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Corey Baker (baseball)
Corey A. Baker (Hebrew: קוראי בייקר; born November 23, 1989) is an Israeli-American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, and formerly served as a video replay coordinator for the Minnesota Twins. He plays for the Israel National Baseball Team.
While in high school, Baker played three seasons for the Bayside Yankees traveling baseball team and had a 20–1 record. He pitched in college for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, was named in 2010 to the All-Big East First Team, and to the ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region First Team, and ended his college career as the university's all-time career wins leader, with 24.
Baker was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 49th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. In 2013, he was a Midwest League All Star with the Peoria Chiefs. In May 2016, he was named Texas League Pitcher of the Week while pitching for the Double-A Springfield Cardinals.
In September 2016 Baker pitched as a starter for Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualifier, winning his only start. He also pitched for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic main tournament. In October 2018, he became a dual Israeli citizen. Baker is competing on the Israel national baseball team for qualification for the 2020 Olympics.
Baker was born in New York, New York, to Mark (a TV producer, who grew up in Brooklyn) and Leah Baker, and was raised in New City, New York. He is Jewish, and grew up attending a Reform congregation in New City, where he attended Hebrew school twice a week and had his bar mitzvah. Baker played in the Maccabi Games in the 11-to-12 age group. He now lives in Seattle, Washington.
In October 2018 he became a dual Israeli citizen, partly to help Israel's baseball team make the 2020 Olympics.
Baker attended Clarkstown South High School in West Nyack, New York, where for three years he pitched and played second base. He was a two-time all-league selection as a junior and senior, and named all-county, all-section, and runner-up Section Player of the Year as a senior, and threw a no-hitter in his final season. He graduated in 2007. He also played three seasons of summer baseball for the Bayside Yankees traveling baseball team, for whom he had a 20–1 record.
Baker then pitched for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, attending the school on a partial baseball scholarship, while majoring in history and minoring in political science. As a sophomore, in March 2009 he was named Big East Pitcher of the Week. As a junior, in 2010 he was 11-3 (with his 11 wins the third-most in the country) and was named to the All-Big East First Team, and to the ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region First Team. He ended his career with the school as the Pittsburgh Panthers' all-time career wins leader, with 24, and fourth all-time in school history with 221 strikeouts.
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Corey Baker (baseball)
Corey A. Baker (Hebrew: קוראי בייקר; born November 23, 1989) is an Israeli-American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, and formerly served as a video replay coordinator for the Minnesota Twins. He plays for the Israel National Baseball Team.
While in high school, Baker played three seasons for the Bayside Yankees traveling baseball team and had a 20–1 record. He pitched in college for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, was named in 2010 to the All-Big East First Team, and to the ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region First Team, and ended his college career as the university's all-time career wins leader, with 24.
Baker was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 49th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. In 2013, he was a Midwest League All Star with the Peoria Chiefs. In May 2016, he was named Texas League Pitcher of the Week while pitching for the Double-A Springfield Cardinals.
In September 2016 Baker pitched as a starter for Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualifier, winning his only start. He also pitched for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic main tournament. In October 2018, he became a dual Israeli citizen. Baker is competing on the Israel national baseball team for qualification for the 2020 Olympics.
Baker was born in New York, New York, to Mark (a TV producer, who grew up in Brooklyn) and Leah Baker, and was raised in New City, New York. He is Jewish, and grew up attending a Reform congregation in New City, where he attended Hebrew school twice a week and had his bar mitzvah. Baker played in the Maccabi Games in the 11-to-12 age group. He now lives in Seattle, Washington.
In October 2018 he became a dual Israeli citizen, partly to help Israel's baseball team make the 2020 Olympics.
Baker attended Clarkstown South High School in West Nyack, New York, where for three years he pitched and played second base. He was a two-time all-league selection as a junior and senior, and named all-county, all-section, and runner-up Section Player of the Year as a senior, and threw a no-hitter in his final season. He graduated in 2007. He also played three seasons of summer baseball for the Bayside Yankees traveling baseball team, for whom he had a 20–1 record.
Baker then pitched for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, attending the school on a partial baseball scholarship, while majoring in history and minoring in political science. As a sophomore, in March 2009 he was named Big East Pitcher of the Week. As a junior, in 2010 he was 11-3 (with his 11 wins the third-most in the country) and was named to the All-Big East First Team, and to the ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region First Team. He ended his career with the school as the Pittsburgh Panthers' all-time career wins leader, with 24, and fourth all-time in school history with 221 strikeouts.