Fred Corey

{{Short description|American baseball player (1855–1912)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Fred Corey

| image = Fred Corey.jpg

| position = Pitcher / Third baseman

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| birth_date = 1855

| birth_place = Coventry, Rhode Island, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1912|11|27|1855||}}

| death_place = Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = May 1

| debutyear = {{by|1878}}

| debutteam = Providence Grays

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = October 5

| finalyear = {{by|1885}}

| finalteam = Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 27–46

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 3.32

| stat3label = Batting average

| stat3value = .246

| teams =

• Providence Grays ({{by|1878}})
• Worcester Ruby Legs ({{by|1880}}–{{by|1882}})
• Philadelphia Athletics ({{by|1883}}–{{by|1885}})

| highlights =

}}

Frederick Harrison Corey (1855 – November 27, 1912) was an American pitcher and third baseman in Major League Baseball in {{by|1878}} and from {{by|1880}} through {{by|1885}}, encompassing seven seasons. He played for the Providence Grays, Worcester Ruby Legs, and Philadelphia Athletics. Corey was born in Coventry, Rhode Island, and died in Providence, Rhode Island, and is interred at the North Burial Ground.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/C/Pcoref101.htm|title=Fred Corey's career statistics|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=2009-05-09}} Corey twice cost himself a potential home run by failing to touch third base: first, on 9/23/1880 vs. Boston, then again, on 9/17/1881 vs. Cleveland. "These would have been the first two homers in his career, which ended up with a total of seven."{{cite web|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/losthr.htm|title=Fred Corey's lost home runs|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=2020-01-22}}