- Mike McCoy (baseball)
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Mike McCoy 
Toronto Blue Jays — No. 18 Utility player Born: April 2, 1981
San Diego, CaliforniaBats: Right Throws: Right MLB debut September 9, 2009 for the Colorado Rockies Career statistics
(through 2011 Season)Batting average .194 Home runs 2 Runs batted in 13 Stolen Bases 19 Teams - Colorado Rockies (2009)
- Toronto Blue Jays (2010-present)
Michael Howard McCoy (born April 2, 1981, in San Diego, California) is a Major League Baseball utility player for the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He bats and throws right-handed. In his career, he has played every position, including pitcher, with the exception of catcher and first base.[1]
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Early life
McCoy attended Grossmont High School in El Cajon, California before playing for the University of San Diego. As a junior McCoy led the Toreros in doubles (16) and stolen bases (26), helping USD capture the 2002 West Coast Conference title.
Professional career
McCoy was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 34th round (1,032nd overall) of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft. The infielder logged time at all three levels of the minors during his six year run in the Cardinals system, capturing an Appalachian League All-Star nod for Johnson City in 2002 and leading Springfield in stolen bases (30) in 2006.
On May 22, 2006 McCoy was dealt to the Baltimore Orioles for future considerations and was moved again to the Colorado Rockies on July 19, 2006 for Juan Castro.
McCoy hit .307 with five triples, 102 runs and 40 steals for the Sky Sox. On September 8, 2009 he was called up from AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox and debuted in MLB one day later on September 9 against the Cincinnati Reds. Over the 2009-2010 offseason he was designated for assignment, and was claimed by the Toronto Blue Jays. He made their 2010 opening day roster, appearing in 46 games.[2] In 2011 he made the opening day roster for the second season in a row.
On June 11, 2011, McCoy made his first major league pitching appearance (he also pitched 3.2 innings in a minor league game in 2009[3]) in a 16-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox, throwing a perfect 9th inning.[4] The game's play-by-play report shows that McCoy has a cutter at 85mph, a change up between mid 70's to low 80's, and a knuckleball at 60 to mid 70's.[5] McCoy is only the fifth position player to pitch for the Blue Jays, with the last being Frank Menechino on August 28, 2004.[6] He was optioned back to AAA Las Vegas on June 23 to make space for Eric Thames.[7]
References
- ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/8591/career;_ylt=AoKeqlyJ20NABBz8VIAplQWFCLcF
- ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/8591;_ylt=Ai0wYcpGWW3L3pb9Q7di4aWFCLcF
- ^ http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110611&content_id=20347886&vkey=news_tor&c_id=tor
- ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=310611114
- ^ "June 11, 2011 Play-by-play report". Major League Baseball. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_06_11_bosmlb_tormlb_1&mode=box.
- ^ http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110611&content_id=20347886&vkey=news_tor&c_id=tor
- ^ http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110623&content_id=20919918¬ebook_id=20919910&vkey=notebook_tor&c_id=tor
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Toronto Blue Jays current roster Active roster 1 Darin Mastroianni | 2 Kelly Johnson | 4 Kyle Drabek | 5 Yunel Escobar | 8 José Molina | 9 J. P. Arencibia | 10 Edwin Encarnación | 13 Brett Lawrie | 18 Mike McCoy | 19 José Bautista | 20 Mark Teahen | 23 Brandon Morrow | 24 Ricky Romero | 26 Adam Lind | 27 Brett Cecil | 28 Colby Rasmus | 29 Dustin McGowan | 30 David Cooper | 31 Brian Jeroloman | 33 Carlos Villanueva | 36 Alan Farina | 37 Henderson Alvarez | 39 Adam Loewen | 40 Joel Carreno | 44 Casey Janssen | 45 Travis Snider | 46 Eric Thames | 47 Luis Pérez | 49 Danny Farquhar | 50 Frank Francisco | 51 Jesse Litsch | 57 Shawn Camp | 58 Chad Beck | 59 Brad Mills | 60 Jon Rauch | 74 Moises Sierra | -- Jesse Chavez | -- Adeiny Hechavarria
Inactive roster Disabled list 11 Rajai Davis | -- Jesse Carlson
Coaching Staff Manager 52 John Farrell | Bench Coach 22 Don Wakamatsu | 1st Base Coach 7 Torey Lovullo | 3rd Base Coach 55 Brian Butterfield | Hitting Coach 21 Dwayne Murphy | Pitching Coach 53 Bruce Walton | Bullpen Coach -- Pete Walker | Bullpen Catcher 61 Alex Andreopoulos | Coach 63 Luis Rivera
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- Colorado Rockies players
- Toronto Blue Jays players
- Palm Beach Cardinals players
- Baseball players from California
- Major League Baseball shortstops
- Sportspeople from Los Angeles, California
- University of San Diego alumni
- San Diego Toreros baseball players
- Johnson City Cardinals players
- Peoria Chiefs players
- Tennessee Smokies players
- Springfield Cardinals players
- Sportspeople from San Diego, California
- Memphis Redbirds players
- Norfolk Tides players
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
- Frederick Keys players
- Las Vegas 51s players
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