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2017 BALTIMORE ORIOLES SUPPLEMENTAL BIOS PLAYERS INCLUDED: NO. 51 ALEC ASHER NO. 48 RICHARD BLEIER NO. 14 CRAIG GENTRY

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2017 BALTIMORE ORIOLES

SUPPLEMENTAL BIOS

PLAYERS INCLUDED:

NO. 51 ALEC ASHER

NO. 48 RICHARD BLEIER

NO. 14 CRAIG GENTRY

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2016 HIGHLIGHTS• Made the Angels Opening Day roster • Batted .147 (5-for-34) with three walks, a double, two runs scored, and two RBI in 14 April games• Placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right lumbar spine strain on 5/1• Transferred to the 60-day disabled list on 6/11• Appeared with the AZL Angels (one game), Class A-Advanced Inland Empire (seven games), and Triple-A Salt Lake (eight games) while on minor league rehab assignments • Activated from the 60-day disabled list and was designated for assignment on 7/30• Later released and cleared waivers following his DFA• Since 2009, his stolen base percentage of 85.6 (77-for-90) ranks second in Major League Baseball (min. 90 stolen base attempts)

PROFESSIONAL CAREER2015: Appeared in 26 games for Oakland, batting .120 (6-for-50) with four walks, two triples, six runs scored, and three RBI...Made four different stints with Oakland…Appeared at all three outfield positions in the Majors: 13 games in LF, eight games in CF, and six games in RF…Played in 101 games with Triple-A Nashville, batting .256/.319/.327 (102-for-398) with 13 doubles, five home runs, 64 runs scored, and 25 RBI...Went 25-for-32 in stolen base attempts (78.1%)...His 25 stolen bases ranked tied for 10th in the Pacific Coast League…Played all 101 games for the Sounds in center field, posting a .988 fielding percentage.2014: Hit .254/.319/.289 (59-for-232) with six doubles, a triple, 38 runs scored, and 12 RBI in 94 games for Oakland…Led the team with 20 stolen bases...Went 20-of-22 (90.9%) in stolen base attempts, the fourth-best percentage in the AL among qualifying base stealers...Second straight season posting at least 20 stolen bases…Recorded seven bunt hits, which ranked tied for fifth in the AL…Batted .317/.391/.439 (13-for-41) in 16 April games…Hit .308 (36-for-117) in 45 home games. 2013: Batted .280/.373/.386 (69-for-246) with 12 doubles, four triples, two home runs, 39 runs scored, and 22 RBI in 106 games with the Texas Rangers...Tallied a career high in runs (39), triples, home runs, walks (29), OBP (.373), stolen bases (24) and extra-base hits (18)...Also tied a career high with 12 doubles…His 88.9 stolen base percentage (24-for-27) ranked third in the AL among qualifying base stealers...With Leonys Martin, were the first pair of Rangers outfielders to steal at least 20 bases in a season since Mark McLemore and Otis Nixon in 1995…Started 49 games for the Rangers in center field and 20 in left field...Posted a .990 fielding percentage with seven outfield assists in 102 games (69 starts)…Registered a 196-game errorless streak (115 starts) from 4/6/12 to 8/24/13…Recorded 12 outfield assists during that 196-game span. 2012: Hit a career-high .304 (73-for-240)…Registered 12 doubles, three triples, a home run, 31 runs scored, and a career-high 26 RBI in 122 games for Texas...Hit by a pitch a career-high 10 times, which tied for the team lead and tied for eighth in the AL...Successful in 13 of 20 stolen base attempts…Did not commit an error in 116 games (66 starts) in the outfield, registering seven outfield assists (all as a center fielder)…Hit first Major League “over-the-fence home run” on 4/30 at TOR…Pitched in the eighth inning on 6/4 at OAK (1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB)...Marked the fifth time a position player pitched for the Rangers and first since Scott Sheldon on 9/6/00 at CWS…Collected a career-high five hits on 6/8/12 at SF.2011: Played in 64 games for the Rangers, batting .271 (36-for-133) with five doubles, a triple, a home run, 26 runs scored, and 13 RBI...Went 18-for-18 in stolen base attempts…Tallied his first Major League home run, an inside-the-park homer on 9/23 vs. SEA...Became the first Ranger with an inside-the-park homer as first Major League home run since Marc Sagmoen accomplished the feat on 4/17/97.2010: Made two stints with the Rangers, appearing in 20 games…Recorded his first Major League stolen base on 5/4 at OAK…Spent majority of the season with Triple-A Oklahoma City (69 games), finishing second on the club with a .309 batting average, tied for second in stolen bases (12), and was third in OBP (.393)... Collided with the outfield wall on 8/13 vs. Las Vegas…

HITS: 5, 6/8/12 at SF…RUNS: 3, three times, last: 8/21/13 vs. HOU…DOUBLES: 1, 37 times, last: 4/7/16 vs. TEX…TRIPLES: 1, 11 times, last: 10/4/15 at SEA…HR: 1, four times, last: 8/21/13 vs. HOU…RBI: 3, four times, last: 8/17/13 vs. SEA…WALKS: 2, six times, last: 7/10/14 at SF…SB: 3, two times, last: 9/19/13 at TB…HITTING STREAK: 6 games, twice, last: 6/6-6/15/14.

