Rheal Cormier ✝

Rhéal Paul Cormier (born April 23, 1967) is a Canadian former Major League Baseball pitcher.\n', ' He attended Community College of Rhode Island in Warwick, Rhode Island, and was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth round of the 1988 amateur draft. Cormier is of Acadian ancestry.\n', ' Before playing professional ball Rhéal was a lumberjack.\n', 'Cormier made his major league debut on August 15, 1991. He started the St. Louis Cardinals\' game against the New York Mets, going six innings, giving up one earned run, and striking out two. He pitched for St. Louis through 1994 and was traded to Boston for the 1995 season. In Boston, Cormier split time as a starter and a reliever. His 1995 ERA was 4.07.\n', '