[3] He attended Harbor High School, and was named the Santa Cruz Sentinel's All-Santa Cruz County high school baseball player of the year after he had a .493 batting average and a 1.13 earned run average (ERA).

[5] He was a member of the "original Dirtbags", the Long Beach State 49ers baseball players who practiced on a dirt field while the university renovated their facilities, which generated a new nickname that stuck.

[6] With Long Beach State, Urbani played as a pitcher, a first baseman, and a designated hitter.

[8] Urbani was selected in the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft three times without signing.

[4] The Cardinals promoted Urbani to the major leagues on April 21, 1993, when René Arocha needed surgery for a broken finger.

[8][4] The Cardinals shuttled Urbani back and forth between St. Louis and Louisville, promoting him to the major leagues four times during the 1993 season.

On June 7, 1996, the Cardinals traded Urbani and Miguel Inzunza to the Detroit Tigers for Micah Franklin and Brian Maxcy.

[13][5] He signed a minor league contract with Boston Red Sox in 1998 and attended spring training with them, but was released before the beginning of the season.

[1] Afterwards, he guided Rimini to the best-of-seven championship series with a victory over the Nettuno Baseball Club.