Coach Profile
Director
Ryan Dull

Ryan Dull, a former Major League pitcher and Kernersville, N.C. native, will transition from ace reliever to bench coach for the 2024 season. Dull, the High Point Rockers’ all-time leader in saves, will serve as the Rockers’ bench coach and Director of Baseball Operations, replacing Albert “Bert” Gonzalez who recently was named the manager of the New Jersey Jackals of the Frontier League.
Dull has been with the
Rockers since late in the 2021 season. During his two-plus seasons in High
Point, the right-hander appeared in 112 games, posting an 8-3 record with a
2.74 ERA. He saved a club-record 31 games during his career and set the
Rockers’ season mark with 18 saves in 2023. Last year, Dull was the closer on
both the ALPB Mid-Season All-Star team and the Postseason All-Star squad.
A former pitcher at East Forsyth High School and UNC Asheville, Dull spent parts of five seasons in Major League Baseball, making 171 appearances and throwing 171.2 innings. He posted a career record of 8-9 with four saves while striking out 170. He spent time with the Oakland A’s, New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays following his debut in 2015. In 2016, Dull appeared in 70 games and went 5-5 with 73 strikeouts in 74.1 innings and a 2.42 ERA.
Dull’s jersey is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. after he set a Major League record by stranding 36 consecutive inherited runners on base.