Ryan O'Hearn

BIOGRAPHY

Ryan O'Hearn was born July 26, 1993, in Frisco, Texas. He is a first baseman in the MLB.

O'Hearn graduated from Wakeland High School in Frisco, Texas. As a senior, he hit .505 with 15 home runs and 55 RBIs, earning a spot on Baseball America's second team High School All-American team. He was not drafted out of high school in the 2011 MLB draft and he enrolled and played college baseball at Sam Houston State University. In 2014, his junior season, he batted .292 with eight home runs and 44 RBIs in 62 games. After the season, he was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the eighth round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.

O'Hearn signed and spent 2014 with the Idaho Falls Chukars, posting a .361 batting average with 13 home runs and 54 RBIs in 64 games. O'Hearn started 2015 with the Lexington Legends, and after batting .277 with 19 home runs and 56 RBIs, was promoted to the Wilmington Blue Rocks where he finished the season, posting a .236 batting average with eight home runs and 21 RBIs. He spent 2016 with both Wilmington and the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, slashing a combined .275/.351/.478 with 22 home runs and 78 RBIs in 134 total games between both teams, and 2017 with the Omaha Storm Chasers and Northwest Arkansas, batting a combined .253 with 22 home runs and 64 RBIs in 133 total games.

On January 3, 2023, O'Hearn was traded to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for cash considerations. On January 5, O’Hearn was designated for assignment by Baltimore following the waiver claim of Lewin Díaz. On January 12, O'Hearn was sent outright to the Triple-A Norfolk Tides. O'Hearn hit .375 with 3 home runs in 40 at-bats in spring training, but was ultimately reassigned to Triple-A Norfolk to begin the season. His contract was selected to the Orioles on April 13, 2023. O'Hearn singled and drove in two runs in his first at bat as an Oriole against the Oakland Athletics.