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Rick Short

Richard Ryan Short

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 6, 1972 in Elgin, Illinois, US
High School: South HS (Elgin, IL)
School: Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL)

Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 33rd round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL).

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Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1994	21	Bluefield	APPY	Rk	BAL	64	255	229	39	69	8	0	4	35	4	6	22	23	.301	.365	.389	.753	89	3	2	0	2	1
1995	22	3 Teams	3 Lgs	Rk-A+	BAL	45	167	150	24	53	5	0	6	26	4	3	13	8	.353	.413	.507	.920	76	4	3	0	1	0
1995	22	Bluefield	APPY	Rk	BAL	11	43	39	9	11	2	0	2	12	2	1	2	1	.282	.326	.487	.813	19	2	1	0	1	0
1995	22	High Desert	CALL	A+	BAL	29	110	98	14	41	3	0	4	12	1	2	10	5	.418	.482	.571	1.053	56	2	2	0	0	0
1995	22	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	5	14	13	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	.077	.143	.077	.220	1	0	0	0	0	0
1996	23	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	126	517	474	68	148	33	0	3	54	12	7	29	44	.312	.355	.401	.756	190	14	5	5	4	2
1997	24	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	126	538	480	73	153	29	1	10	72	10	7	38	44	.319	.382	.446	.828	214	20	12	7	1	2
1998	25	3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-AA-AAA	BAL	106	396	342	51	94	19	0	9	50	3	2	35	51	.275	.350	.409	.760	140	14	9	2	8	1
1998	25	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	59	251	221	36	68	14	0	6	28	3	2	18	29	.308	.376	.452	.828	100	12	8	1	3	1
1998	25	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	34	105	87	12	20	4	0	2	18	0	0	13	18	.230	.317	.345	.662	30	2	0	1	4	0
1998	25	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	13	40	34	3	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	4	4	.176	.275	.294	.569	10	0	1	0	1	0
1999	26	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	112	449	392	60	123	19	0	16	62	6	1	43	48	.314	.390	.485	.874	190	9	9	0	5	2
2000	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	BAL	129	550	484	66	157	40	1	10	85	3	3	48	58	.324	.391	.473	.864	229	14	10	0	8	2
2000	27	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	116	507	447	63	148	39	1	9	82	3	3	44	54	.331	.394	.483	.878	216	14	8	0	8	2
2000	27	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	13	43	37	3	9	1	0	1	3	0	0	4	4	.243	.349	.351	.700	13	0	2	0	0	0
2001	28	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	CHC	113	369	332	43	91	19	1	5	34	2	2	27	43	.274	.335	.383	.718	127	13	4	5	1	0
2001	28	West Tenn	SOUL	AA	CHC	8	25	19	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	.263	.440	.263	.703	5	0	1	0	0	0
2001	28	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	105	344	313	38	86	19	1	5	34	2	1	22	42	.275	.327	.390	.717	122	13	3	5	1	0
2002	29	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	ANA	105	446	410	71	146	29	2	7	68	3	2	23	43	.356	.399	.488	.887	200	4	9	0	4	1
2003	30	Chiba Lotte	JPPL	Fgn
2004	31	2 Teams	1 Lg	AAA	KCR,MON	129	503	468	43	140	29	0	9	67	2	2	25	46	.299	.339	.419	.757	196	20	5	1	4	0
2004	31	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	89	339	316	30	89	16	0	7	48	1	1	15	39	.282	.320	.399	.718	126	15	4	1	3	0
2004	31	Omaha,Edmonton	PCL	AAA	MON,KCR	129	503	468	43	140	29	0	9	67	2	2	25	46	.299	.339	.419	.757	196	20	5	1	4	0
2004	31	Edmonton	PCL	AAA	MON	40	164	152	13	51	13	0	2	19	1	1	10	7	.336	.378	.461	.839	70	5	1	0	1	0
2005	32	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	WSN	108	433	376	72	144	35	1	11	70	5	4	46	27	.383	.456	.569	1.025	214	8	7	1	3	6
2006	33	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		109	431	401	33	126	27	0	4	34	5	5	22	51	.314	.357	.411	.768	165	16	5	2	1	2
2007	34	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		115	458	418	31	138	31	0	4	53	2	2	29	44	.330	.380	.433	.813	181	22	6	3	2	2
2008	35	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		134	525	491	62	163	31	2	12	71	4	1	25	51	.332	.365	.477	.841	234	11	3	1	5	1
2009	36	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		61	201	184	13	47	7	0	3	13	4	1	13	24	.255	.313	.342	.656	63	4	3	0	1	2
16 Seasons						1582	6238	5631	749	1792	361	8	113	794	69	48	438	605	.318	.374	.445	.819	2508	176	92	27	50	24
AAA (6 seasons)				AAA		473	1809	1638	230	531	114	4	34	246	12	9	124	166	.324	.378	.461	.839	755	45	27	7	13	7
Fgn (5 seasons)				Fgn		419	1615	1494	139	474	96	2	23	171	15	9	89	170	.317	.360	.430	.791	643	53	17	6	9	7
A+ (4 seasons)				A+		345	1430	1286	192	411	79	1	23	168	27	18	96	124	.320	.377	.436	.813	561	48	27	13	8	5
AA (4 seasons)				AA		270	1086	945	140	296	62	1	27	162	9	5	105	121	.313	.386	.467	.853	441	25	18	1	17	4
Rk (2 seasons)				Rk		75	298	268	48	80	10	0	6	47	6	7	24	24	.299	.359	.403	.762	108	5	3	0	3	1

