Joey Cora

Jose Manuel Cora MLB 1987-1998 | 1985-1998

Speed
80

Contact
91

Patience
59

Batting
65

Power
18

Tags: First Round Draft Pick | Major League All-Star Game | Player of the Week

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Positions 2B-1422, SS-92, DH-22, 3B-16, C-1 Born May 14, 1965 (47) Place Caguas,Puerto Rico Ht/Wt 5-8 / 162 Bats/Throws: Both / Right High School Bautista (Caguas,PR) College Vanderbilt University
Drafted San Diego Padres: 1985-1-23 (June-Reg)MLB Debut: April 6,1987 box

Brother of Alex Cora

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Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
1985	Spokane	Nwst	A-		sd	20	2b	27	43	170	48	55	11	2	3	26	13	2	27	24	8	0	4	1	0	.324	.437	.465	902	-	-	79	210	122	42	9.3	.361	.365	.141	1.13	1.4	29.1	12.9	11.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	33-41	3	1985	Spokane
1986	Beaumont	Tex	AA		sd	21	2b	39	81	315	54	96	5	5	3	41	24	11	47	28	3	3	3	3	0	.305	.397	.381	778	-	-	120	371	236	57	6.5	.324	.267	.076	1.68	0.8	13.5	12.7	7.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	60-76	4	1986	Beaumont
1987	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	-	sd	22	2b	79	81	293	50	81	9	1	1	24	12	7	62	39	2	2	5	1	0	.276	.405	.324	729	-	-	95	363	225	48	5.8	.315	.276	.048	1.59	0.3	13.6	17.1	10.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	69-73	4	1987	Las Vegas
	San Diego	NL	MLB	4	sd	22	2b	-	77	241	23	57	7	2	0	13	15	11	28	26	1	1	5	1	4	.237	.317	.282	600	62	81	68	276	205	23	3	.264	.178	.046	1.08	0.0	15.8	10.1	9.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	65-97	6		San Diego
1988	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	-	sd	23	2b	20	127	460	73	136	15	3	3	55	31	7	44	19	2	3	6	5	0	.296	.356	.361	717	-	-	166	517	342	75	5.9	.300	.213	.065	2.32	0.6	15.4	8.5	3.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	74-66	2	1988	Las Vegas
1989	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	-	sd	24	2b	10	119	507	79	157	25	4	0	37	40	15	42	31	8	3	4	1	0	.310	.371	.375	746	-	-	190	562	370	85	6.2	.329	.197	.065	1.35	0.0	18.5	7.5	5.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	74-69	3	1989	Las Vegas
	San Diego	NL	MLB	5	sd	24	ss-3b	-	12	19	5	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.350	.368	718	3	25	7	20	13	3	6.5	.316	.158	.053	--	0.0	16.7	5.0	0.0	0.58	3.2	63	66.7	33.3	1.6	89-73	2		San Diego
1990	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	-	sd	25	ss-2b	72	51	211	41	74	13	9	0	24	15	7	29	16	4	2	1	4	0	.351	.431	.498	929	-	-	105	249	149	54	9.7	.372	.322	.147	1.81	0.0	29.7	11.6	6.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	58-86	5	1990	Las Vegas
	San Diego	NL	MLB	5	sd	25	ss-2b	-	51	100	12	27	3	0	0	2	8	3	6	9	0	1	0	0	1	.270	.311	.300	611	21	41	30	106	77	10	3.6	.297	.140	.030	0.67	0.0	11.1	5.7	8.5	0.73	3.4	360	63.6	36.4	4.7	75-87	4		San Diego
1991	South Bend	Midw	A	-	chw	26	2b	-	1	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	-	-	1	5	4	0	0.3	.250	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	69-70	4	1991	South Bend
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	21	chw	26	2b	-	100	228	37	55	2	3	0	18	11	6	20	21	5	0	8	3	1	.241	.312	.276	589	65	65	63	264	191	23	3.2	.262	.145	.035	0.95	0.0	9.1	7.6	8.0	1.00	3.7	974	62.7	37.3	3.9	87-75	2		Chi White Sox
1992	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	28	chw	27	2b-dh	-	68	122	27	30	7	1	0	9	10	3	22	13	4	1	2	3	2	.246	.371	.320	691	27	40	39	153	102	19	5.1	.268	.311	.074	1.69	0.0	26.7	14.4	8.5	0.93	3.8	579	60.4	39.6	4.1	86-76	3	1992	Chi White Sox
1993	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	28	chw	28	2b	29	153	579	95	155	15	13	2	51	20	8	67	63	9	0	19	4	14	.268	.351	.349	699	146	95	202	678	469	81	4.7	.295	.218	.081	1.06	0.3	19.4	9.9	9.3	0.94	3.7	2520	59.9	40.1	2.9	94-68	1	1993	Chi White Sox
1994	South Bend	Midw	A		chw	29	2b	-	3	11	3	5	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.538	.545	1084	-	-	6	13	7	3	12.5	.500	.273	.091	2.00	0.0	20.0	15.4	7.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	72-67	5	1994	South Bend
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	28	chw	29	2b	55	90	312	55	86	13	4	2	30	8	4	38	32	2	0	11	5	8	.276	.353	.362	715	74	82	113	368	254	46	4.9	.297	.221	.087	1.19	0.5	22.1	10.3	8.7	0.99	3.8	1405	60.8	39.2	3.7	67-46	1		Chi White Sox
1995	Seattle	AL	MLB	28	sea	30	2b	49	120	427	64	127	19	2	3	39	18	7	37	31	6	0	13	4	8	.297	.359	.372	731	100	83	159	487	332	66	5.4	.312	.187	.075	1.19	0.6	18.9	7.6	6.4	0.74	3.9	1897	60.3	39.7	2.3	79-66	1	1995	Seattle
1996	Seattle	AL	MLB	28	sea	31	2b	59	144	530	90	154	37	6	6	45	5	5	35	32	7	1	6	5	9	.291	.340	.417	757	119	83	221	583	401	88	5.9	.298	.192	.126	1.09	1.0	31.8	6.0	5.5	0.79	3.3	1922	61.3	38.7	2.7	85-76	2	1996	Seattle
1997	Seattle	AL	MLB	28	sea	32	2b	22	149	574	105	172	40	4	11	54	6	7	53	49	5	2	8	9	6	.300	.359	.441	800	138	93	253	649	432	105	6.6	.308	.232	.141	1.08	1.7	32.0	8.2	7.6	0.76	3.7	2407	60.9	39.1	2.6	90-72	1	1997	Seattle
