Cory Gearrin

Cory Nathanial Gearrin

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 200 lb.
• School Mercer University
• High School Rhea County High School
• Debut April 25, 2011
• Final Game August 9, 2020
• Born April 14, 1986 in Chattanooga, TN, USA

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Biographical Information

In 2007 with Mercer University, Cory Gearrin went 4-3 with a 2.44 ERA in 26 relief appearances. He had 13 saves and 65 strikeouts in 44 innings of work, allowing only 15 hits. Gearrin was then drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the fourth round of the 2007 amateur draft. He was signed by scout Al Goetz and made his pro debut that summer.

He began his professional career in 2007, going 1-1 with a 4.44 ERA in 18 relief appearances, striking out 37 batters in 26 1/3 innings of work for the Danville Braves. The following season, he went 6-3 with a 4.11 ERA in 36 relief appearances for the Rome Braves and Myrtle Beach Pelicans, striking out 72 batters in 46 innings pitched. In 2009, Gearrin played for the Pelicans and Mississippi Braves, going a combined 1-4 with a 2.30 ERA, saving 19 games. He pitched for the Gwinnett Braves in 2010, going 3-5 with a 3.36 ERA in 52 relief appearances.

Gearrin made his major league debut with the Braves on April 25, 2011, pitching two perfect innings in relief against the San Diego Padres. He made 18 appearances that first season, going 1-1, 7.85.

On September 9, 2016, Cory earned his third save of the season for the San Francisco Giants in a 7-6 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in 12 innings. What was remarkable was that he went to left field for a span of one batter during that game, as manager Bruce Bochy brought in lefty Javier Lopez to face Jake Lamb. Lopez walked Lamb, then Gearrin returned to the mound to record the final two outs. While he set a personal high for saves in 2016, his best year was 2017, also with the Giants, when he put up an ERA of 1.99 in 68 appearances, covering 68 innings, with a record of 4-3. He followed that with two very nomadic seasons, however, as he pitched for five different teams in 2018 and 2019. He remained a very busy guy, with 62 and 66 games those two seasons.

Gearrin threw with a sidearm motion, with the ball breaking sharply away from righthanded hitters. During his career, he was with five different teams that appeared in the postseason - the Braves in 2012, the Giants in 2016, the Oakland Athletics in 2018, the New York Yankees in 2019 and the Minnesota Twins in 2020 - but he did not appear in a single postseason game.

Related Sites

• Cory Gearrin on mlb.com