Carey Cheek

Carey O'Brian Cheek

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11"

• School Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus

• Born December 14, 1962

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Biographical Information

Carey Cheek played three seasons in the minors.

Cheek was picked by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 19th round of the January 1984 draft. He hit .265/.346/.414 for the 1984 Watertown Pirates as their most-used DH. In 1985, he batted .297/.398/.474 with 29 doubles, 17 home runs, 82 RBI and 78 walks for the Macon Pirates. He was 4th in the South Atlantic League in two-baggers (between Sil Campusano and Bart Kaiser), missed the top 10 in homers by 1, missed the top in average by .001, was 10th in RBI, missed the top 10 in walks by four, was 10th in OBP and slugging and was 8th in OPS (between Kaiser and Drew Denson). Among Bucco farmhands, he was third in runs (70, behind Benny Distefano and Reggie Hammonds), tied Mike Diaz for the most doubles, was second in long balls (5 behind Diaz), was second to Diaz in RBI (by 3), tied Burk Goldthorn for second in walks (trailing Tommy Prince) and was second to Diaz in OPS (Barry Bonds was also higher, in not enough plate appearances). He was named the SAL All-Star DH.

After that strong 1985, 1986 was not as good. He hit .223/.333/.301 in 30 games for the Prince William Pirates and .278/.362/.371 in 98 games for Macon. He was down to 5 home runs on the season. He still was third in the Pittsburgh farm chain in RBI (72, behind Lance Belen and Page Odle) and 4th in walks (63, between Tommy Gregg and Ron Wotus). He had batted .279/.373/.416 with 29 home runs, 150 runs, 190 RBI and 162 walks in 322 games as a pro, fielding .981 at 1B.

He later coached Saint Frances Academy.