Jim Corsi

James Bernard Corsi (born September 9, 1961) is a former pitcher for the Oakland Athletics (1988–89, 1992 and 1995–96), Houston Astros (1991), Florida Marlins (1993), Boston Red Sox (1997–99) and Baltimore Orioles (1999).

He helped the Athletics win the 1988 American League Pennant, 1989 World Series, and 1992 AL Western Division. Corsi also pitched in the playoffs for Boston in 1998.

In ten years he had a 22-24 record in 368 games, with one game started, 115 games finished, 7 saves, 481 ⅓ innings pitched, 450 hits allowed, 197 runs allowed, 174 earned runs allowed, 33 home runs allowed, 191 walks allowed, 290 strikeouts, 13 hit batsmen, 8 wild pitches, 2,032 batters faced, 28 intentional walks, 2 balks, and a 3.25 ERA.

Corsi was a member of the inaugural Florida Marlins team that began play in Major League Baseball in 1993. Corsi pitched for and graduated from Saint Leo University in 1983, a Division II school in the Sunshine State Conference.

From 2002 to 2005, Corsi was a studio analyst for Boston Red Sox coverage on both the New England Sports Network and UPN 38 baseball coverage.

Jim Corsi (ice hockey)

James Corsi (born June 19, 1954) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently the goaltender coach of the St. Louis Blues. Before beginning his hockey career, Corsi also played soccer at the professional level as a forward in the North American Soccer League for the Montreal Olympique.

Corsi played in the World Hockey Association for the Quebec Nordiques and the National Hockey League for the Edmonton Oilers. He has dual Italian and Canadian citizenship. He became the goaltender of the nazionale (Italian national ice hockey team) and spent the majority of his career with Varese. He also played for HC Gherdëina, SG Cortina and HC Bolzano during his time in Italy's Serie A league. Corsi played on the Italian team at the 1982 World Championship that stunned a Team Canada that had Wayne Gretzky on it by tying Canada 3-3 and went on to beat the USA at the same tournament relegating them to the B-Pool for 1983.

A notable accomplishment during his tenure as a goaltending coach is the development of the "Corsi Rating". This indicator is essentially a plus-minus statistic that measures shot attempts. A player receives a plus for any shot attempt (on net, missed, or blocked) that his team directs at the opponent's net, and a minus for any shot attempt against his own net. This indicator is widely used in most NHL teams as it has shown a strong correlation to player and team success. The person credited with popularizing the statistic, Vic Ferrari, attributed the stat to then-Sabres general manager Darcy Regier, but named it after Corsi because he thought Corsi's name had a better ring to it (he was inadvertently correct since Corsi did create the statistic).

Corsi

The Corsi were an ancient people of Corsica and Sardinia, noted by Ptolemy (III, 3). They dwelt at the extreme north-east of the latter island, in the region today know as Gallura, near the Tibulati and immediately north of the Coracenses. The Corsi gave their name to the island of Corsica. According to the archeologist Giovanni Ugas, Corsi probably belong to the Ligurian people.

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