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词条 Kennie Steenstra
释义

  1. High school

  2. Draft

  3. Minor leagues

  4. Major leagues

  5. After the majors

  6. External links

{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Kennie Steenstra
|position=Pitcher
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1970|10|13|}}
|birth_place=Springfield, Missouri
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=May 21
|debutyear=1998
|debutteam=Chicago Cubs
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=June 7
|finalyear=1998
|finalteam=Chicago Cubs
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Earned run average
|stat1value=10.80
|stat2label=Win-Loss
|stat2value=0-0
|stat3label=Strikeouts
|stat3value=4
|teams=
  • Chicago Cubs ({{Baseball year|1998}})

}}

Kenneth Gregory Steenstra (born October 13, 1970 in Springfield, Missouri) is a former right-handed pitcher and current Pitching Coach for the Bowie Baysox. He attended Wichita State University. At 6'5" tall and 220 pounds, he pitched four games for the {{Baseball year|1998}} Chicago Cubs.

High school

Kennie attended Plato High School, in south central Missouri. Steenstra broke the record for being the winningest high school pitcher with 65 victories.

Draft

Steenstra was selected in the 12th round, 331st overall by the Cubs in the {{Baseball year|1992}} draft.

Minor leagues

Steenstra was used almost entirely as a starter in his pre-major league pro career. In fact, he was used as a reliever only four times. He saw quite a bit of success in the minors, with a string of three very successful seasons between 1992 and {{Baseball year|1994}}. In 1992, with the Geneva Cubs and Peoria Chiefs, he went a combined 9-3 with a 1.89 earned run average. In {{Baseball year|1993}} he went 14-6, and in 1994 he went 9-7 with a 2.61 ERA for the Orlando Cubs.

Major leagues

On May 21, {{Baseball year|1998}} at the age of 27, Steenstra made his major league debut wearing number 49 for the Cubs. In one inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers, he gave up one hit, one walk, struck out one and surrendered no runs. Overall, he finished with a 10.80 ERA in 3⅓ innings, striking out four, but giving up two home runs (the first to Javy López and the second to Magglio Ordóñez). In total, he gave up seven hits and allowed two runners to steal against him. He played his final game on June 7. During the 1998 season, Steenstra earned $170,000.

After the majors

After his brief stint in the majors, Steenstra bounced around in the minors until {{Baseball year|2002}} in the Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles and Florida Marlins organizations.

In between, he played winter ball with the Águilas del Zulia and Leones del Caracas clubs of the Venezuelan League during two seasons spanning 1995–1998.

Following his playing days, he has worked as a pitching coach for the Lincoln Saltdogs (2004), Delmarva Shorebirds (2005–2006) and Frederick Keys (2014).

Steenstra was hired to be the pitching coach for the Bowie Baysox AA affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles for 2018.

External links

{{Baseballstats|br=s/steenke01|brm=steens001ken}}, or Retrosheet, or The Baseball Gauge, or Venezuelan Professional Baseball League{{Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year navbox}}{{1991 College Baseball Consensus All-Americans}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Steenstra, Kennie}}

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