Dan Serafini biography: 13 things about ex-MLB player born in San Francisco, California

Daniel Joseph “Dan” Serafini is a former Major League Baseball player born in San Francisco, California, United States. He attended Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, San Mateo County, California.

On June 25, 1996, Serafini made his MLB debut. He made his Chinese Professional Baseball League debut on August 21, 2002 and his Nippon Professional Baseball debut on April 12, 2004.

Serafini is a resident of Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. From 1996 to 1998, he was a Minnesota Twins player.
2. In 1999, he was a Chicago Cubs player.
3. In 2000, he played for the San Diego Padres and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
4. In 2002, he played for the CPBL team Chinatrust Wales.
5. In 2003, he was a Cincinnati Red player.
6. From 2004 to 2005, he played for the NPB team Chiba Lotte Marines.
7. From 2006 to 2007, he was an Orix Buffaloes player. In 2007, he was a Colorado Rockies player.
8. In 2010, he played for the Cañeros de Los Mochis in the Mexican Pacific League and the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League.
9. In February 2011, he appeared for Mexico in the Caribbean Series.
10. In 2012, he began the season with the Mexican League and ended up with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League. His last game was on August 26, 2012. On November 23, 2012, he signed with the MPL team Naranjeros de Hermosillo.
11. He and his wife own The Oak Tavern, a bar in Spark, Washoe County. The bar was featured on the “Bar Rescue” episode aired on June 28, 2015.
12. On June 5, 2021, he and Samantha Scott allegedly shot Robert Gary Sopher, 70, in North Lake Tahoe, California and Sopher’s wife Wendy Sopher, then 68. Robert was pronounced dead while Wendy survived but died in 2022.
13. He was 49 years old when he was arrested on October 20, 2023 by investigators from the Placer County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Tri-County Special Response Team, the Trident Task Force, the Winnemucca Police Department, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Task Force.