Rich Rundles, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1981
Place of Birth: Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Rich Rundles
- Richard Lambert Rundles (born June 3, 1981) is a retired Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the Cleveland Indians in 2008 and 2009.
- From 1999 to 2007, Rundles played in minor league baseball with six different organizations.
- He is currently the pitching coach for the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Through 836 minor-league innings, Rundles compiled a 3.39 ERA.
- He has always had good control, since being a third-round pick out of high school in 1999.
- As a starter in Class A ball a year later, he walked 13 while fanning 114 in 132 innings.
- Various injuries stalled his development—until signing with the Indians as a minor-league free agent in January 2007.
- The Tribe moved Rundles to the bullpen in an attempt to avoid his durability issues. Sent to Double-A Akron in '07, Rundles went 3-0 with a 1.83 ERA and two saves in 23 games, 21 of which were out of the bullpen.
- That earned him his first call to Triple-A, where he was 2-4 with a 2.70 ERA in 17 relief outings at Buffalo.
- Rundles then went to the 2007 Arizona Fall League to continue his transition to relief.
- In limited work, he allowed one run in 8?2/3 innings (1.04 ERA) over eight outings. On July 2, 2008, Rundles was named to the 2008 Triple-A All-Star Game as the Buffalo Bisons lone representative.
- He was called up to the majors on September 1, 2008, and made his debut on September 3, walking the only batter he faced. Since his September call-up Rundles has a total of 6 strikeouts, 2 walks, and giving up 1 earned run through 4?1/3 innings of work from the bullpen.
- Rundles has appeared in 7 games for the Tribe compiling a 2.08 ERA. He was returned to Triple-A Columbus on March 15, 2009.He was released by St.
- Louis Cardinals organization May 31, 2011. On June 7, 2012 the Baltimore Orioles purchased Rundles contract from the Lancaster Barnstormers.
- The Orioles released Rundles in April 2013.
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