Mike Gallo

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1977)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography | image = | name = Mike Gallo | position = Pitcher | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|4|2}} | birth_place = Long Beach, California, U.S. | bats = Left | throws = Left |debutleague = MLB | debutdate = July 2 | debutyear = 2003 | debutteam = Houston Astros |finalleague = MLB | finaldate = May 31 | finalyear = 2006 | finalteam = Houston Astros |statleague = MLB | stat1label = Win–loss record | stat1value = 4–3 | stat2label = Earned run average | stat2value = 4.11 | stat3label = Strikeouts | stat3value = 69 | teams = *Houston Astros ({{Baseball year|2003}}–{{Baseball year|2006}}) }} '''Michael Dwain Gallo''' (born April 2, 1977) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher.

==Biography== He debuted for the Houston Astros on July 2, {{Baseball year|2003}}. Careerwise with the Astros, he was 4-3 with an ERA of 4.11. He attended Long Beach State.

In {{Baseball year|2005}}, he was 0-1 with an ERA of 2.66 in 36 appearances. In the 2005 postseason, he pitched 5.1 innings and only gave up one run on 4 hits.<ref>[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=gallomi01 Mike Gallo at Baseball Almanac]</ref> He started {{Baseball year|2006}} with the Houston Astros, but was sent down to their Triple-A affiliate, the Round Rock Express, on June 2, 2006, after compiling a 1-2 record and a 6.06 ERA in 16.1 innings pitched.

In 2006, he was on the Italian baseball team in the World Baseball Classic. On December 18, 2006, he signed a minor league deal with the Colorado Rockies. In {{Baseball year|2007}}, he spent the entire season in Triple-A with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. In 56 relief appearances, he went 2-6 with a 5.10 ERA. During the 2007-08 off-season, Gallo signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, but was released on June 5.

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==External links== {{Baseballstats|mlb=429760|espn=7168|br=g/gallomi01|fangraphs=1759}}, or [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/G/Pgallm002.htm Retrosheet], or [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gallo-001mic Baseball Reference (Minor, Fall and Winter Leagues)]

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