Ryan Garko

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 225lb (188cm, 102kg)

Born: January 2, 1981 in Pittsburgh, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA).

High School: Servite HS (Anaheim, CA)

School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Debut: September 18, 2005 (Age 24-259d, 18,797th in major league history)
vs. KCR 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 13, 2010 (Age 29-131d)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

National Team: us USA (College,18U)

Full Name: Ryan Francis Garko

Pronunciation: \GAR-koh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.6

1552

427

.275

190

RBI

250

OBP

.347

SLG

.434

OPS

.781

OPS+

106

Summary of 55 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 6 tying, 13 go ahead

2 Tms
CLE	53
SFG	2

Platoon
vs RHP	38
vs LHP	17

Home/Road
Home	30
Away	25

Outs
0	24
2	16
1	15

15 Opps
CHW	9
KCR	6
TBD/TBR	6
DET	6
OAK	5
LAA	5
MIN	4
CIN	3
SEA	3
COL	2
TOR	2
PHI	1
BOS	1
TEX	1
NYY	1

44 Pitchers
John Danks	4
Johan Santana	3
Joe Blanton	3
Matt Garza	2
Justin Verlander	2
John Lackey	2
Jorge De La Rosa	2
Kyle Kendrick	1
Garrett Olson	1
Luke Hochevar	1
Andrew Brown	1
Brian Stokes	1
Mark Buehrle	1
Edwin Jackson	1
David Price	1
Jae Weong Seo	1
Scott Downs	1
Julián Tavárez	1
Víctor Zambrano	1
Grant Balfour	1
Jered Weaver	1
A.J. Burnett	1
Francisco Rodríguez	1
Todd Wellemeyer	1
Brandon McCarthy	1
Miguel Batista	1
Matt Daley	1
Gil Meche	1
Javier Vázquez	1
Devon Lowery	1
Denny Bautista	1
Aaron Harang	1
David Weathers	1
Octavio Dotel	1
D.J. Carrasco	1
Mike Maroth	1
Jarrod Washburn	1
Héctor Carrasco	1
Francisco Liriano	1
Kyle Lohse	1
Keith Foulke	1
Dontrelle Willis	1
Ambiorix Burgos	1
Bobby Jenks	1

13 Parks
Progressive (CLE)	30
Comerica Pk (DET)	4
Guaranteed (CHI)	4
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
TropicanaFld (STP)	2
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	28
78	15
8	5
9	4
89	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	14
3	13
1	7
5	7
6	6
4	6
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	49
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	27
1--	11
12-	7
--3	3
1-3	3
-2-	2
123	1
-23	1

96 RBI
RISP	17
0 on	27
1 on	16
2 on	11
3 on	1
Any on	28

Inning
1	3
2	10
3	2
4	12
5	5
6	6
7	4
8	4
9	9

1-3	15
4-6	23
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	3
+2	5
+1	8
Tied	10
-1	7
-2	4
-3	6
-4..	7

Ahead	21
Tied	10
Behind	24

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	9
1-1	9
0-0	7
2-2	6
3-2	5
2-1	5
0-1	5
2-0	4
3-1	3
0-2	1
1-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	47
RF	3
DH	3
PH	2

