Rob Ryan (baseball)

Rob Ryan
Rob Ryan
	Outfielder
	Born: June 24, 1973 (age 50); Havre, Montana
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
	August 20, 1999, for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Last MLB appearance
	October 7, 2001, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average	.234
Home runs	2
Runs batted in	7
Teams
	Arizona Diamondbacks (1999–2001); Oakland Athletics (2001);

Rob Ryan (born June 24, 1973) is a former

left-handed

, was listed at 5' 11" in height, and 192 lb in weight.

Major league career

Debut

Ryan made his major league debut on August 20,

at-bat, which made all the players on base advance to the next base as a result, with the runner on third, Steve Finley, scoring a run for the Diamondbacks. Ryan ultimately grounded out, second to first, on his at-bat.^[4] In the bottom of the seventh, pitcher Dan Plesac was called to replace Ryan, pitching and batting ninth.^[4] The Diamondbacks lost the game by the score of 5–4.^[4]

Career after debut

On June 19, 2001, Ryan was traded by the Diamondbacks to the Oakland Athletics for Ryan Christenson.^[2]^[3] He played his last major league game on October 7 of that year. One year and two days after being traded, on July 21, 2002, Ryan was purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Athletics.^[2]^[3] From this point, Ryan was signed, released, or granted free agency multiple times for about the next three years.

Ryan was then granted free agency on September 30, 2002.

Florida Marlins as a free agent on July 19.^[2]^[3] On October 15, Ryan was granted free agency, and was signed again with the Marlins as a free agent on November 11 after the season ended.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Washington State University Baseball Players Who Made It to the Major Leagues". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Transactions of Ron Ryan". www.baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Rob Ryan's trades & transactions". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "August 20, 1999 game with the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Pittsburgh Pirates". www.baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-01.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
Baseball Almanac
Fangraphs
The Baseball Nexus

[wsu-1] "Washington State University Baseball Players Who Made It to the Major Leagues". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2012.

[transactions-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Transactions of Ron Ryan". www.baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-01.

[almanac-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Rob Ryan's trades & transactions". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved 2008-08-01.

[game-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "August 20, 1999 game with the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Pittsburgh Pirates". www.baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-01.

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