What years did Ryan Klesko play?

Ryan Klesko played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2007.

Was Ryan Klesko a pitcher?

No. Ryan Klesko was a position player (Outfielder).

How many home runs did Ryan Klesko hit?

Ryan Klesko hit 278 career home runs with 1564 hits.

What was Ryan Klesko's career batting average?

Ryan Klesko batted .279 over his career, with 1,564 hits in 5,611 at bats.

How many RBI did Ryan Klesko have?

Ryan Klesko drove in 987 runs in his career.

Is Ryan Klesko in the Hall of Fame?

No. Ryan Klesko has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ryan Klesko

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1992-2007)

Ryan Klesko was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2007 for the Atlanta Braves, the San Diego Padres, and the San Francisco Giants, a span of 16 seasons. In 1,736 career games, he hit .279 with 1,564 hits, 278 home runs, and 987 RBI. Ryan Klesko was an All-Star. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 17,450.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .279

HR 278

RBI 987

H 1,564

OPS .870

PIV 17,450

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 220 lb
Born: 6/12/1971 in Westminster, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1992-09-12
Last Game: 2007-09-25
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Ryan Anthony Klesko

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Career Batting Statistics

Ryan Klesko — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,736	5,611	874	1,564	343	33	278	987	91	817	1,077	.279	.370	.500	.870	17,450

Career AVG .279 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .370 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — +10.3% above league average.

Career SLG .500 vs. league average .421 across their career seasons — +18.9% above league average.

Career OPS .870 vs. league average .756 across their career seasons — +15.1% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Ryan Klesko Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1992	ATL	NL	13	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	ATL	NL	22	17	3	6	1	0	2	5	0	3	4	.353	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	ATL	NL	92	245	42	68	13	3	17	47	1	26	48	.278	.269 (+3%)	.338 (+2%)	.424 (+33%)	.763 (+19%)	809.9
1995	ATL	NL	107	329	48	102	25	2	23	70	5	47	72	.310	.266 (+16%)	.337 (+17%)	.417 (+46%)	.755 (+33%)	2150.2
1996	ATL	NL	153	528	90	149	21	4	34	93	6	68	129	.282	.269 (+5%)	.340 (+7%)	.426 (+24%)	.767 (+17%)	1873.8
1997	ATL	NL	143	467	67	122	23	6	24	84	4	48	130	.261	.266 (-2%)	.336 (-1%)	.419 (+17%)	.756 (+9%)	796.5
1998	ATL	NL	129	427	69	117	29	1	18	70	5	56	66	.274	.266 (+3%)	.335 (+7%)	.420 (+13%)	.755 (+10%)	929.5
1999	ATL	NL	133	404	55	120	28	2	21	80	5	53	69	.297	.271 (+10%)	.344 (+9%)	.433 (+23%)	.778 (+17%)	1384.0
2000	SDN	NL	145	494	88	140	33	2	26	92	23	91	81	.283	.270 (+5%)	.344 (+14%)	.437 (+18%)	.782 (+16%)	1920.4
2001	SDN	NL	146	538	105	154	34	6	30	113	23	88	89	.286	.263 (+8%)	.332 (+16%)	.426 (+26%)	.758 (+22%)	2537.5
2002	SDN	NL	146	540	90	162	39	1	29	95	6	76	86	.300	.261 (+15%)	.331 (+17%)	.416 (+29%)	.747 (+24%)	2777.4
2003	SDN	NL	121	397	47	100	18	0	21	67	2	65	83	.252	.264 (-5%)	.332 (+7%)	.422 (+8%)	.754 (+7%)	658.5
2004	SDN	NL	127	402	58	117	32	2	9	66	3	73	67	.291	.266 (+9%)	.335 (+19%)	.427 (+5%)	.762 (+11%)	1146.5
2005	SDN	NL	137	443	61	110	19	1	18	58	3	75	80	.248	.264 (-6%)	.330 (+8%)	.418 (avg)	.749 (+3%)	535.5
2006	SDN	NL	6	4	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	.750	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	SFN	NL	116	362	51	94	27	3	6	44	5	46	68	.260	.268 (-3%)	.335 (+2%)	.422 (-5%)	.758 (-2%)	-69.6
Career · 16 seasons			1,736	5,611	874	1,564	343	33	278	987	91	817	1,077	.279	—	—	—	—	17,450

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Ryan Klesko — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
62	165	25	39	3	0	10	22	26	46	.236

Playoff Batting by Year

Ryan Klesko — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2006	NLDS2	SDN	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	.667
2005	NLDS1	SDN	3	10	1	2	0	0	0	2	4	.200
1999	NLCS	ATL	4	8	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	.125
1999	NLDS1	ATL	4	12	3	4	0	0	1	1	4	.333
1999	WS	ATL	4	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.167
1998	NLCS	ATL	5	12	2	1	0	0	1	6	3	.083
1998	NLDS1	ATL	3	11	1	3	0	1	4	0	3	.273
1997	NLCS	ATL	5	17	2	4	0	2	4	2	3	.235
1997	NLDS2	ATL	3	8	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	.250
1996	NLCS	ATL	6	16	1	4	0	1	3	2	6	.250
1996	NLDS1	ATL	3	8	1	1	0	1	1	3	4	.125
1996	WS	ATL	5	10	2	1	0	0	1	2	4	.100
1995	NLCS	ATL	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.000
1995	NLDS1	ATL	4	15	5	7	1	0	1	0	3	.467
1995	WS	ATL	6	16	4	5	0	3	4	3	4	.312

