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Player Organization Year BGSU’s Professional Signees Mike Oleksak...... Oakland (FA)...... 1978 (Signing date and organization listed below) Jeff Jones...... Oakland (13th)...... 1977 Larry Owen...... Atlanta (17th)...... 1977 Player Organization (Round) Year Randy Law...... Cincinnati (FA)...... 1976 Kevin Light...... Washington (FA)...... 2008 Romie Schwieterman...... (FA)...... 1976 Alan Brech...... Cleveland (35th)...... 2006 Kip Young...... Detroit (23rd)...... 1976 Nolan Reimold...... Baltimore (2nd)...... 2005 Mark Ammons...... Philadelphia (18th)...... 1973 ...... Detroit (19th)...... 2005 Jim Meerpohl...... Philadelphia (16th)...... 1972 Josh Stewart...... Tampa Bay (FA)...... 2005 Bob Hill...... San Diego (FA)...... 1971 Kelly Hunt...... Detroit (29th)...... 2003 Tom Bennett...... Cleveland (FA)...... 1971 Tim Newell...... Pittsburgh (FA)...... 2003 Doug Bair...... Pittsburgh (2nd-46th pick)...... 1971 Corey Loomis...... Detroit (21st)...... 2002 John Knox...... Detroit (8th)...... 1970 Nick Elrod...... Chillicothe* (FA)...... 2002 John Frobose...... Cincinnati (FA)...... 1968 Tim Newell...... Chillicothe* (FA)...... 2002 Dan Godby...... Cincinnati (FA)...... 1968 Craig Menke...... Houston (FA)...... 2001 Lee Sage...... Detroit (34th)...... 1967 Tony Fontana...... Boston (7th)...... 2000 Ted Rose...... Cincinnati (36th)...... 1967 Jason Kelley...... Milwaukee (34th)...... 1999 Stan Evans...... Atlanta (10th)...... 1966 Bob Niemet...... San Francisco (FA)...... 1999 Wayne Burdette...... N.Y. Mets (27th)...... 1965 Rick Blanc...... Chillicothe (FA)...... 1998 Fred Berg...... N.Y. Yankees...... 1964 Andy Butler...... Minnesota (23rd)...... 1998 Bob Becker...... Baltimore...... 1962 Jeff Hundley...... Anaheim (7th)...... 1998 Jerry Craft...... N.Y. Mets...... 1961 Drew Niles...... Florida (29th)...... 1998 Tom Rudolph...... Detroit...... 1960 Joe Holland...... San Francisco (10th)...... 1997 Tom Jensen...... Milwaukee...... 1957 Andy Smith...... N.Y. Yankees (44th)...... 1997 Don Purvis...... N.Y. Yankees...... 1956 Mike Chaney...... Pittsburgh (16th)...... 1996 Howard Tesnow...... Cleveland...... 1952 Mike Combs...... Kalamazoo* (FA)...... 1996 Ray Hegstrom...... Cincinnati...... 1952 Joe Cotton...... Philadelphia (18th)...... 1996 Dennis Aeschilman...... ...... 1950 Bob Reichow...... Cleveland (27th)...... 1996 Lou Cross...... Chicago Cubs...... 1950 Andy Tracy...... Montréal (16th)...... 1996 Glenn Honner...... Brooklyn...... 1950 Eric Stachler...... Houston (12th)...... 1995 George Bohanna...... St. Louis Browns...... 1949 Jeff Brown...... Portsmouth* (FA)...... 1993 Bill Stough...... Cleveland...... 1949 Brian Koelling...... Cincinnati (14th)...... 1991 Jim Knierim...... Cleveland...... 1948 Scott Taylor...... Boston (28th)...... 1988 Leo Kubiak...... Cleveland...... 1948 Chuck Steward...... Detroit (FA)...... 1987 Don Kuhlman...... Cleveland...... 1947 Todd Hall...... Chicago White Sox (14th)...... 1986 Mike Marko...... Washington...... 1938 Jamie Reiser...... Oakland (21st)...... 1986 Bob Krotzer...... Cincinnati...... 1938 Carl Moraw...... Milwaukee (2nd-29th pick)...... 1985 Otto Meyer...... Charlotte**...... 1937 Larry Arndt...... Oakland (26th)...... 1985 Joy Van Camp...... Chicago Cubs...... 1931 Jim Phelps...... Chicago White Sox (FA)...... 1983 Macs Leitman...... Allentown***...... 1930 Roger McDowell...... N.Y. Mets (3rd-59th pick)...... 1982 Howard Filiere...... Detroit...... 1929 Mark Hall...... Montréal (16th)...... 1982 Earl Wittmer...... Pittsburgh...... 1924 Doug Groth...... Cincinnati (FA)...... 1981 Gary Reiter...... Atlanta (11th)...... 1979 * Frontier League (Independent) Orel Hershiser...... Los Angeles (17th)...... 1979 ** Piedmont League Chuck Black...... Atlanta (26th)...... 1979 *** Eastern League Andy Tracy has played since being drafted in 1996 by Montreal. He was the 1999 Eastern League MVP with the Harrisburg Senators in the Expos organization. He made his major league debut the following season. Tracy is a non-roster invitee to with the World Champion in 2008.

