Dan Rothem
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| Israel National Team – No. 32 | |||
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Born: December 3, 1976 Tel Aviv, Israel |
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Dan Rothem (born December 3, 1976) is an Israeli baseball player.
Rothem played for the Tel Aviv Lightning during the 2007 Israel Baseball League season. Following the first and only season of the Israel baseball league, Rothem won the MVP award.
Rothem has represented Israel national baseball team in international tournaments. Rothem was on the roster for Israel at the World Baseball Classic during the 2013 qualifier, however he did not enter a game. Rothem along with Shlomo Lipetz and Alon Leichman were the only three players on the team to hold Israeli citizenship.
Rothem represented Israel during the qualifying round of the 2010 European Baseball Championship. During the opening game against Bulgaria, Rothem was the starting pitcher and went 6.2 innings, while giving up 4 hits, no runs, while recording 1 walk and 3 strikeouts. Rothem did not start the second game, against Croatia, but entered in the 9th inning as a pitch hitter for Daniel Maddy-Weitzman and struck out swinging. During the third game, against Serbia, Rothem was once again the starting pitcher, lasting 5 innings while giving up 1 run on 5 hits, 1 walk and struck out 7. During the fourth and final game of the qualifier, against Lithuania, Rothem entered the game as a defensive replacement as catcher in the 2nd inning, and went 4 for 4.
Rothem competed for Israel during the qualifying round of the 2012 European Baseball Championship. During the opening game of the qualifier, Rothem started as short stop batting fifth and went 0 for 2 with three walks, an RBI and stole a base. During the second game against Great Britain, Rothem again started at short stop and batted sixth, going 1 for 4 with a walk and getting an RBI with a strike out. During the third game against Lithuania, Rothem was the starting pitcher and threw a compete game (8 innings due to the (mercy rule), while giving up 6 hits, 2 earned runs, with 2 walks and 7 strikeouts. During the first game of the finals, Rothem was the starting short stop and went 0 for 5 with an RBI and a strike out. During the second game of the home/away finals, Rothem was the starting short stop and batted fifth, going 0 for 2 with 2 walks.
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