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Ryan Klesko — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	883	2818	440	790	133	478	.280
Away	853	2793	434	774	145	509	.277

Last 10 Games — Batting

Ryan Klesko — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
2007-09-25	SFG	SDP	L	3	0	0	0	0	0
2007-09-24	SFG	SDP	W	5	2	2	1	0	0
2007-09-22	SFG	CIN	W	2	0	0	0	1	0
2007-09-21	SFG	CIN	L	5	0	1	0	1	1
2007-09-20	SFG	CIN	L	2	0	0	0	0	0
2007-09-19	SFG	AZ	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2007-09-15	SFG	SDP	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007-09-14	SFG	SDP	L	1	0	1	1	0	0
2007-09-12	SFG	AZ	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2007-09-11	SFG	AZ	W	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ryan Klesko — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	747	670	5517	455	47	500
OF	888	863	1143	34	31	3

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ryan Klesko — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1992	ATL	1B	5	1	25	0	0	2
1993	ATL	1B	3	0	8	0	0	0
1993	ATL	OF	2	0	0	0	0	0
1994	ATL	1B	6	1	22	0	1	1
1994	ATL	OF	74	71	67	3	6	0
1995	ATL	1B	4	0	20	2	1	0
1995	ATL	OF	102	100	111	2	7	0
1996	ATL	1B	2	2	13	2	0	2
1996	ATL	OF	144	142	191	6	5	1
1997	ATL	1B	22	6	63	3	0	7
1997	ATL	OF	130	126	182	3	6	0
1998	ATL	1B	7	5	48	4	1	4
1998	ATL	OF	120	119	147	9	1	1
1999	ATL	1B	75	66	493	30	6	37
1999	ATL	OF	53	50	61	2	0	0
2000	SDN	1B	136	128	1028	91	9	104
2000	SDN	OF	4	1	2	0	0	0
2001	SDN	1B	145	143	1135	84	11	92
2002	SDN	1B	112	111	918	73	7	92
2002	SDN	OF	31	30	39	0	0	0
2003	SDN	1B	111	103	849	84	6	67
2004	SDN	1B	18	15	138	16	2	19
2004	SDN	OF	104	102	135	2	2	0
2005	SDN	1B	1	0	2	0	0	0
2005	SDN	OF	121	120	204	7	4	1
2007	SFN	1B	100	89	755	66	3	73
2007	SFN	OF	3	2	4	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Ryan Klesko Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
First Base	747
Left Field	854
Right Field	34
Designated Hitter	9

Awards & Honors

Ryan Klesko — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2001	Player of the Week	Week of 2001-09-01
2000	Player of the Week	Week of 2000-07-22
1996	Player of the Week	Week of 1996-04-06

Salary History

Ryan Klesko — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2007	SFN	NL	$1,750,000
2006	SDN	NL	$9,000,000
2005	SDN	NL	$9,000,000
2004	SDN	NL	$6,000,000
2003	SDN	NL	$5,500,000
2002	SDN	NL	$6,000,000
2001	SDN	NL	$5,750,000
2000	SDN	NL	$5,750,000
1999	ATL	NL	$4,750,000
1998	ATL	NL	$3,500,000
1997	ATL	NL	$2,450,000
1996	ATL	NL	$315,000
1995	ATL	NL	$190,000
1994	ATL	NL	$111,500
1993	ATL	NL	$109,000
Total Career Earnings			$60,175,500

Award Voting History

Ryan Klesko — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1994	Rookie of the Year	NL	3rd	25.0	140	0

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Career Spans

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Ryan Klesko: the record in brief

September 12, 1992 and September 25, 2007 bracket Ryan Klesko's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Klesko played for the Atlanta Braves (1992 through 1999), the San Diego Padres (2000 to 2006), and the San Francisco Giants (2007). Klesko, born on June 12, 1971, in Westminster, CA, USA, is listed as an outfielder and threw and hit left-handed. Klesko's listed size is 6'3" and 220 pounds. The given name on file is Ryan Anthony Klesko.

Klesko finished with 1,564 hits from 5,611 at bats in 1,736 games, which works out to .279, adding 278 home runs, 987 runs batted in, and 91 stolen bases. Klesko got on base at a .370 rate and slugged .500 (.870 OPS). Klesko hit .279 while the league hit .266 over the same span, a figure close to average. For power, 1996 stands out: 34 home runs with the Atlanta Braves. The hits column peaks at 162, in 2002. The RBI column peaks at 113 in 2001.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ryan Klesko

What years did Ryan Klesko play?: Ryan Klesko played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2007.
Was Ryan Klesko a pitcher?: No. Ryan Klesko was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did Ryan Klesko hit?: Ryan Klesko hit 278 career home runs with 1564 hits.
What was Ryan Klesko's career batting average?: Ryan Klesko batted .279 over his career, with 1,564 hits in 5,611 at bats.
How many RBI did Ryan Klesko have?: Ryan Klesko drove in 987 runs in his career.
Is Ryan Klesko in the Hall of Fame?: No. Ryan Klesko has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.