:Scott Sobkowiak

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| image =

| name = Scott Sobkowiak

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|10|26}}

| birth_place = Woodstock, Illinois

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = October 7

| debutyear = 2001

| debutteam = Atlanta Braves

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = October 7

| finalyear = 2001

| finalteam = Atlanta Braves

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 0–0

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 9.00

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 0

|stat2league = CPBL

| stat21label = Win–loss record

| stat21value = 1–2

| stat22label = Earned run average

| stat22value = 4.13

| stat23label = Strikeouts

| stat23value = 14

| teams =

• Atlanta Braves ({{mlby|2001}})
• Chinatrust Whales ({{by|2005}})

| highlights =

}}

Scott David Sobkowiak (born October 26, 1977) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played one game for the Atlanta Braves in {{mlby|2001}}.

Sobkowiak attended the University of Northern Iowa, and in 1997 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=September 25, 2019}} He was selected by Atlanta in the 7th round of the 1998 MLB Draft.

On October 7, 2001, Sobkowiak made his only major league appearance, against the Florida Marlins, giving up one earned run in one inning pitched. In {{Baseball year|2002}}, he played in the Braves' minor leagues and in four games for the Cincinnati Reds High-A affiliate in {{Baseball year|2003}}, before he began his independent league career.

In 2003 and {{Baseball year|2004}}, Sobkowiak played in the independent Frontier League for the Rockford RiverHawks as a starting pitcher. In {{Baseball year|2005}}, he went 8-7 for the Somerset Patriots of the independent Atlantic League. From {{Baseball year|2006}}-{{Baseball year|2007}}, he played for the Atlantic League's Lancaster Barnstormers and went a combined 9-10.