Mike Gallo
Mike Gallo | |
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Relief pitcher | |
Born: Long Beach, California | April 2, 1977|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
July 2, 2003, for the Houston Astros | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 31, 2006, for the Houston Astros | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 4–3 |
Earned run average | 4.11 |
Strikeouts | 69 |
Teams | |
Michael Dwain Gallo (born April 2, 1977) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher.
Biography
He debuted for the Houston Astros on July 2, 2003. Career-wise, he is 3-1 with an ERA of 3.79. He attended Long Beach State.
In 2005, he was 0-1 with an ERA of 2.66 in 36 appearances. In the 2005 postseason, he pitched 5.1 innings and only gave up one run on 4 hits. [1] He started 2006 with the Houston Astros, but was sent down to their Triple-A affiliate, the Round Rock Express, on June 2, 2006, after compiling a 1-2 record and a 6.06 ERA in 16.1 innings pitched.
In 2006, he was on the Italian baseball team in the World Baseball Classic. On December 18, 2006, he signed a minor league deal with the Colorado Rockies. In 2007, he spent the entire season in Triple-A with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. In 56 relief appearances, he went 2-6 with a 5.10 ERA. During the 07-08 off-season, Gallo signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, but was released on June 5.
Mike and his wife Kristin are parents to two girls, Karly and Keira and son Evan.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Retrosheet, or Baseball Reference (Minor, Fall and Winter Leagues)
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- Living people
- 1977 births
- 2006 World Baseball Classic players
- American people of Italian descent
- Auburn Doubledays players
- Baseball players from California
- Cardenales de Lara players
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
- Houston Astros players
- Lexington Legends players
- Long Beach State Dirtbags baseball players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Michigan Battle Cats players
- New Hampshire Fisher Cats players
- New Orleans Zephyrs players
- Round Rock Express players
- Scottsdale Scorpions players
- Sportspeople from Long Beach, California
- Syracuse Chiefs players
- American baseball pitcher, 1970s births stubs