Steve Rosenberg
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Steven Allen Rosenberg
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 6' 0", Weight 186 lb.
- School University of Florida
- Debut June 4, 1988
- Final Game May 26, 1991
- Born October 31, 1964 in Brooklyn, NY USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Steve Rosenberg was 2-2 with a 2.06 ERA for the University of Florida in 1985 and followed with a 5-4, 4.81 season. The New York Yankees picked him in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft and assigned him to the Oneonta Yankees, where he saved three of four games, striking out 10 and allowing four hits and one run in nine innings. Promoted to the Fort Lauderdale Yankees, he was 6-1 with three saves and a 2.12 ERA in 25 outings.
Rosenberg continued his rapid rise through the Yankee chain in 1987, going 4-4 with 15 saves and a 2.25 for the Albany-Colonie Yankees and getting promoted to the Columbus Clippers. The 22-year-old did okay in AAA, with a 4-1 record, two saves and a 4.08 ERA.
That fall, Steve was dealt with Dan Pasqua and Mark Salas to the Chicago White Sox for Richard Dotson and Scott Nielsen. Chicago initially assigned him to the Vancouver Canadians, where he went 2-0 with three saves and a 3.33 ERA in 20 appearances. Called up to Chicago, Rosenberg was 0-1 with a save and a 4.30 ERA for the 1988 White Sox. That winter, he was 1-4 with a 4.10 ERA for the Lobos de Arecibo.
Converted to a starter, Rosenberg had his only full year in the majors in 1989 but his 4-13, 4.94 line meant that he led Chicago in defeats. He returned to Arecibo that winter. Rosenberg was with Chicago in May of 1990, going 1-0 with a 5.40 ERA in six games. He spent most of the year back in Vancouver, where he was 6-5 with 8 saves and a 3.57 ERA in 40 games, only 7 of them starts.
The next spring, Steve was dealt to the San Diego Padres with Adam Peterson in exchange for Joey Cora, Warren Newson and Kevin Garner. For San Diego, he was 1-1 with a 6.94 ERA in 10 games but spenbt most of the year with the Las Vegas Stars (2-4, 7.54, 95 H in 68 IP). He was traded to the New York Mets for Jeff Gardner that winter. His career line for the major leagues was 6-15, 4.94 in 87 outings.
Never pitching in the Mets system, Rosenberg resurfaced briefly with the '93 Riverside Pilots, a Seattle Mariners affiliate. He pitched in six games, striking out 13 in 8 innings and allowing one run, picking up one save.
Sources: 1987-1994 Baseball Almanacs, Thebaseballcube.com for college stats, The Big Book of Jewish Baseball by Peter Horvitz and Joachim Horvitz (the Horvitz book claims that Rosenberg pitched 10 complete games in the 1985 NCAA postseason - this is incorrect; he pitched one such outing)
