Corey Thurman

Corey Lamar Thurman (born November 5, 1978) is a professional baseball pitcher, formerly of the York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League. He has played during two seasons at the major league level for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Corey Thurman
Pitcher
Born: (1978-11-05) November 5, 1978
Augusta, Georgia
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 5, 2002, for the Toronto Blue Jays
MLB statistics
Win-Loss3-4
Earned run average4.75
Strikeouts67
Teams

Career

Thurman was selected by the Kansas City Royals in 4th round of 1996 Major League Baseball Draft. He played his first professional season with their Rookie league GCL Royals in 1996. In 2007, he played for the Milwaukee Brewers Double-A affiliate, the Huntsville Stars. He signed with the York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League for the 2008 season and re-signed with them for the 2009 season. In December 2009, Thurman married Angela Day in York, PA. Said Thurman, "I met a girl who loves to watch Sports Center--what else can you do?"[1]

Thurman was released by the York Revolution on May 25, 2015; after five appearances on the season, Thurman had an 8.23 ERA over 19.2 innings.[2] Thurman left the Revolution as the team's all-time leader in wins (66), games started (180), quality starts (60), innings pitched (980.1), and strikeouts (667).

Pitching Style

Thurman throws an 88-91 MPH four-seam fastball,[3] an excellent changeup with good location at around 80 MPH,[4] as well as a 75-77 MPH curveball and an 81-83 MPH slider.[5][6]

References
  1. Revolution begin to load the cannon for 2009 Archived 2009-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2015-05-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Revs' Inside Pitch". Yorkblog.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  5. "Corey Thurman". Nabl.zarras.net. 1978-11-05. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  6. "Corey Thurman » Statistics » Pitching | FanGraphs Baseball". Fangraphs.com. Retrieved 2013-03-05.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.