Ryan Rowland-Smith
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Rowland Smith with the Seattle Mariners
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| Brisbane Bandits – No. 18 | |||
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Born: 26 January 1983 Sydney, Australia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| 30 June, 2007, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2014 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 12–17 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.57 | ||
| Strikeouts | 229 | ||
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Athens 2004 | Team Competition |
Ryan Benjamin Rowland-Smith (born 26 January 1983), is an Australian professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks. He also played in the Australian Baseball League for the Sydney Blue Sox. Rowland-Smith pitched for Australia in the 2006 World Baseball Classic and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was rated the number eight prospect in the Mariners organization in 2008 by Baseball America.
He graduated from Newcastle High School in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, in December 2000. Rowland-Smith was the first player from Newcastle to be signed to a professional contract, signing as a non-drafted free agent on 19 November 2000 by Mariners scout Barry Holland. He was the Newcastle Baseball Player of the Year as a 16 and 18-year-old.
Rowland-Smith has played most of his career in the Mariners' organisation but he was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the Major League portion of the 2004 Rule 5 draft. He spent most of the 2004 spring training with the Twins before they returned him to Seattle.
The Mariners signed Rowland-Smith in November, 2000. Rowland-Smith began his pro career in 2001 with the Rookie level Peoria Mariners of the Arizona League. He made 17 relief appearances, allowing just one home run in 33.1 innings pitched. He took part in the Mariners Arizona Instructional League at the end of the season.
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