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Michael Christopher Cervenak (born August 17, 1976) is an American former professional baseball third baseman, who played in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies in .
Until Cervenak made his big league debut with the Phillies on July 11, 2008, he was a career minor leaguer, and the embodiment of a journeyman player, having spent time in three minor league organizations at several levels of play, overseas in the KBO League, and in an independent league. Having spent an extensive part of his career playing for the Norwich Navigators, residents of the area dubbed him the "Mayor of Norwich."
Cervenak was signed out of the Frontier League by the New York Yankees organization, playing 38 games and batting .329 at Single-A Greensboro Bats over the rest of the year. He spent all of and at Double-A Norwich, hitting 21 and tallying 91 RBI in the last year of his Yankees career. He was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the Rule 5 draft at the end of the 2002 season. Cervenak remained at Norwich for the and seasons, now a member of the Giants' farm system. He batted .270 with 20 home runs and 91 RBI in 2003 when he was named to the All-Star team, and he won the minor league triple crown in 2004. He led the Giants organization in batting average (.328), home runs (26), and RBIs (98) between Norwich and Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies. The Giants sent him to the Arizona Fall League to aid his development at the end of the season. He was named a post-season All-Star for the 2004 season.
Cervenak spent the entire season at Fresno, leading the league in RBIs with 103. He also batted .338 with runners in scoring position over the course of the 2005 season, had two 11-game hitting streaks in the year, and was named a mid-season All-Star. His overall batting average for the year was .312, and he led the team in games played at third base with 50, though he also played 75 games at first base. Cervenak led the team in games played, , hits and runs batted in; however, the Giants released him at the end of the season. Rather than returning to American affiliated baseball, Cervenak chose to sign with the Kia Tigers of the Korean Baseball League. He opened the season poorly, batting only .224. The Tigers released him, and Cervenak returned to Fresno, batting .413 over his first 12 games. Throughout the year, he managed to play all over the infield, playing first base, Second baseman and third base, and as a designated hitter. Cervenak played for Norfolk Tides, an Orioles affiliate, in , where he batted .283 in 140 games. He hit 15 home runs, batted in 78 runs, and had an OPS of .740. He led the team in RBIs and home runs, as well as games played (140), at-bats (554), runs scored (69), and hits (157).
In between, Cervenak played winter ball from 2006 through 2013 for several clubs of the Dominican Republic PBL, Mexican PL, and Venezuelan PBL circuits.
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