Ben Petrick Baseball player

Benjamin Wayne Petrick (born April 7, 1977) is a former Major League Baseball player. A native of Oregon, he grew-up in Hillsboro, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. After reaching the Majors, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and retired in 2004 and returned to Hillsboro to coach at his old high school. As of 2013 he is a consultant for the Hillsboro Hops, helping the team's young players acclimatize to life as a professional baseball player.

Personal facts

Birth dateApril 07, 1977
Birth place
Salem Oregon

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 01, 1999
Career endSeptember 28, 2003
batting sideRight
former teams
Colorado Rockies
Detroit Tigers
position
Outfielder
Catcher
teams
Colorado Rockies
Detroit Tigers
throwing sideRight

Ben Petrick on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://faithinthegame.tumblr.com
  2. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=120106/BenPetrick
  3. http://www.openeyepictures.com/underourskin/index.html
  4. http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/sports/1131940513108340.xml?oregonian?spz&coll=7