Ryan Ludwick
Ryan Andrew Ludwick
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 203 lb.

Born: July 13, 1978 in Satellite Beach, FL
High School: Durango (Las Vegas, NV)
School: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed July 17, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 2002
Relatives: Brother of Eric Ludwick
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2002 23 TEX AL 23 88 81 10 19 6 0 1 9 2 1 7 24 .235 .295 .346 .641 66 28 4 0 0 0 0 8/79
2003 24 TOT AL 47 175 162 17 40 8 1 7 26 2 0 12 48 .247 .299 .438 .737 93 71 1 0 1 0 1 97/D
2003 24 TEX AL 8 30 26 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 .154 .267 .192 .459 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 /97
2003 24 CLE AL 39 145 136 14 36 7 1 7 26 2 0 8 39 .265 .306 .485 .791 108 66 1 0 1 0 1 97/D
2004 25 CLE AL 15 54 50 3 11 2 0 2 4 0 0 2 14 .220 .278 .380 .658 74 19 0 2 0 0 0 9
2005 26 CLE AL 19 48 41 8 9 0 0 4 5 0 1 7 13 .220 .333 .512 .846 125 21 1 0 0 0 0 /79D
2007 28 STL NL 120 339 303 42 81 22 0 14 52 4 4 26 72 .267 .339 .479 .818 110 145 1 7 3 0 1 79/8
2008 29 STL NL 152 617 538 104 161 40 3 37 113 4 4 62 146 .299 .375 .591 .966 150 318 8 8 1 8 3 *978 AS,MVP-16,SS
2009 30 STL NL 139 539 486 63 129 20 1 22 97 4 2 41 106 .265 .329 .447 .775 104 217 5 7 1 4 3 *9/87
7 Seasons 515 1860 1661 247 450 98 5 87 306 16 12 157 423 .271 .340 .493 .833 117 819 20 24 6 12 8
162 Game Avg. 162 585 522 78 142 31 2 27 96 5 4 49 133 .271 .340 .493 .833 117 258 6 8 2 4 3
STL (3 yrs) 411 1495 1327 209 371 82 4 73 262 12 10 129 324 .280 .350 .512 .863 124 680 14 22 5 12 7
CLE (3 yrs) 73 247 227 25 56 9 1 13 35 2 1 17 66 .247 .305 .467 .772 104 106 2 2 1 0 1
TEX (2 yrs) 31 118 107 13 23 7 0 1 9 2 1 11 33 .215 .288 .308 .597 55 33 4 0 0 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 104 365 334 38 79 16 1 14 44 4 2 28 99 .237 .299 .416 .716 88 139 6 2 1 0 1
NL (3 yrs) 411 1495 1327 209 371 82 4 73 262 12 10 129 324 .280 .350 .512 .863 124 680 14 22 5 12 7

