Rheal Cormier

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**Rheal Cormier**
Major League Baseball debut
Cincinnati Reds — No. 36
Pitcher
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
August 15, 1991 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Selected MLB statistics (through August 5, 2006)
Record	71-63
ERA	4.02
Strikeouts	762
Former teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1991–1994) Boston Red Sox (1995, 1999-2000) Montreal Expos (1996-1997) Philadelphia Phillies (2001-2006) Cincinnati Reds (2006-?)

Rhéal Paul Cormier (born April 23, 1967) is a Canadian of Acadian ancestry who is a pitcher in Major League Baseball.

Born in Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada, he attended Community College of Rhode Island in Warwick, Rhode Island and was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 6th round of the 1988 amateur draft.

On July 31, 2006, Cormier was traded from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Cincinnati Reds for pitching prospect Justin Germano.

[edit] Career Stats

Yr   Ag Tm  Lg G   GS  W  L  S ERA   CG SHO  IP    H    R   ER  HR  BB  K    AVG IBB BS HLD
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1991 24 STL NL 11  10  4  5  0 4.12  2   0  67.2   74   35  31  5   8   38  .277  1  0   0
1992 25 STL NL 31  30  10 10 0 3.68  3   0  186.0  194  83  76  15  33  117 .269  2  0   0
1993 26 STL NL 38  21  7  6  0 4.34  1   0  145.1  163  80  70  18  27  75  .284  3  0   0
1994 27 STL NL 7   7   3  2  0 5.45  0   0  39.2   40   24  24  6   7   26  .256  0  0   0
1995 28 BOS AL 48  12  7  5  0 4.07  0   0  115.0  131  60  52  12  31  69  .294  2  2   9
1996 29 MON NL 33  27  7  10 0 4.17  1   1  159.2  165  80  74  16  41  100 .270  3  0   0
1997 30 MON NL 1   1   0  1  0 33.75 0   0  1.1    4    5   5   1   1   0   .500  0  0   0
1999 32 BOS AL 60  0   2  0  0 3.70  0   0  63.1   61   34  26  4   18  39  .246  2  3   15
2000 33 BOS AL 64  0   3  3  0 4.61  0   0  68.1   74   40  35  7   17  43  .275  2  2   9
2001 34 PHI NL 60  0   5  6  1 4.21  0   0  51.1   49   26  24  5   17  37  .247  4  5   12
2002 35 PHI NL 54  0   5  6  0 5.25  0   0  60.0   61   38  35  6   32  49  .266  6  3   9
2003 36 PHI NL 65  0   8  0  1 1.70  0   0  84.2   54   18  16  4   25  67  .182  2  3   14
2004 37 PHI NL 84  0   4  5  0 3.56  0   0  81.0   70   32  32  7   26  46  .237  6  7   28
2005 38 PHI NL 57  0   4  2  0 5.89  0   0  47.1   56   33  31  9   16  43  .296  1  2   17
2006 39 PHI NL 43  0   2  2  0 1.59  0   0  34.0   27   6   6   2   13  13  .225  3  4   12
2006 39 CIN NL 4   0   0  0  0 6.75  0   0  2.2    5    2   2   1   2   0   .700  0  0   1
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TOTALS         660 108 71 63 2 4.02  7   1  1207.1 1228 596 539 118 314 762 .317  37 31  126
15 Seasons

Stats as of August 5, 2006