Robbie Widlansky
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Robert Eric Widlansky (born November 6, 1984) is a minor league baseball outfielder playing most recently for the Somerset Patriots of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
In college, he won the Sun Belt Conference batting title his senior season, with a Florida Atlantic University (FAU) school-record .430 average. Widlansky was named the Sun Belt Player of the Year, and an NCAA All-American.
Widlansky was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 11th round of the 2007 MLB first-year player draft. With the Aberdeen IronBirds of the New York–Penn League, he broke the team record for most RBIs in a single month in July 2008, and was chosen to play in the 2008 New York–Penn League All-Star Game. In 2009 at Class A Advanced Frederick Keys he was named the Carolina League's Offensive Player of the Week three times, and the Player of the Month for August. Widlansky won the Carolina League batting title with a .340 batting average, and was named the Orioles' 27th-top prospect.
In 2010–11, he played in the Australian Baseball League for the Perth Heat. In June 2012, he was voted Topps Eastern League Player of the Month while playing for the Bowie Baysox, in July he was an Eastern League Mid-Season All Star, and later that year he was named an MiLB.com Organization All-Star. In September 2012, Widlansky played on Team Israel in the qualifying round to the World Baseball Classic.
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