Kirk Richard Dressendorfer (born April 8, 1969, in Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

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) was a Major League Baseball

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 pitcher. He graduated from Pearland High School

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 and is an alumnus of The University of Texas at Austin

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. At UT he was a three-time All-American and All-SWC, posting a career record of 45-8, including a single-season record 15 complete games. Kirk was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in July 2009.

Originally drafted by the Baltimore Orioles

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 in the 34th round of the 1987 amateur draft, Dressendorfer chose not to sign. He was then drafted by the Oakland Athletics

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 in the first round (36th pick overall) of the 1990 MLB amateur draft. Dressendorfer would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Oakland Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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 on April 13, 1991, and appear in his final MLB game on May 21, 1991.

Dressendorfer was the Director of Baseball Operations & Outreach for the Round Rock Express

Round Rock Express

The Round Rock Express is a class Triple-A Pacific Coast League minor league baseball team in Round Rock, Texas, owned by RSR Sports and founded by Reid Ryan, son of Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan. The team is affiliated with the Texas Rangers, for whom Nolan Ryan serves as the president and...

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/clubs/ip_index.jsp?cid=t102&mc=info, the AAA affiliate of the Houston Astros

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. He now is a Business Development Project Manager for the After Point of Sales Services organization within Dell Inc.

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