Ryan Kristoffer Strieby (born August 9, 1985) is an American former professional

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Strieby played baseball and basketball at

Mountlake Terrace High School Mountlake Terrace High School is a public high school located in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, United States. Mountlake Terrace HS is known for its Jazz Band and basketball program, which has won the Wesco Championship eight times. It is the thir ...

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. He attended

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, and although he was drafted by the

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after his freshman year, he did not sign with them. He decided to pursue college, and after his sophomore season at Edmonds, he left for the

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. After leading the University of Kentucky to the 2006

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(SEC) Championship, Strieby was drafted in the fourth round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft by the Detroit Tigers. In the same year, he was named the SEC Player of the Year and a First-Team All American by the

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and

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. Strieby has advanced in minor league levels each year since 2006 when he began with the

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. In 2007, he played for the

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. In 2008, he broke the

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franchise record with 29 home runs in a season earning Tigers Minor League Players of the Year. In 2009, Strieby played for the

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where he debuted with two home runs in his first game. In 2010, he played for the Toledo Mud Hens. Strieby was released from the Tigers organization in 2012, ending his seven-year career with the club. On July 18, 2012, he signed a minor league deal with the

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and was sent to the Diamondbacks Double-A affiliate, the

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. He finished the 2012 season with the Diamondbacks Triple-A affiliate, the

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. He became a free agent after the 2015 season from the

Camden Riversharks The Camden Riversharks were an American professional baseball team based in Camden, New Jersey, from 2001 to 2015. They were a member of the Liberty Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, which was not at that time affiliat ...

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External links

*http://tigers.scout.com/a.z?s=273&p=8&c=1&nid=3684685 *http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/081208aaa.html *http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120716&content_id=35037660¬ebook_id=35037662&vkey=notebook_det&c_id=det {{DEFAULTSORT:Strieby, Ryan 1985 births Living people People from Mountlake Terrace, Washington Sportspeople from Snohomish County, Washington Kentucky Wildcats baseball players Oneonta Tigers players West Michigan Whitecaps players Lakeland Flying Tigers players Erie SeaWolves players Toledo Mud Hens players Baseball players from Seattle Baseball first basemen Gigantes del Cibao players American expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic Mobile BayBears players Reno Aces players Long Island Ducks players Camden Riversharks players Edmonds Tritons baseball players