Donovan Alan Osborne (born June 21, 1969) is a former
Major League Baseball
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player who pitched in the Major Leagues from -.
Career
Osborne attended
Carson High School in
Carson City, Nevada
Carson City is an independent city and the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,639, making it the sixth largest city in Nevada. The majority of the city's population lives in Eagle Valley, on the ...
before he was drafted by the
Montreal Expos
The Montreal Expos (french: link=no, Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal, Quebec. The Expos were the first Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located outside the United States. They played in t ...
in the
1987 Major League Baseball Draft
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.
After declining to sign with the Expos, Osborne attended the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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(UNLV), where he played for the
UNLV Rebels
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baseball team. Out of UNLV, Osborne was chosen by the
St. Louis Cardinals
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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
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voting.
Osborne was the Cardinals' Opening Day starter in . In 1996, Osborne won 13 games for the Cardinals, made 30 starts for the only time in his career, pitched innings, and posted a 3.53
earned run average
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. He ranked among the
National League
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top-10 in
walks per nine innings, shutouts,
ERA+, and strike-to-walk ratio.
External links
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1969 births
Living people
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