Joel Hanrahan
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Joel Ryan Hanrahan(born October 6, 1981 in Des Moines, Iowa) Is a Major League Baseball player, a right-handed pitcher for the Washington Nationals Organization.
Hanrahan entered June 2000 First-Year Player Draft ranked 70th-best prospect in the nation by Baseball America. As a graduate of Norwalk High School he turned down a scholarship to play baseball at the University of Nebraska to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers by scout Mitch Webster.
In his first full season with Dodgers Triple-A affiliate Las Vegas 51's, Hanrahan went 7-7 with an Earned Run Average of 5.05 in 25 games. He ranked second on the club with 22 starts and third with 119.1 innings pitched. He batted .281 on the season and slugged a home run on May 4 vs. Tucson and posted a 4.11 ERA at home and 6.39 mark on the road in the Pacific Coast League.
He was signed on November 6, 2006 by the Washington Nationals along with RHP Tim Redding, INF Josh Wilson and OF Michael Restovich to one-year contracts.
