Mike Magnante

{{Use American English|date=July 2022}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}{{short description|American baseball player (born 1965)}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Mike Magnante

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1965|6|17}}

|birth_place=Glendale, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 22

|debutyear=1991

|debutteam=Kansas City Royals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 29

|finalyear=2002

|finalteam=Oakland Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=26–32

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.08

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=347

|teams=

• Kansas City Royals ({{mlby|1991}}–{{mlby|1996}})
• Houston Astros ({{mlby|1997}}–{{mlby|1998}})
• Anaheim Angels ({{mlby|1999}})
• Oakland Athletics ({{mlby|2000}}–{{mlby|2002}})

}}

Michael Anthony Magnante ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ɡ|ˈ|n|æ|n|t|i}}; {{IPA|it|maɲˈɲante}}; born June 17, 1965) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball as a left-handed relief pitcher for four teams.

On August 22, {{Baseball year|1997}}, Magnante pitched an immaculate inning by striking out three batters on nine pitches in the ninth inning of a 6–3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Magnante became the 20th National League pitcher and the 29th pitcher in major league history to accomplish the feat.

In 2002, the Oakland Athletics released Magnante four days before reaching 10 years of MLB service time and fully vesting his pension, because of the acquisition of Ricardo Rincón.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/30/magazine/the-trading-desk.html |title=The Trading Desk |date=2003-03-30

|access-date=2024-06-17 |first=Michael |last=Lewis |work=The New York Times Magazine}}{{cite web |date=2002-08-03 |title=Magnante's career up in the air after move by A's |url=http://articles.burbankleader.com/2002-08-03/news/export9377_1_mike-magnante-major-league-major-league-baseball |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831134741/http://articles.burbankleader.com/2002-08-03/news/export9377_1_mike-magnante-major-league-major-league-baseball |archive-date=2017-08-31 |work=The Burbank Leader |accessdate=2022-07-29}} This moment is depicted in the film Moneyball (though his pension is not mentioned in the film). As of 2020, he is a math teacher at Agoura High School.{{Cite web | url=https://www.athleticsnation.com/2012/8/18/3251129/2002-oakland-where-are-they-now | title=The 2002 Oakland Athletics: Where Are They Now?| date=2012-08-18}}{{Cite web | url=https://climbingtalshill.com/2020/12/28/talking-astros-pitcher-mike-magnante/ | title=Talking baseball with former Astros pitcher Mike Magnante | date=2020-12-28}}