Ryan A. Court (born May 28, 1988) is an American former
professional baseball
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infielder
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. He played in
Major League Baseball
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(MLB) for one season for the
Seattle Mariners
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.
Career
Arizona Diamondbacks
Court attended
Dundee-Crown High School
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Dundee-Crown High School was made from consolidating Dundee Community High School and Irving Crown High sch ...
in
Carpentersville, Illinois
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Carpentersville is located at (42.121156, -88.274679).
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. He attended
Illinois State University
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and played
college baseball
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for the
Redbirds. He was drafted by the
Arizona Diamondbacks
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in the 23rd round of the
2011 MLB draft
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.
Court played in the Diamondbacks organization from 2011 through 2014.
During his time with them, he played for the
Missoula Osprey
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,
South Bend Silver Hawks
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,
Visalia Rawhide
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, and
Mobile BayBears
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.
[ Court was released by Arizona on March 30, 2015.
]
Sioux City Explorers
He played for the Sioux City Explorers
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of the independent American Association American Association may refer to:
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for the 2015 season.[
]
Boston Red Sox
Court signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox
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on May 2, 2016.[ He played for the ]Portland Sea Dogs
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and the Pawtucket Red Sox
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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
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.[ He played for the ]Iowa Cubs
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in 2018.[ Court was released by the Cubs on March 23, 2019.][
]
Sugar Land Skeeters
He signed with the Sugar Land Skeeters
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of the independent Atlantic League.
Seattle Mariners
On May 7, the Seattle Mariners
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purchased his contract from Sugar Land and assigned him to the Tacoma Rainiers
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.
On July 26, 2019, the Mariners selected Court's contract and promoted him to the major leagues. He made his major league debut later that day pinch hitting in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Detroit Tigers
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. 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. He was outrighted to Tacoma on September 11. He became a free agent following the 2019 season.
Oakland Athletics
On January 28, 2020, Court signed a minor league deal with the Oakland Athletics
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. He became a free agent on November 2, 2020.
References
External links
Illinois State Redbirds bio
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1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Elgin, Illinois
Baseball players from Illinois
Major League Baseball infielders
Seattle Mariners players
Illinois State Redbirds baseball players
Missoula Osprey players
South Bend Silver Hawks players
Visalia Rawhide players
Mobile BayBears players
Sioux City Explorers players
Portland Sea Dogs players
Pawtucket Red Sox players
Iowa Cubs players
Sugar Land Skeeters players
Everett AquaSox players
Tacoma Rainiers players
Leones del Escogido players
American expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic