Cody Stanley Explained

Cody Stanley
Team:Free agent
Position:Catcher
Birth Date:21 December 1988
Birth Place:Clinton, North Carolina, U.S.
Bats:Left
Throws:Right
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:April 26
Debutyear:2015
Debutteam:St. Louis Cardinals
Finaldate:September 10
Finalyear:2015
Finalteam:St. Louis Cardinals
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.400
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:0
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:3
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Cody Franklin Stanley (born December 21, 1988) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2015. Stanley was twice suspended during his professional playing career for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy.

Amateur career

Stanley attended the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and in 2009 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League where he was named a league all-star.[1] [2] [3] The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Stanley in the fourth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

Professional career

Minor leagues

Commencing his Minor League Baseball career with the Johnson City Cardinals in 2010, Stanley batted .321 and contributed to winning the Appalachian League title. He played for the Quad City River Bandits in 2011 and they won the Midwest League title.[5] In 2012, Stanley was suspended 50 games after testing positive for methylhexanamine and tamoxifen, prohibited substances under Major League Baseball's drug policy.[6] [7] While playing for the double-A Springfield Cardinals in 2014, Stanley was Texas League All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) after hitting a home run.[5]

Major leagues

The Cardinals added Stanley to the 40-man roster on November 19, 2014.[8] He made his major league debut on April 26, 2015, in a 6–3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, and singled in his first at bat.[9] Stanley spent most of the 2015 season with the triple-A Memphis Redbirds, batting .241 with seven home runs, 45 runs batted in (RBI) and a slugging percentage (SLG) of .359. He returned to the Cardinals in September when MLB rosters expanded[5] and garnered four hits in ten at bats in his first major league season. On September 12, he was suspended 80 games after testing positive for 4-Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone, also known as Turinabol, a prohibited substance under MLB's drug policy. It was the second such suspension in his professional career.[10] On December 2, 2015, the Cardinals elected not to tender him a contract for the following season, thereby making him a free agent.[11]

Weeks before he was due to appeal, MLB announced on July, 2016, that Stanley was suspended for 162 games for violating the league's drug policy a third time after again testing positive for Turinabol, before he had completed his second suspension.[12]

Sugar Land Skeeters

On February 7, 2019, after several years out of professional baseball, Stanley signed with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.[13] He became a free agent following the season.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League . capecodbaseball.org . January 9, 2020.
  2. Web site: 2009 Cotuit Kettleers . thebaseballcube.com . September 23, 2021.
  3. Web site: CCBL All-Star Game 2009 Rosters . capecodbaseball.org . May 6, 2020.
  4. Web site: St. Louis Cardinals Press Release . 30 rounds complete in 2010 Amateur Draft; Cardinals have selected 32 players . . June 8, 2010 . June 8, 2010.
  5. Web site: Pope . Thomas . Clinton's Cody Stanley doubles after call-up to help St. Louis Cardinals win . . September 2, 2015 . September 6, 2015.
  6. News: Staff and wire reports . Cardinals prospect receives suspension . . March 28, 2012 . August 17, 2015.
  7. Web site: Booher . Kary . A long road back for catcher Cody Stanley . . June 21, 2014 . June 21, 2014.
  8. News: Cardinals add Cody Stanley to 40-man roster . . . November 19, 2014 . November 20, 2014 .
  9. News: Hummel . Rick . Rick Hummel . Weekend wrap-up: Cards lose one game, three players . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . April 26, 2015 . August 17, 2015.
  10. Web site: . Cardinals C Cody Stanley suspended for positive test for performance-enhancing substance . Star Tribune (Minneapolis–Saint Paul) . September 12, 2015 . September 12, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150926183857/http://www.startribune.com/cardinals-c-stanley-suspended-for-80-games-by-mlb/327032871/ . September 26, 2015 . dead .
  11. News: Goold . Derrick . Cards keep Moss, allow Cishek, Stanley to become free agents . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . December 2, 2015 . December 3, 2015.
  12. Web site: Rosenthal . Ken . Facing possible lifetime ban, Cody Stanley is living every player's nightmare . . July 9, 2016 . July 9, 2016.
  13. Web site: Skeeters Sign Former Major League Catcher Cody Stanley. sugarlandskeeters.com. February 7, 2019.