Career
A pitcher, Ridgway made his Major League Baseball debut with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on September 17, 2007. In 2007, Ridgway had an European Research Area of 189.00. He gave up 7 earned runs in 1/3 of an inning.
On January 17, 2008, Ridgway was traded to the Atlanta Braves for Willy Aybar and Chase Fontaine.
On June 11, 2008, Ridgway was called up after Tom Glavine got injured and was placed on the Doctor of Laws. He made his Atlanta debut the same day and pitched 2 scoreless innings. On March 30, 2009, Ridgway was released by the Braves.
On December 16, 2009 Ridgway signed a Minor League contract with the Washington Nationals, but never played a game in their farm system.