Dean Oliver Aldridge (born 29 July 1994) is an Australian

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for the

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and

Canberra Cavalry The Canberra Cavalry (nicknamed Cavs) were a professional baseball team from Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Established in 2010, the team was a founding member of the Australian Baseball League (ABL). The Cavs home ground was Narrabundah B ...

of the

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. He has also played for Team Australia.

Career

He was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the

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on 29 May 2012 and played in the Tigers farm system until he was released following the 2017 season. In March 2018, he was signed as a free agent by the

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, and was assigned to

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before being released at the end of the season. Aldridge was selected as a member of the

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for the

2019 WBSC Premier12 The 2019 WBSC Premier12 was an international baseball championship featuring the 12 highest-ranked national teams in the world, held by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). It was the second WBSC Premier12 event. The championship w ...

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1994 births Living people Baseball pitchers Gulf Coast Tigers players Baseball players from Sydney Sydney Blue Sox players Sportsmen from New South Wales 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{baseball-pitcher-stub