OrderPos
5th	16
7th	12
6th	11
4th	9
8th	6
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2006-08-10	CLE		LAA	Héctor Carrasco	ahead 12-2	b 6	0	---	2,(0-1) ......CX	1	8	3	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2	2	2	1	2006-08-13	CLE		KCR	Todd Wellemeyer	ahead 11-0	b 4	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	3	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
3	3	3	1	2006-08-20	CLE	@	TBD	Jae Weong Seo	tied 1-1	t 3	1	---	5,(3-1) SBBBX	1	4	3	0.111	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
4	4	4	1	2006-08-24	CLE	@	KCR	Ambiorix Burgos	ahead 6-4	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	0.049	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
5	5	5	1	2006-09-04	CLE	@	TOR	Scott Downs	behind 2-4	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	4	3	0.119	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
6	6	6	1	2006-09-15	CLE		MIN	Johan Santana	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	4	3	0.176	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); V. Martínez Scores
7	7	7	1	2006-09-26	CLE		CHW	Javier Vázquez	ahead 3-0	b 5	2	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	4	3	0.093	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Michaels Scores; V. Martínez Scores
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	2007-04-14	CLE		CHW	John Danks	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	5,(0-2) CSFFX	1	4	3	0.099	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
9	9	2	1	2007-04-22	CLE	@	TBD	Brian Stokes	behind 3-4	t 9	1	12-	6,(2-2) BBFFFX	3	5	3	0.624	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Rouse Scores; V. Martínez Scores
10	10	3	1	2007-05-02	CLE		TOR	Víctor Zambrano	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	6	3	0.105	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
11	11	4	1	2007-05-11	CLE	@	OAK	Joe Blanton	behind 0-1	t 6	0	---	6,(3-2) BBFSBX	1	8	3	0.159	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
12	12	5	1	2007-05-17	CLE		MIN	Johan Santana	ahead 1-0	b 7	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	3	0.098	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
13	13	6	1	2007-05-18	CLE		CIN	Kyle Lohse	behind 1-4	b 2	0	12-	3,(1-1) CBX	3	8	3	0.193	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Peralta Scores/unER; D. Dellucci Scores
14	14	7	1	2007-05-27	CLE	@	DET	Mike Maroth	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	6	3	0.211	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Hafner Scores; J. Peralta Scores
15	15	8	1	2007-06-08	CLE	@	CIN	David Weathers	behind 2-4	t 9	0	---	4,(2-1) .BSBX	1	9	PH	0.092	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	9	1	2007-06-19	CLE		PHI	Kyle Kendrick	behind 0-3	b 2	1	---	9,(3-2) CFBFFFBBX	1	7	3	0.084	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
17	17	10	1	2007-07-14	CLE		KCR	Gil Meche	behind 2-5	b 6	0	1--	5,(3-1) *BBBCX	2	6	3	0.185	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Peralta Scores
18	18	11	1	2007-07-15	CLE		KCR	Jorge De La Rosa	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	3	0.074	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	12	1	2007-07-17	CLE		CHW	Bobby Jenks	behind 3-5	b 9	0	1--	3,(2-0) .BBX	2	8	PH	0.449	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Nixon Scores
20	20	13	1	2007-07-26	CLE		BOS	Julián Tavárez	behind 6-12	b 7	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	3	0.068	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); V. Martínez Scores/unER; T. Hafner Scores/unER; R. Garko Scores/unER
21	21	14	1	2007-07-31	CLE		TEX	Brandon McCarthy	behind 0-3	b 7	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	3	0.084	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
22	22	15	1	2007-09-03	CLE	@	MIN	Johan Santana	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	3	0.068	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
23	23	16	1	2007-09-07	CLE	@	LAA	Francisco Rodríguez	behind 1-2	t 9	0	---	4,(2-1) .FBBX	1	5	3	0.326	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
24	24	17	1	2007-09-09	CLE	@	LAA	Jered Weaver	behind 1-2	t 4	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	5	3	0.238	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Cabrera Scores; V. Martínez Scores
25	25	18	1	2007-09-11	CLE	@	CHW	John Danks	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	6,(2-2) CBFFBX	1	4	3	0.097	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
26	26	19	1	2007-09-18	CLE		DET	Justin Verlander	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	5	3	0.103	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
27	27	20	1	2007-09-21	CLE		OAK	Joe Blanton	tied 1-1	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	3	0.156	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	21	1	2007-09-26 (2)	CLE	@	SEA	Jarrod Washburn	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	4	DH	0.102	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2008-04-04	CLE	@	OAK	Keith Foulke	behind 1-5	t 7	0	---	5,(2-2) .SCBBX	1	5	3	0.046	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30	30	2	1	2008-04-17	CLE		DET	Justin Verlander	ahead 3-0	b 5	1	1--	4,(1-2) FFBX	2	6	3	0.073	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); V. Martínez Scores
