiarratanowasplacedonthedisabledlistinAugustof2006andremainedontheDLforallofthe2007 seasonforshoulderandkneeinjuries.HehasnotappearedinabigleaguegamesinceJune25,2005. Girratanowasprogressingwellandontargettobereadyfor2008springtraining.Then,inJanuary2008,he reinjuredhisthrowingshoulderleadingtohisreleasefromtheTigersonJanuary31,2008.[2][3]

References
1. ^"2012ConferenceUSABaseballMediaGuide"(http://www.webcitation.org/68aqThrrz).p.93.Archivedfrom theoriginal(http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cusa/sports/mbasebl/auto_pdf/201112/misc_non_event/cusam

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baseblguide2012.pdf)on20120621.Retrieved21June2012. 2. ^ANOTHERSETBACK:InjuryfellsTigers'TonyGiarratano,creates'significantconcern'|DetroitFreePress (http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080125/SPORTS02/801250342/1050/rss15) 3. ^TonyGiarratanoMLBBaseballatCBSSports.com(http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/541102)

Externallinks
CareerstatisticsandplayerinformationfromBaseballReference(http://www.baseball reference.com/players/g/giarrto01.shtml),orFangraphs(http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx? playerid=6270),orTheBaseballCube(http://www.thebaseballcube.com/profile.asp?P=Tony Giarratano) Retrievedfrom"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony_Giarratano&oldid=567594068" Categories: 1982births Livingpeople DetroitTigersplayers AmericanpeopleofItaliandescent Italianbaseballplayers TulaneGreenWavebaseballplayers 2006WorldBaseballClassicplayers Thispagewaslastmodifiedon7August2013at21:11. TextisavailableundertheCreativeCommonsAttributionShareAlikeLicenseadditionaltermsmay apply.Byusingthissite,youagreetotheTermsofUseandPrivacyPolicy. WikipediaisaregisteredtrademarkoftheWikimediaFoundation,Inc.,anonprofitorganization.

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