- Phil Coke
Infobox MLB player
name = Phil Coke
width =150
caption =
team = New York Yankees
number = 48
position = Pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1982|7|19
birthplace = city-state|Sonora|California
bats = Left
throws = Left
debutdate = September 1
debutyear = 2008
debutteam = New York Yankees
statyear = 2008 season
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 1-0
stat2label =Earned run average
stat2value = 0.61
stat3label =Strikeout s
stat3value = 14
teams =
*New York Yankees (by|2008-present)
awards =|Phillip Douglas Coke (born
July 19 ,1982 inSonora, California ) is aMajor League Baseball pitcher for theNew York Yankees .Coke attended
San Joaquin Delta College . He was selected by theFlorida Marlins in the 49th Round (1450th overall) of the2001 Major League Baseball Draft , but didn't sign. He was drafted by the Yankees in the 26th Round (786th overall) of the2002 Major League Baseball Draft , and did sign.He began his baseball career with the
GCL Yankees in by|2003. By by|2007, Coke had also pitched for the short seasonStaten Island Yankees , Class-ACharleston RiverDogs , and Class-A AdvancedTampa Yankees .He made his Double-A debut with the
Trenton Thunder in by|2008, going 9-4 with a 2.54 ERA in 23 games (20 starts). Later that year in Triple-A with theScranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees , he pitched in 13 games (One start) and went 2-2 with a 4.67 ERA. He made his major league debut onSeptember 1 , mlby|2008, for the Yankees against theDetroit Tigers with a scoreless inning andstrikeout s ofCurtis Granderson andMiguel Cabrera .He is 6 foot 1, weighs 210 pounds, and sports a
fastball that sits between 92-94 MPH and a sharpslider in the low to mid 80s.External Links
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