Editing Calvin Pickering (section)

==Career==
Pickering was selected by the [[Baltimore Orioles]] in the 35th round of the [[1995 MLB draft]].<ref name="stopping">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun/158474982/|title=No stopping for Pickering (I)|first=Roch|last=Kubatko|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=August 27, 1998|access-date=November 5, 2024|page=51|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 1996, he posted a .325 [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] with 18 [[home run]]s and 66 [[Run batted in|RBI]] for the [[Bluefield Orioles]], becoming the first [[rookie-level]] Oriole to be named the top player in the organization.<ref name=stopping/> The following year, Pickering led the [[Single-A]] [[Delmarva Shorebirds]] to a [[South Atlantic League]] title by hitting .311 with 25 home runs and 79 RBI.<ref name=stopping/> He was promoted to the [[Bowie Baysox]] in [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]], where he began the 1998 season batting 4-for-41.<ref name="stopping2">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun/158475459/|title=No stopping for Pickering (II)|first=Roch|last=Kubatko|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=August 27, 1998|access-date=November 5, 2024|page=57|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> That season, hit .309 and led the league in both home runs (31) and RBI (114).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun/158475363/|title=No titles, but Orioles' system took strides|first=Kent|last=Baker|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=September 11, 1998|access-date=November 5, 2024|page=124|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Pickering received his first call-up to the Majors on September 7, 1998.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times/88866225/|title=Pickering's numbers are the stats of what MVPs are made|first=John|last=Hoffmann|work=[[The Daily Times (Salisbury, Maryland)|The Daily Times]]|date=September 9, 1998|access-date=November 5, 2024|page=3|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

In a five-season Major League career, Pickering hit .223  with 14 home runs and 45 RBI in 95 [[games played]].

He has also played in [[Mexico]] with the [[Cañeros de Los Mochis]] (2002–2003) and in [[Korea Baseball Organization|Korean baseball]] with the [[SK Wyverns]] (2006).

Following surgery in the 2006–07 offseason, Pickering signed with the [[Kansas City T-Bones]] of the independent [[Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010)|Northern League]] and played the 2007 season there. He batted .310 with 18 home runs and 83 RBI in 89 games.

In 2008, Pickering signed with the [[Bridgeport Bluefish]] of the independent [[Atlantic League of Professional Baseball|Atlantic League]], but was released on July 13 after batting only .265. He then signed with the [[Schaumburg Flyers]] of the Northern League and hit .298 with 14 home runs in only 37 games.