Phil Coke

Infobox MLB player
name = Phil Coke


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caption =
team = New York Yankees
number = 48
position = Pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1982|7|19
birthplace = city-state|Sonora|California
bats = Left
throws = Left
debutdate = September 1
debutyear = 2008
debutteam = New York Yankees
statyear = 2008 season
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 1-0
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 0.61
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 14
teams =
* New York Yankees (by|2008-present)
awards =|

Phillip Douglas Coke (born July 19, 1982 in Sonora, California) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees.

Coke attended San Joaquin Delta College. He was selected by the Florida Marlins in the 49th Round (1450th overall) of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft, but didn't sign. He was drafted by the Yankees in the 26th Round (786th overall) of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft, and did sign.

He began his baseball career with the GCL Yankees in by|2003. By by|2007, Coke had also pitched for the short season Staten Island Yankees, Class-A Charleston RiverDogs, and Class-A Advanced Tampa Yankees.

He made his Double-A debut with the Trenton Thunder in by|2008, going 9-4 with a 2.54 ERA in 23 games (20 starts). Later that year in Triple-A with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, he pitched in 13 games (One start) and went 2-2 with a 4.67 ERA. He made his major league debut on September 1, mlby|2008, for the Yankees against the Detroit Tigers with a scoreless inning and strikeouts of Curtis Granderson and Miguel Cabrera.

He is 6 foot 1, weighs 210 pounds, and sports a fastball that sits between 92-94 MPH and a sharp slider in the low to mid 80s.

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