Al Corwin

{{short description|American baseball player (1926–2003)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Al Corwin

|image=Al Corwin.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1926|12|3}}

|birth_place=Newburgh, New York, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2003|10|23|1926|12|3}}

|death_place=Geneva, Illinois, U.S.

|debutleague=MLB

|debutdate=July 25

|debutyear=1951

|debutteam=New York Giants

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 29

|finalyear=1955

|finalteam=New York Giants

|statleague=MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=18–10

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.98

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=142

|teams =

• New York Giants ({{Baseball year|1951}}–{{Baseball year|1955}})

|highlights =

• World Series champion ({{Wsy|1954}})

}}

Elmer Nathan "Al" Corwin (December 3, 1926 – October 23, 2003) was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in Major League Baseball between 1951 and 1955 for the New York Giants. The Newburgh, New York, native stood {{convert|6|ft|1|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|170|lb}}. Corwin attended Wallkill Senior High School in Wallkill, Ulster County, New York.{{cite book |last1=Schenkman |first1=A. J. |last2=Werlau |first2=Elizabeth |title=A History of the Wallkill Central Schools |date=23 July 2013 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-62584-610-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hel2CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT106 |access-date=31 August 2022 |language=en}}

Corwin signed with the Giants in 1948 and 1953 was his only full year in the big leagues. As a Giant, he appeared in 117 games pitched, 22 as a starter. He compiled a won–lost record of 18–10 and an earned run average of 3.98 in 289{{fraction|1|3}} innings pitched, allowing 289 hits and 156 bases on balls, with 142 strikeouts and five saves. Corwin made one appearance in the 1951 World Series. In Game 5, in a mop-up relief role, he hurled 1{{fraction|2|3}} scoreless innings in a 13–1 victory by the eventual champion New York Yankees.

Corwin retired in 1960 after 13 professional seasons.