Ryan Rowland-Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Major League Baseball pitcher free agent
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Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
About Ryan Rowland-Smith
- Ryan Benjamin Rowland-Smith (born 26 January 1983), is an Australian former professional baseball pitcher.
- He 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 and the Brisbane Bandits.
- 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 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.
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