Ryan
Klesko
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 230
 
Born: June 12, 1971 in Henderson Ky
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 36 NYA AL $ 6,750,000   56 56 51 47 82 72 82 89 87 46 71 63 48 62 58
2008 37 NYA AL $ 6,750,000   61 61 56 52 86 76 74 82 80 43 69 61 45 59 55
2009 38 TEX AL $ 6,750,000   59 59 54 52 86 76 74 82 80 43 69 61 44 58 54
2010 39 PIT NL $ 3,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 5 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 5 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,750,000   61 61 56 52 86 76 82 89 87 46 71 63 48 62 58
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1993 22 ATL   22 17 3 6 1 0 2 5 0 0 3 4 .353 .450 .765 1.215 5.1  
1994 23 ATL   92 245 42 68 13 3 17 47 1 0 26 48 .278 .347 .563 .910 46.5  
1995 24 ATL   107 329 48 102 25 2 23 70 5 4 47 72 .310 .396 .608 1.004 73.0  
1996 25 ATL   153 528 90 149 21 4 34 93 6 3 68 129 .282 .364 .530 .894 100.1  
1997 26 ATL   143 467 67 122 23 6 24 84 4 4 48 130 .261 .330 .490 .820 74.5  
1998 27 ATL   129 427 69 117 29 1 18 70 5 3 56 66 .274 .358 .473 .831 71.6  
1999 28 ATL   133 404 55 120 28 2 21 80 5 2 53 69 .297 .379 .532 .911 78.0  
2000 29 SDN   145 494 88 140 33 2 26 92 23 7 91 81 .283 .395 .516 .911 101.6  
2001 30 SDN   146 538 105 154 34 6 30 113 23 4 88 89 .286 .387 .539 .926 111.8  
2002 31 SDN   146 540 90 162 39 1 29 95 6 2 76 86 .300 .386 .537 .923 107.4  
2003 32 SDN   146 512 87 158 48 1 28 108 18 6 66 80 .309 .388 .570 .958 106.2  
2004 33 MON   152 518 106 152 35 0 32 113 21 8 93 87 .293 .401 .546 .947 111.5  
2005 34 NYA   152 568 106 167 42 2 25 109 17 3 84 103 .294 .385 .507 .892 109.5  
2006 35 NYA   149 552 90 160 47 5 24 97 16 5 78 103 .290 .378 .524 .901 105.8  
2007 36 NYA AL 143 469 80 122 26 3 24 91 16 5 58 87 .260 .338 .482 .820 78.5 12.4
2008 37 NYA AL 132 441 85 114 16 9 29 84 23 5 59 85 .259 .348 .533 .881 83.8 13.5
2009 38 NYA AL 134 423 86 124 24 1 36 98 12 3 52 69 .293 .370 .610 .980 92.0 16.7
  TEX AL 4 9 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .333 .556 0.6 0.1
  TOT   138 432 86 126 25 1 36 100 12 3 52 70 .292 .367 .604 .972 92.6 16.8
2010 39 TEX AL 56 191 34 46 11 2 12 32 3 1 26 39 .241 .335 .508 .843 32.0 4.1
  PIT NL 37 60 7 12 2 0 2 4 1 0 9 19 .200 .304 .333 .638 6.7 0.8
  TOT   93 251 41 58 13 2 14 36 4 1 35 58 .231 .328 .466 .794 38.8 4.9
4 Years Sim 506 1593 292 420 80 15 103 311 55 14 204 300 .264 .347 .527 .874 293.6 47.5
18 Years Pro 2321 7732 1338 2197 498 50 436 1487 205 65 1081 1447 .284 .372 .531 .903 1496.1  
162 Game Average 510 93 134 25 4 32 99 17 4 65 96 .264 .347 .527 .874 94.0  
Career Highs 143 469 86 126 26 9 36 100 23 5 59 87 .292 .367 .604 .972 92.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1305 250 365 71 14 94 281 48 13 174 217 .280 .365 .572 .936 267.4
vs LH   282 42 54 9 1 9 29 7 1 30 82 .191 .267 .326 .593 27.2
Home 256 828 149 210 42 4 53 152 23 7 91 163 .254 .326 .506 .832 139.7
Away 249 759 143 209 38 11 50 158 32 7 113 136 .275 .370 .552 .923 154.9
RISP   445 0 108 23 4 24 188 0 0 73 90 .243 .341 .474 .816 76.2
Pinch Hitting   83 17 28 5 0 9 27 2 1 9 10 .337 .409 .723 1.131 21.4
Close/Late   186 37 48 9 2 12 33 0 0 25 28 .258 .347 .522 .869 33.6
Mar/Apr 91 300 51 82 12 4 13 49 8 0 43 54 .273 .364 .470 .834 53.2
May 91 319 49 75 15 2 19 52 6 6 45 57 .235 .328 .473 .801 50.8
June 76 241 57 71 11 3 23 57 10 4 25 45 .295 .362 .651 1.013 53.9
July 79 219 46 65 11 0 17 43 13 1 25 43 .297 .370 .580 .950 46.6
August 83 267 53 70 15 2 19 61 12 1 37 52 .262 .349 .547 .895 52.7
Sep/Oct 85 241 36 56 16 4 12 48 6 2 29 48 .232 .319 .481 .800 37.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2007 36 NYA AL RF 33 32 272.0 64 3 0 0 1.000 2.22   0.9
    1B 7 1 28.0 29 2 1 2 .969 9.96   0.0
2008 37 NYA AL RF 46 46 408.0 82 0 1 0 .988 1.81   1.0
    1B 18 1 48.0 46 6 0 8 1.000 9.75   0.1
2009 38 NYA AL 1B 17 1 40.7 55 6 1 5 .984 13.49   0.1
    RF 5 2 26.8 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67   0.0
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TEX AL 1B 0 0 0.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.0
    RF 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   1B 17 1 41.5 56 6 1 5 .984 13.45   0.1
      RF 5 2 27.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .66   0.0
      3B 1 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2010 39 TEX AL RF 8 6 66.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.2
    1B 8 2 31.6 27 2 0 4 1.000 8.26   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  PIT NL RF 5 4 20.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.30   0.0
    1B 5 1 9.9 9 0 0 1 1.000 8.18   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 97 90 794.0 162 3 1 0 .994 1.87   2.0
  1B 55 6 159.0 167 16 2 20 .989 10.36   0.3
  3B 1 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   154 96 959.1 329 19 3 20 .991 3.27   2.3
Career Highs   64 47 456.0 128 6 1 8 1.000 7.90    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2008 37 NYA AL 9 32 2 6 1 0 0 4 1 2 1 6 .188 .212 .219 .431
2009 38 TEX AL 9 41 5 7 2 0 1 5 0 0 1 7 .171 .190 .293 .483
Career Post-Season Batting 18 73 7 13 3 0 1 9 1 2 2 13 .178 .200 .260 .460
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
2008-10-.533
2009-3-.588*
OPS
2009-6-.946*
Triples
2008-5-9
Homeruns
2009-5-36
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 8)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 47)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 33)
 
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  1. Carlos Delgado (959)
  2. Jon Nelson (919)
  3. Gleb Vishnevsky (910)
  4. Eric Munson (907)
  5. Richard Freeze (907)
  6. Jay Gibbons (899)
  7. Paul Konerko (882)
  8. Magglio Ordonez (877)
  9. John Barber (877)
  10. Vladimir Guerrero (875)
History
Won Player of the Week award on 6/11/2007, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 6 RBI