Editing Barry Zito (section)

==Activism==
===Philanthropy===
Zito founded the charity ''Strikeouts For Troops''. The charity provides the comforts of home and works to lift the spirits and morale of injured US troops and offers support to military families.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://strikeoutsfortroops.org/ |title=Strikeouts for Troops |access-date=November 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230153742/http://strikeoutsfortroops.org/ |archive-date=December 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 2010, Zito announced that he would donate $1,500 for every strikeout in the Giants–Padres game on September 11.<ref>{{cite web |last=Haft |first=Chris |url=http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100911&content_id=14547392&notebook_id=14547682&vkey=notebook_sf&c_id=sf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004154/http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100911&content_id=14547392&notebook_id=14547682&vkey=notebook_sf&c_id=sf |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |title=Zito makes pledge to charity in honor of 9/11 |website=San Francisco Giants|publisher=MLB |date=September 11, 2010 |access-date=April 2, 2012}}</ref> There were a total of 14 strikeouts in the game.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2010/B09110SDN2010.htm |title=San Diego Padres 1, San Francisco Giants 0 |work=[[Retrosheet]] |access-date=April 2, 2012}}</ref>