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	Rctch	Rtz
1994	21	Bluefield	APPY	Rk	BAL	3B	60	171	40	117	14	9	.918	2.62
1995	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-Rk	BAL	2B	32	140	57	75	8	15	.943	4.13
1995	22	3 Teams	3 Lgs	Rk-A+	BAL	3B	10	33	6	25	2	2	.939	3.10
1995	22	Bluefield	APPY	Rk	BAL	3B	4	17	3	13	1	2	.941	4.00
1995	22	Bluefield	APPY	Rk	BAL	2B	7	26	9	16	1	3	.962	3.57
1995	22	High Desert	CALL	A+	BAL	SS	2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
1995	22	High Desert	CALL	A+	BAL	3B	5	11	3	8	0	0	1.000	2.20
1995	22	High Desert	CALL	A+	BAL	2B	25	114	48	59	7	12	.939	4.28
1995	22	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	3B	1	5	0	4	1	0	.800	4.00
1996	23	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	SS	7	24	5	17	2	2	.917	3.14
1996	23	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	3B	99	298	75	195	28	19	.906	2.73
1996	23	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	2B	20	60	26	31	3	8	.950	2.85
1996	23	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
1997	24	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	3B	54	161	45	103	13	9	.919	2.74
1997	24	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	2B	63	255	117	129	9	31	.965	3.90
1998	25	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AAA	BAL	1B	5	40	39	1	0	5	1.000	8.00
1998	25	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	BAL	2B	14	33	14	18	1	4	.970	2.29
1998	25	3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A+-AA	BAL	3B	25	51	16	32	3	1	.941	1.92
1998	25	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	BAL	OF	55	117	111	5	1	1	.991	2.11
1998	25	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	OF	43	94	88	5	1	1	.989	2.16
1998	25	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	RF	31							0.00
1998	25	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	LF	15							0.00
1998	25	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	3B	10	21	7	12	2	1	.905	1.90
1998	25	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	2B	5	22	9	13	0	3	1.000	4.40
1998	25	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	1B	4	32	31	1	0	4	1.000	8.00
1998	25	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	OF	12	23	23	0	0	0	1.000	1.92
1998	25	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	3B	3	3	1	1	1	0	.667	0.67
1998	25	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	2B	9	11	5	5	1	1	.909	1.11
1998	25	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	3B	12	27	8	19	0	0	1.000	2.25
1998	25	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	1B	1	8	8	0	0	1	1.000	8.00
1999	26	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	OF	60	123	119	2	2	1	.984	2.02
1999	26	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	RF	28							0.00
1999	26	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	LF	36							0.00
1999	26	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	3B	12	24	5	17	2	1	.917	1.83
1999	26	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	2B	4	4	2	2	0	1	1.000	1.00
1999	26	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	1B	34	240	221	16	3	24	.988	6.97
2000	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	BAL	1B	16	116	109	5	2	8	.983	7.13
2000	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	BAL	3B	34	83	18	58	7	7	.916	2.24
2000	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	BAL	LF	5							0.00
2000	27	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	BAL	OF	17	32	30	2	0	1	1.000	1.88
2000	27	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	OF	15	29	28	1	0	1	1.000	1.93
2000	27	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	RF	13							0.00
2000	27	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	LF	3							0.00
2000	27	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	3B	26	61	14	42	5	5	.918	2.15
2000	27	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	2B	23	84	33	51	0	9	1.000	3.65
2000	27	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	1B	15	111	104	5	2	8	.982	7.27
2000	27	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	OF	2	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.50
2000	27	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	LF	2							0.00
2000	27	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	3B	8	22	4	16	2	2	.909	2.50
2000	27	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	1B	1	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.00
2001	28	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	CHC	1B	6	30	28	2	0	3	1.000	5.00
2001	28	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	CHC	2B	7	23	10	13	0	4	1.000	3.29
2001	28	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	CHC	3B	92	196	67	121	8	15	.959	2.04
2001	28	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CHC	LF	3							0.00
2001	28	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CHC	OF	3	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.33
2001	28	West Tenn	SOUL	AA	CHC	OF	2	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
2001	28	West Tenn	SOUL	AA	CHC	LF	2							0.00
2001	28	West Tenn	SOUL	AA	CHC	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
2001	28	West Tenn	SOUL	AA	CHC	2B	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
2001	28	West Tenn	SOUL	AA	CHC	1B	2	20	18	2	0	3	1.000	10.00
2001	28	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
2001	28	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	LF	1							0.00
2001	28	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	3B	90	196	67	121	8	15	.959	2.09
2001	28	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	2B	6	22	10	12	0	4	1.000	3.67
2001	28	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	1B	4	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	2.50
2002	29	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	ANA	OF	9	12	11	0	1	0	.917	1.22
2002	29	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	ANA	RF	2							0.00
2002	29	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	ANA	LF	7							0.00
2002	29	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	ANA	3B	5	11	3	7	1	0	.909	2.00
2002	29	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	ANA	2B	9	40	18	20	2	5	.950	4.22
2002	29	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	ANA	1B	17	148	130	17	1	11	.993	8.65

