{{Short description|American baseball player (1952–2017)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Steve Waterbury |position=Pitcher |image=Steve Waterbury.jpeg |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1952|4|6}} |birth_place=Carbondale, Illinois, U.S. |death_date={{Death date and age|2017|5|19|1952|4|6}} |death_place=Marion, Illinois, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 14 |debutyear={{mlby|1976}} |debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 27 |finalyear={{mlby|1976}} |finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=0–0 |stat2label=ERA |stat2value=6.00 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=4 |teams= *St. Louis Cardinals (1976) }} '''Steven Craig Waterbury''' (April 6, 1952 – May 19, 2017) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He batted and threw right-handed.
Waterbury signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in {{by|1971}}. Knee surgery hampered his development,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pW1IAAAAIBAJ&dq=Steve+Waterbury&pg=PA20&article_id=2973,788430|last=Bedford|first=John|date=May 3, 1972|title=Waterbury Seeks Own End|newspaper=Evening Independent}}</ref> but he received a September callup to the majors in {{mlby|1976}} after going 46-56 with 599 strikeouts and a 3.94 earned run average as a starting pitcher in the Cardinals' farm system. He made his major league debut on September 14 against the Chicago Cubs, and pitched three innings of one hit ball before being lifted for a pinch hitter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN197609140.shtml|title=Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis Cardinals 3|website=Baseball-Reference.com|location=Busch Memorial Stadium|date=September 14, 1976}}</ref> He would appear in a total of five games for the Cards that year, all losses, but did not figure in the decision in any.
He was 4-2 with a 3.38 ERA in nine starts for the double A Arkansas Travelers when he & Bake McBride were traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tom Underwood, Rick Bosetti & Dane Iorg at the {{by|1977}} trade deadline.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHYsAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA12&article_id=4937,3544676|title=Rundown On Major Deals|newspaper=Spartanburg Herald-Journal|date=June 17, 1977|page=D1}}</ref> He finished out the season with the triple A Oklahoma City 89ers, going 6-3 with a 3.18 ERA. He would have his worst season in {{by|1978}}, going 5-12 with a 6.73 ERA for Oklahoma. After which, the Phillies released him. He received an invitation to Spring training with the Cubs in {{mlby|1979}}, but failed to make the club.
After his playing days ended, Waterbury became a police officer in Marion, Illinois.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wilsonmcreynolds.com/obituaries/Steven-Craig-Waterbury?obId=33007520|title=Steven Craig Waterbury Obituary|website=Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home|date=May 19, 2017}}</ref> He died on May 19, {{by|2017}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecardinalnation.com/in-memory-of-former-st-louis-cardinals-2017/|first=Brian|date=December 31, 2017|title=In Memory of Former St. Louis Cardinals|website=The Cardinal Nation|last=Walton}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{Baseball stats|mlb=123970|espn=27817|br=w/waterst01|fangraphs=1013665|brm=waterb001ste|retro=W/Pwates101}}
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