Alfred Gary Rath is a Major League Baseball

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 left-handed

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 pitcher

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 who is currently a free agent. Rath played in three games for the Los Angeles Dodgers

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 in , and in five games for the Minnesota Twins

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 in . He has also played professionally in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Rath is a 1991 graduate of Long Beach (MS) High School. Rath played collegiately at Mississippi State University

Mississippi State University

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 from 1992-1994 where he was a First Team All-SEC (1994) selection; a First Team All-American (Baseball America, ABCA); Second Team All American (Mizuno); and Third Team All American (NCSWA). As a junior in 1994 he was the Los Angeles Dodgers' 2nd round pick (47th overall) and made his major league debut on June 2, 1998 against the St. Louis Cardinals in Dodger Stadium.

In , Rath played for the La New Bears

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 of the CPBL

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 and in , the Doosan Bears

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 of the KBO

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