Cory Bailey
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use mdy dates Template:Multiple issues Template:Infobox baseball biography Phillip Cory Bailey (born January 24, 1971) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball between Template:Mlby and Template:Mlby. He batted and threw right-handed.
Biography
A Crab Orchard High School and Marion High School graduate, Bailey was an outstanding pitcher for Southeastern Illinois College from Template:By-Template:By and was named to the All-Region team. Selected by the Boston Red Sox in the Template:By draft, he pitched for four Major League clubs in part of eight seasons, filling relief roles coming out from the bullpen as a middle reliever and as a set-up man as well. In a spring training game on April 2, 1993, Frank Viola and Bailey combined on a no-hitter as the Red Sox defeated the Phillies 10–0 at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida.[1]
Bailey reached the majors in 1993 with the Boston Red Sox, spending two years with them before moving to the St. Louis Cardinals (Template:Mlby-Template:Mlby), San Francisco Giants (Template:Mlby-Template:Mlby) and Kansas City Royals (Template:Mlby-Template:Mlby). His most productive season came in 1996 with St. Louis, when he posted career-highs with five wins and a 3.00 ERA. He had another decent season in 2001 for Kansas City, striking out 61 batters in <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />67+1⁄3 innings, also career-numbers. In 172 games, Bailey compiled a 9–10 record with one save a 3.96 ERA.
On April 10, 2002, Bailey notched his one and only MLB save against the Red Sox. He pitched 1 1/3 innings, striking out 3 and preserving the 6-2 Royals victory.[2] On May 26, 2002, Bailey won both ends of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers, becoming the first pitcher since David Wells in 1989 to accomplish the feat.[3]
After that, he played with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League (Template:By-Template:By), La New Bears of Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (Template:By), Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League (Template:By), Iowa Cubs which is a Triple-A team of the Chicago Cubs (Template:By)
Personal
The city of Marion, where Bailey was born, named a street after him, and the Crab Orchard High School is located on Cory Bailey Street.
Bailey is currently working at Future Swings in Marion, IL.
References
External links
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- Retrosheet
- Southeastern Illinois College
- Cory Bailey at SABR Bio Project
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- American expatriate baseball players in Taiwan
- Baseball players from Williamson County, Illinois
- Boston Red Sox players
- Elmira Pioneers players
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- Gulf Coast Red Sox players
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- People from Marion, Illinois
- Phoenix Firebirds players
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- Yomiuri Giants players
- Dmedia T-REX players
- American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- Tigres de Aragua players