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2002 23 TEX AL 88 67 7 2.8 110 .321 .235 .271 .295 .339 .346 .436 .641 .776 66 .260 -4.1 -0.4 .537 .210 .111 1.3
2003 24 TOT AL 175 124 23 5.0 105 .308 .247 .266 .299 .332 .438 .425 .737 .757 93 .494 -2.3 -0.2 .691 .278 .191 3.1
2003 24 TEX AL 30 22 2 2.4 116 .235 .154 .280 .267 .348 .192 .448 .459 .796 20 .209 -3.2 -0.3 .409 .192 .038
2003 24 CLE AL 145 102 21 5.5 103 .322 .265 .263 .306 .328 .485 .421 .791 .749 108 .541 1.0 0.1 .752 .294 .221 3.1
2004 25 CLE AL 54 39 6 4.1 104 .265 .220 .263 .278 .330 .380 .423 .658 .753 74 .396 -2.0 -0.2 .590 .200 .160 .0
2005 26 CLE AL 48 34 7 5.5 102 .208 .220 .263 .333 .326 .512 .418 .846 .743 125 .553 1.3 0.1 .794 .439 .293 .0
2007 28 STL NL 339 230 50 5.8 110 .309 .267 .272 .339 .341 .479 .434 .818 .775 110 .563 4.0 0.4 .784 .297 .211 6.2
2008 29 STL NL 617 398 121 8.2 107 .342 .299 .266 .375 .338 .591 .424 .966 .762 150 .717 39.9 3.8 .997 .407 .292 7.2
2009 30 STL NL 539 369 74 5.4 106 .296 .265 .265 .329 .338 .447 .420 .775 .758 104 .551 1.4 0.1 .734 .270 .181 6.8
7 Seasons 1860 1261 288 6.1 107 .312 .271 .267 .340 .337 .493 .425 .833 .763 117 .598 38.3 3.6 .808 .319 .222 27.0
162 Game Avg. 585 397 91 6.1 107 .312 .271 .267 .340 .337 .493 .425 .833 .763 117 .598 12 1 .808 .319 .222 8
STL (3 yrs) 1495 997 245 6.6 107 .316 .280 .267 .350 .338 .512 .425 .863 .763 124 .632 45.3 4.3 .850 .332 .233 20.6
CLE (3 yrs) 247 175 34 5.2 103 .291 .247 .263 .305 .328 .467 .421 .772 .749 104 .514 0.3 0.0 .724 .300 .220 3.5
TEX (2 yrs) 118 89 9 2.7 112 .301 .215 .273 .288 .342 .308 .439 .597 .781 55 .247 -7.3 -0.7 .506 .206 .093 1.3
AL (4 yrs) 365 264 43 4.4 106 .294 .237 .266 .299 .333 .416 .427 .716 .759 88 .436 -7.0 -0.7 .650 .269 .180 6.2
NL (3 yrs) 1495 997 245 6.6 107 .316 .280 .267 .350 .338 .512 .425 .863 .763 124 .632 45.3 4.3 .850 .332 .233 20.6

