Joe Vitiello

{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1970)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Joe Vitiello

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| position = Designated hitter

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|4|11}}

| birth_place = Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.

| death_date =

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = April 29

| debutyear = 1995

| debutteam = Kansas City Royals

|debut2league = NPB

| debut2date = March 24

| debut2year = 2001

| debut2team = Orix BlueWave

|final2league = MLB

| final2date = September 28

| final2year = 2003

| final2team = Montreal Expos

|finalleague = NPB

| finaldate = October 5

| finalyear = 2001

| finalteam = Orix BlueWave

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .248

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 26

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 104

|stat2league = NPB

| stat21label = Batting average

| stat21value = .275

| stat22label = Home runs

| stat22value = 22

| stat23label = Runs batted in

| stat23value = 83

| teams =

• Kansas City Royals ({{mlby|1995}}–{{mlby|1999}})
• San Diego Padres ({{mlby|2000}})
• Orix BlueWave ({{npby|2001}})
• Montreal Expos ({{mlby|2003}})

}}

Joseph David Vitiello ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|v|ɪ|t|i|ˈ|ɛ|l|oʊ}}; born April 11, 1970) is an American former professional baseball player who was a designated hitter from {{By|1995}}–{{By|2003}}. He played for the Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres, and Montreal Expos of Major League Baseball (MLB). He also played for the Orix BlueWave of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in {{By|2001}}.

Vitiello attended the University of Alabama. In 1989 and 1990 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star in 1990.{{cite web|url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |access-date=September 25, 2019}}{{cite news | title=Cape League Baseball | pages = 34 | work= The Cape Codder | location = Orleans, MA | date = July 20, 1990 | url = https://snow-library.com/viewer/5136?medianame=1990_thecapecodder_vol45_issue58-1_orleans_000034 }} He was selected by the Royals in the first round (7th overall) of the 1991 MLB Draft.