Corky Withrow

Corky Withrow
Pinch hitter/Outfielder
Born: November 28, 1937 (1937-11-28) (age 73) Boone County, West Virginia
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 6, 1963 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 1963 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Career statistics
Batting average	.000
At bats	9
Runs batted in	1
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1963)

Raymond Wallace "Corky" Withrow (born November 28, 1937) is a retired American professional baseball player, an outfielder who played from 1956 through 1966 in minor league baseball. He had one audition in the Major Leagues with the 1963 St. Louis Cardinals, but went hitless in six games played and nine at bats, mostly as a pinch hitter. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 197 pounds (89 kg). Withrow grew up in Central City, Kentucky and graduated from Central City High School there in 1956, attended Georgetown College of Kentucky, where he played basketball, then transferred to Kentucky Wesleyan College in 1958.^[1][2]

Originally signed by the Milwaukee Braves, Withrow was a power-hitting outfielder, hitting 34 home runs in the Class D New York-Penn League (1958), 34 homers in the Double-A Texas League (1962), and 29 more in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League (1963). Acquired by the Cardinals from the Denver Bears in September 1963, Withrow made his debut as a pinch hitter for St. Louis pitcher Ron Taylor in the sixth inning on September 6 and was called out on strikes by left-hander Bob Veale of the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[3] He started his only MLB game the following day against another southpaw, Joe Gibbon, and recorded his only Major League run batted in on a fielder's choice.^[3]

Withrow played in 1,128 minor league games and batted .260 lifetime.^[4]

References

1. ^ 1956 North-South Classic, www.bigbluehistory.net
2. ^ "King Kelly Coleman and Corky Withrow remember good times". Kentucky Wesleyan College. http://www.kwc.edu/news.php?title=King%20Kelly%20Coleman%20and%20Corky%20Withrow%20remember%20good%20times&date=20110616. Retrieved June 30, 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Retrosheet.org
4. ^ Minor league statistics from Baseball Reference

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Persondata
Name	Withrow, Corky
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	November 28, 1937
Place of birth	Boone County, West Virginia
Date of death
Place of death