Ryan Braun

Ryan Zachary Braun

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: July 29, 1980 in Kitchener, Ontario, CAN
High School: Edison (Fresno, CA)
Schools: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Wake Forest University
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 2006
Team: Royals 2006-2007

Final Game: September 25, 2007
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Pete Alexander… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Pete Alexander… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

Standard Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2003	22	KCR-min	Rk	0	0		2.95	18	13	3	21.1	15	9	7	0	10	0	25	0	0	90		1.172	6.3	0.0	4.2	10.5	2.50	RY1 · ARIZ
2004	23	KCR-min	A+	2	3	.400	2.21	51	42	23	57.0	48	25	14	2	25	4	58	3	4	248		1.281	7.6	0.3	3.9	9.2	2.32	WMT · CARL
2005	24	KCR-min	AA,A+	1	1	.500	11.42	8	3	0	8.2	18	12	11	0	9	1	7	0	1	51		3.115	18.7	0.0	9.3	7.3	0.78	WCH,HDS · TL,CALL
2006	25	KCR-min	AA,AAA	1	8	.111	2.19	43	33	13	65.2	53	20	16	2	29	5	80	4	2	279		1.249	7.3	0.3	4.0	11.0	2.76	WCH,OMA · TL,PCL
2006	25	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	6.75	9	2	0	10.2	13	8	8	2	3	0	6	0	0	46	72	1.500	11.0	1.7	2.5	5.1	2.00
2007	26	KCR-min	AAA	2	2	.500	1.09	23	20	9	33.0	19	7	4	1	12	1	36	0	1	123		0.939	5.2	0.3	3.3	9.8	3.00	OMA · PCL
2007	26	KCR	AL	2	0	1.000	6.64	26	10	0	39.1	46	32	29	4	22	1	24	0	3	183	69	1.729	10.5	0.9	5.0	5.5	1.09
2009	28	CHW-min	Rk,A	1	0	1.000	0.75	9	2	0	12.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	15	0	0	43		0.583	3.8	0.0	1.5	11.2	7.50	BRS,KAN · APPY,SALL
2010	29	CHW-min	AAA	1	3	.250	2.20	52	46	18	57.1	45	21	14	4	34	2	61	5	3	254		1.378	7.1	0.6	5.3	9.6	1.79	CHR · IL
2 Seasons				2	1	.667	6.66	35	12	0	50.0	59	40	37	6	25	1	30	0	3	229	70	1.680	10.6	1.1	4.5	5.4	1.20
162 Game Avg.				4	2	.667	6.66	68	23	0	97	115	78	72	12	49	2	58	0	6	445	70	1.680	10.6	1.1	4.5	5.4	1.20

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	R	Rrep	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
2006	25	KCR	AL	10.2	8	8	.7	0	-0.1	$
2007	26	KCR	AL	39.1	32	28	.3	-4	-0.5	$380,000
2 Seasons				50.0	40	36	.4	-4	-0.6	$380,000

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	Pos
2003	22	KCR-min	Rk	18	RY1 · ARIZ
2004	23	KCR-min	A+	51	WMT · CARL
2005	24	KCR-min	AA,A+	8	WCH,HDS · TL,CALL
2006	25	KCR-min	AA,AAA	43	WCH,OMA · TL,PCL
2006	25	KCR	AL	9	/1
2007	26	KCR-min	AAA	23	OMA · PCL
2007	26	KCR	AL	26	1
2009	28	CHW-min	A,Rk	9	KAN,BRS · SALL,APPY
2010	29	CHW-min	AAA	52	CHR · IL
2 Seasons				35
162 Game Avg.				162

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2006	KCR	AL	25	P	9	10.2	1	0	0	1	.000	-1	-19	0.00	0.00	.960	1.60	1.54
2007	KCR	AL	26	P	26	39.1	8	1	7	0	1.000	-3	-15	1.83	0.31	.955	1.60	1.59
	2 Seasons			P	35	50.0	9	1	7	1	.889	-4	-16	1.44	0.23	.956	1.60	1.58
	2 Seasons			TOT	35	50.0	9	1	7	1	.889	-4	-96	1.44	0.23	.956	1.60	1.58

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Transactions

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 23rd round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2003.
November 17, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
December 23, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
November 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
December 20, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2007	26	Kansas City Royals	$380,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$380,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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