Kasey Garret Olenberger (born 18 March 1978) is an American-Italian former professional baseball

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. Listed at 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), 243 lb (110 kg), Olenberger batted and threw right handed. He was born in

Santa Rosa, California Santa Rosa ( Spanish for " Saint Rose") is a city and the county seat of Sonoma County, in the North Bay region of the Bay Area in California. Its estimated 2019 population was 178,127. It is the largest city in California's Wine Country and ...

.Venezuelan Professional Baseball League – Kasey Olenberger statistics
/ref> Olenberger went undrafted out of Long Beach State where he played

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. He began his professional career in 2002 with the

Solano Steelheads The Solano Steelheads were a minor league baseball team in Vacaville, California. They played in the independent Western Baseball League and were not affiliated with any Major League Baseball team, although four of the players in the 2002 season w ...

of the

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Western League. He spent another season with Solano and two seasons with

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in the

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before being signed by the

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in advance of the 2005 season. His father was a scout for the Angels . Olenberg spent three seasons with the Triple-A

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where he set a single-season team record in 2006 with 180 innings pitched. He later spent time in the farm systems of the

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and

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. A member of the

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, Olenberger competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as in the 2006 and

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tournaments. He also has pitched for the Bravos de Margarita,

Cardenales de Lara The Cardenales de Lara ( en, Lara Cardinals) is a baseball team in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. Founded in 1942 and based in Barquisimeto, the ''Cardenales'' have won six domestic titles, including back-to-back in 1998 and 1999, a ...

and

Pastora de los Llanos The Pastora de los Llanos were a baseball club which played in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League between the 1997–98 and 2006-07 seasons. They were based in the cities of Acarigua and Araure in Portuguesa, and played its home games a ...

clubs of the

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1978 births Living people American people of Italian descent Arkansas Travelers players Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Bravos de Margarita players Cardenales de Lara players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Ceci Negri Parma players American expatriate baseball players in Italy Jacksonville Suns players New Orleans Zephyrs players Olympic baseball players for Italy Pastora de los Llanos players Reno Aces players Salt Lake Bees players Solano Steelheads players Sportspeople from Santa Rosa, California Baseball players from Sonoma County, California 2006 World Baseball Classic players 2009 World Baseball Classic players {{Italy-baseball-bio-stub