31	31	3	1	2008-05-13	CLE		OAK	Andrew Brown	ahead 1-0	b 8	2	1-3	3,(1-1) .CBX	3	6	3	0.120	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); V. Martínez Scores; T. Hafner Scores
32	32	4	1	2008-05-14	CLE		OAK	Joe Blanton	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	3	0.110	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
33	33	5	1	2008-06-06	CLE	@	DET	Denny Bautista	ahead 3-2	t 8	0	---	8,(3-2) .CBBFFFBX	1	4	3	0.119	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
34	34	6	1	2008-06-09	CLE	@	DET	Dontrelle Willis	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	5,(3-1) BCBBX	3	4	DH	0.205	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Francisco Scores; V. Martínez Scores
35	35	7	1	2008-07-12	CLE		TBR	Matt Garza	tied 0-0	b 2	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	8	3	0.184	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Dellucci Scores
36	36	8	1	2008-07-23	CLE	@	LAA	John Lackey	tied 2-2	t 4	0	1--	5,(2-2) CSBB1X	2	6	3	0.180	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Choo Scores
37	37	9	1	2008-08-16	CLE		LAA	John Lackey	behind 1-4	b 4	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	7	3	0.178	40%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); K. Shoppach Scores
38	38	10	1	2008-08-19	CLE		KCR	Luke Hochevar	ahead 3-1	b 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	3	0.074	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
39	39	11	1	2008-09-13 (2)	CLE		KCR	Devon Lowery	behind 2-8	b 9	1	1--	6,(3-2) BF*BBFX	2	7	3	0.005	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Gutiérrez Scores
40	40	12	1	2008-09-16	CLE		MIN	Francisco Liriano	behind 0-1	b 2	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	7	3	0.243	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); V. Martínez Scores; K. Shoppach Scores
41	41	13	1	2008-09-26	CLE	@	CHW	John Danks	behind 2-4	t 4	0	---	6,(2-2) CSBFBX	1	5	3	0.103	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
42	42	14	2	2008-09-26	CLE	@	CHW	D.J. Carrasco	ahead 5-4	t 5	0	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	5	3	0.139	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); B. Francisco Scores; S. Choo Scores; J. Peralta Scores
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	2009-04-19	CLE	@	NYY	A.J. Burnett	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	1--	3,(1-1) F11B+1X	2	7	9	0.189	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); S. Choo Scores
44	44	2	1	2009-05-13	CLE		CHW	Mark Buehrle	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	DH	0.181	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Peralta Scores
45	45	3	1	2009-05-25	CLE		TBR	David Price	behind 0-10	b 4	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	3	0.011	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. DeRosa Scores
46	46	4	2	2009-05-25	CLE		TBR	Grant Balfour	behind 5-10	b 9	2	-23	3,(1-1) SBX	3	7	3	0.009	2%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); J. Peralta Scores/unER; S. Choo Scores/unER; R. Garko Scores/Team unER
47	47	5	1	2009-05-26	CLE		TBR	Matt Garza	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	0.108	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
48	48	6	1	2009-06-05	CLE	@	CHW	John Danks	ahead 4-0	t 6	2	---	5,(2-2) FBBFX	1	7	9	0.043	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
49	49	7	1	2009-06-26	CLE		CIN	Aaron Harang	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	1--	2,(1-0) *BX	2	8	3	0.132	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Peralta Scores
50	50	8	1	2009-06-29	CLE		CHW	Octavio Dotel	behind 1-6	b 9	2	--3	3,(1-1) .BCX	2	7	3	0.003	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Peralta Scores
51	51	9	1	2009-07-10	CLE	@	DET	Edwin Jackson	behind 0-3	t 5	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	7	9	0.085	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
52	52	10	1	2009-07-24	CLE	@	SEA	Miguel Batista	ahead 4-0	t 9	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	7	3	0.008	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Peralta Scores; T. Hafner Scores
53	53	11	1	2009-07-25	CLE	@	SEA	Garrett Olson	ahead 8-0	t 6	2	--3	6,(3-2) B.BFBFX	2	7	3	0.006	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); T. Hafner Scores
54	54	12	1	2009-08-22	SFG	@	COL	Jorge De La Rosa	ahead 3-1	t 3	2	--3	4,(2-1) B.BFX	2	5	3	0.137	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); P. Sandoval Scores
55	55	13	2	2009-08-22	SFG	@	COL	Matt Daley	behind 6-14	t 8	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	3	0.003	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Sandoval Scores