Cody Stanley

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Cody Stanley

| image = Cody Stanley on August 11, 2015.jpg

| image_size = 270px

| caption = Stanley playing for the Memphis Redbirds, triple-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, in {{By|2015}}

| team = Free agent

| number =

| position = Catcher

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|12|21}}

| birth_place = Clinton, North Carolina, U.S.

| bats = Left

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = April 26

| debutyear = 2015

| debutteam = St. Louis Cardinals

| finaldate = September 10

| finalyear = 2015

| finalteam = St. Louis Cardinals

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .400

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 0

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 3

| teams =

St. Louis Cardinals ({{mlby|2015}})

}}

File:Cody Stanley on September 15, 2011.jpg, single-A affiliates of the Cardinals, in {{By|2011}}]]

Cody Franklin Stanley (born December 21, 1988) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2015. Stanley was twice suspended during his professional playing career for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy.

Amateur career

Stanley attended the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and in 2009 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League where he was named a league all-star.{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |access-date=January 9, 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/college/summer/stats.asp?Y=2009&T=Cotuit_Kettleers |title=2009 Cotuit Kettleers |publisher=thebaseballcube.com |accessdate=September 23, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/all_star_game/2009/CCBL_ASG_09_Rosters.pdf |title=CCBL All-Star Game 2009 Rosters |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |access-date=May 6, 2020}} The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Stanley in the fourth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft.{{cite web |author=St. Louis Cardinals Press Release |url=http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100608&content_id=10953358&vkey=pr_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129190323/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100608&content_id=10953358&vkey=pr_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |title=30 rounds complete in 2010 Amateur Draft; Cardinals have selected 32 players |publisher=stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com |date=June 8, 2010 |access-date=June 8, 2010}}

Professional career

=Minor leagues=

Commencing his Minor League Baseball career with the Johnson City Cardinals in 2010, Stanley batted .321 and contributed to winning the Appalachian League title. He played for the Quad City River Bandits in 2011 and they won the Midwest League title.{{cite web |last=Pope |first=Thomas |url=http://www.fayobserver.com/sports/clinton-s-cody-stanley-doubles-after-call-up-to-help/article_1248e73c-510d-11e5-8dd8-273e982cacce.html |title=Clinton's Cody Stanley doubles after call-up to help St. Louis Cardinals win |publisher=The Fayetteville Observer |date=September 2, 2015 |access-date=September 6, 2015}} In 2012, Stanley was suspended 50 games after testing positive for methylhexanamine and tamoxifen, prohibited substances under Major League Baseball's drug policy.{{cite news |author=Staff and wire reports |url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-prospect-receives-suspension/article_64b30f0d-24f2-55e4-804c-c207bb85bb47.html |title=Cardinals prospect receives suspension |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=March 28, 2012 |access-date=August 17, 2015}}{{cite web |last=Booher |first=Kary |url=http://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/baseball/2014/06/21/long-road-back-catcher-cody-stanley/11228725/ |title=A long road back for catcher Cody Stanley |publisher=Springfield News-Leader |date=June 21, 2014 |access-date=June 21, 2014}} While playing for the double-A Springfield Cardinals in 2014, Stanley was Texas League All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) after hitting a home run.

=Major leagues=

The Cardinals added Stanley to the 40-man roster on November 19, 2014.{{cite news |title=Cardinals add Cody Stanley to 40-man roster |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=11904422|work=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press |date=November 19, 2014 |access-date=November 20, 2014 }} He made his major league debut on April 26, 2015, in a 6–3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, and singled in his first at bat.{{cite news |last=Hummel |first=Rick |authorlink=Rick Hummel |url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/weekend-wrap-up-cards-lose-one-game-three-players/article_8b9aeebb-8fd8-562a-b2d4-402c3b331496.html |title=Weekend wrap-up: Cards lose one game, three players |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=April 26, 2015 |access-date=August 17, 2015}} Stanley spent most of the 2015 season with the triple-A Memphis Redbirds, batting .241 with seven home runs, 45 runs batted in (RBI) and a slugging percentage (SLG) of .359. He returned to the Cardinals in September when MLB rosters expanded and garnered four hits in ten at bats in his first major league season. On September 12, he was suspended 80 games after testing positive for 4-Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone, also known as Turinabol, a prohibited substance under MLB's drug policy. It was the second such suspension in his professional career.{{cite web |agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.startribune.com/cardinals-c-stanley-suspended-for-80-games-by-mlb/327032871/ |title=Cardinals C Cody Stanley suspended for positive test for performance-enhancing substance |publisher=Star Tribune (Minneapolis–Saint Paul) |date=September 12, 2015 |access-date=September 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926183857/http://www.startribune.com/cardinals-c-stanley-suspended-for-80-games-by-mlb/327032871/ |archive-date=September 26, 2015 |url-status=dead }} On December 2, 2015, the Cardinals elected not to tender him a contract for the following season, thereby making him a free agent.{{cite news |last=Goold |first=Derrick |url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/cards-keep-moss-allow-cishek-stanley-to-become-free-agents/article_b9ef8d9b-33cc-58f3-a2d1-29d448567cd0.html |title=Cards keep Moss, allow Cishek, Stanley to become free agents |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=December 2, 2015 |access-date=December 3, 2015}}

Weeks before he was due to appeal, MLB announced in July 2016, that Stanley was suspended for 162 games for violating the league's drug policy a third time after again testing positive for Turinabol, before he had completed his second suspension.{{cite web |last=Rosenthal |first=Ken |url=http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/cody-stanley-162-game-ped-suspension-turinabol-ken-rosenthal-070916 |title=Facing possible lifetime ban, Cody Stanley is living every player's nightmare |website=Foxsports.com |date=July 9, 2016 |access-date=July 9, 2016}}

=Sugar Land Skeeters=

On February 7, 2019, after several years out of professional baseball, Stanley signed with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.{{cite web|title=Skeeters Sign Former Major League Catcher Cody Stanley|url=https://www.sugarlandskeeters.com/news/sugar-land-skeeters-sign-former-major-league-catcher-cody-stanley|website=sugarlandskeeters.com|date=February 7, 2019}} He became a free agent following the season.