Ryan Minor

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Ryan Minor
Third baseman
Born: (1974-01-05) January 5, 1974 (age 47)
Canton, Ohio
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 13, 1998, for the Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB appearance
October 7, 2001, for the Montreal Expos
MLB statistics
Batting average.177
Home runs5
Runs batted in27
Teams

Ryan Dale Minor (born January 5, 1974) is an American former professional baseball third baseman and minor league baseball manager. He played all, or part, of four seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1998 to 2001, with the Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos. He is known for replacing Cal Ripken Jr., when Ripken ended his consecutive games played streak on September 20, 1998.

College[]

Ryan Minor was an All-American basketball player at the University of Oklahoma and was selected in the second round of the 1996 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. However, he chose to play baseball instead, and was drafted in the 33rd round of the 1996 MLB Amateur Draft.[1]

Playing career[]

After playing two-plus seasons in the minor leagues, Minor made his major league debut in 1998. He split the next two seasons between the Orioles and their farm clubs, mostly the Rochester Red Wings. His most notable contribution in the Major Leagues was being the first player to start in front of Cal Ripken Jr. to end his consecutive games played streak. After the 2000 season, he was traded to the Expos for pitcher Jorge Julio. He then split time in the 2001 season between the Expos and the Ottawa Lynx. Overall, Minor played 142 games during his MLB career.

From 2002 until 2004, Minor played with three different organizations, along with stints with the Newark Bears and Atlantic City Surf of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He joined the Lancaster Barnstormers for their inaugural 2005 season. He hit the first-ever Barnstormers home run on May 17, 2005 at Clipper Magazine Stadium. With Lancaster, Minor batted .268 with 26 homers (a team best) and 99 RBIs, which were second most on the Barnstormers team and tied for third in the league.[2] He finished his career with a lifetime .265 average, 154 homers and 567 RBI.

Coaching and managerial career[]

After Minor retired from professional baseball, he went on to coach the 2006 Road Warriors. In December 2006, Minor became the hitting and infield coach of the York Revolution, also of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. In 2008, he started serving in a similar capacity with the Delmarva Shorebirds, the Orioles' class A affiliate in the South Atlantic League.[3][4] From 2010-2012, Minor managed the Class-A Delmarva Shorebirds. In 2013, Minor was promoted to manager of the Advanced-A Frederick Keys. He was replaced for the 2014 Frederick Keys season by Luis Pujols. He then returned to the Delmarva Shorebirds for four seasons (2014-2017) before becoming the Frederick Keys manager again for the 2018 season.[5] After the Keys finished 2019 in last place with its worst season since 2004, his contract was not renewed by the Orioles.[6] By January 2020 he had signed on with the Detroit Tigers, where he was set to manage the Gulf Coast League West Tigers in 2020.[7] He received the same assignment for the 2021 season.[8]

Personal life[]

Minor's twin brother, Damon, was also a Major League Baseball player for the San Francisco Giants. They were teammates at the University of Oklahoma from 1993 to 1995.

References[]

  1. ^ "33rd Round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "Newark Bears Fan Speaks with September's Fan Club Player of the Month, Ryan Minor!". Newark Bears News. September 2003. Archived from the original on July 3, 2004.
  3. ^ "Ryan Minor added to Delmarva coaching staff" (Press release). Baltimore Orioles. January 25, 2008. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011.
  4. ^ Thomson, Candus (May 5, 2009). "Sweet Spot". The Baltimore Sun.
  5. ^ "Orioles Name Minor League Managers, Staff". WBAL (AM). Associated Press. February 16, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  6. ^ Grill, Grace (September 10, 2019). "Baltimore Orioles Parting Ways with Keys Coaching Staff". WDVM-TV. Hagerstown, MD. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  7. ^ DeBoer, Will (January 30, 2020). "Silver Anniversary Team: Ryan Minor, Third Base". MiLB.com. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  8. ^ Petzold, Evan (January 12, 2021). "Detroit Tigers' 2021 minor-league coaches: Full staffs for Triple-A Toledo, Double-A Erie and more". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved May 27, 2021.

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