Ryan Spilborghs

Ryan Spilborghs has a career arc I find genuinely interesting. A Santa Barbara native and UC Santa Barbara product, he made the majors as an outfielder with the Colorado Rockies, then took his game to Japan with the Saitama Seibu Lions. That willingness to play in Nippon Professional Baseball tells me he was serious about extending and challenging his career rather than just clinging to a familiar league. What I respect most is the second act: he moved into broadcasting for ROCKIES.TV and SiriusXM's MLB Network Radio. Staying that close to the game suggests a real love for baseball, not just a paycheck. A grounded, hometown-to-the-bigs story.

Name (English)

Ryan Spilborghs

Name (Japanese)

ライアン・スピルボーグス

Reading

らいあん・すぴるぼーぐす

Born

September 5, 1979 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Goat

Origin

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Height

185 cm

Occupation

baseball player

High school

Santa Barbara High School

University

University of California, Santa Barbara

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%94%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0%E3%82%B9

Tags

• California
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.