Born: (1971-06-12) June 12, 1971 (age 53) Westminster, California, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 12, 1992, for the Atlanta Braves
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 2007, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics
Batting average
.279
Home runs
278
Runs batted in
987
Teams
Atlanta Braves (1992–1999)
San Diego Padres (2000–2006)
San Francisco Giants (2007)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (2001)
World Series champion (1995)
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing United States
World Junior Baseball Championship
1988 Sydney
Team
Ryan Anthony Klesko (born June 12, 1971) is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman and corner outfielder who played for the Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants. He attended Westminster High School in Westminster, California.
Ryan Anthony Klesko (born June 12, 1971) is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman and corner outfielder who played for the Atlanta Braves...
eighth, which proved necessary as RyanKlesko homered in his third consecutive game, reducing the gap to 5–4. Klesko became the first person ever to homer...
Brad Clontz to pitch while RyanKlesko replaced McGriff at first base. The next batter, Hayes, hit a pop fly that Klesko lost sight of and dropped, which...
Pederson (four). Five additional players — Felipe Crespo, Michael Tucker, RyanKlesko, Aubrey Huff, and Andrés Torres — have done it twice. Sixteen other Giants...
bat, hence the pitch's occasional nickname of "the buzzsaw". Batter RyanKlesko, then of the Atlanta Braves, broke three bats in a single plate appearance...
Andrés Galarraga 2B Tony Graffanino 3B Chipper Jones SS Walt Weiss LF RyanKlesko CF Andruw Jones RF Michael Tucker P Greg Maddux June 9, 1998: Howard...
O'Neill 281 194 Josh Donaldson 279 Ted Kluszewski 279 196 Mike Cameron 278 RyanKlesko 278 198 Rudy York 277 199 Brian Downing 275 Roger Maris 275 Dean Palmer...
and allowed the fewest runs (448) and earned runs (407). Jeff Blauser RyanKlesko Mark Lemke Fred McGriff Charlie O'Brien Terry Pendleton Deion Sanders...
favorite Rich Aurilia, and picking up catcher Bengie Molina, slugger RyanKlesko and outfielder Dave Roberts. They also signed free-agent pitcher Barry...
shortstop Rafael Furcal, third baseman Chipper Jones, left fielder RyanKlesko, center fielder Andruw Jones, right fielder Brian Jordan, utility player...
David Justice (1987-88) 3x MLB All Star; 1990 NL Rookie of the Year RyanKlesko (1995) MLB All-Star Mark Lemke (1987-88) 11-year MLB veteran, World Series...
Kid" Chipper Jones, Larry Wayne Jones (1993–2012): "Chipper" RyanKlesko, Ryan Anthony Klesko: "Rhino" Mark Lemke, Mark Alan Lemke (1988–1998): "Dirt" or...
this game were unearned. Home runs by Chipper Jones in the third and RyanKlesko in the sixth drew Atlanta to 5–3, but the Florida bullpen held the Braves...
Sox Scott Erickson†, 4th round, 112th overall by the Minnesota Twins RyanKlesko†, 4th round, 116th overall by the Atlanta Braves Alan Embree, 5th round...
Kelly Johnson Andruw Jones Chipper Jones Brian Jordan David Justice RyanKleskoRyan Langerhans Adam LaRoche Tony La Russa Mark Lemke Kerry Ligtenberg Grady...
April 18, 2007 St. Louis Cardinals Ryan Franklin 43 RyanKlesko May 21, 2007 Houston Astros Trever Miller 44 RyanKlesko June 29, 2007 Arizona Diamondbacks...
politician 1971 – Mark Henry, American weightlifter and wrestler 1971 – RyanKlesko, American baseball player 1971 – Jérôme Romain, Caribbean-Dominican triple...
threat. However, in the ninth, the Braves got the tying run off him when RyanKlesko, walked, moved to third on a single and scored on a sacrifice fly by...
deal that also sent Reggie Sanders to the Braves and Bret Boone and RyanKlesko to the Padres. He played with the Braves for one year before ending his...
Kenny Lofton – CF Mark Lemke – 2B Chipper Jones – 3B Fred McGriff – 1B RyanKlesko – LF Michael Tucker – RF Javy López – C Jeff Blauser – SS John Smoltz...
it a one-run game. David Justice then walked just before a single by RyanKlesko. An error during the play by Burks moved Justice to third. Steve Reed...
time home runs were hit in back-to-back games by the same player since RyanKlesko did so in the 1995 World Series. d'Arnaud became the first catcher to...