Ryan Patrick Garton (born December 5, 1989) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays in 2016 and 2017 and the Seattle Mariners in 2017 and 2019.
| Ryan Garton | |
|---|---|
 Garton with the Tampa Bay Rays | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: December 5, 1989 Clearwater, Florida, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 26, 2016, for the Tampa Bay Rays | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 20, 2019, for the Seattle Mariners | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 1–3 |
| Earned run average | 4.90 |
| Strikeouts | 50 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Career
editTampa Bay Rays
editGarton attended J. W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey, Florida, and Florida Atlantic University, where he played college baseball for the Florida Atlantic Owls. In 2011, he pitched in summer college baseball for the Bethesda Big Train. [1] The Tampa Bay Rays selected him in the 34th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft.[2]
The Rays promoted Garton to the major leagues on May 25, 2016,[3][4] and he made his major league debut the next day in the seventh inning of a game against the Miami Marlins, allowing three earned runs on two innings pitched.
Seattle Mariners
editOn August 6, 2017, the Rays traded Garton and Mike Marjama to the Seattle Mariners for Anthony Misiewicz, Luis Rengifo, and a player to be named later or cash considerations.[5] He was outrighted to AAA on October 26, 2017. He spent all of 2018 with AAA Tacoma Rainiers.He was assigned to AAA Tacoma Rainiers to start the 2019 season. He had his contract selected to the major leagues on May 17, 2019. He was designated for assignment on May 21.[6] He elected free agency on October 8, 2019.
Minnesota Twins
editOn November 26, 2019, Garton signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins.[7] He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] Garton was released by the Twins organization on September 4, 2020.
Retirement
editOn March 7, 2021, Garton joined the coaching staff of Heisler Heat Baseball, a baseball academy ran by former minor league baseball player Adam Heisler.
Acereros de Monclova
editOn July 21, 2021, Garton came out of retirement and signed with the Acereros de Monclova of the Mexican League.[9] He was released on August 5, 2021 after posting a 7.00 ERA in 8 appearances.[10]
He again retired on September 20, 2021, when he joined Southern Performance Institute as part of the coaching staff.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Bethesda Big Train Major Leaguers".
- ^ "Rays Tales: Garton a product of unorthodox training program". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
- ^ Topkin, Marc (May 25, 2016). "Rays call up RHP Ryan Garton, send Beckham to Durham". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
- ^ "Mitchell High's Garton reaches majors with hometown Rays". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
- ^ MLBRosterMoves [@MLBRosterMoves] (August 6, 2017). ".@Mariners acquire RHP Ryan Garton, catcher Mike Marjama from #Rays for LHP Anthony Misiewicz, INF/OF Luis Rengifo, PTBN or cash" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Ryan Divish (May 21, 2019). "Mariners make slew of roster moves including placing Dee Gordon and Ryon Healy on injured list". Seattle Times. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ Do-Hyoung Park (November 26, 2019). "Twins ink Hardy among Minors deals". MLB.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
- ^ "MiLB Stats | MiLB Team Stats | MiLB Leaders".
- ^ Ryan Garton Stats, Highlights, Bio | MiLB.com Stats | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball
- ^ https://twitter.com/spinstitute_ms/status/1440011092529344516?s=46&t=UN5XGiNzRq3-vt33N7zCTw [bare URL]
External links
edit- Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Ryan Garton on Twitter
- Ryan Garton on Instagram
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