Ken Ryan
Kenneth Frederick Ryan Jr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 230 lb.

Born: October 24, 1968 in Pawtucket, RI
High School: Seekonk (Seekonk, MA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 1992
Final Game: May 15, 1999
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1992 23 BOS AL 0 0 6.43 7 0 6 0 0 1 7.0 4 5 5 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 30 66 1.286 5.1 2.6 6.4 6.4 1.00
1993 24 BOS AL 7 2 .778 3.60 47 0 26 0 0 1 50.0 43 23 20 2 29 5 49 3 0 3 223 129 1.440 7.7 0.4 5.2 8.8 1.69
1994 25 BOS AL 2 3 .400 2.44 42 0 26 0 0 13 48.0 46 14 13 1 17 3 32 1 0 2 202 207 1.313 8.6 0.2 3.2 6.0 1.88
1995 26 BOS AL 0 4 .000 4.96 28 0 20 0 0 7 32.2 34 20 18 4 24 6 34 1 0 1 153 98 1.776 9.4 1.1 6.6 9.4 1.42
1996 27 PHI NL 3 5 .375 2.43 62 0 26 0 0 8 89.0 71 32 24 4 45 8 70 1 3 4 370 176 1.303 7.2 0.4 4.6 7.1 1.56
1997 28 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 9.58 22 0 10 0 0 0 20.2 31 23 22 5 13 1 10 2 0 0 108 44 2.129 13.5 2.2 5.7 4.4 0.77
1998 29 PHI NL 0 0 4.37 17 1 6 0 0 0 22.2 21 12 11 1 20 1 16 1 0 4 108 100 1.809 8.3 0.4 7.9 6.4 0.80
1999 30 PHI NL 1 2 .333 6.32 15 0 5 0 0 0 15.2 16 11 11 2 11 2 9 0 0 1 71 76 1.723 9.2 1.1 6.3 5.2 0.82
8 Seasons 14 16 .467 3.91 240 1 125 0 0 30 285.2 266 140 124 21 164 26 225 9 3 15 1265 117 1.505 8.4 0.7 5.2 7.1 1.37
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .467 3.91 68 0 35 0 0 8 81 75 40 35 6 46 7 63 3 1 4 357 117 1.505 8.4 0.7 5.2 7.1 1.37
PHI (4 yrs) 5 7 .417 4.14 116 1 47 0 0 8 148.0 139 78 68 12 89 12 105 4 3 9 657 105 1.541 8.5 0.7 5.4 6.4 1.18
BOS (4 yrs) 9 9 .500 3.66 124 0 78 0 0 22 137.2 127 62 56 9 75 14 120 5 0 6 608 131 1.467 8.3 0.6 4.9 7.8 1.60
NL (4 yrs) 5 7 .417 4.14 116 1 47 0 0 8 148.0 139 78 68 12 89 12 105 4 3 9 657 105 1.541 8.5 0.7 5.4 6.4 1.18
AL (4 yrs) 9 9 .500 3.66 124 0 78 0 0 22 137.2 127 62 56 9 75 14 120 5 0 6 608 131 1.467 8.3 0.6 4.9 7.8 1.60

