Ryan Bollinger #28

Ryan Michael Bollinger...is the son of Todd and Laurie...has one sister, Samantha...has two dogs named Murphy and Gracie...if he was not a professional baseball player he would be pursuing a career as a professional fisherman...is a big fan of the rock band Queen...roots for the Minnesota Vikings...his favorite TV show is The Office...graduated from Minot High School (ND)...has played professional baseball in three continents, including stops in Germany, Canada and Australia, and considers travelling around the world to play baseball as his biggest baseball accomplishment thus far...released by PHI on 6/15/10 and converted to pitching in the Independent Frontier League, making six scoreless relief appearances for Windy City (IND).

2018

Bollinger (pronounced bole-in-ger, with a "hard g") split the year between Trenton (AA) and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) in the NYY organization and Brisbane in the Australian Baseball League...Posted an 8-6 record and a 4.11 ERA (48 ER, 111.2 IP) in 20 appearances (all starts) between TRE and SWB...Awarded Eastern League Pitcher of the Week honors with TRE on 8/12...His 20 games started between Double-A and Triple-A tied with his 20 in 2015 with Trois-Rivieres (IND) for the most in any season...Contract was purchased by NYY on 5/23 at TEX...upon being selected to the 25-man roster, had combined with SWB and TRE to go 3-1 with a 1.86 ERA (6 ER/29.0 IP) in five starts... optioned to TRE following the game, having not made his debut...In 10 appearances with BB (all in relief), went 1-1 with a 1.00 WHIP, a 1.93 ERA (3 ER, 14.0 IP) and a 20.00 SO/ BB ratio (one walk to 20 strikeouts).