Cody Stanley

Cody Franklin Stanley (born December 21, 1988) is an American professional baseball catcher who is a free agent. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut on April 26, 2015 for the St. Louis Cardinals. Stanley has twice been suspended during his professional playing career for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy.

Cody Stanley
Stanley playing for the Memphis Redbirds, triple-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, in 2015
Free agent
Catcher
Born: (1988-12-21) December 21, 1988
Clinton, North Carolina
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 26, 2015, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last appearance
September 10, 2015, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
Batting average.400
Home runs0
Runs batted in3
Teams
Stanley batting for the Quad Cities River Bandits, single-A affiliates of the Cardinals, in 2011

Career

Amateur

Stanley attended the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and in 2009 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[1] The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Stanley in the fourth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft.[2]

St Louis Cardinals

Commencing his Minor League Baseball career with the Johnson City Cardinals in 2010, Stanley batted .321 and contributed to winning the Appalachian League title. He played for the Quad City River Bandits in 2011 and they won the Midwest League title.[3] In 2012, Stanley was suspended 50 games after testing positive for methylhexanamine and tamoxifen, prohibited substances under Major League Baseball's drug policy.[4][5] While playing for the double-A Springfield Cardinals in 2014, Stanley was Texas League All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) after hitting a home run.[3]

The Cardinals added Stanley to the 40-man roster on November 19, 2014.[6] He made his major league debut on April 26, 2015, in a 6–3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, and singled in his first at bat.[7] Stanley spent most of the 2015 season with the triple-A Memphis Redbirds, batting .241 with seven home runs, 45 runs batted in (RBI) and a slugging percentage (SLG) of .359. He returned to the Cardinals in September when MLB rosters expanded[3] and garnered four hits in ten at bats in his first major league season. On September 12, he was suspended 80 games after testing positive for 4-Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone, also known as Turinabol, a prohibited substance under MLB's drug policy. It was the second such suspension in his professional career.[8] On December 2, 2015, the Cardinals elected not to tender him a contract for the following season, thereby making him a free agent.[9]

Weeks before he was due to appeal, MLB announced on July, 2016, that Stanley was suspended for 162 games for violating the league's drug policy a third time after again testing positive for Turinabol, before he had completed his second suspension.[10]

Sugar Land Skeeters

On February 7, 2019, after several years out of professional baseball, Stanley signed with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.[11] He became a free agent following the season.

See also

References
  1. "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  2. St. Louis Cardinals Press Release (June 8, 2010). "30 rounds complete in 2010 Amateur Draft; Cardinals have selected 32 players". stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
  3. Pope, Thomas (September 2, 2015). "Clinton's Cody Stanley doubles after call-up to help St. Louis Cardinals win". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  4. Staff and wire reports (March 28, 2012). "Cardinals prospect receives suspension". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  5. Booher, Kary (June 21, 2014). "A long road back for catcher Cody Stanley". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  6. "Cardinals add Cody Stanley to 40-man roster". ESPN.com. Associated Press. November 19, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  7. Hummel, Rick (April 26, 2015). "Weekend wrap-up: Cards lose one game, three players". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  8. "Cardinals C Cody Stanley suspended for positive test for performance-enhancing substance". Star Tribune (Minneapolis–Saint Paul). Associated Press. September 12, 2015. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  9. Goold, Derrick (December 2, 2015). "Cards keep Moss, allow Cishek, Stanley to become free agents". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  10. Rosenthal, Ken (July 9, 2016). "Facing possible lifetime ban, Cody Stanley is living every player's nightmare". Foxsports.com. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  11. "Skeeters Sign Former Major League Catcher Cody Stanley". sugarlandskeeters.com. February 7, 2019.
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