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1992 23 BOS AL 7 30 23 5 4 0 0 2 0 0 5 5 .174 .310 .435 .745 .118 10 1 0 1 1 0
1993 24 BOS AL 47 223 183 23 43 10 1 2 3 2 29 49 .235 .342 .333 .676 .301 61 3 3 4 4 5
1994 25 BOS AL 42 202 180 14 46 9 1 1 4 1 17 32 .256 .323 .333 .657 .306 60 8 1 4 0 3
1995 26 BOS AL 28 153 127 20 34 5 0 4 4 0 24 34 .268 .388 .402 .790 .337 51 3 1 1 0 6
1996 27 PHI NL 62 370 319 32 71 14 1 4 9 4 45 70 .223 .321 .310 .631 .273 99 11 1 5 0 8
1997 28 PHI NL 22 108 90 23 31 4 2 5 0 0 13 10 .344 .430 .600 1.030 .338 54 0 2 1 2 1
1998 29 PHI NL 17 108 83 12 21 6 1 1 1 0 20 16 .253 .396 .386 .782 .294 32 1 1 2 2 1
1999 30 PHI NL 15 71 60 11 16 1 0 2 6 1 11 9 .267 .380 .383 .764 .286 23 0 0 0 0 2
8 Seasons 240 1265 1065 140 266 49 6 21 27 8 164 225 .250 .352 .366 .718 .296 390 27 9 18 9 26
162 Game Avg. 68 357 300 40 75 14 2 6 8 2 46 63 .250 .352 .366 .718 .296 110 8 3 5 3 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1998 29 PHI NL 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 53 53 53 1 0 1 0 7.4 13.5 3.0 55 1 0 0 0 55
1 Season 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 53 53 53 1 0 1 0 7.4 13.5 3.0 55 1 0 0 0 55
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1992 23 BOS AL 7 7 6 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 4 57% 9 0.311 1 0 6 1 0 6 4 3 2 4 2 1 3.0 16
1993 24 BOS AL 47 47 26 7 2 4 1 3 25% 7 3 41 16 39% 9 1.318 19 7 19 15 11 21 24 23 15 14 20 7 3.2 19
1994 25 BOS AL 42 42 26 2 3 16 13 3 81% 21 5 11 0 0% 9 1.817 24 4 13 26 6 10 7 35 12 11 14 13 3.4 18
1995 26 BOS AL 28 28 20 0 4 10 7 3 70% 10 0 7 4 57% 9 1.845 12 2 11 18 4 6 6 22 8 3 8 4 3.5 23
1996 27 PHI NL 62 62 26 3 5 13 8 5 62% 29 15 21 4 19% 8 1.350 29 19 14 31 12 19 13 49 33 9 38 9 4.3 24
1997 28 PHI NL 22 22 10 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 67% 7 0.556 4 1 17 3 2 17 2 20 1 5 1 5 2.8 18
1998 29 PHI NL 17 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 8 0.339 0 1 15 1 0 15 3 13 6 2 6 1 3.7 23
1999 30 PHI NL 15 15 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 3 60% 8 0.976 4 4 6 1 5 9 3 12 3 3 3 4 3.1 19
8 Seasons 240 239 125 14 16 44 30 14 68% 71 26 100 36 36% 1.279 93 38 101 96 40 103 62 177 80 51 92 44 3.5 21

