Scott David Schoeneweis (pronounced /ˈʃoʊ.ɨnwaɪs/; born October 2, 1973, in Long Branch, New Jersey) is an American Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher who is currently a free agent.
In the five seasons from 2003–07, 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 2005–06, and then only...
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Scott David Schoeneweis (pronounced /ˈʃoʊ.ɨnwaɪs/; born October 2, 1973, in Long Branch, New Jersey) is an American Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher who is currently a free agent.
In the five seasons from 2003–07, 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 2005–06, 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...
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