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Jen's Ryan Klesko Page  May 26, 2000-Ryan signs a contract extension that keeps him in San Diego through the 2004 season. Read the Padres press release here. What does Ryan say about the deal? "Coming back to Southern California and playing here was a dream of mine, and I feel that this club is really on the right track to get back to winning," Klesko said. "That's obviously part of the reason I signed." Ryan quickly became a fan favorite in San Diego during the 2000 season. He posted his best year offensively, and showed everyone he was no slouch in the field either. He's finally getting the respect he deserves and it flourishing because of it! He even became an all star in 2001!   I first became a Ryan Klesko fan when I saw his first at bat. I remember seeing his powerful swing, and thinking "Man, this guy has power!" I have been a fan ever since. I had loved the Braves first because of Dave Justice (and the fact that my mom loved the "loveable loser Braves"), but Ryan soon captured my attention. I have been a loyal fan ever since. I always wanted to see Ryan play in Atlanta, but now, I will only have to travel to San Diego to see Ryan play in his home stadium. I got the chance to get my pic taken with Klesko when I saw him play in Phoenix during spring training 2000. Make sure to check out spring training 2000 photos later on this page. During my trip to SF during the 99 season, I was lucky enough to meet a friend of Ryan's, who was nice enough to get Ryan's autograph for me. The next day, I got another autograph from Ryan himself! 2001 Highlights SUMMARY: Earned his first trip to the All-Star Game in his 2nd San Diego season, teaming with Phil Nevin to form one of the most powerful 3-4 tandems in all of baseball, the most prolific in Padres history...batted .286 with 30 home runs...his 113 RBI were a career high and most ever by a Padres first baseman...his team-leading 105 runs scored, also a personal high, were 8th-most in club history...led the club with a career-high 34 doubles and 88 walks, 3 shy of his career high set in 2000...his .539 slugging percentage was 10th-highest in club annals...Klesko's 154 hits were his most in a single season...blended power with speed, matching his 2000 personal best with 23 stolen bases, a total surpassed only by Rickey Henderson (25) among Padres...equaled his 1997 career high with 6 triples, tied with Damian Jackson for tops on the team...received the Chairman's Award, presented annually by the Padres' Community Relations Department, to the player who best exemplifies the community spirit of John Moores and his family. ALL-STAR DEBUT: Selected to his first career All-Star Game by N.L. manager Bobby Valentine...hit a 6th-inning sacrifice fly off the Yankees' Mike Stanton in his first at-bat to plate the lone N.L. run in a 4-1 loss July 11 at Safeco Field in Seattle...struck out off Anaheim's Troy Percival in the 8th. GREAT FIRST HALF: Batted .297 (93-for-313) with 22 doubles, 4 triples, 17 homers and 75 RBI in 84 games before the All-Star break, setting a club record for RBI in the first half...Greg Vaughn drove in 74 runs before the break in 1998...Klesko hit .271 (61-for-225) with 12 doubles, 2 triples, 13 homers and 38 RBI in 62 games after the break...in 2 Padres seasons, Klesko has hit .306 (173-for-566) with 36 homers and 131 RBI in 159 games before the break and .260 (121-for-466) with 20 homers and 74 RBI in 132 games after the break. 20-20 AGAIN: With 30 homers and 23 steals, posted his 2nd career 20-homer, 20-stolen base season, his 2nd in a row...only 5 other Padres have recorded 20-20 seasons, but none turned the trick more than once. FIRST AT FIRST: Klesko's 113 RBI, 7th-most in Padres history, were the most ever by a San Diego first baseman...Nate Colbert knocked in 111 in 1972. MAY DAYS: Was named the Padres' Trophy's Player of the Month for May and finished 2nd to Barry Bonds in National League Player of the Month voting after batting .354 (35-for-99) with 8 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs, 40 RBI, 27 runs scored and 10 stolen bases in 27 games...posted a .464 on-base percentage and a .788 slugging percentage...his 40 RBI were the most ever by a Padre in a single month...Ken Caminiti drove in 36 in August of 1996...for the month, hit safely in 21 of 27 games, including 11 multi-hit games and 9 multi-RBI