Charles Irvin "Bubby" Rossman (born June 29, 1992) is an American-Israeli[1] professional baseball pitcher for the Rieleros de Aguascalientes of the Mexican League.
[2][3][4][5] He attended La Habra High School ('10), where he played baseball (batting .452 as a junior), football, and soccer (as the starting goalkeeper).
[7][8][9] Rossman transferred, and next double-majored in business and kinesiology while attending NCAA Division II California State University, Dominguez Hills.
[8] Playing in 2014 in his senior season for the baseball team primarily in right field and as a designated hitter, he batted .261/.383/.455 while switch-hitting, and won a Division II West Region Rawlings Gold Glove Award in right field where he had 7 assists and played error-less defense; Kevin Pillar was a prior winner of the award for the school.
[17] On April 1, 2019, after not playing in the 2018 season, Rossman signed with the Cleburne Railroaders of the American Association of Professional Baseball.
[20] Rossman would spend 2020 with the Nerds Herd in the City of Champions Cup league, logging a 3.60 ERA with 23 strikeouts in 15 appearances.
[24][25][12] He was assigned to the Double-A Reading Fightin Phils at the beginning of the season, and before he was called up he pitched in 27 games (including 8 starts; the first of his professional career), with a 3.32 ERA in 40+2⁄3 innings in which he struck out 48 batters.
[27][30] Pitching the 8th inning that evening against the Toronto Blue Jays, he first walked a batter and gave up a home run to Teoscar Hernandez.
[1] In 2022 with Reading, Rossman was 2-2 with one save and a 3.02 ERA in 29 games (9 starts) in which he pitched 44+2⁄3 innings and allowed 29 hits while striking out 56 batters.
[43][44][45] He played for Team Israel manager Ian Kinsler, and alongside two-time All Star outfielder Joc Pederson, starting pitcher Dean Kremer, and others.
[46][47] Rossman pitched for Team Israel in the 2023 European Baseball Championship in September 2023 in the Czech Republic, and was 0-0 with one save and a 0.00 ERA in which he held batters hitless with seven strikeouts over four innings across two games.