:Mike Saipe

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Mike Saipe

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1973|9|10}}

|birth_place=San Diego, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 25

|debutyear=1998

|debutteam=Colorado Rockies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 1

|finalyear=1998

|finalteam=Colorado Rockies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–1

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=10.80

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=2

|teams=

Colorado Rockies ({{mlby|1998}})

}}

Michael Eric Saipe (born September 10, 1973) is an American former professional baseball player. Saipe played for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 1998 season. In two games, Saipe had a 0–1 record with a 10.80 ERA.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/saipemi01.shtml |title=Mike Saipe Stats |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |date= |accessdate=2020-02-05}}

Career

He batted and threw right-handed.

Saipe was born in San Diego, California, and is Jewish.{{cite journal |title=Big League Jews|journal=Jewish Sports Review |date=January–February 2020 |volume=12 |issue=137 |page=20}} He attended University City High School in San Diego, and the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, California. Saipe also attended the University of San Diego, where he played college baseball for the Toreros from 1992 to 1994.{{cite web|title=University of San Diego Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_san_diego_baseball_players.shtml |work=Baseball-Almanac.com |accessdate=29 July 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218041226/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_san_diego_baseball_players.shtml |archivedate=18 February 2007 |url-status=dead }} In 1992 and 1993, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star in 1993.{{cite news | title = Cotuit's Silencers—Ray Ricken and Mike Saipe | pages = 7 | newspaper = Barnstable Patriot | location = Barnstable, MA | date = July 22, 1993 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Yarmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=BAR%2F1993%2F07%2F22&id=Ar00718&sk=05E30DCF&viewMode=image }}{{cite web|url=https://www.kettleers.org/all-time-alumni/ |title=All-Time Cotuit Kettleers Alumni |publisher=kettleers.org |accessdate=April 10, 2021}} He was drafted by the Rockies in the 12th round of the 1994 Major League Baseball Draft.