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 30 STL NL NLDS LAD L 3 13 12 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .385 .333 .718 4 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 13 12 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .385 .333 .718 4 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 STL NL 29 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2002 23 TEX AL 88 1.1% 27.3% 8.0% 8.0% 37% 3.43 3.4 81.0 9.0 0.70 0.95 64% 23% 3.8% 21%
2003 24 TOT AL 175 4.0% 27.4% 6.9% 9.1% 40% 4.00 3.4 23.1 6.2 0.34 0.41 61% 17% 9.6% 14%
2003 24 TEX AL 30 0.0% 30.0% 13.3% 3.3% 25% 2.25 2.9 0.21 0.20 57% 24% 0.0% 29%
2003 24 CLE AL 145 4.8% 26.9% 5.5% 10.3% 42% 4.88 3.5 19.4 5.2 0.37 0.45 62% 15% 11.1% 11%
2004 25 CLE AL 54 3.7% 25.9% 3.7% 7.4% 36% 7.00 3.6 25.0 12.5 0.38 0.32 63% 14% 9.5% 19%
2005 26 CLE AL 48 8.3% 27.1% 14.6% 8.3% 44% 1.86 3.2 10.3 8.2 0.47 0.67 50% 7% 25.0% 16%
2007 28 STL NL 339 4.1% 21.2% 7.7% 10.6% 44% 2.77 4.2 21.6 5.8 0.60 0.61 64% 19% 12.3% 21%
2008 29 STL NL 617 6.0% 23.7% 10.1% 13.0% 50% 2.35 3.7 14.5 4.8 0.37 0.53 59% 28% 14.5% 12%
2009 30 STL NL 539 4.1% 19.7% 7.6% 8.0% 33% 2.59 4.6 22.1 5.0 0.48 0.60 67% 21% 9.8% 14%
7 Seasons 1860 4.7% 22.7% 8.4% 10.2% 42% 2.69 3.9 19.1 5.4 0.46 0.57 63% 22% 11.9% 15%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2002 23 TEX AL 1 0 36% 26 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 75% 4 1 3 1 1 0 3 0 3
2003 24 TOT AL 2 0 22% 39 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 40% 6 6 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
2003 24 TEX AL 1 0 38% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 24 CLE AL 1 0 19% 32 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 44% 5 5 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
2004 25 CLE AL 0 0 8% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2005 26 CLE AL 0 0 33% 14 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0% 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
2007 28 STL NL 3 0 28% 113 4 4 50% 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 9 40% 20 13 7 4 0 4 11 7 3
2008 29 STL NL 6 0 35% 226 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 19 48% 39 24 14 5 3 2 23 7 16
2009 30 STL NL 5 3 27% 197 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 50% 26 16 10 4 2 2 16 5 11
7 Seasons 17 3 29% 632 16 12 57% 16 11 0 0 0 1 2 2 13 40 45% 100 65 34 18 8 10 57 21 35
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2002 23 TEX AL 88 22% 19 1 0 1 1 0 1 1.17 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 4 21% 8 1 13% 63 8 13% 8 2 25% 4 1 25% 0
2003 24 TOT AL 175 36% 40 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.76 7 0 3 3 4 2 5 0 1 1 100% 38 1 3% 11 4 36% 115 19 17% 9 6 67% 12 4 33% 0
2003 24 TEX AL 30 40% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 19 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2003 24 CLE AL 145 35% 36 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.76 7 0 3 3 4 2 5 0 1 1 100% 30 1 3% 10 4 40% 96 19 20% 9 6 67% 11 4 36% 0
2004 25 CLE AL 54 61% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 0% 7 0 0% 29 2 7% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 0
2005 26 CLE AL 48 65% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 9 1 11% 2 0 0% 27 1 4% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2007 28 STL NL 339 41% 81 5 0 35 11 3 4 0.96 14 0 9 11 3 7 7 0 3 3 100% 75 1 1% 36 7 19% 242 40 17% 28 15 54% 18 12 67% 0
2008 29 STL NL 617 34% 161 7 0 12 2 0 1 1.35 37 0 18 22 15 18 19 0 1 1 100% 136 8 6% 68 16 24% 426 77 18% 42 22 52% 33 11 33% 0
2009 30 STL NL 542 27% 129 13 0 13 4 1 3 1.14 22 1 26 20 2 4 18 0 1 1 100% 101 5 5% 50 14 28% 396 80 20% 42 26 62% 32 16 50% 0
7 Seasons 1863 34% 450 26 0 64 18 4 9 1.11 87 1 61 57 30 35 52 0 6 6 100% 387 20 5% 182 42 23% 1298 227 17% 131 71 54% 104 44 42% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2002 23 TEX AL 88 369 4.19 236 64% 28% 18% 30% 24% 72% 0% 46% 75% 26% 8% 7 0 13% 11 3 13% 11 8 13% 0 0 0
2003 24 TOT AL 175 687 3.93 440 64% 25% 21% 28% 26% 75% 2% 48% 72% 30% 4% 7 0 10% 18 6 6% 11 10 13% 0 0 0
2003 24 TEX AL 30 111 3.70 70 63% 30% 27% 19% 24% 70% 0% 44% 61% 20% 7% 2 0 10% 3 0 7% 2 1 11% 0 0 0
2003 24 CLE AL 145 576 3.97 370 64% 24% 20% 29% 26% 76% 2% 49% 74% 32% 3% 5 0 10% 15 6 6% 9 9 13% 0 0 0
2004 25 CLE AL 54 219 4.06 142 65% 21% 15% 39% 25% 79% 0% 51% 81% 35% 4% 2 0 19% 10 7 13% 7 5 29% 0 0 0
2005 26 CLE AL 48 196 4.08 119 61% 22% 24% 30% 24% 78% 0% 47% 69% 40% 4% 2 0 13% 6 3 19% 9 2 15% 0 0 0
2007 28 STL NL 339 1312 3.87 831 63% 21% 20% 32% 28% 79% 1% 50% 75% 40% 6% 19 0 15% 50 28 10% 33 19 17% 0 0 0
2008 29 STL NL 617 2363 3.83 1480 63% 26% 19% 28% 27% 74% 1% 46% 74% 33% 6% 38 1 15% 92 30 10% 63 32 22% 0 0 0
2009 30 STL NL 542 2076 3.83 1324 64% 23% 17% 31% 29% 77% 1% 49% 77% 35% 4% 24 0 14% 75 32 7% 40 25 19% 0 0 3
7 Seasons 1863 7222 3.88 4572 63% 24% 19% 30% 27% 76% 1% 48% 75% 34% 5% 99 1 14% 262 109 9% 174 101 19% 0 0 3
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 23 23 88 81 10 19 6 0 1 9 2 1 7 24 .235 .295 .346 .641 66 28 4 0 0 0 0
2003 24 70 263 243 27 59 14 1 8 35 4 1 19 72 .243 .298 .407 .705 84 99 5 0 1 0 1
2004 25 85 317 293 30 70 16 1 10 39 4 1 21 86 .239 .294 .403 .697 82 118 5 2 1 0 1
2005 26 104 365 334 38 79 16 1 14 44 4 2 28 99 .237 .299 .416 .716 88 139 6 2 1 0 1
2006 27 104 365 334 38 79 16 1 14 44 4 2 28 99 .237 .299 .416 .716 88 139 6 2 1 0 1
2007 28 224 704 637 80 160 38 1 28 96 8 6 54 171 .251 .319 .446 .764 98 284 7 9 4 0 2
2008 29 376 1321 1175 184 321 78 4 65 209 12 10 116 317 .273 .345 .512 .857 122 602 15 17 5 8 5
2009 30 515 1860 1661 247 450 98 5 87 306 16 12 157 423 .271 .340 .493 .833 117 819 20 24 6 12 8

