# Rusty Ryal > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rusty_Ryal > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rusty_Ryal.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Ryal > Source revision: 1343904021 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Rusty Allen Ryal** (born March 16, 1983) is an American former professional [baseball](/source/Baseball) [utility player](/source/Utility_player). He was selected by the [Arizona Diamondbacks](/source/Arizona_Diamondbacks) in the 14th round of the [2005 MLB draft](/source/2005_MLB_draft), out of [Oklahoma State University](/source/Oklahoma_State_University). He is the son of the former major league player, [Mark Ryal](/source/Mark_Ryal). ## Early years Ryal attended to Perry High School in [Perry, Oklahoma](/source/Perry,_Oklahoma). Ryal played two seasons at [Cowley County Community College](/source/Cowley_County_Community_College) and was a [NJCAA](/source/National_Junior_College_Athletic_Association) second team [All-American](/source/All-American) in 2003 and a two-time All-Jayhawk selection.[1] He Played for the [El Dorado Broncos](/source/El_Dorado_Broncos). ## Minor League career In 2009, Ryal was an all-star with the [Triple-A](/source/Triple-A_(baseball)) [Reno Aces](/source/Reno_Aces), batting .290 with a team-high 17 [home runs](/source/Home_run) and 70 [RBIs](/source/Run_batted_in). 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](/source/Chris_Young_(outfielder)) to Triple-A Reno.[2] In his first major league at bat, Ryal got a pinch hit single off of [Elmer Dessens](/source/Elmer_Dessens) in the 8th inning against [New York Mets](/source/New_York_Mets).[3] Ryal was 1 for 1 on the night.[4] Ryal hit his first big league home run against [Los Angeles Dodgers](/source/Los_Angeles_Dodgers) pitcher [Randy Wolf](/source/Randy_Wolf).[5] He hit the last home run ever hit against [Randy Johnson](/source/Randy_Johnson) on September 22, 2009, in the bottom of the 7th inning.[6] On December 23, 2010, it was announced that the Diamondbacks had sold him to the [Yomiuri Giants](/source/Yomiuri_Giants) of the NPB.[7] 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](/source/Atlanta_Braves) on July 27 and was assigned to their Triple-A affiliate, the [Gwinnett Braves](/source/Gwinnett_Braves). In December 2012, he signed a minor league contract with the [Los Angeles Dodgers](/source/Los_Angeles_Dodgers) and was assigned to the Triple-A [Albuquerque Isotopes](/source/Albuquerque_Isotopes). He played in 106 games and hit .265, while spending the majority of his time at [first base](/source/First_base). He was traded to the [Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim](/source/Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim) on September 1, 2013, and was assigned to the Triple-A [Salt Lake Bees](/source/Salt_Lake_Bees). On June 4, 2014, Ryal signed a minor league deal with the [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies), and was released from the team's Triple-A affiliate on July 17, 2014. ## See also - [List of second-generation Major League Baseball players](/source/List_of_second-generation_Major_League_Baseball_players) ## References 1. [Rusty Ryal Bio- OKLAHOMA STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE](http://www.okstate.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/012105aah.html) 1. [D-backs send struggling Young to Triple-A](http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090810&content_id=6356032&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb) 1. [Ryal is 26th former Osprey to play in major leagues](http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3883818) 1. [Big hit for Double D](http://mlb.mlb.com/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20090810&content_id=6355736&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&team=home) 1. [D-backs' rally too little, too late in loss](http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090816&content_id=6458918&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=ari) 1. ["San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, September 22, 2009"](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ARI/ARI200909220.shtml) 1. ["D-backs sell Ryal to Yomiuri Giants"](https://web.archive.org/web/20101227043651/http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101223&content_id=16363648&vkey=news_ari&c_id=ari). *arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com*. Archived from [the original](http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101223&content_id=16363648&vkey=news_ari&c_id=ari) on 2010-12-27. ## External links , or [Oklahoma State Cowboys Bio](http://www.okstate.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/012105aah.html) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rusty Ryal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Ryal) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Ryal?action=history)). 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