1998	Seattle	AL	MLB	28	sea	33	2b	21	131	519	95	147	23	6	6	26	13	5	62	50	4	0	10	3	2	.283	.362	.385	748	126	96	200	598	392	87	6	.303	.237	.102	1.24	1.0	23.8	10.4	8.4	0.78	3.2	1917	59.1	40.9	3.0	76-85	3	1998	Seattle
	Cleveland	AL	MLB	28	cle	33	2b	21	24	83	16	19	4	0	0	6	2	1	11	9	1	0	2	0	3	.229	.326	.277	603	21	88	23	97	70	8	3.2	.257	.193	.048	1.22	0.0	21.1	11.3	9.3	1.05	4.2	407	59.5	40.5	3.2	89-73	1		Cleveland
MLB Totals (11 years)									1119	3734	624	1035	171	41	30	294	117	60	380	335	44	6	84	37	58	.277	.348	.369	717	902	81	1378	4279	2938	560	5.1	.295	.209	.092	1.13	0.7	23.4	8.9	7.8	0.86	3.38	--	60.6	39.4	3.0	.523	--	--	--
Minor League Totals (8 years)									506	1972	349	605	79	24	10	208	136	50	253	159	27	13	23	15	0	.307	.390	.386	777	--	--	762	2290	1455	364	6.7	.327	.252	.080	1.59	0.4	18.7	11.0	6.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	.482	--	--	--
AAA Totals (4 years)									378	1471	243	448	62	17	4	140	98	36	177	105	16	10	16	11	0	.305	.383	.378	761	--	--	556	1691	1086	262	6.5	.323	.236	.073	1.69	0.2	18.5	10.5	6.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	.483	--	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)									81	315	54	96	5	5	3	41	24	11	47	28	3	3	3	3	0	.305	.397	.381	778	--	--	120	371	236	57	6.5	.324	.267	.076	1.68	0.8	13.5	12.7	7.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	.441	--	--	--
A Totals (2 years)									4	16	4	6	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.437	882	--	--	7	18	11	3	7.9	.429	.188	.062	1.00	0.0	16.7	11.1	11.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	.507	--	--	--
A- Totals (1 year)									43	170	48	55	11	2	3	26	13	2	27	24	8	0	4	1	0	.324	.437	.465	902	--	--	79	210	122	42	9.3	.361	.365	.141	1.13	1.4	29.1	12.9	11.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	.446	--	--	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
1985	Spokane	Nwst	A-	sd	20	0	0	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.960	--	--	--	--	--	--	92	123	9
1986	Beaumont	Tex	AA	sd	21	0	0	0	76	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.973	--	.760	--	--	--	--	217	267	19
1987	San Diego	NL	MLB	sd	22	0	0	0	66	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.975	--	.867	--	--	--	--	123	200	10
1987	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	sd	22	0	0	0	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.980	--	--	--	--	--	--	186	249	9
1988	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	sd	23	0	0	0	117	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.962	.895	--	--	--	--	--	285	346	26
1989	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	sd	24	0	0	0	111	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.958	--	.930	--	--	--	--	245	349	27
1989	San Diego	NL	MLB	sd	24	0	0	0	1	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	1.000	.500	.960	--	--	--	--	11	15	2
1990	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	sd	25	0	0	0	20	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.983	--	.929	--	--	--	--	125	148	14
1990	San Diego	NL	MLB	sd	25	0	1	0	15	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	--	1.000	--	.937	--	.833	--	--	--	--	59	49	11
1991	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	chw	26	0	0	0	80	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	--	--	--	.970	--	.923	--	--	--	--	107	192	10
1991	South Bend	Midw	A	chw	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	4	0
1992	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	chw	27	0	0	0	28	5	6	0	0	0	0	18	--	--	--	.984	.889	1.000	--	--	--	--	60	84	3
1993	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	chw	28	0	0	0	151	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.974	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	296	413	19
1994	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	chw	29	0	0	0	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	--	--	--	.978	--	--	--	--	--	--	162	195	8
1994	South Bend	Midw	A	chw	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.923	--	--	--	--	--	--	4	8	1
1995	Seattle	AL	MLB	sea	30	0	0	0	112	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	--	--	--	.955	--	.000	--	--	--	--	205	262	23
1996	Seattle	AL	MLB	sea	31	0	0	0	140	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.979	--	--	--	--	--	--	296	314	13
1997	Seattle	AL	MLB	sea	32	0	0	0	142	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.973	--	--	--	--	--	--	307	310	17
1998	Cleveland	AL	MLB	cle	33	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.986	--	--	--	--	--	--	31	40	1
1998	Seattle	AL	MLB	sea	33	0	0	0	130	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.962	--	--	--	--	--	--	212	270	19
MLB Totals						0	1	0	970	11	46	0	0	0	0	22	--	1.000	--	.971	.867	.894	--	--	--	--	1869	2344	136
Minor League Totals						0	0	0	452	5	46	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.967	.895	.911	--	--	--	--	1156	1494	105

