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Revision as of 20:39, 8 November 2022
| Victor Cole | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: January 23, 1968 Leningrad, Russian SFSR | |
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| June 6, 1992, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| July 9, 1992, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 0–2 |
| Earned run average | 5.48 |
| Strikeouts | 12 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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Victor Cole (born January 23, 1968, in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a former professional baseball pitcher. Cole is the only Major League Baseball player ever to have been born in the Soviet Union, and the ninth to have been born in what is now Russia.
Cole pitched in eight games for the 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates, with an 0–2 record, 12 strikeouts and allowing 14 earned runs.
Cole attended Santa Clara University in California. Cole's father, from Sierra Leone, studied medicine in Russia and married a Russian woman. The family moved to USA four years after Cole's birth.[1]
Cole was taken by the Kansas City Royals in the 14th round of the 1988 amateur draft. He was traded to the Pirates May 3, 1991 for Carmelo Martinez.
Cole played in the Milwaukee Brewers organization in 1994 and the San Diego Padres organization in 1995 and 1996. He then went to play in the Taiwan Major League for Kaoping Fala in 1997. Cole returned to the minors in 1998 and 1999 with the Chicago Cubs. He spent 2000 with the Memphis Redbirds, a AAA affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals and SK Wyverns of the Korea Baseball Organization. Cole spent 2001 and 2002 with the KBO's Doosan Bears before retiring. In his ten seasons in the minor leagues, he had a record of 37 - 36 with an ERA of 3.70.
In 2003, Cole joined the Russia national baseball team. He also joined the team on its tour of the North American-based independent Northeast League. Cole later coached with the National Team in the 2020 European Championships, in Group B.
References
- ^ Hagen, Paul. "Russian-born Major Leaguers in the modern era". MLB.com. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)
- CPC Baseball trivia
- New York Times mention
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Acereros de Monclova players
- Águilas del Zulia players
- Baseball City Royals players
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Carolina Mudcats players
- Doosan Bears players
- El Paso Diablos players
- Eugene Emeralds players
- Expatriate baseball players in South Korea
- Iowa Cubs players
- Las Vegas Stars (baseball) players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Major League Baseball players from Russia
- Memphis Chicks players
- Memphis Redbirds players
- New Orleans Zephyrs players
- Omaha Royals players
- Pine Bluff Locomotives players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Russian people of Sierra Leonean descent
- Salinas Peppers players
- SSG Landers players
- Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg
- Sultanes de Monterrey players
- Tiburones de La Guaira players
- West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx players
- Russian baseball players
- Expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- Russian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
- Russian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate baseball players in Mexico
- Soviet emigrants to the United States