Ryan Lavarnway
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Lavarnway with the Boston Red Sox in 2012
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| Oakland Athletics | |||
| Catcher / Designated hitter | |||
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Born: August 7, 1987 Burbank, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 18, 2011, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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| Batting average | .198 | ||
| Home runs | 7 | ||
| Runs batted in | 40 | ||
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Ryan Cole Lavarnway (pronounced la-VARN-way; born August 7, 1987) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Oakland Athletics organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, and Atlanta Braves.
Lavarnway attended Yale University, where in 2007 he won the NCAA batting title by hitting .467, and led the NCAA with an .873 slugging percentage. That year, Lavarnway also set the Ivy League record with a 25-game hitting streak. In addition, he set the Ivy League all-time career home run record, with 33.
Lavarnway was drafted by the Red Sox in 2008. In 2009, he led the South Atlantic League with 59 extra-base hits, and in 2010 he was a Carolina League Mid-Season and Post-Season All Star, and was named the Red Sox co-Minor League Offensive Player of the Year. In 2011, after he hit 30 home runs in 478 minor league at bats, Baseball America named Lavarnway the best power prospect in the International League and named him the catcher on its 2011 Minor League All-Star Team, and the Red Sox organization named him co-winner of their Offensive Player of the Year award.
He was called up to the major leagues by the Red Sox in August 2011, and divided his playing time between Pawtucket and the majors after that. Entering the 2012 season he was the No. 9 prospect in the Red Sox system according to Baseball America, and that season he was the International League All Star starting catcher, and a post-season IL All-Star. In 2014 with Pawtucket, Lavarnway led the team to the International League title, and was voted MVP of the IL series. He began the 2015 season on the Orioles' roster, was designated for assignment in May and opted to become a free agent, signed a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves, and was brought back up to the majors in mid-June. He was outrighted and re-signed by the Braves to a minor league deal, and in May 2016 he was granted his release. He played for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic in March 2017, and was named Pool A MVP.
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