Steven Zachary Putnam is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball. He attended the University of Michigan, where he played for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team. Putnam was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the fifth round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. He spent the next four seasons in the Indians' minor league system: 2008 with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, 2009 with the Kinston Indians and Akron Aeros, 2010 with the Aeros and Columbus Clippers, and 2011 with the Clippers. In 2011, Putnam had a 6-3 record and a 3.65 ERA in 44 games. Putnam was a September call-up, and made his major league debut on September 13, 2011. In 2011 for the Indians, Putnam went 1-1 with a 6.41 ERA in 8 games. Putnam was traded to the Colorado Rockies on January 20, 2012 in exchange for Kevin Slowey. Putnam spent most of 2012 with Triple-A Colorado Springs, but did pitch in 2 games with the Rockies. The Chicago Cubs claimed Putnam off waivers from the Rockies on November 2, 2012. 

July 3rd, 1987 in (Age 37)