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Portrait of Ryan Klesko

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
19 6516 .279 .370 .500 121 17.3
Birth Date6-12-1971
Height6' 3"
Weight220 lbs
Age52 years, 9 months, 17 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1992 ATL 21 13 15 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 .000 .067 .000 54 -0.7 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
1993 ATL 22 22 20 6 1 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 .353 .450 .765 117 0.5 0.2 -0.1 0.1
1994 ATL 23 92 276 68 13 3 17 26 48 1 1 0 .278 .344 .563 126 10.5 -0.8 -10.1 0.6
1995 ATL 24 107 381 102 25 2 23 47 72 2 5 4 .310 .396 .608 139 20.4 -3.0 -14.4 1.1
1996 ATL 25 153 602 149 21 4 34 68 129 2 6 3 .282 .364 .530 126 23.9 1.4 -19.0 1.9
1997 ATL 26 143 522 122 23 6 24 48 130 4 4 4 .261 .334 .490 105 5.2 -4.9 -19.3 -0.9
1998 ATL 27 129 490 117 29 1 18 56 66 3 5 3 .274 .359 .473 116 11.0 -1.4 -12.1 0.6
1999 ATL 28 133 466 120 28 2 21 53 69 2 5 2 .297 .376 .532 124 17.2 -1.8 -12.9 0.8
2000 SDN 29 145 590 140 33 2 26 91 81 1 23 7 .283 .393 .516 131 28.6 -0.6 -5.4 2.8
2001 SDN 30 146 638 154 34 6 30 88 89 3 23 4 .286 .384 .539 134 31.0 2.5 -0.4 3.9
2002 SDN 31 146 625 162 39 1 29 76 86 4 6 2 .300 .388 .537 140 33.5 -2.2 -7.0 3.2
2003 SDN 32 121 474 100 18 0 21 65 83 3 2 5 .252 .354 .456 116 11.5 -2.6 -3.8 0.9
2004 SDN 33 127 480 117 32 2 9 73 67 1 3 2 .291 .399 .448 109 6.4 -0.5 -12.7 0.3
2005 SDN 34 137 520 110 19 1 18 75 80 1 3 4 .248 .358 .418 109 5.9 -1.4 -2.6 1.3
2006 SDN 35 6 6 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .750 .833 1.000 108 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 SFN 36 116 411 94 27 3 6 46 68 1 5 1 .260 .344 .401 90 -3.4 -1.2 6.0 0.6
Career173665161564343332788171077299141.279.370.500121201.5-16.4-114.017.3

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1989 SUM A SAL 25 103 .000 .000 .000 .329 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 SUM A SAL 63 268 .000 .000 .000 .393 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 DUR A+ CRL 77 332 .000 .000 .000 .315 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 GRN AA SOU 128 506 .000 .000 .000 .310 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 ATL MLB NL 13 15 .248 .295 .357 .000 104 -3.1 0.4 -0.1 54 15 -0.1 0.0 -0.7 -0.1
1992 RIC AAA INT 123 466 .000 .000 .000 .267 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 ATL MLB NL 22 20 .264 .322 .401 .364 100 2.8 0.6 0 117 24 -0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1
1993 RIC AAA INT 98 396 .000 .000 .000 .286 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 ATL MLB NL 92 276 .272 .335 .422 .277 101 9.2 8.4 -2 126 14 -10.1 -0.8 10.5 0.6
1995 ATL MLB NL 107 381 .266 .330 .410 .333 99 28.8 11.4 -2.8 139 11 -14.4 -3.0 20.4 1.1
1995 GRN AA SOU 4 15 .000 .000 .000 .182 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 ATL MLB NL 153 602 .266 .331 .419 .312 99 28 18.6 -4.4 126 9 -19.0 1.4 23.9 1.9
1997 ATL MLB NL 143 522 .264 .331 .412 .311 99 7.4 13.9 -4 105 10 -19.3 -4.9 5.2 -0.9
1998 ATL MLB NL 129 490 .264 .330 .418 .285 97 16.3 12.7 -3.6 116 9 -12.1 -1.4 11.0 0.6
1999 ATL MLB NL 133 466 .269 .336 .432 .308 93 27.1 12.7 -6.7 124 9 -12.9 -1.8 17.2 0.8
2000 SDN MLB NL 145 590 .266 .340 .437 .292 105 21.2 18.6 -11.6 131 10 -5.4 -0.6 28.6 2.8
2001 SDN MLB NL 146 638 .261 .326 .425 .290 101 34.5 19.0 -12.2 134 6 -0.4 2.5 31.0 3.9
2002 SDN MLB NL 146 625 .261 .326 .413 .310 101 33.5 18.0 -10.5 140 10 -7.0 -2.2 33.5 3.2
2003 SDN MLB NL 121 474 .263 .329 .417 .262 95 15.9 12.5 -8.6 116 13 -3.8 -2.6 11.5 0.9
2004 SDN MLB NL 127 480 .268 .335 .435 .328 92 22.5 14.3 -4.3 109 8 -12.7 -0.5 6.4 0.3
2005 SDN MLB NL 137 520 .267 .332 .426 .266 94 10.4 15.0 -3.6 109 10 -2.6 -1.4 5.9 1.3
2006 SDN MLB NL 6 6 .276 .330 .414 .750 95 2.1 0.2 0 108 6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
2006 LEL A+ CLF 8 27 .000 .000 .000 .353 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 SFN MLB NL 116 411 .268 .333 .417 .304 97 -2.5 12.2 -7.4 90 9 6.0 -1.2 -3.4 0.6

