Brian Leonard Rose (born February 13, 1976) is an American former
professional baseball
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player. He was a
pitcher
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in
Major League Baseball
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(MLB) for four different teams from 1997 to 2001, primarily the
Boston Red Sox
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. Listed at and , he threw and batted right-handed.
Biography
Rose played high school baseball and was named the
Gatorade Massachusetts Player of the Year in his senior year at
Dartmouth High School. To date, his
uniform number
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19 is one of just three to be retired by Dartmouth High School and his jersey now hangs in the Carlin Lynch Memorial Gymnasium.
Rose was drafted in the third round of the
1994 MLB draft
First round selections
The following are the first round picks in the 1994 Major League Baseball draft.
Compensation picks
Compensation Picks
Other notable players
*Troy Glaus, 2nd round, 37th overall by the San Diego Padres, but did not ...
by the
Boston Red Sox
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. In the process, he turned down several scholarship offers, including a baseball scholarship to the
University of Michigan
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. Rose had an 11-season
Minor League Baseball career,
winning the
International League Most Valuable Pitcher Award in 1997. He pitched in 68 major league games (54 starts) between July 1997 and May 2001, registering a career
earned run average
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of 5.86 with a 15–23
win–loss record
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.
Rose also spent time in the
Tampa Bay Rays
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,
Colorado Rockies,
New York Mets
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,
Cincinnati Reds, and
Kansas City Royals organizations.
Since retiring from his baseball career, Rose is employed by the office of the
Bristol County, Massachusetts, district attorney, where he leads community affairs endeavors. He served as the pitching coach the
New Bedford Bay Sox of the
New England Collegiate Baseball League
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. At the high school level, Rose has coached the
Bishop Stang High School
Bishop Stang High School is a private Catholic high school located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, in the New England region of the United States. It was the first diocesan secondary school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River, which inc ...
varsity baseball team since 2016. He has also coached
ice hockey
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at Dartmouth High School. Rose volunteers with the
Boys & Girls Club of
Fall River, Massachusetts
Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The City of Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States Census, making it the tenth-largest city in the state.
Located along the eastern shore of Mount H ...
, and helps out at their Camp Welch facility in
Assonet, Massachusetts
Assonet is one of two villages in the town of Freetown, Massachusetts in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. An original part of the town, Assonet was settled in 1659 along with the city of Fall River, then a part of Freetown. It rest ...
. He has also run his own baseball camp.
References
External links
1976 births
Living people
People from New Bedford, Massachusetts
Baseball players from Massachusetts
Boston Red Sox players
Colorado Rockies players
New York Mets players
Tampa Bay Devil Rays players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Arizona League Royals players
Chattanooga Lookouts players
Durham Bulls players
Gulf Coast Royals players
Louisville Bats players
Michigan Battle Cats players
Pawtucket Red Sox players
Trenton Thunder players
Wichita Wranglers players
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