Born June 12, 1971
Westminster, CA, USA
He hit home runs in the third, fourth and fifth games of the 1995 World Series, every one of them at Cleveland, and Atlanta won the Series in six. He was twenty-four and had hit 23 home runs in 107 games that season.
Sixteen seasons gave him 1,564 hits, 278 home runs, 987 runs batted in, 817 walks and a .279 average. He hit 34 home runs in 1996 and 30 with 113 runs batted in for San Diego in 2001, which was his best year and his one All-Star selection.
Atlanta traded him to the Padres after 1999 in the deal for Reggie Sanders and Wally Joyner. He was a first baseman playing left field for most of the Braves years and moved back across when San Diego let him. The 2013 ballot gave him no votes at all.
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 1 | 2001 |
| Player of the Week | 3 | 1996, 2000, 2001 |
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | ATL | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 |
| 1993 | ATL | 22 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .353 |
| 1994 | ATL | 92 | 245 | 42 | 68 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 47 | 26 | 48 | 1 | .278 |
| 1995 | ATL | 107 | 329 | 48 | 102 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 70 | 47 | 72 | 5 | .310 |
| 1996 | ATL | 153 | 528 | 90 | 149 | 21 | 4 | 34 | 93 | 68 | 129 | 6 | .282 |
| 1997 | ATL | 143 | 467 | 67 | 122 | 23 | 6 | 24 | 84 | 48 | 130 | 4 | .261 |
| 1998 | ATL | 129 | 427 | 69 | 117 | 29 | 1 | 18 | 70 | 56 | 66 | 5 | .274 |
| 1999 | ATL | 133 | 404 | 55 | 120 | 28 | 2 | 21 | 80 | 53 | 69 | 5 | .297 |
| 2000 | SDP | 145 | 494 | 88 | 140 | 33 | 2 | 26 | 92 | 91 | 81 | 23 | .283 |
| 2001 | SDP | 146 | 538 | 105 | 154 | 34 | 6 | 30 | 113 | 88 | 89 | 23 | .286 |
| 2002 | SDP | 146 | 540 | 90 | 162 | 39 | 1 | 29 | 95 | 76 | 86 | 6 | .300 |
| 2003 | SDP | 121 | 397 | 47 | 100 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 67 | 65 | 83 | 2 | .252 |
| 2004 | SDP | 127 | 402 | 58 | 117 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 66 | 73 | 67 | 3 | .291 |
| 2005 | SDP | 137 | 443 | 61 | 110 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 58 | 75 | 80 | 3 | .248 |
| 2006 | SDP | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .750 |
| 2007 | SFG | 116 | 362 | 51 | 94 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 46 | 68 | 5 | .260 |
| Career | — | 1736 | 5611 | 874 | 1564 | 343 | 33 | 278 | 987 | 817 | 1077 | 91 | .279 |
Westminster, CA, USA
Ryan Klesko made a major-league debut on September 12, 1992.
Ryan Klesko played a final major-league game on September 25, 2007.