Steven Craig Register (born May 16, 1983) is an American former professional baseball

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

Career

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in , which was a league high. The

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selected him in the Rule 5 Draft from the Rockies in December , and he was added to their 40-man roster. He was sent back to the Rockies on March 28, 2008. On August 4, , he was called up to the MLB by the

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. On May 20, 2009, Register was claimed off waivers by the

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. He was called up to the majors on July 25, 2009. On January 19, 2010, Register signed a minor league deal with the

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with an invite to 2010 Spring Training.

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1983 births Living people Baseball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Baseball players from Columbus, Georgia Colorado Rockies players Colorado Springs Sky Sox players Major League Baseball pitchers Modesto Nuts players Pan American Games medalists in baseball Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Philadelphia Phillies players Tri-City Dust Devils players Tulsa Drillers players United States national baseball team players Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games {{US-baseball-pitcher-1980s-stub