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Steven Roy ("Steve") Howe (born March 10, 1958 in Pontiac, Michigan) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who spent most of his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees.

Howe was the National League Rookie of the Year in 1980, the second in a string of three Dodger rookies of the year (Rick Sutcliffe and Fernando Valenzuela were the others). That year he saved 17 games, establishing a new rookie record. A hard-throwing left-hander, Howe's career was plagued by alcohol and cocaine abuse; he first checked himself into a substance abuse clinic in 1983, but a relapse resulted in him being suspended for the entire 1984 season. Over the course of his 17-year career, Howe would be suspended seven times.

After briefly pitching for the Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers and being out of Major League Baseball for four years, Howe signed with the Yankees, where he once again pitched effectively. However, in 1992, Howe became the first player to be banned from baseball for life because of substance abuse. He successfully appealed the suspension and re-signed with the Yankees, where he had one final great season in 1994, recording 15 saves and a 1.80 ERA as the Yankees' closer. He failed to repeat the performance the following year and was relegated to a setup role, and was released in June 1996 after posting an 0-1 record with a 6.35 ERA.

Howe retired at age 38 with a career record of 47 wins, 41 losses, 91 saves, and a 3.03 ERA in 497 games.

Reference

Steve Howe with Jim Greenfield. Between the Lines: One Athlete's Struggle to Escape the Nightmare of Addiction. Grand Rapids, MI: Masters Press, 1989.

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