Ryan Andrew Ludwick is a Major League Baseball right fielder. His brother Eric played four seasons in Major League Baseball as a pitcher. Ludwick attended Durango High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ludwick played for the UNLV Rebels for three seasons. He was named to the Baseball America all-Freshman team in 1997 after batting .354 with 16 home runs and 68 RBI and was All-WAC in 1999, hitting .381 with 13 home runs and 69 RBI. Ludwick had a .363 career batting average at UNLV. Ludwick was chosen in the second-round of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft by the Oakland Athletics. He was... traded to the Texas Rangers before the 2002 season, along with Gerald Laird, Jason Hart, and Mario Ramos, for first baseman Carlos Peña and pitcher Mike Venafro. Ryan Ludwick belongs to a very tiny group of Major League Baseball players: he bats right-handed and throws with his left. In the entire history of Major League Baseball through the 2008 season, and including the National Association of 1871-75 , only 57 players who played at least half their games at a position other than pitcher batted right and threw left.
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| Birthdate: | July 13, 1978 |
| Birthplace: | Satellite Beach, Florida |
| Age: | 33 |
| All Positions Played: | Right fielder, Outfielder |