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Ryan Court
Court with the South Bend Silver Hawks in 2014
Infielder
Born: (1988-05-28) May 28, 1988 (age 35)
Elgin, Illinois
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 26, 2019, for the Seattle Mariners
Last MLB appearance
September 8, 2019, for the Seattle Mariners
MLB statistics
Batting average.208
Home runs1
Runs batted in5
Teams

Ryan A. Court (born May 28, 1988) is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for one season for the Seattle Mariners.

Career

Arizona Diamondbacks

Court attended Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville, Illinois.[1] He attended Illinois State University and played college baseball for the Redbirds.[2] He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 23rd round of the 2011 MLB draft.[3]

Court played in the Diamondbacks organization from 2011 through 2014.[4] During his time with them, he played for the Missoula Osprey, South Bend Silver Hawks, Visalia Rawhide, and Mobile BayBears.[4] Court was released by Arizona on March 30, 2015.

Sioux City Explorers

He played for the Sioux City Explorers of the independent American Association for the 2015 season.[3]

Boston Red Sox

Court signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox on May 2, 2016.[3] He played for the Portland Sea Dogs and the Pawtucket Red Sox during the 2016 season. Court spent the 2017 season with Pawtucket.

Chicago Cubs

Court elected free agency after the 2017 season, and signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs.[4] He played for the Iowa Cubs in 2018.[5] Court was released by the Cubs on March 23, 2019.[4]

Sugar Land Skeeters

He signed with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League.[6]

Seattle Mariners

On May 7, the Seattle Mariners purchased his contract from Sugar Land and assigned him to the Tacoma Rainiers.[5]

On July 26, 2019, the Mariners selected Court's contract and promoted him to the major leagues.[7] He made his major league debut later that day pinch hitting in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Detroit Tigers.[8] On August 9th Court hit his first home run against the Tampa Bay Rays in the 9th inning. Court was designated for assignment on September 10.[9] He was outrighted to Tacoma on September 11.[10] He became a free agent following the 2019 season.[11]

Oakland Athletics

On January 28, 2020, Court signed a minor league deal with the Oakland Athletics. He became a free agent on November 2, 2020.

References

  1. ^ Bruce Miles (March 29, 2018). "Cubs send Dundee-Crown grad Ryan Court to Iowa after impressive spring". Northwest Herald. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  2. ^ Randy Reinhardt (July 26, 2016). "Former ISU standout Court back in business with Red Sox". The Pantagraph. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Sioux City Explorers (April 30, 2016). "Sioux City's Court to join Red Sox organization". americanassociationbaseball.com. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "Ryan Court Player Page". MLB.com. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Joshua Horton (June 28, 2019). "Journeyman seeking call to big leagues with Mariners". The Daily Herald. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  6. ^ Sugar Land Skeeters (May 7, 2019). "Infielders Ryan Court and Will Maddox Have Contracts Purchased". sugarlandskeeters.com. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  7. ^ Sean Hammond (July 26, 2019). "Baseball: Seattle Mariners call up Dundee-Crown grad Ryan Court". Northwest Herald. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  8. ^ Jul 27, A. P.; ET, 2019 at 2:44a (July 27, 2019). "Murphy, Smith rally Mariners to 3-2 win over Tigers". FOX Sports. Retrieved July 27, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ MarinersPR (September 10, 2019). "Mariners Select Justin Dunn, Kyle Lewis, Donnie Walton and Art Warren from AA Arkansas". MLB.com. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  10. ^ RotoWire Staff (September 11, 2019). "Mariners' Ryan Court: Outrighted to Triple-A". CBSSports.com. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  11. ^ Matt Eddy (November 7, 2019). "Minor League Free Agents 2019". Baseball America. Retrieved November 7, 2019.

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