Cory Lidle
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 Lidle in the jersey of the New York Yankees.
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| Born: March 22nd, 1972 in Los Angeles , United States 
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| Died on: October 11, 2006 New York City , United States
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| Suggested: Right | Threw: Right |
| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| May 8, 1997 with the New York Mets | |
| Last MLB assignment | |
| October 1, 2006 with the New York Yankees | |
| Win-loss | 82-72 |
| ERA | 4.57 |
| Strikeouts | 838 |
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Cory Fulton Lidle (born March 22, 1972 in Los Angeles , California , † October 11, 2006 in New York City , New York ) was an American baseball player ( pitcher ) in Major League Baseball . He played for seven teams in his nearly ten-year career, most recently for the New York Yankees . Lidle was a descendant of Robert Fulton , who constructed the first economically successful steamship .
Career
Lidle was signed as a free agent by the Minnesota Twins in 1990 . Since his development did not meet the requirements of the Twins, his contract was not extended in 1993 and Lidle came under with the Milwaukee Brewers , who gave him to the New York Mets after three years in the Minor Leagues . There he made his debut on May 8, 1997 in the MLB. He came to 57 missions in which he was able to convince with 7 wins and only 2 losses . Despite the good performance, the Mets quickly stopped planning with him and Lidle tried to establish itself in other MLB teams.
In the following years he completed 36 games for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays , 60 for the Oakland Athletics , 31 in the jersey of the Toronto Blue Jays , 24 with the Cincinnati Reds and 62 for the Philadelphia Phillies . However, he never became a fixture in the pitching rotation of the teams.
On July 30, 2006, Cory Lidle joined the New York Yankees . By his death in October 2006, he completed 10 games for the Yankees, in which he posted 4 wins with 3 losses.
death
On the afternoon of October 11, 2006, at 2:45 p.m. local time, his Cirrus SR20 plane crashed into the 52-story Belaire apartment building on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York . Besides him, his flight instructor, Tyler Stanger, died; another twenty-one people were injured, including eleven firefighters. An investigation by the NTSB revealed that strong winds had pushed the aircraft off course and Lidle had been unable to avoid the impact by flying a tight turn. In addition, Lidle and his flight instructor had less than four hours of flight experience with this type of aircraft. Influences on the pilots by alcohol or other drugs and mechanical disturbances or incorrect loading of the aircraft could not be proven. Lidle is the second Yankees player to be killed in a plane crash with his own plane. In 1979 Thurman Munson had an accident in a failed attempt to land.
The accident sparked a discussion about the safety of New York airspace.
Private
Lidle attended South Hills High School in West Covina , which he graduated in 1990. During this time he was Jason Giambi's teammate . On January 7, 1997, he married Melanie Varela, with whom he had a son.
Cory Lidle was controversial in his behavior. He publicly criticized his teammates. These in turn are said to have expressed surprise about the fact that he “mainly flies around in his plane” instead of training properly.
Web links
- Player information and statistics from ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
- Obituary on MLB.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ tagesschau.de: Airplane speeds into high-rise in Manhattan (tagesschau.de archive)
- ↑ spiegel.de: Wind to blame for Cory Lidle's death flight
- ↑ spiegel.de: The pilot and flight instructor had too little experience
- ^ Philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com: Player Information
- ↑ sports.espn.go.com: Lidle backs off criticism, but Rhodes keeps firing
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lidle, Cory |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lidle, Cory Fulton (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 2006 |
| Place of death | New York City , New York |