Ryan Vogelsong

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2000-2016)

Ryan Vogelsong was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2016 for the San Francisco Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates, a span of 17 seasons. Across 289 career appearances, he went 61-75 with a 4.48 ERA and 900 strikeouts. He also batted .138 with 1 home runs. Ryan Vogelsong was an All-Star.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

W–L 61–75
ERA 4.48
WHIP 1.41
SO 900
Pitcher PIV -7982.1
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'4" / 215 lb
Born
7/22/1977 in Charlotte, NC, USA
MLB Debut
2000-09-02
Last Game
2016-10-02
Awards
All-Star

Full name: Ryan Andrew Vogelsong

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Career Pitching Statistics

Ryan Vogelsong — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
61 75 289 179 2 1 0 1190.0 1,204 592 129 471 900 4.48 -7982.1

Career ERA 4.48 vs. league average 4.21 across their career seasons — 6.2% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Ryan Vogelsong Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2000 SFN NL 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 0 2 6 0.00 — 0.0
2001 SFN NL 0 3 13 0 0 0 0 28.2 29 18 14 17 5.65 4.42 (-28%) -994.3
2001 PIT NL 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 6.0 10 8 6 7 12.00 — 0.0
2003 PIT NL 2 2 6 5 0 0 0 22.0 30 16 9 15 6.55 4.40 (-49%) 354.1
2004 PIT NL 6 13 31 26 0 0 0 133.0 148 96 67 92 6.50 4.46 (-46%) -3618.8
2005 PIT NL 2 2 44 0 0 0 0 81.1 82 40 40 52 4.43 4.29 (-3%) -40.8
2006 PIT NL 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 38.0 44 27 16 27 6.39 4.53 (-41%) 288.3
2011 SFN NL 13 7 30 28 1 1 0 179.2 164 54 61 139 2.71 3.94 (+31%) 1290.0
2012 SFN NL 14 9 31 31 0 0 0 189.2 171 71 62 158 3.37 4.01 (+16%) 1544.9
2013 SFN NL 4 6 19 19 0 0 0 103.2 124 66 38 67 5.73 3.87 (-48%) -2706.0
2014 SFN NL 8 13 32 32 1 0 0 184.2 178 82 58 151 4.00 3.74 (-7%) -516.3
2015 SFN NL 9 11 33 22 0 0 0 135.0 140 70 58 108 4.67 3.96 (-18%) -1905.8
2016 PIT NL 3 7 24 14 0 0 0 82.1 80 44 40 61 4.81 4.19 (-15%) -1677.5
Career · 13 seasons 61 75 289 179 2 1 0 1,190.0 1,204 592 471 900 4.48 — -7,982

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.

Career Batting Statistics

Ryan Vogelsong — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
292 311 24 43 9 0 1 12 0 16 133 .138 .192 .177 .369 -1,302

Career AVG .138 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 46.9% below league average.

Career OBP .192 vs. league average .327 across their career seasons — 41.2% below league average.

Career SLG .177 vs. league average .415 across their career seasons — 57.3% below league average.

Career OPS .369 vs. league average .741 across their career seasons — 50.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Ryan Vogelsong 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
2000 SFN NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2001 SFN NL 13 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 — — — — 0.0
2001 PIT NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2003 PIT NL 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 — — — — 0.0
2004 PIT NL 33 31 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 2 13 .226 — — — — 0.0
2005 PIT NL 44 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 — — — — 0.0
2006 PIT NL 20 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .333 — — — — 0.0
2011 SFN NL 31 53 7 12 1 0 0 2 0 2 15 .226 .255 (-11%) .320 (-16%) .399 (-39%) .719 (-29%) -230.3
2012 SFN NL 31 54 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 31 .093 .254 (-64%) .318 (-51%) .405 (-73%) .724 (-63%) -539.5
2013 SFN NL 19 29 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 17 .069 — — — — 0.0
2014 SFN NL 32 61 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 2 20 .115 .251 (-54%) .313 (-50%) .386 (-62%) .700 (-57%) -532.5
2015 SFN NL 33 36 3 5 1 0 1 2 0 1 13 .139 — — — — 0.0
2016 PIT NL 24 19 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 13 .053 — — — — 0.0
Career · 13 seasons 292 311 24 43 9 0 1 12 0 16 133 .138 — — — — -1,302

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 Vogelsong — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
8 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 .286

Playoff Batting by Year

Ryan Vogelsong — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2014 NLCS SFN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2014 NLDS1 SFN 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500
2014 WS SFN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2012 NLCS SFN 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 .200
2012 NLDS2 SFN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2012 WS SFN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

Ryan Vogelsong — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
3 0 8 7 0 37.0 32 12 16 29 2.92

