Rick Short

Richard Ryan Short
Born: December 6, 1972
Elgin, IL US
Primary Position: Third base
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, C, LF, OF, RF, SS
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 200
Draft: Round 33 (1994 June Amateur Draft, Baltimore Orioles)
School: Western Illinois
Career: 1994-2009
Major League Statistics

Rick Short compiled a career batting average of .317 with 125 home runs and 852 RBI in his 1739-game career with the Bluefield Orioles, Frederick Keys, High Desert Mavericks, Bowie Baysox, Rochester Red Wings, West Tenn Diamond Jaxx, Iowa Cubs, Salt Lake Stingers, Chiba Lotte Marines, Omaha Royals, Edmonton Trappers, New Orleans Zephyrs and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. He began playing during the 1994 season and last took the field during the 2009 campaign.

Bluefield Orioles	Frederick Keys	High Desert Mavericks	Bowie Baysox	Rochester Red Wings	Iowa Cubs
West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	Salt Lake Stingers	Salt Lake Stingers	Chiba Lotte Marines	Omaha Royals	Edmonton Trappers
New Orleans Zephyrs	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

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Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1994	R	APPY	Bluefield Orioles	64	255	229	39	69	8	0	4	35	4	6	22	23	.301	.365	.389	.753	89	3	2	0	2	1
1995	Advanced A	CALL	High Desert Mavericks	29	110	98	14	41	3	0	4	12	1	2	10	5	.418	.482	.571	1.053	56	2	2	0	0	0
1995	Advanced A	CARL	Frederick Keys	5	14	13	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	.077	.143	.077	.220	1	0	0	0	0	0
1995	R	APPY	Bluefield Orioles	11	43	39	9	11	2	0	2	12	2	1	2	1	.282	.326	.487	.813	19	2	1	0	1	0
1996	Advanced A	CARL	Frederick Keys	126	517	474	68	148	33	0	3	54	12	7	29	44	.312	.355	.401	.756	190	14	5	5	4	2
1997	Advanced A	CARL	Frederick Keys	126	538	480	73	153	29	1	10	72	10	7	38	44	.319	.382	.446	.828	214	20	12	7	1	2
1998	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	13	40	34	3	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	4	4	.176	.275	.294	.569	10	0	1	0	1	0
1998	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	34	105	87	12	20	4	0	2	18	0	0	13	18	.230	.317	.345	.662	30	2	0	1	4	0
1998	Advanced A	CARL	Frederick Keys	59	251	221	36	68	14	0	6	28	3	2	18	29	.308	.376	.452	.828	100	12	8	1	3	1
1999	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	112	449	392	60	123	19	0	16	62	6	1	43	48	.314	.390	.485	.874	190	9	9	0	5	2
2000	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	13	43	37	3	9	1	0	1	3	0	0	4	4	.243	.349	.351	.700	13	0	2	0	0	0
2000	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	116	507	447	63	148	39	1	9	82	3	3	44	54	.331	.394	.483	.878	216	14	8	0	8	2
2001	AA	SOUL	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	8	25	19	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	.263	.440	.263	.703	5	0	1	0	0	0
2001	AAA	PCL	Iowa Cubs	105	344	313	38	86	19	1	5	34	2	1	22	42	.275	.327	.390	.717	122	13	3	5	1	0
2002	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Stingers	105	446	410	71	146	29	2	7	68	3	2	23	43	.356	.399	.488	.887	200	4	9	0	4	1
2003	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	127	519	472	61	143	32	0	12	58	3	3	39	60	.303	.362	.447	.809	211	18	6	0	2	0
2004	AAA	PCL	Edmonton Trappers	40	164	152	13	51	13	0	2	19	1	1	10	7	.336	.378	.461	.839	70	5	1	0	1	0
2004	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	89	339	316	30	89	16	0	7	48	1	1	15	39	.282	.320	.399	.718	126	15	4	1	3	0
2005	AAA	PCL	New Orleans Zephyrs	108	433	376	72	144	35	1	11	70	5	4	46	27	.383	.456	.569	1.025	214	8	7	1	3	6
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	109	431	401	33	126	27	0	4	34	5	5	22	51	.314	.357	.411	.768	165	16	5	2	1	2
2007	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	115	458	418	31	138	31	0	4	53	2	2	29	44	.330	.380	.433	.813	181	22	6	3	2	2
2008	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	134	525	491	62	163	31	2	12	71	4	1	25	51	.332	.365	.477	.841	234	11	3	1	5	1
2009	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	61	201	184	13	47	7	0	3	13	4	1	13	24	.255	.313	.342	.656	63	4	3	0	1	2
Totals				1709	6757	6103	810	1935	393	8	125	852	72	51	477	665	.317	.373	.446	.818	2719	194	98	27	52	24

