Italian American baseball player (born 1978)
Baseball player
Kasey Garret Olenberger (born 18 March 1978) is an American-Italian former professional baseball pitcher . Listed at 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), 243 lb (110 kg), Olenberger batted and threw right handed. He was born in Santa Rosa, California .[ 1] [ 2]
Olenberger went undrafted out of Long Beach State where he played college baseball . He began his professional career in 2002 with the Solano Steelheads of the independent Western League . He spent another season with Solano and two seasons with Parma in the Italian Baseball League before being signed by the Los Angeles Angels in advance of the 2005 season.[ 3] His father was a scout for the Angels as of August 2004[update] .[ 4] Olenberg spent three seasons with the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees where he set a single-season team record in 2006 with 180 innings pitched .[ 5] He later spent time in the farm systems of the Florida Marlins and Arizona Diamondbacks .[ 3]
A member of the Italy national baseball team , Olenberger competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics ,[ 1] as well as in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic tournaments.
He also has pitched for the Bravos de Margarita , Cardenales de Lara and Pastora de los Llanos clubs of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League .
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