Fred Corey

Frederick Harrison Corey was an American pitcher and third baseman in Major [League Baseball] in and from through, encompassing seven seasons. He played for the Providence Grays, Worcester Ruby Legs, and Philadelphia [Athletics (American Association)|Philadelphia Athletics]. Corey was born in Coventry, Rhode Island, and died in Providence, Rhode Island, and is interred at the North [Burial Ground]. Corey twice cost himself a potential home run by failing to touch third base: first, on 9/23/1880 vs. Boston, then again, on 9/17/1881 vs. Cleveland. "These would have been the first two homers in his career, which ended up with a total of seven."