Cory Lidle

Lidle with the New York Yankees in 2006

Pitcher

Born: March 22, 1972
Hollywood, California

Died: October 11, 2006 (aged 34)
New York, New York

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

May 8, 1997, for the New York Mets

Last MLB appearance

October 1, 2006, for the New York Yankees

MLB statistics

Win–loss record

82–72

Earned run average

4.57

Strikeouts

838

Teams

Cory Fulton Lidle (March 22, 1972 – October 11, 2006) was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Lidle spent nine seasons in Major League Baseball with seven different teams. Lidle was killed when the small aircraft he owned crashed into a residential building in New York City.

Lidle graduated from South Hills High School in West Covina, California in 1990 and was signed in 1990 by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent. After his release in 1993, he was signed by the Milwaukee Brewers. Due to his participation as a replacement player during the 1994 Major League Baseball strike, he was ineligible to join the MLB Players Union. He was then traded in 1996 to the New York Mets, with whom he made his major league debut on May 8, 1997.

Lidle later appeared for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees. His best season was 2001, when he achieved a 13-6 record with a 3.59 ERA (10th in the American League) for Oakland, helping the Athletics win the wild card. His career zenith occurred in August 2002, when he gave up only one run during the whole month (setting Oakland's record for consecutive innings without an earned run), won all five of his starts, and was one of the prime movers in the A's historic run of 20 straight wins. It was on this Oakland team where he earned the nickname "Snacks", for his apparent love of "inhaling" junk food in the bullpen.

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