| Frank Cimorelli | |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | 2 August 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | April 30 |
| Debutyear: | 1994 |
| Debutteam: | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | July 18 |
| Finalyear: | 1994 |
| Finalteam: | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
| Stat1value: | 0–0 |
| Stat2label: | Earned run average |
| Stat2value: | 8.78 |
| Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
| Stat3value: | 1 |
| Teams: | |
Frank Thomas Cimorelli (born August 2, 1968) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. Cimorelli played for the St. Louis Cardinals in .
Cimorelli attended Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in Hyde Park, New York, where he was teammates with Jeff Pierce.[1] He played shortstop in high school[2] and middle infield at Dutchess Community College on days when he was not pitching. At Dutchess, he batted .340 as a sophomore and won seven games as a pitcher.[3] In his only season at Dominican College, he was an honorable mention NAIA All-American. He was drafted in the 37th round of the 1987 Major League Baseball draft, signed for the minimum salary and received a signing bonus of $1,000.
In 1992, Cimorelli set a Minor League Baseball record for pitchers with 65 consecutive games without committing an error.[4] Cimorelli spent five seasons in the minors, including three uninterrupted years with the Springfield Cardinals, before making his Major League debut against the Houston Astros on April 30, 1994.[5] [6] In his final Major League appearance on July 18, 1994, he surrendered four earned runs in a third of an inning against the Houston Astros, setting the stage for the biggest comeback in the history of the Astrodome.[7]