Phil Coke
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Phil Coke
| Phil Coke | |
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| Detroit Tigers – No. 40 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: July 19, 1982 Sonora, California |
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| Bats: Left | Throws: Left |
| MLB debut | |
| September 1, 2008 for the New York Yankees | |
| Career statistics (through May 23, 2012) |
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| Win–loss record | 16–18 |
| Earned run average | 4.08 |
| Strikeouts | 201 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Phillip "Phil" Douglas Coke (born July 19, 1982) is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. Coke was born in Sonora, California
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Baseball career
College
Coke attended San Joaquin Delta College. He was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 49th round (1450th overall) of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.
Minor leagues
He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 26th round (786th overall) of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft, and did sign.
He began his baseball career with the GCL Yankees in 2003. By 2007, Coke had also pitched for the short season Staten Island Yankees, Class-A Charleston RiverDogs, and Class-A Advanced Tampa Yankees.
He made his Double-A debut with the Trenton Thunder in 2008, going 9–4 with a 2.54 ERA in 23 games (20 starts). Later that year in Triple-A with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, he pitched in 13 games (starting one) and went 2–2 with a 4.67 ERA.
Major leagues
New York Yankees
He made his major league debut on September 1, 2008, for the Yankees against the Detroit Tigers with a scoreless inning and strikeouts of Curtis Granderson and Miguel Cabrera. In 2009, Coke got his first World Series title after the Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in six games.
Detroit Tigers
On December 9, 2009, Coke was traded to the Detroit Tigers as part of a three team trade that sent Curtis Granderson to the Yankees.[1]
The Tigers signed Coke to a new contract on February 7, 2011. After spending all of his previous time in the major leagues as a relief pitcher, Coke was moved from the bullpen to the fifth spot in the starting rotation to start the 2011 season.[2] On June 30, after accumulating a 1–8 record, Coke was moved back to the bullpen. [3]
On January 16, 2012, Coke signed a one-year, $1.1 million deal with the Tigers to avoid arbitration. He can earn an additional $50K in appearances or starts, depending on whether he'll be a starter or reliever for the 2012 season.[4]
References
- ^ By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com. "Granderson joins Yanks in three-way trade | yankees.com: News". Newyork.yankees.mlb.com. http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091208&content_id=7774692&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
- ^ Starter Phil Coke agrees to terms with Tigers MLive.com February 7, 2011
- ^ Tigers move Coke to 'pen, Furbush to rotation MLB.com June 30, 2011
- ^ Dierkes, Tim (January 16, 2012). "Players Avoiding Arbitration: Monday". MLBTradeRumors. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/01/players-avoiding-arbitration-monday.html.
External links
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- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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