contests...hit 2 homers in a game 4 times in May, as the Padres went 17-11...drove in 17 runs in a 7-game span May 17-23...during all other months of the 2001 season, Klesko batted a combined .271 (119-for-439) with 26 doubles, 5 triples, 19 homers, 73 RBI, 78 runs scored and 13 steals in 119 contests. GOTCHA CORNERED: First baseman Klesko and third baseman Phil Nevin teamed to give the Padres the most powerful 3-4 tandem in club history...Nevin (41) and Klesko (30) gave the Padres a pair of 30-homer men for only the 2nd time in the club's history...Ken Caminiti (40) and Steve Finley (30) turned the trick in 1996...the most homers in a season by a pair of Padres is 79 by Greg Vaughn (50) and Ken Caminiti (29) in 1998...Nevin (126) and Klesko (113) combined for 239 RBI, the most ever by 2 Padres teammates and the 5th-most by any pair of teammates in the N.L. in 2001...the old Padres mark was 225 by Ken Caminiti (130) and Steve Finely (95) in 1996...Nevin and Klesko became the 2nd pair of Padres to drive in 100 runs in the same season...the first was Fred McGriff (104) and Gary Sheffield (100) in '92. HEROICS: Delivered a no-out RBI single off Robb Nen in the top of the 9th to lift the Padres into a 7-7 tie April 4 at Pac Bell Park...the Padres went on to lose 8-7 in the bottom of the inning...gave the Padres a 4-2 lead over the Dodgers with a 6th-inning 3-run homer off Darren Dreifort April 22 at Los Angeles...San Diego went on to win 7-6, snapping a 6-game losing streak...Klesko finished the day 2-for-5 with 2 runs scored...delivered a 2-out 3-run double in the top of the 8th off Ugueth Urbina May 20 at Montreal, erasing a 3-2 deficit in a 5-3 Padres win...slammed a one-out grand slam off Jeff Fassero in the bottom of the 8th to turn a 3-0 deficit into a 4-3 win August 2 vs. Chicago...led off the bottom of the 13th with a solo home run off Byung-Hyun Kim to give the Padres a 1-0 win over Arizona September 2 at The Q. ON THE RUN: Stole 23 bases for the 2nd consecutive season, gunned down only 4 times...his 85.2 percent success rate was tied with Philadelphia's Jimmy Rollins for 2nd-best in the N.L. among players with at least 20 steals behind only Cincinnati's Pokey Reese (25-for-29, 86.2 percent)...stole third base 6 times, 5th-most in the N.L...has 46 steals in 2 Padres season after totaling 26 stolen bases in his first 8 big league campaigns. ASTRO-NOMICAL NUMBERS: Batted .485 (16-for-33) with 4 doubles, a triple, 6 homers, 18 RBI and 10 runs scored in 9 games against the Astros...was 12-for-23 (.522) with 4 homers and 13 RBI in 6 games at Enron Field...in a 3-game sweep May 21-23 in Houston, went 7-for-11 with 2 doubles, a triples, 4 homers, 11 RBI and 6 runs scored...went 3-for-3 a pair of 3-run homers, a triple, 6 RBI and a run scored in a 7-6 win May 21 at Houston...equaled his career high in RBI for the 3rd time...hit a 3-run homer in the first, then, trailing 5-4 in the 7th, launched a first-pitch 3-run homer of Jay Powell...the following night, homered twice again, going 2-for-3 with 2 walks, 3 RBI and 2 runs scored in a 6-2 win...was 2-for-5 with 2 doubles, 2 RBI and a run scored as San Diego completed the 3-game sweep on May 23. PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Was named the National League Player of the Week for August 27-September 2, after batting .517 (15-for-29) with 3 doubles, 5 home runs, 11 RBI and 10 runs scored in 8 games...he led all N.L. batters in average, hits, slugging percentage (1.138) and total bases (33), while finishing tied for first in home runs, RBI and runs scored...Klesko reached 100 RBI for the first time in his career on August 28, set a career-high with 5 hits August 29, and hit the game-winning home run in the 13th inning of a 1-0 win over the Diamondbacks September 2...the honor was the 3rd of Klesko's career (April 1-7, 1996 and July 17-23, 2000). MORE 2001 NOTES: Went 3-for-4 with a homer, 2 RBI and 3 runs scored to spark an 11-0 win over the Phillies April 26 at The Q...tied a club record for the 14th time with 4 walks in an 8-1 win April 28 vs. Pittsburgh...walked in each of his first 4 plate appearances before striking out in the 8th to finish 0-for-1 with a stolen base and 2 runs scored... May 4 at Cincinnati, went 2-for-5 with 3 RBI in an 11-5 win...went 6-for-14 with 2 homers, 8 RBI and 4 runs scored in a 3-game sweep of the Reds May 4-6 at Cinergy Field...posted his 12th 2-homer