Cory Lidle
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| Cory Lidle | |
|---|---|
| New York Yankees – No. 30 | |
| Starting pitcher | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| debut | |
| May 8, 1997, for the New York Mets | |
| Career statistics (through August 11, 2006) | |
| Record | 79-70 |
| ERA | 4.54 |
| Strikeouts | 814 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Former teams | |
Cory Fulton Lidle (born March 22, 1972) is a Major League Baseball pitcher. He currently plays for the New York Yankees.
Biography
Born in Hollywood, California, Lidle is a descendant of Robert Fulton. [1] He attended South Hills High School, graduating in 1990. During this time, he was a teammate of Jason Giambi. Lidle married Melanie Varela on January 7, 1997; the pair have one son, Christopher.
Baseball career
Lidle 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. Lidle was then traded in 1996 to the New York Mets, and made his Major League debut for the Mets on May 8, 1997. Lidle is one of the few Major League Baseball players who is not a member of the MLB Players Union. As a replacement player during the 1994 baseball strike, he is not eligible to join the union. Lidle has since appeared for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Phillies. On July 30, 2006, Lidle was traded along with outfielder Bobby Abreu from the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Yankees for minor league shortstop C.J. Henry, the Yankees first round pick in the 2005 draft, along with lefty reliever Matt Smith, minor league catcher Jesus Sanchez, and minor league right hander Carlos Monasterios.
Controversies
After being traded by the Phillies in July 2006 at the trade deadline Lidle called out his former team. "On the days I'm pitching, it's almost a coin flip as to know if the guys behind me are going to be there to play 100 percent." He noted he was joining a Yankees team that expects to win all the time.
"That's why I'm most excited about it," Lidle said. "Sometimes I felt I got caught up kind of going into the clubhouse nonchalantly sometimes, because all of the other guys in the clubhouse didn't go there with one goal in mind."
In response former teammate Arthur Rhodes said, "He is a scab. When he started, he would go 5 1/3 innings and (the bullpen) would have to win the game for him. The only thing Cory Lidle wants to do is fly around in his airplane and gamble. He doesn't have a work ethic. After every start, he didn't run or lift weights. He would sit in the clubhouse and eat ice cream. ... He shouldn't say that, he shouldn't say anything like that because he is a scab. He crossed the line when guys like me, Flash (Tom Gordon) and (Mike) Lieberthal were playing. He is a replacement player."
External links
- Cory Lidle at MLB.com
- Current Stats
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