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  NAME     : Ryan Klesko
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : USA
 
  BIRTHDAY : 6/12/1971
  AGE      : 33
  HEIGHT   : 6"3
  WEIGHT   : 220
 
  POSITION : First Base
  BATS     : Left
  THROWS   : Left
 
  CONTRACT : $4,935,000 through 2006
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Minimal
  TEAM LEADER              : Some ability
  CONSISTENCY              : Normal
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Normal
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at First Base : C (Fielding Pct. : .991) Range at Leftfield : D (Fielding Pct. : .975) Range at Rightfield : D (Fielding Pct. : .977)
OFFENSIVE RATINGS : (Rated by an average league scout) Speed : D Stealing Ability : C Sacrifice Bunt : C Bunt for Hit : E Hitter Type : Pull Hitter Getting Hits : 6 (VS. RHP : 7, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Average) Hitting Doubles : 6 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Good) Hitting Homeruns : 10 (VS. RHP : 11, VS. LHP : 7, Talent Good) Getting BB's : 7 (VS. RHP : 8, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Good) Avoiding Strikeouts : 5 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 4, Talent Average)
BATTING STATS : Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG Overall .277 17 93 559 155 38 6 105 7 4 127 72 .408 .458 vs RHP .293 16 72 410 120 32 5 86 6 2 100 46 .429 .512 vs LHP .235 1 21 149 35 6 1 19 1 2 27 26 .346 .309 At Home .265 3 30 264 70 19 1 48 2 2 64 28 .406 .379 Away .288 14 63 295 85 19 5 57 5 2 63 44 .409 .529 R.I.S.P. .296 5 68 135 40 5 3 0 0 0 44 18 .454 .489 Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Close/Late .262 1 8 65 17 4 0 17 0 0 20 12 .425 .369 This Week .313 0 6 16 5 1 1 4 0 0 3 2 .400 .500 Last Week .211 1 1 19 4 0 0 2 2 0 4 6 .348 .368 Apr/Mar .337 3 20 101 34 8 1 21 3 0 20 11 .446 .525 May .371 7 28 105 39 6 1 22 0 0 16 11 .455 .648 June .208 5 15 96 20 3 2 13 0 1 22 15 .350 .438 July .231 0 4 78 18 8 1 12 1 2 25 14 .417 .359 August .255 0 12 98 25 8 1 20 2 1 26 12 .405 .357 Sep/Oct .235 2 14 81 19 5 0 17 1 0 18 9 .366 .370
CAREER STATS : YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS 1992 .000 0 1 13 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 ATL 1993 .353 2 5 22 17 6 1 0 3 0 0 3 4 .449 .765 ATL 1994 .278 17 47 92 245 68 13 3 42 1 0 26 48 .346 .563 ATL 1995 .310 23 70 107 329 102 25 2 48 5 4 47 72 .396 .608 ATL 1996 .282 34 93 153 528 149 21 4 90 6 3 68 129 .364 .530 ATL 1997 .261 24 84 143 467 122 23 6 67 4 4 48 130 .330 .490 ATL 1998 .274 18 70 129 427 117 29 1 69 5 3 56 66 .358 .473 ATL 1999 .297 21 80 133 404 120 28 2 55 5 2 53 69 .378 .532 ATL 2000 .283 26 92 145 494 140 33 2 88 23 7 91 81 .394 .516 SDN 2001 .286 30 113 146 538 154 34 6 105 23 4 88 89 .386 .539 SDN 2002 .300 29 95 146 540 162 39 1 90 6 2 76 86 .388 .537 SD 2003 .248 28 102 160 553 137 35 6 106 4 2 134 88 .394 .485 SD,ARI Total AB : 5115 Total AVG : .280 Total Hits: 1432 Total HR : 269 Total RBI : 945 Total Runs: 868 Total SB : 89
PLAYER HISTORY
Traded from San Diego to Arizona on 3/31/2003 (Going to SD: 1B M. Grace, P B. Prinz, P M. Mantei, P M. Batista, 2B C. Counsell. Going to ARI: 1B R. Klesko, P T. Hoffman, C G. Bennett)... Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 4/23/2004... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2004, hitting .371 with 7 HR, 28 RBI... Won World Series with Arizona in 2004...