Corey Lee (baseball)

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Corey Lee

| image =

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|12|26}}

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

| death_date =

| bats = Left

| throws = Left

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = August 24

| debutyear = 1999

| debutteam = Texas Rangers

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = August 24

| finalyear = 1999

| finalteam = Texas Rangers

|debut2league = NPB

| debut2date = August 1

| debut2year = 2005

| debut2team = Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

|final2league = NPB

| final2date = June 7

| final2year = 2006

| final2team = Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 0–1

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 27.00

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 0

|stat2league = NPB

| stat21label = Win–loss record

| stat21value = 8–7

| stat22label = Earned run average

| stat22value = 3.42

| stat23label = Strikeouts

| stat23value = 70

| teams =

Texas Rangers ({{mlby|1999}})
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters ({{npby|2005}}–{{npby|2006}})

}}

Corey Wayne Lee (born December 26, 1974) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in one game for the Texas Rangers in 1999.

Amateur career

Lee attended Clayton High School in North Carolina and played college baseball for North Carolina State University.{{cite news |last1=Best |first1=D. Clay |title=Lee signs with Angels |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-lee-signs-with-ang/148313208/ |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=The News and Observer |date=7 May 2004 |pages=B2}} In 1995 and 1996, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.{{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= |accessdate=September 25, 2019}} He was selected by Texas in the first round of the 1996 MLB Draft.

Professional career

In his lone appearance in a major league uniform, Lee pitched one inning, allowing an eleventh-inning, three-run home run to Tino Martinez of the New York Yankees.{{cite web |title=New York Yankees vs Texas Rangers Box Score: August 24, 1999 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199908240.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=29 May 2024 |language=en}}