:Mark Ryal

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1960)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Mark Ryal

|position=Outfielder

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1960|4|28}}

|birth_place=Henryetta, Oklahoma, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 7

|debutyear=1982

|debutteam=Kansas City Royals

|debut2league = NPB

|debut2date=April 6

|debut2year=1991

|debut2team=Chunichi Dragons

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 3

|finalyear=1990

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|final2league = NPB

|final2date=May 21

|final2year=1992

|final2team=Chunichi Dragons

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.211

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=7

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=31

|stat2league = NPB

|stat21label=Batting average

|stat21value=.286

|stat22label=Home runs

|stat22value=24

|stat23label=Runs batted in

|stat23value=88

|teams=

}}

Mark Dwayne Ryal (born April 28, 1960) is an American former professional baseball player who played six seasons; for the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, Philadelphia Phillies, and Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He also played two seasons in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunichi Dragons. He is the father of Rusty Ryal, an infielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Baseball career

Ryal attended Dewar High School and was selected in the third round (77th overall) by the Kansas City Royals in the June 1978 amateur Baseball draft.

See also