| Pat Venditte | |
|---|---|
 Venditte pitching left-handed for the Oakland Athletics in 2015 | |
| Relief pitcher | |
| Born: June 30, 1985 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Switch | |
| MLB debut | |
| June 5, 2015, for the Oakland Athletics | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| August 18, 2020, for the Miami Marlins | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 2–2 |
| Earned run average | 4.73 |
| Strikeouts | 58 |
| Teams | |
Patrick Michael Venditte Jr. (/vɛnˈdɛti/; born June 30, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, and Miami Marlins. After attending Creighton University, Venditte was drafted by the New York Yankees in 2008. He signed with the Athletics as a free agent before the 2015 season and made his MLB debut that year.
Venditte was a switch pitcher, capable of pitching proficiently with both arms. He was recognized as the only professional pitcher who was able to do this.[1][2] Venditte's rare ability to pitch with either arm required both Major and Minor League Baseball to create a rule for ambidextrous pitchers, known colloquially as the "Pat Venditte Rule". This rule essentially requires any ambidextrous pitcher to declare which hand he will use to pitch to a batter before the at-bat starts and to throw with that hand through the entire at-bat (unless he is injured during the at-bat).
- ^ "Mitchell, Baisley, Almonte Pace RiverDogs to 4–2 Wins". Our Sports Central. April 10, 2009. Retrieved April 14, 2009.
- ^ "Pat Venditte Stats, Bio, Photos, Highlights | MiLB.com Stats | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Web.minorleaguebaseball.com. Retrieved September 1, 2010.