Simon Rosenbaum (baseball)

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Simon Rosenbaum
First baseman/Pitcher
Born: (1993-12-28) December 28, 1993 (age 30)
Los Altos Hills, California
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Simon Rosenbaum (סימון רוזנבאום; born December 28, 1993) is an

American-Israeli baseball first baseman. He plays for the Israel National Baseball Team. He played for Team Israel at the 2019 European Baseball Championship. He also played for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019, which Israel won to qualify to play baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
in Tokyo.

Early and personal life

Rosenbaum was born and grew up in

bar mitzvah.[2] His father Amir was born in Israel, and immigrated to the United States as a child.[2][3][4] His paternal grandfather was born in Germany.[4]

He attended Los Altos High School ('12), where Rosenbaum played both baseball and basketball.[5][6][2] In baseball, he was an All-League selection his junior and senior seasons.[3] He is 6' 6", and 230 pounds (198 cm, 104 kg).[6]

College

Rosenbaum then attended

Tommy John surgery.[10][11][2][9] He switched to playing first base while he was rehabbing.[2] In 2013 he ranked second in the United States among Division III players with a .474 batting average, while leading them in both doubles and on-base percentage.[2][4] D3Baseball.com and ABCA/Rawlings each named him a Division III First Team All-American, and he was named the West Region Player of the Year.[2]

On March 6, 2014, he was named the NCAA Division III National Hitter of the Week.

collective bargaining agreement on the first-year player draft.[9] For his college career he batted .376 with 23 home runs, 64 doubles, and over 160 RBIs, while pitching to a 7-3 record.[7]

In 2015 Rosenbaum played for the Vermont Mountaineers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League.[6] He batted .245/.288/.327 with no home runs and six RBIs in 49 at bats.[6]

Brussels Kangaroos

After college, Rosenbaum was a player/coach for the Brussels Kangaroos in Belgium.[16]

Team Israel

Rosenbaum plays for the Israel National Baseball Team.

In the summer of 2014 Rosenbaum played for Israel at the 2014 European Pool C Championships qualifying round in Ljubljana, Slovenia, at which Israel won the tournament.[2] He was named the tournament MVP, as he was 9-for-17 with four home runs and 10 RBIs.[22][16]

Rosenbaum played for Team Israel in the B Pool in Vienna, Austria, in 2015.[16]

He played for Team Israel at the 2019 European Baseball Championship, and hit the game-tying home run in the 2019 B Pool Championship game against Russia in the bottom of the 8th.[16][23][24]

He also played for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019, which Israel won to qualify to play baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[25] He played right field and DH and batted .133/.167/.133 in the tournament.[26]

Tampa Bay Rays scout and coordinator

In 2017 Rosenbaum was an advance scouting intern with the Tampa Bay Rays.[9] In January 2019 he was hired by the Rays as a coordinator for baseball development.[27]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Simon Rosenbaum - New England Collegiate Baseball League - player | Pointstreak Sports Technologies". Baseball.pointstreak.com. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Simon Rosenbaum: Israel baseball's secret weapon". Jewish Baseball News. 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  3. ^ a b "Sagehen Star: P-P Pitcher's Real Life Game Theory | The Student Life". Tsl.news. 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  4. ^ a b c d "AppleSox player to join Israeli national team". wenatcheeworld.com. 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  5. ^ "Baseball defeats Los Altos, advances to SCVAL Championship"
  6. ^ a b c d "Simon Rosenbaum Amateur Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  7. ^ a b "Lafayette & Pomona - Headfirst Alumni Spotlight Vol. 3 – Headfirst Honor Roll Camps". Headfirsthonorroll.com. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  8. ^ "Simon Rosenbaum". Sagen Hens Athletics.
  9. ^ a b c d Patricia Zurita (2017-04-12). "After Pomona, Math Grads Find Home in Major League Baseball | Pomona College in Claremont, California - Pomona College". Pomona.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  10. ^ "2013 All-West Region"
  11. ^ "2013 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  12. ^ "NCBWA > Division III Players of the Week". Sportswriters.net. 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  13. ^ "Three SCAC Baseball Student-Athletes Named to Capital One Academic All-District Team"
  14. ^ "Wyatt Chosen Second Team All-West Region by D3baseball.com"
  15. ^ "D3baseball.com 2014 All-America team"
  16. ^ a b c d e "IAB - Israel Association of Baseball - Simon Rosenbaum - Team Israel 2019". Baseball.org.il. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  17. ^ "Frank Pericolosi"
  18. ^ "SCIAC Is Proud To Announce Baseball All-Academic Team"
  19. ^ "Maiolo Named to Preseason All-America Team"
  20. ^ "Weston Silverberg Named Jewish Sports Review College Baseball All-American"
  21. ^ "Pitzer Student Samuel Fox '15 Wins SCIAC Baseball Athlete of the Year". Pitzer.edu. 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  22. ^ "Simon Rosenbaum: Israel baseball's secret weapon". Jewish Baseball News. 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  23. ^ "Two Weeks, Two Championship Victories for Israel Baseball"
  24. ^ "Europei, l’Italia non muore mai: vicina alla sconfitta, rimonta Israele e vola in finale!"
  25. ^ "Moving on up". Jewish Baseball News. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  26. ^ "Rosenbaum, Simon," olympicbaseball.wbsc.org.
  27. ^ "Rays name Minor League coaching staffs for 2019". MLB.com.

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