Cody Forsythe

Cody Ryan Forsythe

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

• School Southern Illinois University
• High School Marshall County High School

• Born September 17, 1990 in Paducah, KY USA

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Biographical Information

Cody Forsythe pitched in the minors and for Team USA.

He had a 13-1, 0.70 record as a high school senior and also played soccer in high school. He was 2-2 with a 7.88 ERA as a freshman. He improved to 8-5, 2.35 as a sophomore, walking only 11 in 103 1/3 IP. He tied for sixth in the Missouri Valley Conference in wins and was third in ERA. He was named All-Conference as a pitcher.

In 2012, he was 5-4 with a 3.10 ERA and became the first SIU pitcher to reach 100+ innings in back-to-back seasons. He had a 4-5, 3.03 record in '13. The Philadelphia Phillies took him in the 25th round of the 2013 amateur draft; the scout was David Seifert. He split the summer between the GCL Phillies (3-0, 2 Sv, 2.38 in 18 G) and Clearwater Threshers (0 R in 1 IP).

Forsythe split 2014 between Clearwater (2-3, 3 Sv, 2.27 in 22 G, 47 K in 35 2/3 IP) and the Lakewood BlueClaws (3-2, 9 Sv, 2.45 in 23 G). He tied Tyler Knigge and Jeremy Horst for 6th in the Phils chain in games pitched and tied Ken Giles for third in saves. In 2015, he was 3-2 with a 3.65 ERA for the 2015 Threshers. He pitched one game for Team USA when they finished second in the 2015 Premier 12. Relieving Cody Satterwhite in the 8th with a 10-2 deficit against Japan, he allowed a single to Shogo Akiyama, retired Kenta Imamiya and walked Tetsuto Yamada. Casey Coleman took over and got out of the jam.

The Kentucky native moved to the independent leagues in 2016, going 11-5 with a 4.38 ERA for the Sioux City Explorers, tying for fourth in the American Association in wins. He faded to 6-8, 5.45 the next year for Sioux City to end his pro career. He then returned to SIU as an assistant coach in 2018.