About Corey Dickerson
McKenzie Corey Dickerson (born May 22, 1989) is an American professional baseball coach and former left fielder who currently serves as the first base coach for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Colorado Rockies (2013–2015), Rays (2016–2017), Pittsburgh Pirates (2018–2019), Philadelphia Phillies (2019), Miami Marlins (2020–2021), Toronto Blue Jays (2021), St. Louis Cardinals (2022), and Washington Nationals (2023). The Rockies selected Dickerson in the eighth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft, and he made his MLB debut in 2013. Dickerson was an MLB All-Star in 2017 and won a Gold Glove Award in 2018. The Nationals released him in August 2023, and he officially retired in 2024, becoming the coach at Jackson Academy earlier that year. == Amateur career == Dickerson was born in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Brookhaven, Mississippi. He attended Brookhaven Academy in Brookhaven, where he played baseball and also starred in football and basketball. In his junior year, he injured his shoulder at a baseball camp, forcing him to move from shortstop to the outfield in baseball, and from quarterback to wide receiver in football. Dickerson holds the State Private School Association career and single-season records for home runs, with 45 over four seasons, and 15 his senior year.
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