Leonel Rosales (born May 28, 1981) is a former

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. He played in

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for the

Arizona Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamondbacks (colloquially known as the D-backs) are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix. The Diamondbacks compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The f ...

and later pitched in the

Mexican Baseball League The Mexican League (, ) is a professional baseball league based in Mexico and the oldest running professional league in the country. The league has 18 teams organized in two divisions, North and South. Teams play 114 games each season. Five te ...

and the Atlantic League.

Career

Before and during his time at

California State University, Northridge California State University, Northridge (CSUN or Cal State Northridge) is a public university in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. With a total enrollment of 38,551 students (as of Fall 2021), it has the second largest un ...

Rosales played with the Boyle Heights Giants traveling baseball team est. 1988, and the East L.A. Dodgers, a SCC baseball team, his number 11 was retired on December 15, 2008 Rosales graduated from

Reseda High School Reseda Charter High School (RCHS), established in 1955, is located in the Reseda section of the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, United States. In the fall of 2018, the school became a charter and is now Reseda Charter Hig ...

in 1999. Rosales attended California State University, Northridge and was drafted by the

San Diego Padres The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1969, the club has won two NL penna ...

in the 20th round (581st overall) of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft. He spent 4½ seasons in the Padres system. On July 27, , he was acquired by the Arizona Diamondbacks for

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. He had been out with a right hand injury since June 5, 2007, when the Arizona Diamondbacks acquired him. He played in the winter of 2007 in the

Mexican Pacific League The Mexican Pacific League (), known as Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons or simply LMP for its acronym in Spanish, is a professional baseball winter league based in Northern Mexico. The ten-team regular season schedule run ...

with the

Naranjeros de Hermosillo The Naranjeros de Hermosillo ( en, Hermosillo Orange Growers) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican Pacific League based in Hermosillo, Sonora. The Naranjeros are one of the most successful teams in the league with 16 titles and they we ...

. Rosales made his Major League debut on June 15, , for the Diamondbacks. In 3 seasons at the pro level, Rosales went 5-2 with a 5.01 ERA in 76 appearances. After not pitching for any teams in 2011, Rosales returned to baseball in 2012 with the

Acereros de Monclova The Acereros de Monclova (English: Monclova Steelers) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico. Their home ballpark is Estadio de Béisbol Monclova, which has a capacity of 11,000 people. The Acere ...

of the

Mexican League The Mexican League (, ) is a professional baseball league based in Mexico and the oldest running professional league in the country. The league has 18 teams organized in two divisions, North and South. Teams play 114 games each season. Five te ...

. He later pitched for the

Camden Riversharks The Camden Riversharks were an American professional baseball team based in Camden, New Jersey, from 2001 to 2015. They were a member of the Liberty Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, which was not at that time affiliat ...

of the Atlantic League. On September 18, he was traded to the

Long Island Ducks The Long Island Ducks are an American professional minor-league baseball team based on Long Island in Central Islip, New York. The Ducks compete in the North Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB), an independent "partne ...

for Reid Gorecki. That year he pitched a combined 8-3 with a 3.03 ERA in 68 appearances. He was re-signed by Long Island for the 2013 season. He was elected as an All-Star for the Liberty Division in the Atlantic League All-Star Game. At the break he was 2-2 with a 1.95 ERA in 28 appearances and 15 saves. On May 27, 2014, Rosales signed with the

Leones de Yucatán The Leones de Yucatán (English: Yucatán Lions) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League. The team play its home games at Parque Kukulcán Alamo in Mérida, Yucatán. The Leones have won the Mexican League title five times in , , , ...

of the

. On July 1, 2015, Rosales was traded to the

Rieleros de Aguascalientes The Rieleros de Aguascalientes (English: Aguascalientes Railroaders) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Aguascalientes, Mexico. History Baseball arrived in Aguascalientes in hand with the railroad at the beginning o ...

. On December 14, 2015, Rosales was traded to the

. He became a free agent after the 2015 season. On March 30, 2017, Rosales signed back with the

. He was traded to the

Vaqueros Unión Laguna The ''vaquero'' (; pt, vaqueiro, , ) is a horse-mounted livestock herder of a tradition that has its roots in the Iberian Peninsula and extensively developed in Mexico from a methodology brought to Latin America from Spain. The vaquero became t ...

on June 20, 2017. Rosales announced his retirement from professional baseball on January 10, 2018.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosales, Leo 1981 births Living people Acereros de Monclova players American expatriate baseball players in Mexico Arizona Diamondbacks players Baseball players from Los Angeles Cal State Northridge Matadors baseball players Camden Riversharks players Eugene Emeralds players Fort Wayne Wizards players Lake Elsinore Storm players Leones de Ponce players Leones de Yucatán players Long Island Ducks players Major League Baseball pitchers Mayos de Navojoa players Mexican League baseball pitchers Mobile BayBears players Naranjeros de Hermosillo players Peoria Saguaros players Portland Beavers players Reno Aces players Tucson Sidewinders players Venados de Mazatlán players Vaqueros Unión Laguna players