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Template:Mlbretired Cory Fulton Lidle (March 22, 1972 – October 11, 2006) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for seven different teams in his ten-year career, last playing for the New York Yankees . Only a few days after the team's 2006 season ended, Lidle was killed when his personal airplane crashed into a residential building in New York City.

Biography

Born in Hollywood, California, Lidle was related to Robert Fulton. He attended South Hills High School in West Covina, California, graduating in 1990, and was a high school teammate of Jason Giambi. Lidle married Melanie Varela on January 7 1997; the pair had one son, Christopher.

Baseball career

Lidle was signed in 1990 by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent. After his release in 1993, he was signed by the Milwaukee Brewers. Lidle was then traded in 1996 to the New York Mets, and made his Major League debut for the Mets on May 8, 1997. Lidle was one of the few Major League Baseball players who was not a member of the MLB Players Union. As a replacement player during the 1994 baseball strike, he was not eligible to join the union. Lidle later appeared for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Phillies. On July 30, 2006, Lidle was traded along with outfielder Bobby Abreu from the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Yankees for minor league shortstop C.J. Henry, the Yankees' first round pick in the 2005 draft, along with left-handed reliever Matt Smith, minor league catcher Jesus Sanchez, and minor league right hander Carlos Monasterios. In August 2002, Lidle was named American League pitcher of the month after finishing the month with 1 earned run and an ERA of 0.20. His five wins during that span helped the Oakland Athletics win 20 straight games.

Death

Main article: October 11, 2006 New York City plane crash

On October 11, 2006, a plane reportedly registered to and being flown by Lidle crashed into a building on New York City's Upper East Side. His death makes him the second Yankees player to die while flying his own plane, after Thurman Munson in 1979.

See also

Notes

  1. http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp#
  2. ^ Cory Lidle. MLB.com Retrieved October 11, 2006.
  3. mlb.com "Chavez clutch in A's 17th straight", August 31, 2006, by Mychael Urban
  4. FAA: Plane Registered To Yankees' Pitcher Lidle, WCBS-TV, accessed October 11 2006

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