Editing Calvin Pickering

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1976)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
| name        = Calvin Pickering
| image       = 
| caption     = 
| position    = [[First baseman]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1976|9|29}}
| birth_place = [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands]]
| bats        = Left
| throws      = Left
|debutleague = MLB
| debutdate   = September 12
| debutyear   = 1998
| debutteam   = Baltimore Orioles
|debut2league = KBO
| debut2date   = 
| debut2year   = 2006
| debut2team   = SK Wyverns
|finalleague = MLB
| finaldate   = April 25
| finalyear   = 2005
| finalteam   = Kansas City Royals
|final2league = KBO
| final2date   = 
| final2year   = 2006
| final2team   = SK Wyverns
|statleague = MLB
| stat1label  = [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
| stat1value  = .223
| stat2label  = [[Home run]]s
| stat2value  = 14
| stat3label  = [[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
| stat3value  = 45
|stat2league = KBO
| stat21label  = Batting average
| stat21value  = .278
| stat22label  = Home runs
| stat22value  = 9
| stat23label  = Runs batted in
| stat23value  = 34
| teams       = 
*[[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1998}}–{{mlby|1999}})
*[[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{mlby|2001}})
*[[Boston Red Sox]] ({{mlby|2001}})
*[[Kansas City Royals]] ({{mlby|2004}}–{{mlby|2005}})
*[[SK Wyverns]] ({{by|2006}})
}}
'''Calvin Elroy Pickering''' (born September 29, 1976) is a former professional [[baseball]] [[first baseman]]. He played in [[Major League Baseball]] between 1998 and 2005 for the [[Baltimore Orioles]] (1998–1999), [[Cincinnati Reds]] (2001), [[Boston Red Sox]] (2001), and [[Kansas City Royals]] (2004–2005). He also played for the [[SK Wyverns]] of the [[KBO League]] in 2005.

==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.

==References==
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==External links==
{{baseballstats | br=p/pickeca01 | brm=picker001cal }}
*[http://eng.koreabaseball.com/Teams/Playerinfohitter/summary.aspx?pcode=76836 Career statistics and player information] from [[Korea Baseball Organization]]

{{Eastern League MVP}}

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