Donovan Osborne
PositionPitcher
BatsSwitch
ThrowsLeft
Birth dateJune 21, 1969 (age 57)
Birth placeRoseville, California, U.S.
DebutleagueMLB
DebutdateApril 9
Debutyear1992
DebutteamSt. Louis Cardinals
FinalleagueMLB
FinaldateMay 15
Finalyear2004
FinalteamNew York Yankees
StatleagueMLB
Stat1labelWin–loss record
Stat1value49–46
Stat2labelEarned run average
Stat2value4.03
Stat3labelStrikeouts
Stat3value558
Teams

Donovan Alan Osborne (born June 21, 1969) is an American former Major League Baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from to .

Career

Osborne attended Carson High School in Carson City, Nevada before he was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1987 Major League Baseball draft. After declining to sign with the Expos, Osborne attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where he played for the UNLV Rebels baseball team. Out of UNLV, Osborne was chosen by the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round (13th overall) of the 1990 amateur draft.

In the 1992 season, his Major League debut season, Osborne finished fifth in MLB Rookie of the Year Award voting.

Osborne was the Cardinals' Opening Day starter in . In 1996, Osborne won 13 games for the Cardinals, made 30 starts for the only time in his career, pitched 198 2⁄3 innings, and posted a 3.53 earned run average. He ranked among the National League top-10 in walks per nine innings, shutouts, ERA+, and strike-to-walk ratio.