Jason Paul Ryan (born January 23, 1976) is an American former

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. He played during two seasons at the major league level for the

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. He was drafted by the

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in the ninth round of the amateur draft. Ryan played his first professional season with their Rookie league teams (

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and Gulf Coast Cubs) and their Double-A Orlando Cubs in , and split his last season with the Triple-A affiliates of the

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(

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) and

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( Las Vegas 51s) in . Ryan grew up in

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and attended Immaculata High School in

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1976 births Living people Daytona Cubs players Gulf Coast Cubs players Huntington Cubs players Immaculata High School (New Jersey) alumni Las Vegas 51s players Long Island Ducks players Major League Baseball pitchers Minnesota Twins players Memphis Redbirds players Nashville Sounds players New Britain Rock Cats players Omaha Royals players Orlando Cubs players People from Bound Brook, New Jersey Sportspeople from Long Branch, New Jersey Baseball players from Monmouth County, New Jersey Salt Lake Buzz players Baseball players from Somerset County, New Jersey Tiburones de La Guaira players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx players 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-baseball-pitcher-1970s-stub