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Rusty Allen Ryal (born March 16, 1983) is an American former professional
In 2009, Ryal was an all-star with the Triple-A
Oklahoma State Cowboys Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryal, Rusty 1983 births Living people Albuquerque Isotopes players American expatriate baseball players in Japan Arizona Diamondbacks players Baseball players from Oklahoma Gwinnett Braves players Lancaster JetHawks players Lehigh Valley IronPigs players Leones del Caracas players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Major League Baseball second basemen Major League Baseball third basemen Missoula Osprey players Mobile BayBears players Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball players Oklahoma State University alumni People from Ponca City, Oklahoma Phoenix Desert Dogs players Reading Fightin Phils players Reno Aces players Salt Lake Bees players Sugar Land Skeeters players Visalia Oaks players Yomiuri Giants players
baseball
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utility man. He was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks
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in the 14th round of the 2005 MLB Draft, out of Oklahoma State University
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. He is the son of the former major league player, Mark Ryal
Mark Dwayne Ryal (born April 28, 1960) is an American former professional baseball player who played six seasons for the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, Philadelphia Phillies, and Pittsburgh Pirates of the Major League B ...
.
Early years
Ryal attended to Perry High School inPerry, Oklahoma
Perry is a city in, and county seat of, Noble County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 5,126, a 2.0 percent decrease from the figure of 5,230 in 2000. The city is home of Ditch Witch construction equipment. ...
. Ryal played two seasons at Cowley County Community College
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and was a NJCAA
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second team All-American in 2003 and a two-time All-Jayhawk selection. He Played for the El Dorado Broncos
The El Dorado Broncos were a summer collegiate wood-bat baseball club based in El Dorado, Kansas, in the United States, that began as the Hutchinson Broncos in the Victory League in 1970. The Broncos moved from Hutchinson to become the Wichita Bro ...
.
Minor League career
In 2009, Ryal was an all-star with the Triple-A Reno Aces
The Reno Aces are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. They are located in Reno, Nevada, and play their home games at Greater Nevada Field, which opened in 2009. ...
, batting .290 with a team-high 17 home run
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s and 70 RBIs. He also had 33 doubles in 103 games with the Aces.
Major League Baseball
On August 10, 2009, Ryal was called up from the minors after the Diamondbacks demoted center fielder Chris Young to Triple-A Reno. In his first major league at bat, Ryal got a pinch hit single off ofElmer Dessens
Elmer Dessens Jusaino eh-SENZ(born January 13, 1971) is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Personal life
Elmer Dessens was born on January 13, 1971, in Hermosillo, Mexico. At age 10, he worked as a ne ...
in the 8th inning against New York Mets
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. Ryal was 1 for 1 on the night. Ryal hit his first big league home run against Los Angeles Dodgers
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pitcher Randy Wolf
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. He hit the last home run ever hit against Randy Johnson
Randall David Johnson (born September 10, 1963), nicknamed "The Big Unit", is an American photographer and former professional baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (1988–2009) for six teams, primarily the Seattle M ...
on September 22, 2009 in the bottom of the 7th inning.
On December 23, 2010, it was announced that the Diamondbacks had sold him to the Yomiuri Giants
The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They ...
of the NPB. He returned to Arizona on November 16, 2011, signing a minor league contract.
On July 25, 2012, Ryal was released by the Diamondbacks to make room for the newly acquired Tyler Bortnick. Ryal then signed with the Atlanta Braves
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on July 27 and was assigned to their Triple-A affiliate, the Gwinnett Braves
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.
In December 2012, he signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers
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and was assigned to the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes
The Albuquerque Isotopes are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. They play home games at Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at an el ...
. He played in 106 games and hit .265, while spending the majority of his time at first base
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.
He was traded to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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on September 1, 2013, and was assigned to the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees
The Salt Lake Bees are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels. They are located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and play their home games at Smith's Ballpark. The ballpark op ...
.
On June 4, 2014, Ryal signed a minor league deal with the Philadelphia Phillies
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, and was released from the team's Triple-A affiliate on July 17, 2014.
See also
*List of second-generation Major League Baseball players
Dozens of father-and-son combinations have played or managed in Major League Baseball (MLB).
The first was Jack Doscher, son of Herm Doscher, who made his debut in 1903.
Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. became the first father-and-son duo ...
References
External links
, oOklahoma State Cowboys Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryal, Rusty 1983 births Living people Albuquerque Isotopes players American expatriate baseball players in Japan Arizona Diamondbacks players Baseball players from Oklahoma Gwinnett Braves players Lancaster JetHawks players Lehigh Valley IronPigs players Leones del Caracas players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Major League Baseball second basemen Major League Baseball third basemen Missoula Osprey players Mobile BayBears players Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball players Oklahoma State University alumni People from Ponca City, Oklahoma Phoenix Desert Dogs players Reading Fightin Phils players Reno Aces players Salt Lake Bees players Sugar Land Skeeters players Visalia Oaks players Yomiuri Giants players