Scott Schoeneweis
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Schoeneweis with the New York Mets
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Born: October 2, 1973 Long Branch, New Jersey |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 7, 1999, for the Anaheim Angels | |||
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| May 16, 2010, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 47–57 | ||
| Earned run average | 5.01 | ||
| Strikeouts | 568 | ||
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Scott David Schoeneweis (/ˈʃoʊ.ᵻnwaɪs/; born October 2, 1973) is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher.
In the five seasons from 2003 to 2007, Schoeneweis allowed only one home run to left-handed batters. Left-handed hitters batted .209, with a .264 slugging percentage and .293 on-base percentage, in 227 plate appearances against him from 2005 to 2006, and then only .207 with a .241 slugging percentage in 2007. In 2008, he was even stingier—lefties batted only .178 against him. That was second-best among all major league left-handers.
Through 2010, he had limited lefties to a .229 average.
Schoeneweis grew up in Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey. He attended Lenape High School in Medford, New Jersey, where he lettered in baseball and basketball before playing collegiately at Duke University, where he was a 1993 All-American as a freshman. That season, he had 12 wins, the second-best record in the school's history.
At age 19, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. The cancer had already spread to his lymph nodes. He said he took "6 months of chemotherapy in 3 months," and commented that "it puts things in perspective." Schoeneweis lost 20 pounds during his recovery.
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