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Card: 2001 Royals Rookies Throwbacks #32
Position: LHP
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Player Bio:
Lawrence Michael Porzio (born August 20, 1972 in Waterbury, CT) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Colorado Rockies and Chicago White Sox in parts of three seasons spanning 1999–2003. He last pitched professionally in 2008 for the Bridgeport Bluefish of the independent Atlantic League.
Mike broke in with the Colorado Rockies in 1999. While with the Chicago White Sox in 2002, Mike pitched in 32 games with an ERA of 4.81. He started 0 games and finished 8, ending up with 2 wins and 2 losses.
On May10th, 2002, The White Sox suffered one of the worst defeats in the history of the franchise. On this night in Anaheim, the White Sox got obliterated, 19-0, against the Angels. Danny Wright, Matt Ginter and Mike Porzio were the pitchers the Angels clubbed apart. Wright gave up eight earned runs, Ginter two and Porzio six.
Mike also founded The Clubhouse baseball school in Connecticut.
(excerpted from Baseball Almanac, BR Bullpen & Wikipedia)
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