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RYAN BUCHTER
BORN: FEB. 13, 1987 OPENING DAY AGE: 33
BIRTHPLACE: READING, PA RESIDES: SEWELL, NJ
SIGNED THRU: 2020 MLB SERVICE: 4 YEARS, 10 DAYS
ACQUIRED: SIGNED MINOR LEAGUE CONTRACT, FEB. 17, 2020
MARRIED: ANGELA PISTONE, JAN. 11, 2015
CHILDREN: ELLA
LHP HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 232 BATS: L THROWS: L

NON-ROSTER INVITEE
BUCHTER’S LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2006— Nationals (GCL) 1-1 7.24 11 1 0 4 0 0 13.2 18 11 11 1 0 13 0 12 2 0 .321
2007— Vermont 1-2 6 .82 20 0 0 5 0 2 31 .2 41 29 24 3 6 19 0 34 7 0 .313
2008— Nationals (GCL) 2-0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 1 0 .067
Hagerstown 2-2 3 .26 13 0 0 4 0 0 19 .1 18 11 7 0 5 13 0 17 6 0 .273
2009— Peoria 3-0 1 .33 38 0 0 17 0 5 61 36 18 9 1 4 34 0 79 6 0 .171
2010— Tennessee 7-2 4 .65 47 1 0 11 0 0 60 61 37 31 6 11 47 1 71 7 0 .268
2011— Tennessee 3-0 6 .55 10 0 0 0 0 0 11 13 11 8 1 0 11 3 13 2 0 .302
Daytona 1-0 0 .00 6 0 0 1 0 1 10 .1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 17 2 0 .061
Lynchburg 2-5 3.59 34 0 0 32 0 15 42.2 36 18 17 3 6 22 0 49 5 0 .237
2012— Mississippi 3-1 1 .31 35 0 0 13 0 4 41 .1 24 7 6 1 2 19 1 50 3 0 .168
Gwinnett 0-2 10 .13 9 0 0 4 0 0 8 10 13 9 1 0 17 0 5 2 0 .303
2013— Gwinnett 4-0 2 .76 51 0 0 13 0 5 62 36 23 19 5 4 51 2 103 5 0 .168
2014— Gwinnett 3-3 3 .29 49 0 0 13 0 1 63 51 23 23 5 2 40 0 63 2 0 .229
ATLANTA 1-0 0 .00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .000
Buchter
2015— Oklahoma City 0-0 1 .65 27 0 0 9 0 3 32 .2 27 6 6 0 1 16 1 39 2 0 .227
Iowa 2-0 2 .00 16 0 0 3 0 0 18 9 4 4 0 1 9 1 23 1 0 .148
2016— SAN DIEGO 3-0 2 .86 67 0 0 10 0 1 63 34 20 20 4 2 31 3 78 3 0 .160
El Paso (1) 0-0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .400
2017— SAN DIEGO 3-3 3 .05 42 0 0 5 0 1 38 .1 28 15 13 7 1 18 0 47 0 1 .199
KANSAS CITY 1-0 2.67 29 0 0 7 0 0 27 16 10 8 3 3 8 1 18 0 0 .170
2018— OAKLAND 6-0 2.75 54 0 0 4 0 0 39.1 32 17 12 4 0 15 1 41 1 0 .219
Stockton (1) 0-0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .286
Nashville (1) 1-0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 .100
2019— OAKLAND 1-1 2.98 64 0 0 7 0 0 45.1 42 16 15 8 2 23 2 50 1 0 .251
Las Vegas (1) 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
MAJOR TOTALS 15-4 2.86 257 0 0 33 0 2 214 152 78 68 26 8 96 7 235 5 1 .199
MINOR TOTALS 35-18 3.25 378 3 0 129 0 36 487 388 213 176 27 43 318 9 589 54 0 .221
(1) rehab assignment
◆ Ryan James Buchter (BOOK-ter)...On Instagram: @real5deuce...Originally signed by Nationals scout Alex Smith.
◆ 2020 marks first season with Angels after signing a minor league contract Feb. 17.
◆ In MLB career, owns a 15-4 record with two saves, 33 games finished, 2.86 ERA (214 IP - 68 ER), .199 BAA (152/762)
and 235 strikeouts across parts of five seasons with Braves, Padres, Royals and Athletics .
◆ Recorded a 2.98 ERA for the A’s in 2019 (45.1 IP - 15 ER) in 64 relief appearances.
◆ In 2018 for A’s, went 6-0 with a 2.75 ERA (39.1 IP - 12 ER) and a .219 BAA (32/146) in 54 relief appearances...Led
Majors stranding 93.3% (28-of-30) inherited runners...His six wins tied for most in A’s history among pitchers with
zero losses...Lefties hit .169 (14-for-83) against him...Tied for fifth in A.L. with three pickoffs...Acquired by A’s Jan.
29, 2018 with OF Brandon Moss from KC for RHP Heath Fillmyer and RHP Jesse Hahn.
◆ Opened 2017 with Padres and made 42 appearances before being traded with RHP Trevor Cahill and RHP Brandon
Maurer to Royals for INF Esteury Ruiz, LHP Matt Strahm, LHP Travis Wood and cash considerations.
◆ Appeared in 67 games for Padres in 2016 and averaged 11.1 strikeouts per nine innings (63 IP - 78 SO).
◆ Made MLB debut with Braves June 20, 2014 vs. Nationals in 12th inning, striking out first batter he faced (Jayson
Werth), then walking next batter before inducing an inning-ending double play.
◆ Traded by Washington to Cubs Nov. 3, 2008 for RHP Matt Avery...Traded by Cubs to Braves May 26, 2011 for RHP
Rodrigo Lopez.
◆ Selected by Nationals in 33rd round of 2005 First-Year Player Draft out of Gloucester Community College (NJ).
◆ Selected as a Mid-Season All-Star in 2009 with Single-A Peoria; 2010 with Double-A Tennessee, 2012 with Double-A
Mississippi and 2015 with Triple-A Oklahoma City .
◆ Father, Mike, owns a cleaning business...Nickname is “Book.”
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