{{short description|American baseball player (born 1957)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Jeff Cornell |image=1983 Baseball Hobby News - Jeff Cornell (cropped).jpg |caption=Cornell with Phoenix Giants {{circa}} 1983 |position=Pitcher |width=150 |bats=Switch |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1957|2|10}} |birth_place=Kansas City, Missouri |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=June 2 |debutyear=1984 |debutteam=San Francisco Giants |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=August 16 |finalyear=1984 |finalteam=San Francisco Giants |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=1–3 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=6.10 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=19 |teams= *San Francisco Giants ({{mlby|1984}}) |highlights= }} '''Jeffery Ray Cornell''' (born February 10, 1957) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during the {{mlby|1984}} season at the major league level for the San Francisco Giants. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 8th round of the 1978 draft. Cornell played his first professional season with their Rookie League Gulf Coast League Royals in 1978. He was traded to the Giants in 1982. Cornell played his last season with the Chicago Cubs' Triple-A team, the Iowa Cubs, in 1986.
After the end of his playing career, Cornell became a scout for the Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, and in 2008 for the Tampa Bay Rays, his current position.
==Personal== Cornell has three children: Erin, Megan, and Jayce. His wife's name is Tammy.
==Sources== *[http://minors.sabrwebs.com/cgi-bin/person.php?milbID=cornel001jef "Jeff Cornell".]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved on 2 March 2009.
==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=c/corneje01|brm=cornel001jef}}, or [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/C/Pcornj001.htm Retrosheet]
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