Playoff Pitching by Year

Ryan Vogelsong — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2014 NLCS SFN 0 0 1 1 0 3.0 7 4 2 1 12.00
2014 NLDS1 SFN 0 0 1 1 0 5.2 2 1 2 4 1.59
2014 WS SFN 0 0 2 1 0 3.2 7 4 2 3 9.82
2012 NLCS SFN 2 0 2 2 0 14.0 8 2 3 13 1.29
2012 NLDS2 SFN 0 0 1 1 0 5.0 3 1 3 5 1.80
2012 WS SFN 1 0 1 1 0 5.2 5 0 4 3 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Ryan Vogelsong — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home14715851603.101
Away145153192719.176

Pitching — Home / Away

Ryan Vogelsong — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home145633.26092892354794.10
Away144556.15953032364214.90

Last 10 Games — Batting

Ryan Vogelsong — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2016-10-02 PITSTLL 211000001
2016-09-27 PITCHCL 100000000
2016-09-22 PITMILL 100000001
2016-09-16 PITCINW 200000001
2016-09-11 PITCINL 100000001
2016-09-06 PITSTLL 100000001
2016-08-31 PITCHCL 100000011
2016-08-26 PITMILW 300000002
2016-08-21 PITMIAL 100000001
2016-08-15 PITSFGW 300000002

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Ryan Vogelsong — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2016-10-02 PITSTL — 5.0411310
2016-09-27 PITCHC L 5.0444550
2016-09-22 PITMIL L 4.0222271
2016-09-16 PITCIN — 4.2764241
2016-09-11 PITCIN L 4.0766300
2016-09-06 PITSTL — 4.0655122
2016-08-31 PITCHC L 5.0655331
2016-08-26 PITMIL W 5.1422460
2016-08-21 PITMIA L 6.0331251
2016-08-15 PITSFG W 5.2944312

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ryan Vogelsong — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
P 289 179 72 132 7 14

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ryan Vogelsong — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2000 SFN P 4 0 0 0 0 0
2001 SFN P 13 0 4 6 1 2
2001 PIT P 2 2 0 0 0 0
2003 PIT P 6 5 2 5 1 1
2004 PIT P 31 26 8 14 0 1
2005 PIT P 44 0 7 6 0 0
2006 PIT P 20 0 2 12 0 0
2011 SFN P 30 28 9 23 0 4
2012 SFN P 31 31 6 20 0 3
2013 SFN P 19 19 8 10 0 0
2014 SFN P 32 32 11 19 2 1
2015 SFN P 33 22 7 13 0 1
2016 PIT P 24 14 8 4 3 1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Ryan Vogelsong Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 289

Salary History

Ryan Vogelsong — Salary History
Year Team League Salary
2016 PIT NL $2,000,000
2015 SFN NL $4,000,000
2014 SFN NL $5,000,000
2013 SFN NL $5,000,000
2012 SFN NL $3,000,000
2006 PIT NL $555,000
2005 PIT NL $332,000
2004 PIT NL $311,500
2002 PIT NL $212,500
Total Career Earnings $20,411,000

College History

Ryan Vogelsong — College History
School Name City State Years Attended
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown PA 1996, 1997, 1998

Award Voting History

Ryan Vogelsong — Award Voting History
Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2011 Cy Young Award NL 11th 1.0 224 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Ryan Vogelsong (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Pete Schourek
    66-77, 4.59 ERA
  2. 93
    Justin Masterson
    64-74, 4.31 ERA
  3. 87
    Joey Hamilton
    74-73, 4.44 ERA
  4. 86
    Chris Tillman
    74-60, 4.57 ERA
  5. 81
    Omar Daal
    68-78, 4.55 ERA
  6. 79
    Len Barker
    74-76, 4.34 ERA

Ryan Vogelsong: the record in brief

The profile opens with Ryan Vogelsong's first major league game on September 2, 2000; the last one listed came on October 2, 2016. By club, Vogelsong's seasons break down as the San Francisco Giants (2000 through 2015) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (2001 through 2016). Born on July 22, 1977, in Charlotte, NC, USA, Vogelsong is listed as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. Size on record: 6 feet, 4 inches and 215 pounds. Ryan Vogelsong was the playing name; the full given name is Ryan Andrew.

Vogelsong went 61-75 with a 4.48 ERA in 289 games, 179 of them starts. Vogelsong had 900 strikeouts. Against a 4.21 league ERA for the same seasons, the 4.48 mark was 6.2% worse. Vogelsong won 14 games in 2012, the most of any season listed. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.71 in 2011, when the league's was 3.94.

All-Star selections appear in Vogelsong's bio as All-Star.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ryan Vogelsong

What years did Ryan Vogelsong play?
Ryan Vogelsong played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2016.
Was Ryan Vogelsong a pitcher?
Yes. Ryan Vogelsong pitched in the major leagues, recording 61 wins and 900 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Ryan Vogelsong hit?
Ryan Vogelsong hit 1 career home runs with 43 hits.
What was Ryan Vogelsong's career batting average?
Ryan Vogelsong batted .138 over his career, with 43 hits in 311 at bats.
How many RBI did Ryan Vogelsong have?
Ryan Vogelsong drove in 12 runs in his career.
What was Ryan Vogelsong's career ERA?
Ryan Vogelsong finished with a 4.48 career ERA, going 61-75 with 900 strikeouts.