Justin Ruggiano
Ruggiano batting for the Durham Bulls, Triple-A affiliates of the Tampa Bay Rays, on May 30, 2009.
Tampa Bay Rays — No. 10
Outfielder
Born: April 12, 1982 (1982-04-12) (age 27) Austin, Texas
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 19, 2007 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Career statistics (through 2008)
Batting average	.200
Home runs	2
Runs batted in	10
Teams
Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays (2007-2008)

Justin Marshall Ruggiano (born April 12, 1982, in Austin, Texas) is an American professional baseball player.

[edit] Baseball career

An outfielder, Ruggiano made his Major League Baseball debut with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2007. Ruggiano played college baseball at Texas A&M.^[1] Ruggiano became part of a historical play in the 2008 World Series when Rays manager Joe Maddon moved Ruggiano from right field to become a fifth infielder, playing directly behind the second base bag.

On October 19, 2007, Ruggiano was added to the roster of the United States national baseball team to play in the 2007 Baseball World Cup.^[2]

In 2008, he batted .197 for Tampa Bay in 76 at bats.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

This biographical article relating to an American baseball figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e