Steve Senteney

Stephen Leonard Senteney III (August 7, 1955 – June 18, 1989) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played briefly in 1982 with the Toronto Blue Jays. He batted and threw right-handed and had a 0–0 record, with a 4.91 ERA, in 11 games, in his one-year career. Following his single season with Toronto, the Blue Jays traded him to the New York Mets for Jorge Orta.^[1]

Senteney was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Senteney attended Casa Roble High School where he tried out for and was cut from the school's baseball team each of his first three years. After graduating in 1973, he served in the United States Marine Corps before enrolling at American River College. He played college baseball at American River but was cut during his first season. He next enrolled at Sierra College where he was cut from the baseball team before the start of the season. He dropped out and played amateur baseball in Sacramento, performing well enough to earn a scholarship to play for the Saint Mary's Gaels.^[2]

Senteney was killed in an automobile accident in Colusa, California at age 33.^[3]

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