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1994	R	APPY	Bluefield Orioles	3B	60	40	117	14	9	.918	2.617
1995	R	APPY	Bluefield Orioles	2B	7	9	16	1	3	.962	3.571
1995	Advanced A	CALL	High Desert Mavericks	3B	5	3	8	0	0	1.000	2.200
1995	R	APPY	Bluefield Orioles	3B	4	3	13	1	2	.941	4.000
1995	Advanced A	CALL	High Desert Mavericks	2B	25	48	59	7	12	.939	4.280
1995	Advanced A	CALL	High Desert Mavericks	SS	2	0	0	0	0		.000
1995	Advanced A	CARL	Frederick Keys	3B	1	0	4	1	0	.800	4.000
1996	Advanced A	CARL	Frederick Keys	3B	99	75	195	28	19	.906	2.727
1996	Advanced A	CARL	Frederick Keys	SS	7	5	17	2	2	.917	3.143
1996	Advanced A	CARL	Frederick Keys	2B	20	26	31	3	8	.950	2.850
1996	Advanced A	CARL	Frederick Keys	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
1997	Advanced A	CARL	Frederick Keys	2B	63	117	129	9	31	.965	3.905
1997	Advanced A	CARL	Frederick Keys	3B	54	45	103	13	9	.919	2.741
1998	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	2B	9	5	5	1	1	.909	1.111
1998	Advanced A	CARL	Frederick Keys	2B	5	9	13	0	3	1.000	4.400
1998	Advanced A	CARL	Frederick Keys	OF	43	88	5	1	1	.989	2.163
1998	Advanced A	CARL	Frederick Keys	1B	4	31	1	0	4	1.000	8.000
1998	Advanced A	CARL	Frederick Keys	RF	31						.000
1998	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	3B	3	1	1	1	0	.667	.667
1998	Advanced A	CARL	Frederick Keys	LF	15						.000
1998	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	3B	12	8	19	0	0	1.000	2.250
1998	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	OF	12	23	0	0	0	1.000	1.917
1998	Advanced A	CARL	Frederick Keys	3B	10	7	12	2	1	.905	1.900
1998	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	1B	1	8	0	0	1	1.000	8.000
1999	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	OF	60	119	2	2	1	.984	2.017
1999	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	2B	4	2	2	0	1	1.000	1.000
1999	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	LF	36						.000
1999	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	1B	34	221	16	3	24	.988	6.971
1999	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	RF	28						.000
1999	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	3B	12	5	17	2	1	.917	1.833
2000	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	3B	8	4	16	2	2	.909	2.500
2000	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	LF	3						.000
2000	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	3B	26	14	42	5	5	.918	2.154
2000	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	2B	23	33	51	0	9	1.000	3.652
2000	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	LF	2						.000
2000	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	OF	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
2000	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	1B	15	104	5	2	8	.982	7.267
2000	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	OF	15	28	1	0	1	1.000	1.933
2000	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	RF	13						.000
2000	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	1B	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000
2001	AAA	PCL	Iowa Cubs	3B	90	67	121	8	15	.959	2.089
2001	AAA	PCL	Iowa Cubs	2B	6	10	12	0	4	1.000	3.667
2001	AAA	PCL	Iowa Cubs	1B	4	10	0	0	0	1.000	2.500
2001	AA	SOUL	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	1B	2	18	2	0	3	1.000	1.000
2001	AA	SOUL	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	3B	2	0	0	0	0		.000
2001	AA	SOUL	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	LF	2						.000
2001	AA	SOUL	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
2001	AA	SOUL	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
2001	AAA	PCL	Iowa Cubs	LF	1						.000
2001	AAA	PCL	Iowa Cubs	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2002	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Stingers	2B	9	18	20	2	5	.950	4.222
2002	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Stingers	OF	9	11	0	1	0	.917	1.222
2002	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Stingers	LF	7						.000
2002	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Stingers	3B	5	3	7	1	0	.909	2.000
2002	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Stingers	RF	2						.000
2002	AAA	PCL	Salt Lake Stingers	1B	17	130	17	1	11	.993	8.647
2003	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	OF	86						.000
2003	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	3B	38						.000
2004	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	OF	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
2004	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	3B	58	42	129	9	10	.950	2.948
2004	AAA	PCL	Omaha Royals	2B	20	42	56	1	8	.990	4.900
2004	AAA	PCL	Edmonton Trappers	1B	13	108	4	1	8	.991	8.615
2004	AAA	PCL	Edmonton Trappers	2B	10	21	24	0	7	1.000	4.500
2004	AAA	PCL	Edmonton Trappers	3B	10	10	14	0	1	1.000	2.400
2005	AAA	PCL	New Orleans Zephyrs	1B	47	288	38	3	34	.991	6.936
2005	AAA	PCL	New Orleans Zephyrs	OF	4	9	0	0	0	1.000	2.250
2005	AAA	PCL	New Orleans Zephyrs	2B	30	50	63	2	13	.983	3.767
2005	AAA	PCL	New Orleans Zephyrs	3B	26	8	55	6	3	.913	2.423
2005	AAA	PCL	New Orleans Zephyrs	C	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
2005	AAA	PCL	New Orleans Zephyrs	LF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
2005	AAA	PCL	New Orleans Zephyrs	RF	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.500
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	1B	42	333	29	2	27	.995	8.619
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	OF	41	38	1	0	1	1.000	.951
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	2B	19	35	37	2	4	.973	3.789
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	3B	13	11	17	1	1	.966	2.154
2007	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	OF	78	104	1	2	0	.981	1.346
2007	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	3B	29	19	45	5	2	.928	2.207
2007	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	1B	26	109	8	0	7	1.000	4.500
2008	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	3B	5	3	0	0	0	1.000	.600
2008	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	OF	122	176	3	2	1	.989	1.467
2008	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	1B	12	33	0	0	4	1.000	2.750
2009	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	1B	24	130	5	1	18	.993	5.625
2009	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	OF	23	30	0	1	0	.968	1.304
2009	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	3B	15	7	24	3	4	.912	2.067
2009	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	2B	1	3	4	1	0	.875	7.000
Totals					1739	2986	1638	155	349	.968	2.659