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1989 SUM A SAL 103 90 17 26 6 0 1 35 12 11 14 1 0 .289 .363 .389 .100 1 1
1990 SUM A SAL 268 231 41 85 15 1 10 132 38 31 30 13 1 .368 .445 .571 .203 0 0
1990 DUR A+ CRL 332 292 40 80 16 1 7 119 47 32 53 10 5 .274 .350 .408 .134 0 0
1991 GRN AA SOU 506 419 64 122 22 3 14 192 67 75 60 14 17 .291 .404 .458 .167 3 3
1992 ATL MLB NL 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 .000 .067 .000 .000 0 0
1992 RIC AAA INT 466 418 63 105 22 2 17 182 59 41 72 3 5 .251 .323 .435 .184 1 1
1993 ATL MLB NL 20 17 3 6 1 0 2 13 5 3 4 0 0 .353 .450 .765 .412 0 0
1993 RIC AAA INT 396 343 59 94 14 2 22 178 74 47 69 4 3 .274 .365 .519 .245 0 0
1994 ATL MLB NL 276 245 42 68 13 3 17 138 47 26 48 1 0 .278 .344 .563 .286 4 0
1995 ATL MLB NL 381 329 48 102 25 2 23 200 70 47 72 5 4 .310 .396 .608 .298 3 0
1995 GRN AA SOU 15 13 1 3 0 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 0 .231 .333 .462 .231 0 0
1996 ATL MLB NL 602 528 90 149 21 4 34 280 93 68 129 6 3 .282 .364 .530 .248 4 0
1997 ATL MLB NL 522 467 67 122 23 6 24 229 84 48 130 4 4 .261 .334 .490 .229 2 1
1998 ATL MLB NL 490 427 69 117 29 1 18 202 70 56 66 5 3 .274 .359 .473 .199 4 0
1999 ATL MLB NL 466 404 55 120 28 2 21 215 80 53 69 5 2 .297 .376 .532 .235 7 0
2000 SDN MLB NL 590 494 88 140 33 2 26 255 92 91 81 23 7 .283 .393 .516 .233 4 0
2001 SDN MLB NL 638 538 105 154 34 6 30 290 113 88 89 23 4 .286 .384 .539 .253 9 0
2002 SDN MLB NL 625 540 90 162 39 1 29 290 95 76 86 6 2 .300 .388 .537 .237 4 1
2003 SDN MLB NL 474 397 47 100 18 0 21 181 67 65 83 2 5 .252 .354 .456 .204 9 0
2004 SDN MLB NL 480 402 58 117 32 2 9 180 66 73 67 3 2 .291 .399 .448 .157 3 1
2005 SDN MLB NL 520 443 61 110 19 1 18 185 58 75 80 3 4 .248 .358 .418 .169 1 0
2006 SDN MLB NL 6 4 0 3 1 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 .750 .833 1.000 .250 0 0
2006 LEL A+ CLF 27 22 2 6 2 0 0 8 1 5 5 0 0 .273 .407 .364 .091 0 0
2007 SFN MLB NL 411 362 51 94 27 3 6 145 44 46 68 5 1 .260 .344 .401 .141 1 1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2006-03-26 2006-09-20 60-DL 178 150 Left Shoulder Surgery AC Joint 2006-04-11
2004-05-27 2004-06-16 15-DL 20 17 Right Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2003-09-01 2003-09-29 15-DL 28 25 Right Shoulder Surgery AC Joint 2003-09-02
1995-05-03 1995-05-18 15-DL 15 15 Left Thigh Strain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 SFN $1,750,000
2006 SDN $9,000,000
2005 SDN $9,000,000
2004 SDN $6,000,000
2003 SDN $5,500,000
2002 SDN $6,000,000
2001 SDN $5,750,000
2000 SDN $5,750,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
8 yrPrevious$48,750,000
8 yrTotal$48,750,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
14 y 78 d

Details
  • signed as a free agent from SD 12/06, 1 year/$1.75M (07)
  • performance bonus:$0.2M for 275 plate appearances, $0.25M for 325 plate appearances, $0.3M for 375 plate appearances, $0.35M 425 plate appearances, $0.2M for 450 plate appearances, $9,333 each 451-525 plate appearances
  • award bonus:$0.1M MVP ($75K 2d,$50K 3d), $75K WS MVP, $50K LCSMVP,Gold Glove,SS,AS ($25K selection)
  • $0.25M of base salary to RK charity
  • SD declined 07 club option 10/06
  • 3 year/$26.5M (04-06), $5M bonus ($2M paid 05), 04:$3M, 05:$8M, 06:$10M, 07:$8M club option $0.5M buyout
  • no-trade protection
  • 05-06 extension backloaded to pay $26.5M 04-06 to coincide with new park
  • agreed to reduced 03 salary in exch for 05-06 extension 6/02
  • 3 year/$18.75M (02-04)
  • 02:$6M, 03:$6.25M, 04:$6.5M
  • 00, 01:$5.75M/year

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
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DateRoundtable NameComment
2010-07-13 16:30:00All-Star GameChristina and Steve, have you ever looked at the Padres career home run leaders? I believe Tony Gwynn is in the top five. I has a sad.

At least if Adrian sticks around he'll end up #1 eventually. And old friends like Ryan Klesko and Phil Nevin are also amongst the leaders. (Marc Normandin)
 

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