Cory Aldridge
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Aldridge batting for the Salt Lake Bees, triple-A affiliates of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, in 2010
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| Free agent | |||
| Outfielder | |||
| Born: June 13, 1979 San Angelo, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 5, 2001, for the Atlanta Braves | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2010 season) |
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| Batting average | .056 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 1 | ||
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Cory Jerome Aldridge (born June 13, 1979) is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the fourth round of the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Braves and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) for the Nexen Heroes.
Career
Aldridge played in eight games for the Braves in the 2001 season. He had no hits in five at-bats, with four strikeouts. In 2008, he played in the Kansas City Royals organization for the Triple-A Omaha Royals.
Aldridge played with the Greenville Jacks in 2009 in 115 games he had his most productive season at any level batting .292 with 31 home runs and 102 rbi. the Jacks folded just before the start of the 2010 season.
In 2010 he was called up by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to play in the outfield. He got his first major league hit against the Oakland Athletics, an RBI triple.
On January 28, 2012, he signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles. He did not remain with the team, instead beginning the 2012 season in the Mexican League, before being signed to a minor league contract by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Aldridge was acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays on June 24, 2014. He was promoted from the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons on July 4.
Personal
His father Jerry Aldridge played American football as a halfback. He married his wife, Allie Aldridge, on February 13th.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Career statistics and player information from Korea Baseball Organization
- Pages with broken file links
- Pages using baseballstats with unknown parameters
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Atlanta Braves players
- Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim players
- Baseball players from Texas
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Gulf Coast Braves players
- Danville Braves players
- Macon Braves players
- Myrtle Beach Pelicans players
- Navegantes del Magallanes players
- Greenville Braves players
- Wichita Wranglers players
- Omaha Royals players
- Birmingham Barons players
- Norfolk Tides players
- Northwest Arkansas Naturals players
- Newark Bears players
- Salt Lake Bees players
- American expatriate baseball players in South Korea
- Nexen Heroes players
- Diablos Rojos del México players
- Somerset Patriots players
- African-American baseball players
- People from San Angelo, Texas
- Tigres de Quintana Roo players
- Acereros de Monclova players
- New Hampshire Fisher Cats players
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Sultanes de Monterrey players
- Águilas de Mexicali players
- Tomateros de Culiacán players
- Caribes de Anzoátegui players
