Dallas Buck (Born November 11, 1984, in Newberg, Oregon) is a Minor League Baseball player and former All-American baseball pitcher who played for the Oregon State Beavers of Oregon State University in college. He throws a fastball, changeup, curveball, and his strike-out pitch, the slider.
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Buck pitched four years for Newberg High School, which won the Oregon state championship his senior year. At Oregon State University, the 6'3, 210 pound, athlete majored in sociology. He played football in the Fall as a defensive-back and pitched for the baseball team in the Spring. After two years playing both sports, he decided to specialize in baseball. Buck pitched for the Beavers from 2004–2006, including pitching games in the 2006 College World Series. He had a key part in the final series between Oregon State and the North Carolina Tar Heels. Buck won game three of the series after pitching just two days before in game one, sealing Oregon State's first baseball national championship.
Buck was a third round pick for the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft. In June 2007, he had Tommy John surgery on his elbow. On August 11, 2008 Buck was traded from Arizona's minor league Single-A Visalia Oaks (along with Micah Owings and Wilkin Castillo) to the Cincinnati Reds for Adam Dunn and cash. In 2009 Buck battled arm injuries while holding a 2-3 record with a 4.91 ERA in ten starts. He ended the 2009 season playing for the Double-A Carolina Mudcats.