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Falcon Players With Major League Experience lLarry Arndt (1B/3B) - Oakland (1989) (career statistics: 2 games, 6 AB, 1 , .167 BA) lBurke Badenhop (RHP) - Florida (2008) (career statistics: 48 games, 10 starts, 9-7, 4.68 ERA, 119.1 innings, 92 K, 45 BB, 62 ER, 126 hits) lDoug Bair (RHP) - Pittsburgh (1976, 1989-90), Oakland (1977, 1986), Cincinnati (1978-81), St. Louis (1981-82, 1983, 1985), Detroit (1983, 1984- 85), Philadelphia (1987), Toronto (1988) (career statistics: 584 games, 5 starts, 55-43, 3.63 ERA, 909.1 innings, 689 K, 405 BB, 367 ER, 839 hits, 81 saves) lDan Godby (OF) - St. Louis (1974) (career statistics: 13 games, 13 AB, 2 hits, 1 RBI, .154 BA) lOrel Hershiser (RHP) - Los Angeles (1983-94, 2000; 1988 Cy Young Award winner/1988 MVP), Cleveland (1995-97), San Francisco (1998), (1999) (career statistics: 510 games, 466 starts, 204-149, 3.48 ERA, 3,130.1 innings, Burke Badenhop made his major league debut on April 9 last season for the 2,014 K, 1,007 BB, 1,211 ER, 2,939 hits, 5 saves, 68 CG, 25 SHO) Florida Marlins in a game at Washington. He made eight starts and pitched lJeff Jones (RHP) - Oakland (1980-84) in 13 games before his season was ended when it was found he had a bulging (career statistics: 112 games, 3 starts, 9-9, 3.95 ERA, 205.0 innings, 128 K, 112 disc in his neck. He had a 2-3 record and consecutive games of six (vs. Los BB, 90 ER, 201 hits, 8 saves) Angeles Dodgers) and seven (vs. Milwaukee) in two May starts. Badenhop is on the Marlins 40-man roster for the 2009 season. He was lJohn Knox (2B/3B) - Detroit (1972-75) drafted by Detroit in 2005. (career statistics: 124 games, 219 AB, 60 hits, 4 2B, 1 3B, 11 RBI, 21 R, 20 BB, 27 K, 7 SB, .274 BA) Doug Bair lBrian Koelling (2B/SS) - Cincinnati (1993) (career statistics: 7 games, 15 AB, 1 hit, 2 R, .067 BA) lRoger McDowell (RHP) - New York Mets (1985-89), Philadelphia (1989-90, 1991), Los Angeles (1991, 1992-94), Texas (1995), Baltimore (1996), Chicago White Sox (spent entire 1997 campaign on DL) (career statistics: 723 games, 2 starts, 70-70, 3.30 ERA, 1,050.0 innings, 524 K, 410 BB, 385 ER, 1,045 hits, 159 saves) lLarry Owen (C) - Atlanta (1981-85), Kansas City (1987-88) (career statistics: 171 games, 352 AB, 68 hits, 11 2B, 8 HR, 30 RBI, 30 R, 34 BB, .193 BA) lScott Taylor (LHP) - Boston (1992-93) (career statistics: 20 games, 1 start, 1-2, 6.31 ERA, 25.2 innings, 15 K, 16 BB, 18 ER, 27 hits) lAndy Tracy (1B/3B) - Montreal (2000-01), Colorado (2004), Philadelphia (2008) (career statistics: 149 games, 277 AB, 64 hits, 10 2B, 2 3B, 13 HR, 43 RBI, 35 R, 30 BB, 99 K, 1 SB, .231 BA) lKip Young (RHP) - Detroit (1978-79) (career statistics: 27 games, 20 starts, 8-9, 3.86 ERA, 149.1 innings, 71 K, 41 BB, 64 ER, 154 hits, 7 CG)

Nolan Reimold (OF) - Baltimore (2009) (career statistics: 104 games, 358 AB, 100 hits, 18 2B, 2 3B, 15 HR, 45 RBI, 49 R, 47 BB, 77 SO, 8 SB, . 279 BA)

Nolan Reimold begins the 2009 season on the 40-man roster of the , the team that drafted him in 2005. Reimold was an Eastern League All-Starin 2008 finishing second in the league in home runs (25), extra-base hits (57) and runs scored (87) while hitting .284 for the Class AA . The previous year, he hit .296 in 59 games, mostly at the AA level, with 11 home runs, 42 RBI and 19 doubles. 48 Defending Back-toBack Mid-American Conference Regular Season Champions 2010 Media Guide Falcons In Professional Baseball

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