Ray Sadler
| Ray Sadler | |||
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| Sussex County Miners | |||
| Outfielder | |||
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Born: September 19, 1980 Clifton, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 8, 2005, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2010 season) |
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| Batting average | .250 | ||
| Home runs | 1 | ||
| Runs batted in | 1 | ||
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Raymond Lee Sadler (born September 19, 1980 in Clifton, Texas) is a professional baseball outfielder who is currently with the Sussex County Miners of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball. He played in Major League Baseball in 2005 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Sadler bats and throws right-handed, is 6'1" tall, and weighs 200 pounds. His cousin Donnie Sadler, has also played Major League Baseball.
Sadler played baseball at Clifton High School, and in 1999 the Chicago Cubs selected him with the 920th pick of the June draft, as part of the 30th round. The Cubs did so with the intention of treating him as a "draft and follow" player, and he signed with the Cubs after 2 seasons at Hill College, a junior college in Hillsboro, Texas.
Sadler was traded from the Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates on August 17, 2003, in a deadline deal for Randall Simon. When outfielder Craig Wilson injured a tendon in his hand on May 8, 2005, the Pirates turned to Sadler as an emergency replacement, purchasing his contract from the Altoona Curve. He had no time to prepare, but reported immediately to the Pirates' clubhouse, where he was mistaken for a construction worker by surprised manager Lloyd McClendon. Sadler made his major league debut that night, and three days later, he collected his first major league hit: a home run to left field against Giants starter Noah Lowry.
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