2004	31	2 Teams	1 Lg	AAA	KCR,MON	2B	30	144	63	80	1	15	.993	4.77
2004	31	2 Teams	1 Lg	AAA	KCR,MON	3B	68	204	52	143	9	11	.956	2.87
2004	31	Omaha, Edmonton	PCL	AAA	MON,KCR	3B	68	204	52	143	9	11	.956	2.87
2004	31	Omaha, Edmonton	PCL	AAA	MON,KCR	2B	30	144	63	80	1	15	.993	4.77
2004	31	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	OF	6	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.33
2004	31	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	3B	58	180	42	129	9	10	.950	2.95
2004	31	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	2B	20	99	42	56	1	8	.990	4.90
2004	31	Edmonton	PCL	AAA	MON	3B	10	24	10	14	0	1	1.000	2.40
2004	31	Edmonton	PCL	AAA	MON	2B	10	45	21	24	0	7	1.000	4.50
2004	31	Edmonton	PCL	AAA	MON	1B	13	113	108	4	1	8	.991	8.62
2005	32	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	WSN	RF	2	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.50					0
2005	32	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	WSN	LF	2	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.00					0
2005	32	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	WSN	3B	26	69	8	55	6	3	.913	2.42					-3
2005	32	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	WSN	2B	30	115	50	63	2	13	.983	3.77					-1
2005	32	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	WSN	1B	47	329	288	38	3	34	.991	6.94					3
2005	32	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	WSN	C	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50	0	0	0	0
2006	33	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		OF	41	39	38	1	0	1	1.000	0.95					0
2006	33	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		3B	13	29	11	17	1	1	.966	2.15					0
2006	33	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		2B	19	74	35	37	2	4	.973	3.79					0
2006	33	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		1B	42	364	333	29	2	27	.995	8.62					0
2007	34	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		OF	78	107	104	1	2	0	.981	1.35					0
2007	34	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		3B	29	69	19	45	5	2	.928	2.21					0
2007	34	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		1B	26	117	109	8	0	7	1.000	4.50					0
2008	35	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		OF	122	181	176	3	2	1	.989	1.47					0
2008	35	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		3B	5	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0.60					0
2008	35	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		1B	12	33	33	0	0	4	1.000	2.75					0
2009	36	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		OF	23	31	30	0	1	0	.968	1.30					0
2009	36	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		3B	15	34	7	24	3	4	.912	2.07					0
2009	36	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		2B	1	8	3	4	1	0	.875	7.00					0
2009	36	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		1B	24	136	130	5	1	18	.993	5.63					0
15 Seasons							1452	4649	2861	1634	154	341	.967	3.10	0	0	0	0	-1
3B (15 seasons)						3B	547	1436	375	959	102	84	.929	2.44					-3
2B (12 seasons)						2B	252	980	428	523	29	109	.970	3.77					-1
1B (11 seasons)						1B	230	1553	1420	121	12	141	.992	6.70					3
OF (9 seasons)						OF	408	646	623	14	9	5	.986	1.56					0
LF (6 seasons)						LF	68	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0.06					0
RF (5 seasons)						RF	76	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0.07					0
SS (2 seasons)						SS	9	24	5	17	2	2	.917	2.44
C (1 season)						C	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50	0	0	0	0