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
1994	R	Appalachian League	Bluefield Orioles	BAL
1995	R	Appalachian League	Bluefield Orioles	BAL
1995	Advanced A	Carolina League	Frederick Keys	BAL
1995	Advanced A	California League	High Desert Mavericks	BAL
1996	Advanced A	Carolina League	Frederick Keys	BAL
1997	Advanced A	Carolina League	Frederick Keys	BAL
1998	Advanced A	Carolina League	Frederick Keys	BAL
1998	AA	Eastern League	Bowie Baysox	BAL
1998	AAA	International League	Rochester Red Wings	BAL
1999	AA	Eastern League	Bowie Baysox	BAL
2000	AA	Eastern League	Bowie Baysox	BAL
2000	AAA	International League	Rochester Red Wings	BAL
2001	AA	Southern League	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	CHN
2001	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Iowa Cubs	CHN	April 15, 2001	September 3, 2001
2002	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Salt Lake Stingers	ANA	April 5, 2002	September 1, 2002
2003	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Chiba Lotte Marines
2004	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Omaha Royals	KCA	April 8, 2004	July 22, 2004
2004	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Edmonton Trappers	MIL	July 24, 2004	September 6, 2004
2005	AAA	Pacific Coast League	New Orleans Zephyrs	WAS	April 7, 2005	September 1, 2005
2006	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
2007	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
2008	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
2009	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

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