Ryan Cook | |||
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Cook with the Oakland Athletics
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Seattle Mariners | |||
Pitcher | |||
Born: Clovis, California |
June 30, 1987 |||
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MLB debut | |||
July 20, 2011, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||
MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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Win–loss record | 13–12 | ||
Earned run average | 3.43 | ||
Strikeouts | 210 | ||
Holds | 53 | ||
Saves | 17 | ||
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Career highlights and awards | |||
Ryan William Cook (born June 30, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Seattle Mariners organization. He previously played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Oakland Athletics and Boston Red Sox. He was an MLB All-Star in 2012.
Cook attended Clovis High School and the University of Southern California, where he played college baseball for the USC Trojans baseball team. He was drafted by the Diamondbacks in the 27th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft.
He was called up to the majors for the first time on July 20, 2011.
On December 9, 2011, Cook, along with Jarrod Parker and Collin Cowgill, was traded to the Oakland Athletics for Trevor Cahill and Craig Breslow.
On April 27, 2012, against the Baltimore Orioles, Cook became the 61st player in MLB history to record four strikeouts in one inning. He was the Athletics' representative at the 2012 All-Star Game where he pitched a perfect seventh inning. In 2013, Cook repeated his 2012 performance by going 6-4 in 71 games. His ERA was 2.54 while recording 67 strikeouts in 67 innings. Despite a pair of injuries during the 2014 season, Cook was a solid bullpen piece for the A's, appearing in 54 games while going 1-3.
On July 31, 2015, Cook was traded to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later.