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Ken Ryan

Kenneth Frederick Ryan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 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
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Phillies 1992-1999

Final Game: May 15, 1999
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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

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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
1986	17	BOS-min	A-	2	2	.500	5.82	13	1	10	0	0	0	21.2	20	14	14	0	21	2	22	1	0	1			1.892	8.3	0.0	8.7	9.1	1.05	ELM · NYPL
1987	18	BOS-min	A	3	12	.200	5.49	28	19	8	2	0	0	121.1	139	88	74	10	63	8	75	3	3	10			1.665	10.3	0.7	4.7	5.6	1.19	GBO · SALL
1988	19	BOS-min	A	2	7	.222	6.18	19	14	2	0	0	0	71.1	79	51	49	4	45	5	49	3	3	5			1.738	10.0	0.5	5.7	6.2	1.09	LBG · CARL
1989	20	BOS-min	A	8	8	.500	3.15	24	22	1	3	0	0	137.0	114	58	48	5	81	0	78	7	4	8			1.423	7.5	0.3	5.3	5.1	0.96	WHV · FLOR
1990	21	BOS-min	A+	6	14	.300	5.13	28	28	0	3	1	0	161.1	182	104	92	10	82	0	109	6	1	19			1.636	10.2	0.6	4.6	6.1	1.33	LBG · CARL
1991	22	BOS-min	A+,AA,AAA	3	5	.375	2.51	44	1	21	0	0	3	97.0	78	33	27	5	42	2	93	4	1	7	409		1.237	7.2	0.5	3.9	8.6	2.21	WHV,NBR,PAW · FLOR,EL,IL
1992	23	BOS-min	AA,AAA	3	4	.429	1.97	53	0	51	0	0	29	59.1	50	19	13	1	28	2	57	1	0	4	256		1.315	7.6	0.2	4.2	8.6	2.04	NBR,PAW · EL,IL
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	69	1.286	5.1	2.6	6.4	6.4	1.00
1993	24	BOS-min	AAA	0	2	.000	2.49	18	0	15	0	0	8	25.1	18	9	7	1	17	4	22	2	1	2	112		1.382	6.4	0.4	6.0	7.8	1.29	PAW · IL
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	130	1.440	7.7	0.4	5.2	8.8	1.69
1994	25	BOS-min	A+	0	0		3.68	8	0	8	0	0	1	7.1	6	3	3	0	2	0	11	0	0	2	30		1.091	7.4	0.0	2.5	13.5	5.50	SAR · FLOR
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	208	1.313	8.6	0.2	3.2	6.0	1.88
1995	26	BOS-min	AA,AAA	0	3	.000	6.00	20	0	12	0	0	2	27.0	35	20	18	2	9	0	22	0	0	1	121		1.630	11.7	0.7	3.0	7.3	2.44	TRE,PAW · EL,IL
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	99	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-min	AAA,AA	1	0	1.000	3.00	5	2	1	0	0	1	6.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	25		1.667	9.0	0.0	6.0	4.5	0.75	SWB,REA · IL,EL
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	45	2.129	13.5	2.2	5.7	4.4	0.77
1998	29	PHI-min	A+,AAA	1	0	1.000	1.59	10	4	3	0	0	1	17.0	12	3	3	0	6	0	19	2	0	1	68		1.059	6.4	0.0	3.2	10.1	3.17	CLW,SWB · FLOR,IL
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	101	1.809	8.3	0.4	7.9	6.4	0.80
1999	30	PHI-PIT-min	AAA	3	3	.500	5.40	37	0	20	0	0	6	48.1	61	33	29	3	27	3	42	1	0	2	232		1.821	11.4	0.6	5.0	7.8	1.56	SWB,NVL · IL,PCL
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	77	1.723	9.2	1.1	6.3	5.2	0.82
2000	31	NYY-min	AAA	0	0		17.18	4	0	3	0	0	0	3.2	8	7	7	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	22		3.000	19.6	2.5	7.4	7.4	1.00	CLB · IL
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	118	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	118	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	106	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	133	1.467	8.3	0.6	4.9	7.8	1.60

NL (4 yrs)			NL	5	7	.417	4.14	116	1	47	0	0	8	148.0	139	78	68	12	89	12	105	4	3	9	657	106	1.541	8.5	0.7	5.4	6.4	1.18
AL (4 yrs)			AL	9	9	.500	3.66	124	0	78	0	0	22	137.2	127	62	56	9	75	14	120	5	0	6	608	133	1.467	8.3	0.6	4.9	7.8	1.60

