Vincent Antonio Rottino (born April 7, 1980 in Racine, Wisconsin) is a Major League Baseball utility player for the Florida Marlins organization. He generally plays at catcher, first base, and outfield.[1]
He graduated from St. Catherine's High School in Racine, and then went to the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse in La Crosse, Wisconsin.[1]
[edit] Career highlights
Rottino originally signed with the Milwaukee Brewers as an undrafted free agent on February 3, 2003.[2] In his fourth year with the Brewers organization, he made his major league debut as a September call up in 2006.[2] He played in 9 games, batting .214.[2]
Rottino began the 2007 season in Triple-A with the Nashville Sounds.[3] He spent nearly the entire season there before being recalled by Milwaukee on September 1.[4] On September 29, 2007, Rottino hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th inning to beat the San Diego Padres 4–3 and clinch the first winning season for the Milwaukee Brewers since 1992.[5]
He repeated most of his previous season's fashion in 2008, playing most of the season at Triple-A[3], then receiving a call-up in September.[6]
Rottino was the starting catcher for Team Italy in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.[7]
In 2009, Rottino accepted an assignment to Double-A Huntsville.[3] On July 31, 2009, he was traded by the Brewers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Claudio Vargas.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ a b The Baseball Cube. "Vinny Rottino - The Baseball Cube". http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/R/Vinnie-Rottino.shtml. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
- ^ a b c Baseball-Reference. "Vinny Rottino Statistics and History". http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rottivi01.shtml. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
- ^ a b c Baseball-Reference. "Vinny Rottino Minor League Statistics & History". http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=rottin001vin. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
- ^ Tom Haudricourt. "Brewers trade for King, call up Rivera". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. http://blogs.jsonline.com/brewers/archive/2007/09/04/brewers-trade-for-king-call-up-rivera.aspx. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
- ^ Baseball-Reference. "September 29, 2007 San Diego Padres at Milwaukee Brewers Box Score and Play by Play". http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIL/MIL200709290.shtml. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
- ^ Adam McCalvy (August 22, 2008). "Brewers ponder September callups". Major League Baseball. http://brewers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080822&content_id=3350667&vkey=news_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
- ^ Lisa Winston (February 27, 2009). "Batting Around with Vinny Rottino". Major League Baseball. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090226&content_id=3890134&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
- ^ WDJT-TV. "Dodgers trade RHP Claudio Vargas to Brewers". Associated Press. http://www.cbs58.com/index.php?aid=8588. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
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