Ryan Flaherty (born July 27, 1986) is an American professional baseball infielder with the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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| Baltimore Orioles – No. 3 | |
| Infielder, Designated hitter | |
| Born: July 27, 1986 Portland, Maine |
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| Bats: Left | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| April 7, 2012 for the Baltimore Orioles | |
| Career statistics (through May 30, 2013) |
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| Batting average | .192 |
| Home runs | 8 |
| Runs batted in | 26 |
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Ryan Flaherty (born July 27, 1986) is an American professional baseball infielder with the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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High School Career[edit]
Flaherty graduated from Deering High School in 2005. In 2004, lead Nova Seafood to the American Legion World Series Championship, as well as winning the Telegram League batting title. He was a 2005 American Baseball Coaches Association Preseason All-American also winning Maine's Mr. Baseball award. He was also named Maine Gatorade High School Player of the Year as a senior at Deering High School.[citation needed]
Flaherty lettered in baseball, basketball, captained the football team, and was a finalist for the Fitzpatrick Trophy, which is given to Maine's best football player.[1]
College career[edit]
Ranked the 141st best professional prospect by Baseball America, he chose to attend Vanderbilt University, where he played college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I.[1]
As a freshman Flaherty was named an honorable mention Freshman All-American. In sixty-two games Flaherty had a .339 batting average with 49 RBI's, 19 doubles, 2 homers and an on-base percentage of .421, led team with 22 multi-hit and 15 multi-RBI games.[1]
As a sophomore Flaherty had a .381 batting average with 57 RBI's, 23 doubles, 4 homers and an on-base percentage of .438 in 67 games. He was named Second-team All-American selection by Rivals.com and the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). He was also selected to the ABCA All-South Region Team as well as Second-Team All-SEC.[2]
Professional career[edit]
Chicago Cubs[edit]
The Chicago Cubs selected Flaherty in the first round (41st overall) of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. In four seasons in both A and AA. Flaherty played 322 games with a .279 batting average, on-base percentage of .347, slugging percentage of .455, 182 RBI's, 38 homers and 79 doubles. He had his two best professional seasons in 2009 and 2010.[3]
Baltimore Orioles[edit]
The Baltimore Orioles selected Flaherty from the Cubs in the Rule 5 Draft on December 8, 2011. He made the Orioles' Opening Day roster. He scored his first run in the Major Leagues on April 14 against the Blue Jays in Toronto. [4] He hit his first MLB home run as part of three consecutive home runs off Colby Lewis of the Texas Rangers to start the first inning of the first game of a May 10, 2012 doubleheader at Camden Yards. Teammates J.J. Hardy and Nick Markakis followed with home runs.
On September 28, 2012, he hit his first career grand slam off of Boston Red Sox pitcher Aaron Cook. On October 10, 2012, Flaherty hit a home run in Game 3 of the 2012 American League Division Series.
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External links[edit]
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- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Portland, Maine
- Baseball players from Maine
- Baseball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Vanderbilt Commodores baseball players
- Boise Hawks players
- Peoria Chiefs players
- Daytona Cubs players
- Tennessee Smokies players
- Iowa Cubs players
- Norfolk Tides players
- Baseball infielders
- Baseball outfielders
- Baltimore Orioles players
