Kevin Correia

Infobox MLB player
name=Kevin Correia

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width=250
position=Pitcher
team=San Francisco Giants
number=32
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1980|8|24
birthplace=city-state|San Diego|California
debutdate=July 10
debutyear=2003
debutteam=San Francisco Giants
statyear=June 29, 2008
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=12-19
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=4.13
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=249
teams=
*San Francisco Giants (by|2003-by|2008)

Kevin John Correia (born 1980-08-24 in San Diego, California) is a pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He attended Grossmont High School in El Cajon, California. He attended Grossmont Junior College and then transferred to Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 2000. He was drafted by the Giants in the fourth round (127th overall) of the by|2002 MLB Draft. In by|2008, Correia teamed up with close friend and San Diego based agent Chris Springfield, who works under his mentor Barry Axelrod. Correia is of Portuguese-American heritage.

Major League career

In 2003, Correia became the first player taken in the 2002 draft to reach the Major Leagues, and in 2004, Baseball America named him the organization's number six prospect. Correia split the 2004 and 2005 seasons between the Giants and the minor leagues, and making 12 big league starts and 16 relief appearances between the two seasons.

Going into the 2006 season, Correia competed for the Giants' fifth starter spot with Brad Hennessey and Jamey Wright. Although Correia pitched well in Spring training, Wright eventually won the spot, and Correia began the season in AAA with the Fresno Grizzlies. Correia was called up to the Giants in April due to injuries and poor performance by the team's bullpen, and has primarily been used in middle relief.

Correia rejoined the Giants' starting rotation in August 2007. In seven starts (40 innings), he has a 1.80 ERA.cite web| url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/psplit.cgi?n1=correke01&year=2007 | title= Kevin Correia 2007 Pitching Splits| work=Baseball-Reference| accessdate=2007-09-24]

tatistics

*Through September 21, 2007cite web| url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/correke01.shtml | title=Kevin Correia Statistics| work=Baseball-Reference| accessdate=2007-09-23] cite web| url=http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=429781&section1=1&statSet1=1&section2=1&section3=1&statSet3=1&statSet2=3 | title=Kevin Correia Stats| work=MLB.com| accessdate=2007-09-23]

References

External links

*baseball-reference|id=c/correke01
*espn mlb|id=7178|name=Kevin Correia

Persondata
NAME= Correia, Kevin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Correia, Kevin John
SHORT DESCRIPTION= American baseball pitcher
DATE OF BIRTH=1980-8-24
PLACE OF BIRTH=city-state|San Diego|California, United States
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=