Scott Schoeneweis

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Scott David Schoeneweis

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.
School Duke University
High School Lenape High School
Debut April 7, 1999
Born October 2, 1973 in Long Branch, NJ USA

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Scott Schoeneweis began his collegiate career in 1993 with a fine 12-3, 3.12 season for Duke, but then ran into trouble. He battled testicular cancer and required Tommy John surgery for an elbow injury. He went 10-4, 3.23 his senior year, then was taken in the third round of the 1996 amateur draft by the California Angels. He signed and joined the Lake Elsinore Storm, going 8-3 with a 3.94 ERA and tying for the team lead in wins despite joining them midway into the season. In 1997, Scott had a 7-5, 5.96 campaign for the Midland Angels. He bounced back in the Arizona Fall League, going 3-2 with a 1.98 ERA for the Scottsdale Scorpions and finishing second in ERA behind Rolando Arrojo. With the 1998 Vancouver Canadians, the Duke alumnus had a 11-8, 4.50 year. Struggling in AAA in the second half of '99, Scott was 2-4, 7.64 for the Edmonton Trappers, he had spent most of the year with the 1999 Angels. His season was cut short due to a torn medial collateral ligament in his left elbow.

Schoeneweis was a below-average starter but could enough to hold on to a job for the 2000 Angels and 2001 Angels, going 17-18, then went back to the bullpen for much of 2002, when he won a World Series ring. He did a respectable job as a reliever the next year, during which he was traded to the Chicago White Sox. Back in the rotation with the 2004 White Sox, he again did not excel. Returning to bullpen duty with the 2005 Blue Jays, he had a 134 ERA+ in 80 appearances (second in the 2005 AL) as a very good LOOGY and middle reliever.

In 2006, Scott struggled early, going 2-2, 6.18 for the Blue Jays through August 16, but finished strongly after being traded to Cincinnati for cash, going 2-0 with 2 saves for the Reds with a 0.63 ERA in 16 games.

Sources include 1994-2000 Baseball Almanacs, The Big Book of Jewish Baseball by Peter Horvitz and Joachim Horvitz