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1992 23 BOS AL 30 30% 6.7% 16.7% 16.7% 6.7% 50% 2.60 4.33 57% 0% 50.0% 20% 6 1 17%
1993 24 BOS AL 223 45% 0.9% 22.0% 13.0% 5.8% 30% 0.79 1.20 61% 23% 2.9% 11% 44 3 7%
1994 25 BOS AL 202 46% 0.5% 15.8% 8.4% 5.5% 24% 1.21 1.87 73% 24% 1.8% 14% 40 8 20%
1995 26 BOS AL 153 53% 2.6% 22.2% 15.7% 5.9% 27% 0.79 1.00 58% 32% 8.7% 12% 39 3 8%
1996 27 PHI NL 370 44% 1.1% 18.9% 12.2% 5.1% 27% 0.96 1.34 66% 24% 4.3% 27% 70 11 16%
1997 28 PHI NL 108 44% 4.6% 9.3% 12.0% 10.2% 36% 0.88 0.96 71% 18% 15.6% 22% 34 0 0%
1998 29 PHI NL 108 39% 0.9% 14.8% 18.5% 7.4% 38% 0.77 1.08 63% 21% 2.9% 13% 27 1 4%
1999 30 PHI NL 71 30% 2.8% 12.7% 15.5% 4.2% 19% 1.38 1.47 69% 18% 11.1% 14% 15 0 0%
8 Seasons 1265 44% 1.7% 17.8% 13.0% 6.0% 29% 0.96 1.33 65% 23% 6.0% 18% 275 27 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1992 23 BOS AL 30 115 3.83 64 56% 31% 16% 22% 31% 69% 0% 38% 77% 60% 10% 3 1 27% 8 4 0 0% 0 2 0 0 0
1993 24 BOS AL 223 884 3.96 523 59% 26% 18% 29% 27% 74% 4% 44% 76% 56% 5% 12 5 24% 53 24 1 29% 5 2 0 0 0
1994 25 BOS AL 202 767 3.80 472 62% 31% 10% 26% 32% 69% 3% 42% 85% 55% 5% 11 6 22% 45 24 2 34% 6 3 0 0 0
1995 26 BOS AL 153 654 4.27 379 58% 28% 19% 28% 25% 72% 9% 42% 73% 46% 9% 14 5 27% 41 26 3 15% 4 3 0 0 1
1996 27 PHI NL 302 1196 3.96 712 60% 25% 16% 31% 28% 75% 5% 45% 79% 56% 8% 23 7 23% 70 43 4 31% 12 9 68 0 1
1997 28 PHI NL 101 386 3.82 227 59% 26% 10% 30% 34% 74% 3% 43% 87% 48% 6% 6 3 15% 15 7 0 50% 1 2 7 0 0
1998 29 PHI NL 108 418 3.87 235 56% 19% 19% 32% 30% 81% 2% 46% 77% 56% 7% 8 2 12% 13 3 1 19% 1 5 0 0 0
1999 30 PHI NL 71 288 4.06 161 56% 31% 10% 27% 32% 69% 6% 39% 86% 52% 10% 7 2 18% 13 5 0 44% 1 3 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1190 4708 3.96 2773 59% 27% 15% 29% 29% 73% 5% 43% 79% 54% 7% 84 31 22% 258 136 11 28% 30 29 75 0 2
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1992 23 BOS AL 30 4 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 4 4 0 100% 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1993 24 BOS AL 223 43 3 0 2 0 9 2 0 0 2 17 10 4 59% 4 3 0 94 3 2 60% 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
1994 25 BOS AL 202 46 6 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 11 5 1 45% 1 2 2 82 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1995 26 BOS AL 153 34 5 0 4 0 9 3 1 3 1 13 4 1 31% 1 1 1 71 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1996 27 PHI NL 370 71 10 0 4 0 9 4 0 3 1 18 4 5 22% 4 4 1 136 9 4 69% 8 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 0
1997 28 PHI NL 108 31 2 0 5 0 4 3 2 4 1 12 6 2 50% 1 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1998 29 PHI NL 108 21 8 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 9 4 1 44% 0 4 1 49 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1999 30 PHI NL 71 16 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 5 1 0 20% 0 1 0 26 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 1265 266 36 0 21 0 42 18 3 14 7 89 38 14 43% 12 15 5 516 27 8 77% 24 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 42 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1992 23 0 0 6.43 7 0 6 0 0 1 7.0 4 5 5 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 30 66 1.286 5.1 2.6 6.4 6.4 1.00 66
1993 24 7 2 .778 3.95 54 0 32 0 0 2 57.0 47 28 25 4 34 5 54 3 0 3 253 116 1.421 7.4 0.6 5.4 8.5 1.59 116
1994 25 9 5 .643 3.26 96 0 58 0 0 15 105.0 93 42 38 5 51 8 86 4 0 5 455 147 1.371 8.0 0.4 4.4 7.4 1.69 147
1995 26 9 9 .500 3.66 124 0 78 0 0 22 137.2 127 62 56 9 75 14 120 5 0 6 608 131 1.467 8.3 0.6 4.9 7.8 1.60 131
1996 27 12 14 .462 3.18 186 0 104 0 0 30 226.2 198 94 80 13 120 22 190 6 3 10 978 145 1.403 7.9 0.5 4.8 7.5 1.58 145
1997 28 13 14 .481 3.71 208 0 114 0 0 30 247.1 229 117 102 18 133 23 200 8 3 10 1086 123 1.464 8.3 0.7 4.8 7.3 1.50 123
1998 29 13 14 .481 3.77 225 1 120 0 0 30 270.0 250 129 113 19 153 24 216 9 3 14 1194 121 1.493 8.3 0.6 5.1 7.2 1.41 121
1999 30 14 16 .467 3.91 240 1 125 0 0 30 285.2 266 140 124 21 164 26 225 9 3 15 1265 117 1.505 8.4 0.7 5.2 7.1 1.37 117

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1992 23 0 0 6.43 7.0 4 6 5 2 5 5 0 1.286 5.1 6.4 6.4 1.00 2.6 7
1993 24 3 2 .600 3.42 50.0 42 21 19 2 28 49 3 1.400 7.6 5.0 8.8 1.75 0.4 47
1994 25 6 1 .857 1.99 68.0 59 17 15 1 22 45 1 1.191 7.8 2.9 6.0 2.05 0.1 42
1995 26 2 2 .500 4.75 36.0 37 21 19 4 26 37 1 1.750 9.3 6.5 9.3 1.42 1.0 28
1996 27 7 2 .778 2.41 86.0 68 26 23 4 43 68 1 1.291 7.1 4.5 7.1 1.58 0.4 62
1997 28 0 2 .000 9.00 21.0 31 23 21 5 13 10 2 2.095 13.3 5.6 4.3 0.77 2.1 22
1998 29 1 1 .500 3.91 23.0 20 11 10 1 19 16 1 1.696 7.8 7.4 6.3 0.84 0.4 17
1999 30 0 1 .000 5.06 16.0 14 10 9 2 10 9 0 1.500 7.9 5.6 5.1 0.90 1.1 15
8 Seasons 19 11 .633 3.55 307.0 275 135 121 21 166 239 9 1.436 8.1 7.0 1.44 0.6 240

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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