Giuseppe Chiaramonte

Catcher

Born: February 19, 1976
Santa Cruz, California

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

Giuseppe Carlo Chiaramonte (born February 19, 1976) is a retired professional baseball catcher.

Chiaramonte attended Soquel High School in Soquel, California and Fresno State University, where he played for the Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I. At Fresno State, Chiaramonte was named a Second Team NCAA Division I All-American and WAC All-Star catcher in 1997.^[1]^[2]

Chiaramonte was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the fifth round (148th overall) of the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft. He participated in the 1999 All-Star Futures Game. Chiaramonte retired at age 26.^[3]

References

Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

1997 College Baseball All-America Team consensus selections

P Matt Anderson P Dan Reichert P Chris Enochs P Jason Gooding C Giuseppe Chiaramonte 1B Lance Berkman 2B Keith Ginter 3B Pat Burrell SS Brandon Larson O J. D. Drew O Jeff Guiel O Mike Marchiano DH None U Tim Hudson

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