Wayne Ough

{{short description|Australian baseball player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}

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|position = Pitcher

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|11|27}}

|birth_place = Werribee, Victoria, Australia

|bats = Right

|throws = Right

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{{MedalSport | Men's Baseball}}

{{MedalSilver| Athens 2004 | Team Competition}}

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Wayne Ough (born 27 November 1978) is an Australian former professional baseball pitcher who also competed in the Olympics. Listed at {{convert|6|ft|2|in|m|order=flip}} and {{convert|205|lb|kg|order=flip}}, he threw and batted right-handed.

Drafted by the New York Mets in the 15th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball draft,[http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/O/Wayne-Ough.shtml Baseball statistics] at The Baseball Cube Ough spent five seasons in the minor leagues, from 2000 to 2004. He then competed in the Can-Am League, an independent baseball league, during 2005 and 2006, and in the Australian Baseball League in 2010, 2011, and 2014.{{fact|date=December 2020}}

Ough played in the Czech Baseball Extraliga during three seasons. In 2009 and 2010 for Draci Brno and in 2011 for Technika Brno.{{cite web|title=Ough Wayne Daniel|url=https://baseball-stat.cz/Hraci/index.php?id=490|website=baseball-stat.cz|language=cs}}

In 2004, Ough was part of the Australian Olympic baseball team that earned a silver medal in the baseball tournament at the Athens Olympics. He pitched in three games without allowing an earned run.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418053143/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ou/wayne-ough-1.html Olympic statistics] from Sports Reference[http://corporate.olympics.com.au/athlete/4911/Wayne+Ough Australian Olympic profile]