Claudio Liverziani

{{Short description|Italian baseball player (born 1975)}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name = Claudio Liverziani

|image = Claudio Liverziani European Cup 2012 (cropped).jpg

|caption = Liverziani batting during the 2012 European Cup

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|position = First baseman / Left fielder

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|03|04|df=y}}

|birth_place = Novara, Italy

|bats = Left

|throws = Right

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Claudio Liverziani (born 4 March 1975) is an Italian former professional baseball player who competed in Minor League Baseball and for the Italian national team.

Liverziani made his professional debut in Italy at 16 years old before signing with the Seattle Mariners.{{cite news |title=Claudio Liverziani collects Hit Number 1,000 in Italian Baseball League |url=https://www.mister-baseball.com/claudio-liverziani-collects-hit-number-1000-italian-baseball-league/ |access-date=21 May 2021 |work=Mister Baseball |date=May 6, 2009}} In 1997 and 1998, Liverziani played for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in the Midwest League. He was released by the Mariners organization on or about April 1, 1999.{{cite news |title=TRANSACTIONS |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1999-04-01-9904010788-story.html |access-date=21 May 2021 |work=Hartford Courant |date=April 1, 1999}} He returned to Italy in 1999 and played in the Italian Baseball League until 2016, primarily for Bologna.{{cite web |title=Claudio Liverziani Minor Leagues Statistics & History |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=liverz001cla |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=21 May 2021 |language=en}} In 2009, he recorded his 1,000th hit in the Italian league against Abe Alvarez. He was the seventh player to reach that mark. In December 2009, the Italian National Olympic Committee announced that Liverziani would be banned for two years due to a drug offense.{{cite news |title=CONI suspends Claudio Liverziani until October 2011 |url=https://www.mister-baseball.com/coni-suspends-claudio-liverziani-october-2011/ |access-date=21 May 2021 |work=Mister Baseball |date=December 3, 2009}}

Liverziani represented Italy in the Summer Olympics in 1996, 2000 and 2004.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/claudio-liverziani-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012259/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/claudio-liverziani-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=19 July 2012}} In 2001, he played for Italy in the Baseball World Cup. He also competed in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.