Donovan Osborne | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Roseville, California, U.S. | June 21, 1969|
Batted: Switch Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
April 9, 1992, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 15, 2004, for the New York Yankees | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 49–46 |
Earned run average | 4.03 |
Strikeouts | 558 |
Teams | |
Donovan Alan Osborne (born June 21,1969) is a former Major League Baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1992-2004.
Osborne attended Carson High School in Carson City,Nevada before he was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1987 Major League Baseball Draft. After declining to sign with the Expos,Osborne attended the University of Nevada,Las Vegas (UNLV),where he played for the UNLV Rebels baseball team. Out of UNLV,Osborne was chosen by the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round (13th overall) of the 1990 amateur draft.
In the 1992 season,his Major League debut season,Osborne finished fifth in MLB Rookie of the Year Award voting.
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