He was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 4th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft. He had a 1.12 ERA in 24 innings with Low-A Portland to finish the 2000 season. In 2001, he went 10-8 with a 3.10 ERA for High-A Salem and 10-8 with a 3.78 ERA for Double-A Carolina in 2002. Vance also appeared in 2 games for the major league team after a September call up. After posting his first losing record (9-11) with the Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox in 2003, though he did play 9 games in the majors, he was claimed off waivers by the Texas Rangers on April 8, 2004. He has the distinction of being in the mound when Rickey Henderson stole his 1406th base of his career on Vance's a pick up throw to first base. Henderson, then with the Los Angeles Dodgers, beat first baseman Todd Helton's throw to second base for the final stolen base of his career in a 2003 game between the Rockies and Dodgers. Vance played 8 games with the Rangers' Triple-A team in Oklahoma in 2004 before his career ended.
Referencesedit
^"Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
^"1999 Falmouth Commodores". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
Personal lifeedit
Today Cory serves the City of Casa Grande (AZ) Fire Department and holds the rank of Engineer. He has been a firefighter with the City of Casa Grande Fire Department since March 2008. He lives with his wife and two daughters in the Phoenix Metro area.
External linksedit
Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
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cory, vance, cory, wade, vance, born, june, 1979, former, major, league, baseball, pitcher, played, colorado, rockies, from, 2002, 2003, pitcherborn, 1979, june, 1979, dayton, ohiobatted, leftthrew, leftmlb, debutseptember, 2002, colorado, rockieslast, appeara. Cory Wade Vance born June 20 1979 is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Colorado Rockies from 2002 to 2003 Cory VancePitcherBorn 1979 06 20 June 20 1979 age 44 Dayton OhioBatted LeftThrew LeftMLB debutSeptember 21 2002 for the Colorado RockiesLast MLB appearanceSeptember 26 2003 for the Colorado RockiesMLB statisticsWin loss record1 3Earned run average5 74Strikeouts13TeamsColorado Rockies 2002 2003 Contents 1 Amateur career 2 Professional career 3 References 4 Personal life 5 External linksAmateur career editVance attended George Tech and in 1998 and 1999 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League 1 2 He went 13 3 with a 3 40 ERA and 123 strikeouts in 2000 This performance earned him an Atlantic Coast Conference All Star selection and he was also named a 3rd team College All American Professional career editHe was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 4th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft He had a 1 12 ERA in 24 innings with Low A Portland to finish the 2000 season In 2001 he went 10 8 with a 3 10 ERA for High A Salem and 10 8 with a 3 78 ERA for Double A Carolina in 2002 Vance also appeared in 2 games for the major league team after a September call up After posting his first losing record 9 11 with the Triple A Colorado Springs Sky Sox in 2003 though he did play 9 games in the majors he was claimed off waivers by the Texas Rangers on April 8 2004 He has the distinction of being in the mound when Rickey Henderson stole his 1406th base of his career on Vance s a pick up throw to first base Henderson then with the Los Angeles Dodgers beat first baseman Todd Helton s throw to second base for the final stolen base of his career in a 2003 game between the Rockies and Dodgers Vance played 8 games with the Rangers Triple A team in Oklahoma in 2004 before his career ended References edit Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League PDF capecodbaseball org Retrieved September 25 2019 1999 Falmouth Commodores thebaseballcube com Retrieved September 23 2021 Personal life editToday Cory serves the City of Casa Grande AZ Fire Department and holds the rank of Engineer He has been a firefighter with the City of Casa Grande Fire Department since March 2008 He lives with his wife and two daughters in the Phoenix Metro area External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball pitcher born in the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cory Vance amp oldid 1110810905, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
