Nate Rolison
{{short description|American baseball player (born 1977)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Nate Rolison
|position=First baseman
|image=
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1977|3|27|mf=y}}
|birth_place=Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 5
|debutyear=2000
|debutteam=Florida Marlins
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 30
|finalyear=2000
|finalteam=Florida Marlins
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Batting average
|stat1value=.077
|stat2label=Home runs
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=Runs batted in
|stat3value=2
|teams=
- Florida Marlins ({{mlby|2000}})
}}
Nathan Mardis Rolison (born March 27, 1977) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) in {{baseball year|2000}} for the Florida Marlins. He batted left and threw right-handed.
Career
Rolison attended Petal High School in Mississippi where he carried a 4.0 grade point average and was named the state's high school baseball player of the year. He was selected by the Marlins in the second round of the 1995 MLB draft and, according to the Sun-Sentinel, was the highest-rated power hitter in that year's draft. He committed to play college baseball at Miami over a competing offer from Stanford and, according to Miami recruiter Turtle Thomas, was the first recruit ever to do so.{{cite news |last1=Edes |first1=Gordon |last2=O'Brien |first2=Dave |title=Marlins Pick for Power |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1995-06-02-9506020035-story.html |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=Sun Sentinel |date=June 2, 1995 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701231900/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1995-06-02-9506020035-story.html |archive-date=July 1, 2021}} He ultimately elected to sign with the Marlins and received a then-record signing bonus.{{cite news |last1=Sickels |first1=John |title=DRAFT00 - The 1995 NL draft in review |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/draft00/s/2000/0602/563189.html |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=ESPN.com |publisher=ESPN |date=June 2, 2000}}
Rolison made his Major League debut in September 2000 and struggled in his limited time in the majors. His only Major League hit, a single, came off of Wayne Gomes in the penultimate game of the season. That fall, while working out with the Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball team, Rolison broke three bones in his wrist, an injury which required surgery and which Rolison later called "the beginning of the end" of his career. He would never return to the Major Leagues.{{cite news |last1=Christensen |first1=Mike |title=Twenty years ago, Nate Rolison's baseball career hit a peak, then took an unfortunate turn |url=https://mississippiscoreboard.com/twenty-years-ago-nate-rolisons-baseball-career-hit-a-peak-then-took-an-unfortunate-turn-by-mike-christensen/ |access-date=27 March 2023 |publisher=Mississippi Scoreboard |date=22 September 2020}}
References
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External links
{{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=r/rolisna01 |fangraphs= |brm=roliso001nat }}
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