Matt Riley

Matt Riley
Matt Riley
	Las Vegas 51s in 2008.
	Relief pitcher
	Born: August 2, 1979 (age 44); Antioch, California, U.S.
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
	September 9, 1999, for the Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB appearance
	May 4, 2005, for the Texas Rangers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	5–4
Earned run average	5.99
Strikeouts	78
Teams
	Baltimore Orioles (1999, 2003–2004); Texas Rangers (2005);

Matthew Paul Riley (born August 2, 1979) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers.

Baseball career

He attended

Tommy John surgery

.

He returned to playing in

win and had a 1.80 ERA in two starts. The 2004

season was the first season that he began in the majors, but he struggled there. In 14 appearances (13 starts), he logged a 3-4 record and a 5.62 ERA, and he was also sent back to Ottawa for ten starts.

Finally, in

Oklahoma RedHawks. In July 2005, he had his second Tommy John surgery and missed the rest of the 2005 season. While attempting to come back from that surgery, he retore his ulnar collateral ligament and had to have a third Tommy John surgery on his left elbow.^[1]^[2]

In

Jacksonville Suns in the Los Angeles Dodgers minor league system. Riley was released by the Dodgers on July 24, 2008

.

After not playing baseball in 2009, Riley played for two independent league teams in 2010 — the

Orange County Flyers and the York Revolution

. He then retired from the game.