Ken Ryan | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S. | October 24, 1968|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 31, 1992, for the Boston Red Sox | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 15, 1999, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 14–16 |
Earned run average | 3.91 |
Strikeouts | 225 |
Teams | |
Kenneth Frederick Ryan,Jr. (born October 24,1968),is an American former baseball pitcher. He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies.
After graduating in 1986 from Seekonk High School in Seekonk,Massachusetts,Ryan was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Boston Red Sox. He worked his way through the Red Sox minor league system and made his MLB debut on August 31,1992. [1] Ryan spent the next three years splitting time between the parent team and the minors. [2]
On January 29,1996,he was traded with Lee Tinsley and Glenn Murray to the Philadelphia Phillies for Larry Wimberly,Heathcliff Slocumb and Rick Holyfield. He played in the Phillies organization until they released him on August 22,1999.
He was signed as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates on August 26,1999,and played for their Triple-A affiliate Nashville Sounds. The Pirates released him at the end of the season.
During the 1999-2000 off-season,Ryan was signed by the New York Yankees and played for their Triple-A affiliate Columbus Clippers. Ryan spent a majority of the 2000 season pitching for the Nashua Pride of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He collected 24 saves in 40 relief appearances before retiring from professional baseball. [3]
Ryan married Odalys Rodriguez in Lakeland,Florida,in 1991. He currently resides in Seekonk,Massachusetts,with his wife and three daughters,Julia,Amanda and Kelli Rose. [4]
Ryan is the owner of the KR Baseball Academy,an instructional facility for young players,in Lincoln,Rhode Island.
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