Christopher Francis Pittaro (born September 16, 1961) is an American professional baseball infielder. Pittaro played during three seasons in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins from 1985 through 1987. Prior to playing professionally, he played college baseball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. He has served as a scout and front office executive for the Oakland Athletics since 1991.\n', '

Pittaro attended Steinert High School in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, and has been enshrined in the Steinert High School Hall of Fame. He then enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he played college baseball for the North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team in the Atlantic Coast Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association\'s Division I.\n', '

The Detroit Tigers selected Pittaro in the sixth round, with the 152nd overall selection, of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft as a shortstop. Pittaro played his first professional season with the Macon Peaches of the Class-A South Atlantic League in 1982. Pittaro moved to second base when he played for the Lakeland Tigers of the Class-A Florida State League in 1983. He was promoted to the Birmingham Barons of the Class-AA Southern League in 1984, where he had a .284 batting average and 11 home runs.\n', '

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