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
1994	21	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Rk	BAL
1995	22	Frederick Keys	Carolina League	A+	BAL
1995	22	High Desert Mavericks	California League	A+	BAL
1995	22	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Rk	BAL
1996	23	Frederick Keys	Carolina League	A+	BAL
1997	24	Frederick Keys	Carolina League	A+	BAL
1998	25	Frederick Keys	Carolina League	A+	BAL
1998	25	Bowie Baysox	Eastern League	AA	BAL
1998	25	Rochester Red Wings	International League	AAA	BAL
1999	26	Bowie Baysox	Eastern League	AA	BAL
2000	27	Bowie Baysox	Eastern League	AA	BAL
2000	27	Rochester Red Wings	International League	AAA	BAL
2001	28	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	Southern League	AA	CHC
2001	28	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	AAA	CHC		2001-04-15	2001-09-03
2002	29	Salt Lake Stingers	Pacific Coast League	AAA	ANA		2002-04-05	2002-09-01
2003	30	Chiba Lotte Marines	Japan Pacific League	Fgn
2004	31	Omaha Royals	Pacific Coast League	AAA	KCR	1	2004-04-08	2004-07-22
2004	31	Edmonton Trappers	Pacific Coast League	AAA	MON	2	2004-07-24	2004-09-06
2005	32	New Orleans Zephyrs	Pacific Coast League	AAA	WSN		2005-04-07	2005-09-01
2005	32	Washington Nationals	National League	MLB	WSN	1	2005-06-10	2005-09-23
2006	33	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	Japan Pacific League	Fgn
2007	34	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	Japan Pacific League	Fgn
2008	35	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	Japan Pacific League	Fgn
2009	36	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	Japan Pacific League	Fgn

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