Bryan Bullington
Kansas City Royals — No. --
Pitcher
Born: September 30, 1980 (1980-09-30) (age 29) Indianapolis, Indiana
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 18, 2005 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Career statistics (through September 2, 2009)
Win-loss record	0-5
Earned run average	5.08
Strikeouts	25
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (2005, 2007) Cleveland Indians (2008) Toronto Blue Jays (2009)

Bryan Paul Bullington (born September 30, 1980, in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who is currently in the Kansas City Royals organization. He attended Ball State University.

In 2002 at Ball State, he was 11-3 with a 2.86 ERA, and in 104 innings walked 18 while striking out 139.

Bullington was the first overall pick in the 2002 draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was the first player from the Mid-American Conference to be selected with the first pick in a major sport's draft. He was selected because the Pirates felt they had a better chance of signing him over other players in the draft such as B. J. Upton, Prince Fielder, Scott Kazmir, Nick Swisher, and Cole Hamels.^[1]

In 2002, with two minor league teams he was 13-5 with a 2.52 earned run average. In the minors through 2008 he was 50-35 with a 3.84 ERA, and only 208 walks in 675.2 innings.

Through 2008, he had pitched 18.3 innings in the majors, as a number of injuries and lack of performance have limited his playing time.

Bullington was designated for assignment by the Pirates on July 3, 2008,^[2], and eventually claimed off waivers by the Cleveland Indians. After the 2008 season, he was claimed off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays. After spending 2009 Spring Training with Toronto, he was assigned to Triple-A Las Vegas 51s to begin the 2009 season. On April 23, the Blue Jays, who were dealing with a series of early-season injuries to pitchers, purchased his contract and promoted him to their major league roster. Bullington made his Jays' debut the next day, pitching a scoreless 9th inning in Chicago in a win over the Chicago White Sox.

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