Charles Vincent "Vinnie" Chulk (born December 19,
1978 in Miami, Florida) is reliever for the San
Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.
Chulk played baseball at the Perrine Khoury League
throughout much of his childhood, and graduated in
1996 from Palmetto Senior High School. That year, he
was named MVP and received Best Pitcher Award. He
defeated the Southridge Spartans during the playoffs
in 1996, the team that had cut him the year prior.
He attended St. Thomas University in Miami, where he
graduated in 2000, majoring in Sports Management.
Chulk played college baseball and received Best
Pitcher Award of the Sun Conference in 1998, 1999,
2000 and the Regional Pitcher of the Year Award in
his senior year.
Before Chulk was traded to the San Francisco Giants
in the National League, he played for the Toronto
Blue Jays of the American League. On July 21, 2006,
he was traded by Toronto to San Francisco with Shea
Hillenbrand in exchange for reliever Jeremy Accardo.
