Steven Montague Cooke III (born January 14, 1970) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1992–1994 and 1996-1998. He was named as the LHP in the Topps All-Star Rookie Team in 1993. On the final day of the 1992 regular season, Cookie picked up his only MLB save. He pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings to preserve a 2-0 victory over the Mets. He saved the game for starting pitcher Tim Wakefield.

Life

He graduated from

Tigard High School Tigard High School is a public high school located in Tigard, Oregon, United States. It is one of two high schools in the Tigard-Tualatin School District and educated students in grades 9–12. History Tigard High School originally was in a diff ...

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, and attended the

College of Southern Idaho College of Southern Idaho (CSI) is a public community college in Twin Falls, Idaho. It also has off-campus programs in Jerome, Hailey, Burley and Gooding. Until the foundation of the College of Western Idaho in 2007, CSI was one of only two ...

. His ancestors include

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(1730–1816),

Amos Starr Cooke Amos Starr Cooke (December 1, 1810 – March 20, 1871) was an American educator and businessman in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was patriarch of a family that influenced Hawaii during the 20th century. Life Amos Starr Cooke was born in Danbury, ...

(1810–1871), Gerrit P. Judd (1803–1873) and

Albert Francis Judd Albert Francis Judd (January 7, 1838 – May 20, 1900) was a judge of the Kingdom of Hawaii who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court through its transition into part of the United States. Life Judd was born January 7, 1838, at what was ...

(1838–1900). Baseball pioneer Alexander Cartwright was fire chief in Honolulu in the late 19th century and organized school baseball games at Punahou School where many of his ancestors attended.

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* https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cookest01.shtml Baseball players from Hawaii People from Kauai County, Hawaii Pittsburgh Pirates players Cincinnati Reds players Major League Baseball pitchers 1970 births Living people Zion Pioneerzz players Southern Idaho Golden Eagles baseball players People from Tigard, Oregon {{US-baseball-pitcher-1970s-stub