Cody Stanley

Cody Franklin Stanley

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 190 lb.
• School University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• High School Clinton (NC) High School
• Debut April 26, 2015
• Final Game September 10, 2015
• Born December 21, 1988 in Clinton, NC USA

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Biographical Information

Catcher Cody Stanley was drafted in the 4th round of the 2010 amateur draft by the St. Louis Cardinals and made his professional debut that year with the Johnson City Cardinals. He also played for the Quad Cities River Bandits, hitting a combined .319/.377/.507 in 55 games. He made the Appalachian League All-Star team for his performance at Johnson City. He played 101 games for Quad Cities in 2011, hitting .264 with 11 homers and 66 RBIs and was a mid-season All-Star. His 2012 season was then cut short by an injury, as he only played 48 games, including a rehabilitation assignment with the GCL Cardinals. For the Palm Beach Cardinals, he hit .280 with 3 homers and 35 RBIs, continuing to show good potential with the bat.

In 2013, he started the year with Palm Beach but was soon promoted to the Springfield (MO) Cardinals of the AA Texas League. Between the two clubs, he played 98 games but hit only .244/.285/.337. In 2014, he was back at Springfield and found his batting stroke again, hitting .283 with 12 homers and 43 RBIs in 103 games. He was back making the All-Star team, as he was selected for both the mid-season and postseason ones. At the start of 2015, he was hitting .216 in 15 games with the Memphis Redbirds in his first taste of AAA when he got the call to Busch Stadium.

He was called up by the Cardinals on April 26, 2015 when pitcher Adam Wainwright was placed on the disabled list while catcher Yadier Molina was day-to-day because of a minor injury. He made his major league debut that same day as a pinch-hitter facing Jonathan Broxton of the Milwaukee Brewers. He singled and came in to score. He returned to Memphis a short time later and spent most of the season there, only making it back to St. Louis when rosters expanded after September 1st. That stay was short too, as on September 12th, he was handed an 80-game suspension for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance, a form of artificial testosterone. It was his second brush with MLB authorities, as he had received a 50-game ban in 2012. He had gone 4-for-10 in the big leagues, and .241 with 7 homers and 45 RBIs in 92 games in the Pacific Coast League.

Related Sites

• Cody Stanley on mlb.com
• BR Minors page
• University of North Carolina at Wilmington bio