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1992	23	BOS	AL	7.0	0	5	5	0	.3	0	-0.1	$109,000
1993	24	BOS	AL	50.0	0	23	31	2	1.3	8	0.5	$118,000
1994	25	BOS	AL	48.0	0	14	35	0	1.9	21	2.2	$180,000
1995	26	BOS	AL	32.2	0	20	21	2	1.9	1	-0.2	$272,500
1996	27	PHI	NL	89.0	0	32	56	0	1.3	24	1.9	$272,500
1997	28	PHI	NL	20.2	0	23	12	0	.5	-11	-0.9	$900,000
1998	29	PHI	NL	22.2	1	12	14	1	.3	2	0.0	$990,000
1999	30	PHI	NL	15.2	0	11	11	0	.9	0	-0.2	$600,000
8 Seasons				285.2	1	140	185	5	1.3	45	3.2	$3,442,000

PHI (4 yrs)				148.0	1	78	93	1	1.0	15	0.8	$2,762,500
BOS (4 yrs)				137.2	0	62	92	4	1.6	30	2.4	$679,500

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
1986	17	BOS-min	A-	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	ELM · NYPL
1987	18	BOS-min	A	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	GBO · SALL
1988	19	BOS-min	A	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	LBG · CARL
1989	20	BOS-min	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	WHV · FLOR
1990	21	BOS-min	A+	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	LBG · CARL
1991	22	BOS-min	AAA,A+,AA	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	PAW,WHV,NBR · IL,FLOR,EL
1992	23	BOS-min	AA,AAA	53	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	NBR,PAW · EL,IL
1992	23	BOS	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1993	24	BOS-min	AAA	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	PAW · IL
1993	24	BOS	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	25	BOS-min	A+	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SAR · FLOR
1994	25	BOS	AL	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	26	BOS-min	AAA,AA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	PAW,TRE · IL,EL
1995	26	BOS	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	27	PHI	NL	62	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1997	28	PHI-min	AAA,AA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SWB,REA · IL,EL
1997	28	PHI	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	29	PHI-min	AAA,A+	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SWB,CLW · IL,FLOR
1998	29	PHI	NL	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	30	PHI-PIT-min	AAA	37	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	SWB,NVL · IL,PCL
1999	30	PHI	NL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	31	NYY-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
8 Seasons				240	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	1	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	1	0	0	1	0	0

PHI (4 yrs)				116	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	1	0	0	1	0	0
BOS (4 yrs)				124	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				116	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	1	0	0	1	0	0
AL (4 yrs)				124	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1996	27	PHI	NL	8	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$272,500	1

1998	29	PHI	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$990,000	1
2 Seasons				9	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,262,500

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1992	BOS	AL	23	P	7	0	7.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.86	0.43	.953	1.67	1.71	0	0
1993	BOS	AL	24	P	47	0	50.0	11	3	7	1	0	.909	1.80	0.21	.953	1.78	1.78	3	2	40%
1994	BOS	AL	25	P	42	0	48.0	6	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.12	0.14	.957	1.72	1.71	4	1	20%
1995	BOS	AL	26	P	28	0	32.2	3	1	1	1	1	.667	0.55	0.07	.960	1.79	1.77	4	0	0%
1996	PHI	NL	27	P	62	0	89.0	18	8	10	0	3	1.000	1.82	0.29	.954	1.84	1.83	9	4	31%
1997	PHI	NL	28	P	22	0	20.2	5	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.18	0.23	.952	1.87	1.84	0	0
1998	PHI	NL	29	P	17	1	22.2	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.99	0.29	.960	1.87	1.84	1	0	0%
1999	PHI	NL	30	P	15	0	15.2	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.30	0.27	.950	1.72	1.71	6	1	14%
	8 Seasons			P	240	1	285.2	55	21	32	2	4	.964	1.67	0.22	.954	1.80	1.78	27	8	23%
	8 Seasons			TOT	240	1	285.2	55	21	32	2	4	.964	1.67	0.22	.954	1.80	1.78	27	8	23%

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Fielding % as P s c a p y 1996 NL 1.000 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1996 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 16, 1986: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.
January 29, 1996: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Glenn Murray and Lee Tinsley to the Philadelphia Phillies for Larry Wimberly (minors), Rick Holyfield (minors) and Heathcliff Slocumb.
December 21, 1998: Granted Free Agency.
December 21, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
August 22, 1999: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
August 26, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

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

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1992	23	Boston Red Sox	$109,000	1994 Joint Exhibit 1
1993	24	Boston Red Sox	$118,000	1994 Joint Exhibit 1
1994	25	Boston Red Sox	$180,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	26	Boston Red Sox	$272,500	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	27	Philadelphia Phillies	$272,500	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	28	Philadelphia Phillies	$900,000	1997 AP survey
1998	29	Philadelphia Phillies	$990,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	30	Philadelphia Phillies	$600,000	4/6/99 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,442,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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