Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Tanner Roark was born on October 5, 1986, in Wilmington, Illinois. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Roark played one season with the Southern Illinois Miners of the independent Frontier League in 2008. In 3 games, he was 0–2 with a 21.41 ERA. In just 9.2 innings, he gave up 23 hits along with 25 runs while striking out 11.

Roark was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 25th round of the 2008 MLB draft. On July 31, 2010, he was traded, along with Ryan Tatusko, to the Washington Nationals in exchange for Cristian Guzmán. On December 12, 2018, the Nationals traded Roark to the Cincinnati Reds for Tanner Rainey. On July 31, 2019, the Reds traded Roark to the Oakland Athletics for Jameson Hannah. On December 18, 2019, Roark signed a two-year contract worth $24 million with the Toronto Blue Jays.