Chris Coste
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| Philadelphia Phillies — No. 27 | |
| Catcher | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
|---|---|
| May 26, 2006 for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2006 season) |
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| Batting average | .328 |
| Home runs | 7 |
| RBIs | 32 |
Christopher Robert Coste (born February 4, 1973 in Fargo, North Dakota) is a catcher/utility player for the Philadelphia Phillies. Coste was on a major league team for the first time in his career aged 33, following the "retirement" of Alex S. Gonzalez.
Coste went to Concordia College, a Division III school in Minnesota, where he was a three-time All-American. Afterwards, he played four seasons for the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks of the independent Northern League. In 2000, Coste signed to the Cleveland Indians organization. He spent 2003 with the Boston Red Sox organization and 2004 in the Milwaukee Brewers system. Coste first signed with the Phillies in 2005, spending the entire season with their Triple-A affiliate, then known as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons. He remained with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre until his promotion to the Phillies, facilitated by his fantastic performance in 2006 Spring Training.
Coste has written one book about his experiences in professional baseball: "Hey... I'm Just the Catcher: An Inside Look at a Northern League Season From Behind the Plate," which was published in 1997. He is working on a second autobiographical book as well.[1]
Due to the recent success of films about athletes such as Vince Papale and Jim Morris, movie studio representatives have contacted Coste about the possibility of a movie about his struggle from career minor leaguer to the majors.
As with many Phillies players who have played near the end of Veterans Stadium before its destruction and almost all Phan Phavorites at Citizens Bank Park, Coste has a fan club known as The Coste Guard.
