Ryan Court | |
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![]() Court with the South Bend Silver Hawks in 2014 | |
Infielder | |
Born: Elgin, Illinois | May 28, 1988|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
July 26, 2019, for the Seattle Mariners | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 8, 2019, for the Seattle Mariners | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .208 |
Home runs | 1 |
Runs batted in | 5 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
Ryan Arthur Court (born May 28,1988) is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for one season for the Seattle Mariners.
Court attended Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville,Illinois. [1] He attended Illinois State University and played college baseball for the Redbirds. [2] He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 23rd round of the 2011 MLB draft. [3]
Court played in the Diamondbacks organization from 2011 through 2014. [4] During his time with them,he played for the Missoula Osprey,South Bend Silver Hawks,Visalia Rawhide,and Mobile BayBears. [4] Court was released by Arizona on March 30,2015.
Court played for the Sioux City Explorers of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball for the 2015 season. [3]
Court signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox on May 2,2016. [3] He played for the Double–A Portland Sea Dogs and the Triple–A Pawtucket Red Sox during the 2016 season.
Court spent the 2017 season with Pawtucket,playing in 106 games and hitting .263/.347/.410 with 10 home runs and 44 RBI. He elected free agency following the season on November 6,2017. [5]
On December 9,2017,Court signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs. [4] In 2018,he played in 114 games for the Triple–A Iowa Cubs,batting .262/.362/.407 with 11 home runs and 62 RBI. [6] Court was released by the Cubs organization on March 23,2019. [4]
Following his release from the Cubs,Court signed with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. [7]
On May 7,2019,the Seattle Mariners purchased his contract from Sugar Land and assigned him to the Triple–A Tacoma Rainiers. [6]
On July 26,2019,the Mariners selected Court's contract and promoted him to the major leagues for the first time. [8] He made his major league debut later that day pinch hitting in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Detroit Tigers. [9] On August 9,Court hit his first home run against Emilio Pagan of the Tampa Bay Rays in the 9th inning. Court was designated for assignment on September 10. [10] He was removed from the 40-man roster and outrighted to Tacoma on September 11. [11] Court elected free agency following the season on November 4. [12]
On January 28,2020,Court signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics. Court did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [13] He became a free agent on November 2. [14]
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