Transactions

Drafted: Selected by San Diego Padres in 1st round (23rd overall) of 1985 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase)

1991-03-31 - Traded by Padres with Warren Newson and Kevin Garner to White Sox for Steve Rosenberg and Adam Peterson. 1994-12-23 - Granted Free Agency. 1995-04-06 - Signed as Free Agent by Mariners. 1997-11-06 - Granted Free Agency. 1997-11-18 - Signed as Free Agent by Mariners. 1998-08-31 - Traded by Mariners to Indians for David Bell. 1998-10-29 - Granted Free Agency. 1999-01-18 - Signed as Free Agent by Blue Jays.

Awards

1997 - Played in MLB All-Star Game (AL);

Salaries

$60,000

$77,500

$100,000

$120,000

$235,000

$465,000

$625,000

$425,000

$850,000

$1,025,000

$1,700,000

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

Jobs

Year	Job	Team	League	Level
2000	Manager	Daytona	FSL	A+
2001	Manager	Kingsport	App	Rk
2002	Manager	Kingsport	App	Rk
2003	Manager	Savannah	SAL	A
2004	Third Base Coach	Chicago White Sox	MLB-AL	MLB
2005	Third Base Coach	Chicago White Sox	MLB-AL	MLB
2006	Third Base Coach	Chicago White Sox	MLB-AL	MLB
2007	Bench Coach	Chicago White Sox	MLB-AL	MLB
2008	Bench Coach	Chicago White Sox	MLB-AL	MLB
2009	Bench Coach	Chicago White Sox	MLB-AL	MLB
2010	Bench Coach	Chicago White Sox	MLB-AL	MLB
2011	Bench Coach	Chicago White Sox	MLB-AL	MLB
2012	Bench Coach	Miami Marlins	MLB-NL	MLB

Feats

1997 - 5 Hits in Game MLB--- 5

Ebay Auctions

Playoff Batting Statistics

Year	Team	League	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1993	Chi White Sox	AL	CS	6	22	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.240	.136	376
1995	Seattle	AL	Div	5	19	7	6	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.409	.526	935
1995	Seattle	AL	CS	6	23	2	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.208	.217	425
1997	Seattle	AL	Div	4	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.176	352
1998	Cleveland	AL	Div	4	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.231	.000	231
1998	Cleveland	AL	CS	2	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.333	.143	476
Playoff Totals:				27	98	14	17	2	0	1	2	3	0	12	14	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.264	.224	488

Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

Hover over year/rank to see Stat value and Team/League.

Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
BAVG	1x		1989-6
OBP	1x		1989-8
AB	1x		1989-6
R	2x	1998-9	1989-10
H	1x		1989-3
DBL	1x	1997-9
TPL	2x	1993-2	1986-7
SB	2x		1986-8 1989-1
CS	3x	1987-9	1986-7 1989-3
HBP	3x	1993-10	1985-2 1989-6
SH	5x	1993-1 1994-4 1995-3 1998-5	1985-6
DOUBLEUP	4x	1997-7 1998-7	1988-6 1989-5
BBSO	5x	1995-10 1997-3 1998-3	1988-1 1989-1

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