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Joey Cora

Jose Manuel Cora
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 150 lbs.
Born: May 14, 1965 in Caguas, Puerto Rico
Drafted: 1st round 1985 by the San Diego Padres

 

The big brother of former Met infielder Alex Cora, Joey played a similar game, though he had a higher batting average and a lot more stolen bases.  But that was all just biographical background data for his Mets career, which he began in 2022 as the third-base coach for Buck Showalter's squad.  He’s shown here with the Seattle Mariners (with whom he enjoyed his greatest big-league success) on 1995 Topps; cards from most of his other stops along the way show up below.

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BATTING RECORD

YEAR CLUB      G   AB   R    H  2B 3B HR RBI   TB  SB CS  SO  BB HBP SAC SF  OBP  SLG  AVG
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1987 S D NL   77  241  23   57   7  2  0  13   68  15 11  26  28   1   5  1 .317 .282 .237
1989 S D NL   12   19   5    6   1  0  0   1    7   1  0   0   1   0   0  0 .350 .368 .316
1990 S D NL   51  100  12   27   3  0  0   2   30   8  3   9   6   0   0  0 .311 .300 .270
1991 Chi AL  100  228  37   55   2  3  0  18   63  11  6  21  20   5   8  3 .313 .276 .241
1992 Chi AL   68  122  27   30   7  1  0   9   39  10  3  13  22   4   2  3 .371 .320 .246
1993 Chi AL  153  579  95  155  15 13  2  51  202  20  8  63  67   9  19  4 .351 .349 .268
1994 Chi AL   90  312  55   86  13  4  2  30  113   8  4  32  38   2  11  5 .353 .362 .276
1995 Sea AL  120  427  64  127  19  2  3  39  159  18  7  31  37   6  13  4 .359 .372 .297
1996 Sea AL  144  530  90  154  37  6  6  45  221   5  5  32  35   7   6  5 .340 .417 .291
1997 Sea AL  149  574 105  172  40  4 11  54  253   6  7  49  53   5   8  9 .359 .441 .300
1998 2teams  155  602 111  166  27  6  6  32  223  15  6  59  73   5  12  3 .357 .370 .276
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CAREER TOTS 1119 3734 624 1035 171 41 30 294 1378 117 60 335 380  44  84 37 .348 .369 .277

 

SPLIT SEASONS

YEAR CLUB      G   AB   R    H  2B 3B HR RBI   TB  SB CS  SO  BB HBP SAC SF  OBP  SLG  AVG
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1998 Sea AL  131  519  95  147  23  6  6  26  200  13  5  50  62   4  10  3 .362 .385 .283
1998 Cle AL   24   83  16   19   4  0  0   6   23   2  1   9  11   1   2  0 .326 .277 .229

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This is a list of the cards of this player that I had in my Mets collection before I transferred the ownership of said collection to another diligent and capable Mets fan. The cards that are listed in light gray print and struck through are cards that were sold for charity prior to my divestiture.  The cards listed in white text are the ones that still remained until that final deal.  Items listed in green I kept out of the deal, just so I'd have something to display in my office and den.  At the bottom and listed in orange text are cards that I picked up after the dealing was done, in order to maintain a certain continuity at this site; that is, so I'd have a card to show you at the top of the page, and maybe in the autographs and game-used areas.  If an orange card is struck through, it has also departed the collection.  I am still accepting donations, should you feel so moved.  Contact me by following this link: NYMHall.

1990 Bowman

1992 Topps Gold Winners

1994 Donruss

1996 Ultra Gold Medallion

1987 Donruss Opening Day #147

1988 Fleer #580
1988 ProCards Triple A All-Star Game #AAA-22
1988 Score #420
1988 Topps #91

1989 CMC (TCMA) AAA All-Stars #33

1990 Bowman #211
1990 Donruss #538a
(pack border; "INC.")
1990 Donruss #538b
(pack border; "INC")
1990 Fleer #154
1990 Upper Deck #601

1991 Leaf #375
1991 Score #253
1991 Upper Deck#291

1992 Donruss #108a ("INC.")
1992 Donruss #108b
("INC")
1992 Score #326
1992 Topps #302
1992 Topps Gold Winners #302
1992 Topps Micro #302
1992 Topps Stadium Club #535a
("A")
1992 Upper Deck #359
(gold hologram)

1993 Donruss #697
1993 Fleer #580
1993 Fleer Ultra #172
1993 Leaf #461
1993 Score #454
1993 Topps #122
1993 Topps Gold #122
1993 Topps Stadium Club Team Chicago White Sox #6
1993 Upper Deck #742

1994 Donruss #447
1994 Fleer Extra Bases #43
1994 Leaf #175
1994 Pacific Crown Collection #123
1994 Pinnacle #318
1994 Score #485
1994 Topps #478
1994 Topps Team Stadium Club #143
1994 Upper Deck #371
1994 Upper Deck Collector's Choice #85
1994 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Silver Signature #85

1995 Donruss #33
1995 Fleer Ultra #27
1995 Fleer Update #U-74
1995 Score #454
1995 Topps #545
1995 Topps Stadium Club #33
1995 Topps Traded & Rookies #125T

1996 Donruss #259
1996 Fleer Ultra Gold Medallion #125
1996 Pacific Crown Collection #417
1996 Score #162
1996 Topps #304
1996 Upper Deck #199
1996 Upper Deck Collector's Choice #312
1996 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Silver Signature #312

1997 Fleer/Skybox Circa #390
1997 Pinnacle #137
1997 Topps #35
1997 Upper Deck Collector's Choice #233

1998 Pacific Crown Collection #183
1998 Pacific Omega #219
1998 Pacific Prisms Invincible #62
1998 Pinnacle Snapshots Seattle Mariners #1
(with Alvaro Espinosa)
1998 Pinnacle Snapshots Seattle Mariners #4
1998 Topps #143

1999 Fleer Tradition #411
1999 Pacific Crown Collection #84

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