GAME HIGHS & STREAKS

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FULL NAME: Craig Alan GentryBORN: November 29, 1983 OPENING DAY AGE: 33BIRTHPLACE: Fort Smith, AR RESIDES: Colleyville, TX CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2017MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE: 5.103ACQUIRED: Signed by the Orioles as a minor league free agent on February 18, 2017.

CRAIG GENTRY

OF BATSRIGHT

HEIGHT6-2

THROWSRIGHT

WEIGHT190

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Sidelined for the rest of the season following surgery to repair right wrist on 8/17.2009: Appeared in 127 games with Double-A Frisco before having his contract selected by the Rangers on 9/1...Made his Major League debut as a defensive replacement on 9/6 at BAL (went 0-for-1)...Collected his first Major League hit with a double on 9/26 vs. TB…While playing for Frisco, batted .303/.378/.418 (155-for-512) with 21 doubles, seven triples, eight home runs, 100 runs scored, and 53 RBI...Led the Texas League with 49 stolen bases, ranked second in runs scored, tied for fourth in hits, fourth in triples, and led the league with 16 hit by pitches...Selected as the Rangers Minor League Defender of the Year...Started in center field for the South Team in the Texas League All-Star Game.2008: Began the season with Frisco, batting .276 (83-for-301) in 76 games…Logged 16 steals with the RoughRiders…Collected a season-high four hits on 6/20 vs. Corpus Christi…Finished the season with Triple-A Oklahoma.2007: Appeared at three different levels in the minors: Rookie-level AZL Rangers (three games), Class-A Clinton (55 games), and Class A-Advanced Bakersfield (51 games)...Ranked third in the Rangers minor league system with 42 stolen bases…Went 24-for-27 (88.9%) in stolen base attempts with Clinton…Following the season, played Hawaii Winter Baseball for the West Oahu Canefires.2006: Made his professional debut…Led Short-Season A Spokane with 20 stolen bases (ranked fifth in the Northwest League)…Led the club with four triples.PERSONAL: Signed by Texas scout Jay Eddings...Attended Fort Smith Christian (AR) HS...Played baseball, track, basketball, and golf... Won state titles in both baseball and track...Was the school’s co-valedictorian…Played baseball at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith...Member of the school’s Hall of Fame…Originally drafted by the Rangers in the 10th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft .

YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP2006 Spokane-1 .281 56 221 27 62 15 4 0 13 0 1 15 9 0 37 20 6 2 .385 .3502007 AZL Rangers .273 3 11 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 .273 .385 Clinton .274 55 223 40 61 15 0 3 12 0 3 7 15 0 37 24 3 5 .381 .335 Bakersfield .272 51 213 31 58 16 1 1 18 1 3 6 12 0 46 16 7 4 .371 .3252008 Frisco .276 76 301 43 83 17 0 4 33 3 4 11 17 1 55 16 8 3 .372 .333 Oklahoma .203 18 59 6 12 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 0 18 1 0 0 .220 .3092009 Frisco .303 127 512 100 155 21 7 8 53 6 5 16 9 0 18 1 0 0 .418 .378 TEXAS .118 11 17 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 .176 .2112010 Oklahoma City .309 69 259 43 80 7 4 4 35 3 2 8 29 0 47 12 5 3 .413 .393 TEXAS .212 20 33 4 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 11 1 0 1 .212 .2292011 Round Rock .245 30 110 21 27 5 1 1 10 0 0 2 11 0 17 5 1 2 .336 .325 TEXAS .271 64 133 26 36 5 1 1 13 3 1 6 10 1 27 18 0 2 .346 .3472012 TEXAS .304 121 240 31 73 12 3 1 26 5 0 10 14 1 41 13 7 4 .392 .3672013 Frisco .231 4 13 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .308 .267 TEXAS .280 106 246 39 69 12 4 2 22 3 1 8 29 2 46 24 3 5 .373 .3862014 Stockton-2 .500 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .750 .500 Sacramento .267 4 15 2 4 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 .267 .278 OAKLAND .254 94 232 38 59 6 1 0 12 2 0 5 17 2 44 20 2 2 .289 .3192015 Nashville .256 101 398 64 102 13 0 5 25 4 5 3 36 0 76 25 7 9 .327 .319 OAKLAND .120 26 50 6 6 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 4 0 15 1 1 0 .200 .1962016 AZL Angels-3 .000 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .500 Inland Empire .227 7 22 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 0 4 2 0 0 .273 .393 Salt Lake .129 8 31 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 8 4 0 0 .161 .243 LOS ANGELES-AL .147 14 34 2 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 6 0 0 2 .176 .237Minor Lg. Totals .276 611 2393 393 661 114 17 26 211 18 27 70 201 2 420 177 44 32 .371 .346ML Totals .261 456 985 150 257 37 11 4 82 14 4 31 80 6 195 77 13 16 .333 .335

1- Selected by Texas in the 10th round of the 2006 First-Year Plaer Draft2- Acquired by the Athletics along with RHP Josh Lindblom from Texas in exchange for OF Michael Choice and INF Chris Bostick 3- Signed by the Angels as a free agent on December 9, 20154- Signed by the Orioles as a minor league free agent on February 18, 2017 FIELDINGOF PCT G PO A E DP2009 1.000 9 11 1 0 12010 1.000 15 16 1 0 02011 .982 60 109 0 2 02012 1.000 116 190 7 0 22013 .990 102 183 7 2 12014 .994 87 153 8 1 22015 .949 25 35 2 2 12016 .967 13 28 1 1 0Totals .989 427 725 27 8 7

CRAIG GENTRY