Frank Cimorelli

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1968)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Frank Cimorelli

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1968|8|2}}

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

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 30

|debutyear=1994

|debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 18

|finalyear=1994

|finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=8.78

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=1

|teams=

• St. Louis Cardinals ({{mlby|1994}})

}}

Frank Thomas Cimorelli (born August 2, 1968) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. Cimorelli played for the St. Louis Cardinals in {{mlby|1994}}.

Cimorelli attended Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in Hyde Park, New York, where he was teammates with Jeff Pierce.{{cite news |last1=Thomaselli |first1=Rich |title=FORMER RCK STAR PITCHER MURPHY DRAFTED BY MLB'S GIANTS |url=https://www.hudsonvalleysportsreport.com/former-rck-star-pitcher-murphy-drafted-by-mlbs-giants/ |access-date=28 December 2020 |work=Hudson Valley Sports Report |date=12 June 2020}} He played shortstop in high school{{cite news |title=Cimorelli's next pitch will be as a pro hurler |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=19360303&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE2MzI0MjE1OSwiaWF0IjoxNjA5MTk2NDM4LCJleHAiOjE2MDkyODI4Mzh9.bGDbK1jMU8pt0KcTlKSz7izrRpegjFA6NQZVRRn5d4o |access-date=28 December 2020 |work=Poughkeepsie Journal |date=June 13, 1989 |language=en}} and middle infield at Dutchess Community College on days when he was not pitching. At Dutchess, he batted .340 as a sophomore and won seven games as a pitcher.{{cite news |title=Cimorelli latest Roosevelt grad drafted by Cardinals |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4669940/poughkeepsie-journal/ |access-date=28 December 2020 |work=Poughkeepsie Journal |date=10 June 1989 |pages=2B}} In his only season at Dominican College, he was an honorable mention NAIA All-American. He was drafted in the 37th round of the 1987 Major League Baseball draft, signed for the minimum salary and received a signing bonus of $1,000.

In 1992, Cimorelli set a Minor League Baseball record for pitchers with 65 consecutive games without committing an error.{{cite web |title=This Day in History |url=http://potomac.nationals.milb.com/milb/history/tdih.jsp?tdih=0902&sid=milb |website=MiLB.com |publisher=Minor League Baseball |access-date=28 December 2020 |language=en}} Cimorelli spent five seasons in the minors, including three uninterrupted years with the Springfield Cardinals, before making his Major League debut against the Houston Astros on April 30, 1994.{{cite web |title=Frank Cimorelli Minor & Mexican Leagues Statistics & History |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=cimore001fra |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=28 December 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Frank Cimorelli Stats |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cimorfr01.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=28 December 2020 |language=en}} In his final Major League appearance on July 18, 1994, he surrendered four earned runs in a third of an inning against the Houston Astros, setting the stage for the biggest comeback in the history of the Astrodome.{{cite news |last1=Lemoine |first1=Bob |title=July 18, 1994: Astros erase 11-run deficit in biggest comeback in Astrodome history |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/july-18-1994-astros-erase-11-run-deficit-in-biggest-comeback-in-astrodome-history/ |access-date=28 December 2020 |work=Dome Sweet Dome: History and Highlights from 35 Years of the Houston Astrodome |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |date=2017}}