game, his 3rd as a Padre in the May 4 series opener...drove in 4 runs in the series finale...posted his 13th career 2-homer game in a 10-inning 7-6 win vs. Florida on May 11...went 2-for-4 with a walk and 4 RBI...hit a 3-run blast off Chuck Smith in the first and a solo shot off Vladimir Nunez in the 7th...May 17 at New York, went 4-for-6 with a double, a homer, an RBI and 2 runs scored in a 15-3 win...went 2-for-7 with an RBI and 2 runs scored in a 20-7 win May 19 at Montreal...the 7 at-bats matched Mark Kotsay's total for the day as most ever by a Padre in a 9-inning game...stole a career-best 3 bases in a 3-1 win May 24 vs. Arizona...had 3 games with 2 stolen bases...went 3-for-5 with 2 doubles, 2 RBI and a run scored in an 11-3 win over the Rockies June 26 at Coors Field...went 2-for-4 with a double and 4 RBI in an 8-3 win July 6 vs. Texas...enjoyed a career night in a 16-14 loss August 29 at St. Louis, going 5-for-6 with 2 doubles, 2 homers, 5 RBI and 4 runs scored...the 5 hits and 4 runs scored were both career highs...became the 3rd player to reach the Loge Level (2nd deck) in right field at The Q with a 426-foot blast off Chris Nichting October 6 vs. Colorado...the homer was his 30th of the year...only John Mabry (2000) and Seattle's John Olerud (2001) had previously homered into the 2nd deck in right at The Q since it was added as part of the 1997 stadium expansion. CLUTCH PERFORMER: Batted .333 (45-for-135) with runners in scoring position and .320 (16-for-50) with runners in scoring position and 2 outs...went 4-for-12 (.333) with a homer with the bases loaded. INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Posted 43 multi-hit games, including 5 games with 3 hits, a 4-hit game May 17 at New York and a career-best 5-hit night August 29 at St. Louis...had 25 multi-RBI games, including 6 games with 3 RBI, 4 games with 4, one game with 5 and one game with 6...hit .326 (92-for-282) with 15 homers and 61 RBI in 71 road games, the 4th-best road average in the N.L...hit .242 (62-for-256) with 15 homers and 52 RBI in 75 games at Qualcomm Stadium...hit .330 (68-for-206) with 15 homers after jumping ahead in the count 1-0. ON THE DEFENSIVE: Appeared in 145 games (143 starts) at first base...registered a .991 fielding percentage (11 errors in 1,230 total chances)...did not make an error in his final 29 games, beginning August 22. Career Notes: MILESTONES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP: Enters the 2002 season needing 22 hits for 1,000 in his major league carer and 5 home runs for 200. NO LONGER ALL RIGHT: Batted .299 (112-for-374) with 26 homers and 93 RBI off righthanders and .256 (42-for-164) with 4 homers and 20 RBI against lefthanders in 2001...a career .208 hitter off left-handed pitching before joining the Padres, Klesko batted .256 (31-for-121) with 2 homers and 16 RBI against southpaws in 2000 and has hit .256 (73-for-285) with 6 homers and 36 RBI against lefties in 2 San Diego seasons. Klesko's Lifetime Stats AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB Regular Season: .284 1155 2083 3728 1057 222 26 209 697 522 729 73 Division Series: .323 10 31 8 10 2 0 2 3 3 9 1 LCS Totals: .200 15 40 3 8 0 0 3 5 5 8 0 World Series: .231 11 26 6 6 0 0 3 5 5 8 0 This page was mentioned in the June 1999 issue of Chop Talk Magazine-Official monthly magazine of the Atlanta Braves. Click here to read the article. Klesko, Ryan Anthony- #18 OF Height: 6-3 Weight: 220 Born: 6/12/71 at Westminster, CA Resides: Boynton Beach, FL Bats: Left Throws: Left Major League Service: 4 + 078 Contract Status: Signed thru 2001 Acquired: Traded to the Padres on 12/22/99 in a 6 player deal. Klesko Photos Since my collections grew to so many photos (225+!!), I created a separate page for them. You can access it by clicking here! Visit these great Ryan Klesko Pages: The Ryan Klesko Fan Club: Join a great fan club! Benderclan Ryan Klesko Page: A great page of stats, pics, and cards. The Girls' Braves Photos Page: Tons of Photos of players past and present Adam's Ryan Klesko Page: Pics and info Bigleaguers.Com-Ryan Klesko: Ryan's site on Bigleaguers.com The Atlanta Braves: Official Padres Website CNN/SI: Great news on all sports Susan's Klesko Site Andrea's Ryan Klesko Page This site is a member of WebRing. To browse visit here. If anyone else knows of any more sites, let me know!! 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