{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1957)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Steve Fireovid |position=Pitcher |image=Steve Fireovid.jpg |bats=Switch |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1957|6|6}} |birth_place=Bryan, Ohio, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 6 |debutyear=1981 |debutteam=San Diego Padres |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=April 14 |finalyear=1992 |finalteam=Texas Rangers |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=3–1 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=3.39 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=27 |teams= * San Diego Padres ({{mlby|1981}}, {{mlby|1983}}) * Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1984}}) * Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1985}}) * Seattle Mariners ({{mlby|1986}}) * Texas Rangers ({{mlby|1992}}) }}
'''Stephen John Fireovid''' (born June 6, 1957), is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, and Texas Rangers, in all or part of six seasons, between {{by|1981}} and {{by|1992}}. He never pitched in more than 10 games in any one MLB season.
==Career== He played college baseball at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, from {{by|1976}} to {{by|1978}}. In 1977, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=September 25, 2019}}</ref>
In {{by|1990}}, while pitching for the Montreal Expos’ Triple-A affiliate Indianapolis Indians, Fireovid composed a journal of his experiences. The journal was turned into a book, ''The 26th Man: One Minor League Pitcher's Pursuit of a Dream'', in 1991. The book was co-authored by Mark Winegardner.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fireovid |first=Steve |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OlUfZP3NlK0C |title=The 26th Man: One Minor League Pitcher's Pursuit of a Dream |date=1996-07-28 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-0-8032-6891-3 |language=en}}</ref> Fireovid's career is also profiled with a chapter in the book ''Journeymen: 24 Bittersweet Tales of Short Major League Sports Careers'' by Kurt Dusterberg.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dusterberg |first=Kurt William |url=https://archive.org/details/journeymen24bitt0000dust |title=Journeymen : 24 bittersweet tales of short major league sports careers |date=2007 |publisher=Wilmington, Ohio : Orange Frazer Press |isbn=978-1-933197-36-4}}</ref>
In 1995, Fireovid was a replacement player in spring training for the Florida Marlins during the ongoing strike.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Niedzielka |first=Amy |date=1995-02-19 |title=Reluctant replacement |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/639177250/?match=1&clipping_id=172421303 |access-date=2025-05-15 |work=The Miami Herald |pages=16C}}</ref>
Fireovid was initially married to Patty, with whom he has three children, Joseph, Samuel, and Thomas. Subsequently, he wed Michele and had two children, Adam and Rachel.<ref>{{cite news |last=Edes |first=Gordon |date=March 10, 1992 |title=Fireovid Not Giving Up - Just In Case |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-03-10/sports/9201130153_1_steve-fireovid-big-league-texas-rangers |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629211901/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-03-10/sports/9201130153_1_steve-fireovid-big-league-texas-rangers |archive-date=June 29, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2015 |work=Sun-Sentinel}}</ref>
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