Scott Schoeneweis
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
- Final Game May 16, 2010
- Born October 2, 1973 in Long Branch, NJ USA
Biographical Information[edit]
Scott Schoeneweis began his collegiate career in 1993 with a fine 12-3, 3.12 season for Duke University, 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 was signed by scout Tom Burns 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 1999, Scott was 2-4, 7.64 for the Edmonton Trappers, he had spent most of the year with the major league Angels. His season was cut short due to a torn medial collateral ligament in his left elbow.
Schoeneweis was a below-average starter but did enough to hold on to a job for the Angels in 2000 and 2001, 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 White Sox in 2004, he again did not excel. Returning to bullpen duty with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2005, he had a 134 ERA+ in 80 appearances (second in the American League) as a very good LOOGY and middle reliever.
In 2006, Scott struggled early, going 2-2, 6.18 for the Blue Jays through August 16th, but finished strongly after being traded to the Cincinnati Reds for cash, going 2-0 with 2 saves with a 0.63 ERA in 16 games. In 2007 and 2008, he pitched for the New York Mets, logging 70 and 73 appearances as the main lefthander out of the bullpen.
Tragedy struck his family on May 20, 2009 when his wife Gabrielle was found dead at their house in Fountain Hills, AZ, leaving him and his four young children bereaved. An investigation later revealed the cause of death to be a drug overdose. Schoeneweis left the Diamondbacks for three weeks after the event and pitched poorly after his return to action, going 1-2 with a 7.12 ERA for the year. After the season, he signed with the Milwaukee Brewers for the 2010 campaign but was released at the end of spring training; he then found a job with the Boston Red Sox.
Schoeneweis is the cousin of former agent and current Boston Red Sox senior advisor Jeremy Kapstein.
Sources include 1994-2000 Baseball Almanacs, The Big Book of Jewish Baseball by Peter Horvitz and Joachim Horvitz
Notable Achievements[edit]
- 200 Innings Pitched Seasons: 1 (2001)
- Won a World Series with the Anaheim Angels in 2002
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