Brian Leonard Rose (born February 13, 1976 in New Bedford, Massachusetts) is Portuguese American and a former Major League Baseball player.

Rose was drafted in the 3rd round of the 1994 amateur draft by the Boston Red Sox. In the process he turned down several scholarship offers, including a baseball scholarship to the University of Michigan. He made his debut on July 25, 1997, and pitched his final game on May 30, 2001. Brian also spent time in the Tampa Bay Rays, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, and Kansas City Royals organizations.

Rose had a distinguished minor league career, winning the International League pitcher of the year award in 1997.

Brian played his high school baseball at Dartmouth High School, and was named the Gatorade Massachusetts Player of the Year in his senior year. His number 19 jersey is one of 3 currently retired at Dartmouth High School and his jersey now hangs in the Carlin Lynch Memorial Gymnasium.

He helps out at Fall River, Massachusetts, the Thomas Chew Boys and Girls Club, and helps out at their camp called Camp Welch in Assonet, Massachusetts. Brian now runs his own baseball camp during the summer months.

Brian is currently employed at the office of Bristol County District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter, where he heads Community Affairs for the office. He is also the pitching coach/marquee attraction for the New Bedford Bay Sox baseball team, along with the assistant coach of the Dartmouth High School (Massachusetts) Boys Varsity hockey team (running the offence) and head coach of the Boys Junior Varsity hockey team.

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