Ryon Healy

Ryon Healy
Oakland Athletics – No. 25
First baseman / Third baseman
Born: (1992-01-10) January 10, 1992
West Hills, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 15, 2016, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
(through August 2, 2017)
Batting average .278
Home runs 33
Runs batted in 99
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Ryon Cristopher Healy (born January 10, 1992) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Amateur career

Healy attended Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, California, alma mater of former A's teammate Trevor Plouffe.[1] Undrafted out of high school, Healy enrolled at the University of Oregon, where he played college baseball as a first baseman for the Oregon Ducks. As a junior, Healy set a Ducks single-season record with 56 runs batted in (RBIs), and a career record with 118 RBIs.

Professional career

Minor leagues

The Oakland Athletics selected Healy in the third round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft. Healy signed with the Athletics.[2]

In 2014, Healy played for the Stockton Ports of the Class A-Advanced California League, finishing the season with a .285 batting average, 16 home runs, and 83 RBIs. While playing for the Midland RockHounds of the Class AA Texas League in 2015, Healy was named an All-Star.[3] He was also named Texas League Player of the Week twice.[4]

Without an invite to big league camp, Healy returned to Midland to begin the 2016 season.[5] However, Healy went on to hit .338 with 8 HR and 34 RBI in 36 games before earning a promotion to the Nashville Sounds of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League. He appeared in the 2016 All-Star Futures Game as Oakland's lone representative,[6][7] and earned an unlikely promotion to the major leagues on July 15.[8] In 49 games with Nashville, Healy hit .318 with 6 HR and 30 RBI, splitting time at first base and third base.

Oakland Athletics

Upon his promotion, Healy was immediately inserted by manager Bob Melvin as the team's third baseman, supplanting Danny Valencia.[9] He recorded his first major league hit, a 3-run home run, on July 16 in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays. On July 24, Healy hit a walk-of home run against the Tampa Bay Rays, capping a three run ninth-inning rally.[10] On October 3, Healy was named the AL Rookie of the Month for the month of September, when he hit .355 with 7 HR and 19 RBI to conclude his breakout season.[11] In 72 games, Healy hit .305/.337/.524 with 13 HR and 37 RBI, with a batting average that led all qualified AL rookies, reaching as high as third in the batting order.[12]

Coming off of an impressive 2016, Healy was expected to enter 2017 as Oakland's permanent third baseman. However, plans changed when the team signed Trevor Plouffe on January 10, 2017, and was named the starting third baseman by general manager David Forst on January 18.[13] The move allowed Healy to move to his natural position at first base. In early 2017, he has split time between first base and designated hitter.

References

  1. ↑ "Mother knows best for Encino Crespi's Ryon Healy". latimes. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Oregon baseball: Ryon Healy signs with the Oakland Athletics". OregonLive.com. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  3. ↑ "ROCKHOUNDS: Healy honored to be making 1st All-Star Game appearance". MRT.com. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ryon Healy, former Ducks' baseball player, named Texas League Player of the Week again". OregonLive.com. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  5. ↑ Buscheck, Karl (Jul 23, 2016). "Healy emerges as unlikely face of youth movement". San Francisco Examiner.
  6. ↑ "A's Ryon Healy on U.S. Futures Game team". MLB.com. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ryon Healy goes 2-for-3 in Futures Game". MLB.com. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  8. ↑ Slusser, Susan (July 15, 2016). "A’s to call up infielder Ryon Healy for big-league debut". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  9. ↑ Hickey, John (July 15, 2016). "Ryon Healy arrives and Billy Burns is demoted, so Danny Valencia, Coco Crisp can count on seeing diminished time". Inside the A's.
  10. ↑ Chiarelli, Mark (July 24, 2016). "Healy plays hero as A's stage another stunner". MLB.com.
  11. ↑ "Ryon Healy Named AL Rookie of the Month". MLB.com. October 3, 2016.
  12. ↑ Buscheck, Karl (September 21, 2016). "Ryon Healy hits third for A’s for second time". San Francisco Examiner.
  13. ↑ Stiglich, Joe (January 18, 2017). "PLOUFFE WILL PUSH HEALY AWAY FROM THIRD BASE, BUT NOT COMBATIVE SITUATION". CSN Bay Area.
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