Chris Madonna/pagetext
From SABR Encyclopedia
Played in the 2000 Olympics for Italy. Also played for Cantine Ceci Parma in Italy's Serie A1, the top level of the Italian professional league. Madonna was a .400 hitter for the Parma team with 15 home runs, 39 runs batted in, a .540 on-base percentage and a .522 slugging percentage. Also played for Italy during the 2001 Baseball World Cup where he hit .286 with a .348 on-base percentage and a .429 slugging percentage to lead the Italian team during World Cup play.[1]