Steven Montague Cooke III (born January 14, 1970) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1992 to 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.^[1]

Life

He graduated from Tigard High School in Tigard, Oregon, and attended the College of Southern Idaho.^[2] His ancestors include Joseph Platt Cooke (1730–1816), Amos Starr Cooke (1810–1871), Gerrit P. Judd (1803–1873) and Albert Francis Judd (1838–1900).^[3] 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.