Born: (1990-02-02) February 2, 1990 (age 34) Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Nicholas Jay Rickles (born February 2, 1990) is an American-Israeli[1] coach for the Milwaukee Brewers organization, and a former professional baseball and current Team Israel catcher.[2]
As a high school senior, Rickles was voted Florida All-State. At Stetson University, he was named a TPX Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball, and in his junior year in 2011 was named First Team All-Atlantic Sun Conference and a College Baseball All America Honorable Mention. Rickles was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 14th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft.
In 2011, he was voted a New York-Pennsylvania League mid-season All Star while playing for the Vermont Lake Monsters. Rickles was voted Midwest League Player of the Week on July 29, 2013, while playing for the Beloit Snappers. He missed the entire 2014 season after suffering a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder. In February 2016, Rickles signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals. He played that season for the Double–A Eastern League Harrisburg Senators, and the Triple–A International League Syracuse Chiefs.
Rickles played on Team Israel during the qualifying round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic, the qualifying round for the 2017 World Baseball Classic in September 2016, and for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic main tournament. In 2019, Rickles became a coach for the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He played for Team Israel at the 2019 European Baseball Championship. He also played for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019, which Israel won to qualify to play baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He was the designated hitter for Team Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the summer of 2021.
^Israel Baseball (August 29, 2019). "Twitter: Mazaltov to new Olim Nick Rickles, Ty Kelly and Ben Wanger who will join #teamisrael at the European Championships in Germany next week #israelbaseball #roadtoolympics."
^"Nick Rickles - Team Israel 2019," IAB - Israel Association of Baseball.
younger brother, Andrew, who is a U.S. Army Veteran. NickRickles is married to Jessyka Rickles (Virdell) of Washington state. In January 2018, he launched...
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Israel Baseball on Twitter (August 29, 2019). "Mazaltov to new Olim NickRickles, Ty Kelly and Ben Wanger who will join #teamisrael at the European Championships...
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Zack Weiss. They were followed in 2019 by Danny Valencia, Ty Kelly, NickRickles, Ben Wanger, and Jeremy Bleich. In Round 1 of the 2019 European Baseball...
for Team Mexico (eliminated in the first round), minor league catcher NickRickles and minor league reliever R.C. Orlan played for Team Israel (eliminated...
All-Star Comedy Tribute to Don Rickles" with Don Mischer productions. The special was one of the only shows dedicated to Don Rickles' prolific sixty plus year...
family was close friends with the Rickles family. The couples and their families often vacationed together. Don Rickles and Newhart appeared together on...
Gardner McKay. She continued as one of the Pigeon sisters opposite Don Rickles and Ernest Borgnine in a Los Angeles run of The Odd Couple. In 1975, Swit...
Roasts. In 2009 the Chicago Tribune called Ross "the new millennium Don Rickles." His directorial debut, the 2006 documentary Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross...
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