Scott Rolen

Scott Rolen is a Major League Baseball third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds. He was born on April 4, 1975 in Evansville, Indiana. Rolen attended Jasper High School where he was a two sport star and earned accolades for his basketball and baseball ability.http://jockbio.com/Bios/Rolen/Rolen_bio.html He was drated by the Philadelphia Phillies in the second round of the 1993 amateur draft and made his MLB debut with the Phillies on August 1, 1996.http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rolensc01.shtml Scott Rolen played with the Phillies into the 2002 season. He then played for the Saint Louis Cardinals through 2007. Rolen played for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2008 and part of 2009 before being traded to the Reds on August 1, 2009.http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4369798

Scott Rolen began the 2010 season as the starting third basemen for the Cincinnati Reds. He hit a home run in the first game of the season against the Saint Louis Cardinals. During the month of April, Rolen had three 2 hit games and 2 three hit games. His best game was on April 12 against the Florida Marlins when he hit 2 home runs and three runs batted in. For the month of April, Scott Rolen had a .257 batting average with 5 home runs and 10 runs batted in.http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_player_gamebygamelog.jsp?c_id=cin&playerID=121409&statType=1

Rolen had hits in the first 4 games of May including a home run against the New York Mets on May 4. On May 10 and May 11 he had back to back 2 hit games against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Scott Rolen had his third 3 hit game of the season on May 19 versus the Atlanta Braves. He had his second 2 home run game on May 23 against the Cleveland Indians.http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_player_gamebygamelog.jsp?c_id=cin&playerID=121409&statType=1 Rolen ended May with a .280 batting average.

Scott Rolen had hits in his first 8 games in June, which include a 3 hit, 2 home run game against the Cardinals on June 1. He also had 4 hits against the Kansas City Royals on June 11.http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_player_gamebygamelog.jsp?c_id=cin&playerID=121409&statType=1 Rolen got ejected from a game on June 16 against the Los Angeles Dodgers for arguing balls and strikes.

Scott Rolen made his MLB debut with the Philadelphia Phillies on August 1, 1996. He had a .254 batting average and 4 home runs in 37 games. Rolen won the National League Rookie of the Year in 1997 when he hit 21 homes runs, 92 runs batted in, 16 stolen bases and a .283 batting average. The following season, he won the Gold Glove Award for defensive excellence at third base and hit 31 home runs, 110 runs batted in and a .291 average. From 1997 through 2002 he hit at least 20 home runs per season, two times he hit more than 30 and had 3 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in. Rolen won 3 consecutive Gold Glove Awards from 2000 through 2002. He made his first All-Star appearance in 2002 while still with the Philadelphia Phillies.http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rolensc01.shtml Rolen had issues with Phillies manager Larry Bowa and the organization and was traded to the Saint Louis Cardinals on July 29, 2002.http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=121409

Rolen hit 14 home runs in 55 games with the Cardinals in 2002. He made his first career postseason appearance that year but injured his shoulder in the second game of the division series and missed the remainder of the playoffs. in 2003, Rolen had a .284 batting average, 28 home runs, 104 runs batted in and was second in the league in doubles with 49. The following season, Rolen played in his third All-Star game and was the top vote getter in the National League. For the 2004 season, Rolen hit 34 home runs, 124 runs batted in and a .314 batting average. Injuried hindered Scott Rolen in two of his final three seasons with the Cardinals. In 2005 he played in just 56 games and he missed 50 games in 2007.http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=121409

Scott Rolen began the 2008 season with the Toronto Blue Jays on the disabled list after he fractured his middle finger on his right hand during spring training. The injury limited his power and he hit only 11 home runs in 115 games. He was traded from the Blue Jays to the Cincinnati Reds for Edwin Encarnacion on July 31, 2009. Rolen missed 16 games from August 2 through August 22 due to a concussion after he was hit in the head with a pitch from Jason Marquis. He had 11 home runs, 67 runs batted in and a .305 average for the 2009 season.http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=121409