Raymond Wallace "Corky" Withrow (born November 28, 1937) is a retired American

United States

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 professional baseball

Professional baseball

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 player, an outfielder

Outfielder

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 who played from 1956 through 1966 in minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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. He had one audition in the Major Leagues

Major League Baseball

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 with the St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

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, but went hitless

Hit (baseball)

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 in six games played

Games played

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 and nine at bats, mostly as a pinch hitter

Pinch hitter

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. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 in 3 in (1.91 m) tall and weighed 197 pounds (89.4 kg). Withrow grew up in Central City, Kentucky

Central City, Kentucky

Central City is a city in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 5,893 at the 2000 census. It is also the largest city in the county and the principal community in the Central City Micropolitan Statistical Area which includes all of Muhlenberg County and the communities...

 and graduated from Central City High School there in 1956, attended Georgetown College of Kentucky, where he played basketball

Basketball

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, then transferred to Kentucky Wesleyan College

Kentucky Wesleyan College

Kentucky Wesleyan College is a private Methodist college in Owensboro, Kentucky, a city on the Ohio River. KWC is just 40 minutes east of Evansville, Indiana, 2 hours north of Nashville, Tennessee, 2 hours west of Louisville, Kentucky, and 4 hours east of St. Louis, Missouri...

 in 1958.

Originally signed by the Milwaukee Braves

Atlanta Braves

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, Withrow was a power-hitting outfielder, hitting 34 home runs in the Class D New York-Penn League (1958), 34 homers in the Double-A Texas League

Texas League

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 (1962), and 29 more in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League

Pacific Coast League

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 (1963). Acquired by the Cardinals from the Denver Bears in September 1963, Withrow made his debut as a pinch hitter for St. Louis pitcher Ron Taylor

Ron Taylor (baseball)

Ronald Wesley Taylor is a former professional baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of 11 seasons with the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros, New York Mets and San Diego Padres. Taylor was a member of two World Series-winning teams: the 1964 St. Louis Cardinals and the...

 in the sixth inning on September 6 and was called out on strikes

Strikeout

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 by left-hander

Left-handed

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 Bob Veale

Bob Veale

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 of the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates

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. He started his only MLB game the following day against another southpaw, Joe Gibbon

Joe Gibbon

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, and recorded his only Major League run batted in

Run batted in

Runs batted in or RBIs is a statistic used in baseball and softball to credit a batter when the outcome of his at-bat results in a run being scored, except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play. The first team to track RBI was the Buffalo Bisons.Common nicknames for an RBI...

 on a fielder's choice

Fielder's choice

In baseball, fielder's choice is a term used to refer to a variety of plays involving an offensive player reaching a base due to the defense's attempt to put out another baserunner, or the defensive team's indifference to his advance...

.

Withrow played in 1,128 minor league games and batted

Batting average

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 .260 lifetime.

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