Joey Cora
[edit] Biography
Joey Cora (Jose Manuel (Amaro) Cora) was born on May 14, 1965 in Caguas, Puerto Rico. He made his Major League debut on April 6, 1987 for the San Diego Padres. In 1987, his rookie year, he hit .237 with 0 home runs and 13 RBI. Cora played for the San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 11 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Joey Cora's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1997, when he hit for a .300 average and knocked in 54 runs. However, others believe that it was 1993, when he knocked in 51 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1987
| SD
| N
| 77
| 241
| 23
| 57
| 0
| 13
| .237
| .317
| .282
| 7
| 2
| 28
| 26
| 1
| 5
| 15
| 1
| 4
|
| 1989
| SD
| N
| 12
| 19
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .316
| .350
| .368
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| SD
| N
| 51
| 100
| 12
| 27
| 0
| 2
| .270
| .311
| .300
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 1
|
| 1991
| CHI
| A
| 100
| 228
| 37
| 55
| 0
| 18
| .241
| .313
| .276
| 2
| 3
| 20
| 21
| 5
| 8
| 11
| 0
| 1
|
| 1992
| CHI
| A
| 68
| 122
| 27
| 30
| 0
| 9
| .246
| .371
| .320
| 7
| 1
| 22
| 13
| 4
| 2
| 10
| 1
| 2
|
| 1993
| CHI
| A
| 153
| 579
| 95
| 155
| 2
| 51
| .268
| .351
| .349
| 15
| 13
| 67
| 63
| 9
| 19
| 20
| 0
| 14
|
| 1994
| CHI
| A
| 90
| 312
| 55
| 86
| 2
| 30
| .276
| .353
| .362
| 13
| 4
| 38
| 32
| 2
| 11
| 8
| 0
| 8
|
| 1995
| SEA
| A
| 120
| 427
| 64
| 127
| 3
| 39
| .297
| .359
| .372
| 19
| 2
| 37
| 31
| 6
| 13
| 18
| 0
| 8
|
| 1996
| SEA
| A
| 144
| 530
| 90
| 154
| 6
| 45
| .291
| .340
| .417
| 37
| 6
| 35
| 32
| 7
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 9
|
| 1997
| SEA
| A
| 149
| 574
| 105
| 172
| 11
| 54
| .300
| .359
| .441
| 40
| 4
| 53
| 49
| 5
| 8
| 6
| 2
| 6
|
| 1998
| SEA
| A
| 131
| 519
| 95
| 147
| 6
| 26
| .283
| .362
| .385
| 23
| 6
| 62
| 50
| 4
| 10
| 13
| 0
| 2
|
| 1998
| CLE
| A
| 24
| 83
| 16
| 19
| 0
| 6
| .229
| .326
| .277
| 4
| 0
| 11
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 3
|
| 1998
| TOT
| A
| 155
| 602
| 111
| 166
| 6
| 32
| .276
| .357
| .370
| 27
| 6
| 73
| 59
| 5
| 12
| 15
| 0
| 5
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 140
| 360
| 40
| 90
| 0
| 16
| .250
| .317
| .292
| 11
| 2
| 35
| 35
| 1
| 5
| 24
| 2
| 5
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 979
| 3374
| 584
| 945
| 30
| 278
| .280
| .351
| .377
| 160
| 39
| 345
| 300
| 43
| 79
| 93
| 4
| 53
|
| Total
|
|
| 1119
| 3734
| 624
| 1035
| 30
| 294
| .277
| .348
| .369
| 171
| 41
| 380
| 335
| 44
| 84
| 117
| 6
| 58
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1987
| SD
| N
| SS
| 6
| 4
| 34
| 5
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .867
|
| 1987
| SD
| N
| 2B
| 66
| 58
| 512
| 118
| 192
| 8
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1989
| SD
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| SD
| N
| SS
| 7
| 3
| 39
| 10
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1989
| SD
| N
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1990
| SD
| N
| 2B
| 15
| 12
| 110
| 43
| 32
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1990
| SD
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| SD
| N
| SS
| 21
| 9
| 103.2
| 13
| 17
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1991
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 5
| 2
| 23
| 4
| 8
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1991
| CHI
| A
| DH
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1991
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 80
| 63
| 565
| 103
| 184
| 9
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1992
| CHI
| A
| DH
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1992
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 6
| 3
| 26
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1992
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 28
| 21
| 210.1
| 51
| 71
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1992
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 5
| 2
| 27.1
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1993
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 151
| 145
| 1299
| 295
| 410
| 19
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1993
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 3
| 1
| 14
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| CHI
| A
| DH
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1994
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 84
| 74
| 675.1
| 162
| 195
| 8
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1995
| SEA
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1995
| SEA
| A
| 2B
| 112
| 102
| 919.2
| 205
| 262
| 22
| 53
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1995
| SEA
| A
| DH
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1996
| SEA
| A
| 2B
| 140
| 119
| 1071.2
| 296
| 314
| 13
| 88
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1996
| SEA
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1997
| SEA
| A
| 2B
| 142
| 138
| 1192.2
| 307
| 310
| 17
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1998
| SEA
| A
| 2B
| 130
| 126
| 1087
| 212
| 270
| 19
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1998
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 21
| 21
| 181.2
| 31
| 40
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1998
| TOT
| A
| 2B
| 151
| 147
| 1268.2
| 243
| 310
| 20
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 970
| 879
| 7825.1
| 1824
| 2280
| 123
| 526
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 11
| 3
| 43.1
| 1
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .867
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 46
| 21
| 226.2
| 41
| 52
| 11
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .894
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by San Diego Padres in the 1st round (23rd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1985 - signed June 5, 1985).
- Traded by San Diego Padres with Kevin Garner and Warren Newson to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Adam Peterson and Steve Rosenberg (March 31, 1991).
- Granted free agency (December 23, 1994).
- Signed by Seattle Mariners (April 6, 1995).
- Granted free agency (November 6, 1997).
- Signed by Seattle Mariners (November 18, 1997).
- Traded by Seattle Mariners to Cleveland Indians in exchange for David Bell (August 31, 1998).
- Granted free agency (October 29, 1998).
- Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (January 18, 1999).
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