bats birth_place position birth_date article_title name throws
right santa cruz , california catcher 19 february 1976 giuseppe chiaramonte
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giuseppe chiaramonte

giuseppe carlo chiaramonte -lrb- born february 19 , 1976 -rrb- is a retired professional baseball catcher .
chiaramonte attended soquel high school in soquel , california and fresno state university , where he played for the fresno state bulldogs baseball team in the western athletic conference -lrb- wac -rrb- in national collegiate athletic association 's -lrb- ncaa -rrb- division i .
at fresno state , chiaramonte was named a second team ncaa division i all-american and wac all-star catcher in 1997 .
chiaramonte was drafted by the san francisco giants in the fifth round -lrb- 148th overall -rrb- of the 1997 major league baseball draft .
he participated in the 1999 all-star futures game .
chiaramonte retired at age 26 .