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2002 23 23 85 79 10 17 5 0 1 9 2 6 24 .215 .271 .316 .587 7 23
2003 24 47 175 163 17 41 8 1 7 26 2 12 48 .252 .303 .442 .745 22 47
2004 25 15 56 52 3 13 2 0 2 4 0 2 14 .250 .304 .404 .707 6 15
2005 26 19 48 41 8 9 0 0 4 5 0 7 13 .220 .333 .512 .846 7 19
2007 28 120 337 304 40 82 22 0 14 49 4 26 72 .270 .341 .480 .822 48 120
2008 29 152 619 540 103 163 40 3 37 112 4 63 146 .302 .378 .593 .971 120 152
2009 30 139 541 488 62 131 20 1 22 95 4 42 106 .268 .333 .449 .781 72 139
7 Seasons 515 1861 1667 243 456 97 5 87 300 16 158 423 .274 .343 .494 .837 282 515
162 Game Avg. 162 585 524 76 143 31 2 27 94 5 50 133 .274 .343 .494 .837 89 515

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2008 NL (16, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1157th)

Silver Sluggers
2008 NL (OF)

Slugging % s c a p y
2008 NL  .591 (2nd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2008 NL  .966 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2008 NL  104 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2008 NL  318 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2008 NL  37 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2008 NL  113 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 NL  146 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2008 NL  150 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2008 NL  121 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2008 NL  40 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2008 NL  3.8 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2008 NL  80 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2008 NL  .717 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2008 NL  8 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2008 NL  14.5 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 14 (1192), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1042), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1438), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jason Kubel (950)
  6. Corey Hart (950)
  7. Jim Greengrass (950)
  8. Jayson Werth (942)
  9. Hunter Pence (941)
  10. Craig Wilson (941)
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  2. Bubba Trammell (959)
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  5. Glenallen Hill (942)
  6. Jayson Werth (942)
  7. Craig Wilson (941)
  8. Ryan Church (937)
  9. Jim Lemon (937)
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  3. Josh Willingham (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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