Steve Schrenk
{{short description|American baseball player & coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|image=Steve Schrenk (43081690251) (cropped).jpg
|caption=Schrenk with the Reading Fightin Phils in 2018
|name=Steve Schrenk
|position=Pitcher
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1968|11|20}}
|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=July 3
|debutyear=1999
|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=July 16
|finalyear=2000
|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Win–loss record
|stat1value=3–6
|stat2label=Earned run average
|stat2value=5.25
|stat3label=Strikeouts
|stat3value=55
|teams=
- Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1999}}–{{mlby|2000}})
}}
Steven Wayne Schrenk (born November 20, 1968) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Career
He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Schrenk played his first professional season with their Rookie league Gulf Coast League White Sox in 1987, and his last with their Triple-A Charlotte Knights in {{by|2002}}. He is currently the pitching coach for the Syracuse Mets.
Schrenk won three games in the major leagues, all with the Phillies. On August 4, 1999, he picked up his only major league save during a 4-1 Phillies victory over the Marlins.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/FLO/FLO199908040.shtml|title=Philadelphia Phillies at Florida Marlins Box Score, August 4, 1999}}
He was formerly Pitching Coach for the Gulf Coast League Phillies as well as for the Phillies' Class A affiliate team, New Jersey’s Lakewood BlueClaws, and the Class AA affiliate, the Reading Phillies, and was the manager/coach of the Canberra Cavalry[http://www.canberracavalry.com.au/?page=65805 Former Philadelphia Phillies Pitcher to Serve as Canberra Cavalry Head Coach], Tom Fraser, Canberra Cavalry, 8 September 2010 (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory) in the Australian Baseball League for the 2011 season. In 2015, he returned to the Philadelphia Phillies organization as a pitching coach for the High-A Clearwater Threshers. He was promoted back to the AA Reading Phillies for the 2016 season. In early 2017, he helped coach the pitching staff for the Granville Blue Aces, a high school in Granville, Ohio, from January until late February 2017.
Schrenk was named as the pitching coach for the Reading Fightin Phils of the 2018 season.
Steve and his wife, Jennefer, launched their business, Pitching Coach Pro, on July 1, 2017.
References
External links
{{Baseballstats |br=s/schrest02 |brm=schren001ste}}
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