Ryan Matthew Lollis (born December 16, 1986) is an American former

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. He played in

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(MLB) for the

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in 2015.

Amateur career

Lollis was born in

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and attended Houston Christian High School. He hit .520 with 10 homers and 57 RBI in high school, going 10-1 with a 1.11 ERA and 106 K as a pitcher. He was All-State his senior year. The

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drafted him in the 20th round of the

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, though he opted not to sign. He went on to attend the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Universit ...

, where he played

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for the

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from 2006 to 2009. He hit .327 with a .386 on-base percentage as a college freshman and .294 with a .396 slugging percentage as a sophomore. After the 2007 season, he played

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with the

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of the

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. His junior year, he hit .339 with a .440 OBP, 17 doubles and 48 runs in 60 games. He was then taken by the

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in the 20th round of the

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, but once again did not ink a contract. As a senior, he hit .287 with 50 runs in 61 games and stole 15 bases in 16 tries.

Professional career

Lollis was selected by the

in the 37th round of the 2009 MLB Draft, and began his professional career by posting a slash line of .312/.373/.427 with 62 hits in 52 games for the 2009

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. In 2010, he batted .288/.345/.380 in 114 games for the

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. In 2011, he hit .303/.381/.399 with 10 stolen bases and 108 hits in 97 games split between the Greenjackets,

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and

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. He batted .300/.364/.424 with 8 home runs, 60 RBI and 148 hits in 125 games split between San Jose and the Triple-A

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. In his first stint at Triple-A, he hit .309/.393/.434 in 50 games. He returned to Richmond for 2013, where he hit .267/.345/.377 with 125 hits in 136 games, fielding .983 in center field. He also played in the

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that year. Between San Jose and Richmond in 2014, Lollis hit .237 with four home runs and 28 RBI in 96 games.Baseball-Reference stats
/ref> The Giants promoted him to the major leagues on July 3, 2015, after he hit .345/.431/.478 in 30 games for San Jose, .471/.500/.529 in seven games with Richmond and .353/.422/.517 in 32 games for the

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, the Giants' new Triple-A club. Between the teams, he batted .358/.431/.500. He made his major league debut on July 4, 2015, going 0-for-4 against the

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. Lollis was optioned back to Triple-A Sacramento on July 7, after hitting 0-for-5 in 2 games. Lollis was called back up on August 13 when

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went on the disabled list. In his second career start on August 18, 2015, Lollis got his first major league hit, off

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of the

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. Lollis was optioned back to Sacramento on August 22, and was

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on August 31. Lollis split the 2017 season between Double–A Richmond and Triple–A Sacramento. In 113 combined games, he batted .263/.306/.323 with 1 home run and 35 RBI. Lollis elected free agency following the season on November 6, 2017.

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