Ryan Garko

Ryan Garko [Ryan Francis Garko] is a former Major League Baseball Player who was active in the Majors between 2005-2010. He last appeared for the Texas Rangers in 2010. His date of birth is January 2nd, 1981 and he is currently 45 years old. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He played High School baseball for the Servite High School Friars in Anaheim, California. He played 4 years of NCAA Division I College Baseball for the Stanford University Cardinal [Pacific-10 Conference] where he was teammates with future Major Leaguers Joe Borchard, Eric Bruntlett, Chris Carter, Sam Fuld, John Gall, Mike Gosling, Jeremy Guthrie, John Hester, Jed Lowrie, Donny Lucy, John Mayberry, Danny Putnam, Carlos Quentin, Justin Wayne and Jason Young. Participated in the D1 NCAA Tournament in 2000 [College World Series], 2001 [College World Series], 2002 [College World Series] and 2003 [College World Series]. ...

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He was drafted and signed in the 3rd round (78th overall) of the 2003 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Cleveland Indians, receiving a $270,000 signing bonus. Ranked by Baseball America as the Cleveland Indians No. 5 MLB prospect in 2026 pre-season Prospect rankings. Made his Major League Debut on September 18th, 2005 at the age of 24. He struck out swinging in his first at bat against Chris Demaria. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were Cliff Lee, Jhonny Peralta, Grady Sizemore, Ben Francisco, Rafael Betancourt, Jason Cooper and Roberto Hernandez. Garko played 7 seasons with the Cleveland Guardians organization, 1 season with the San Francisco Giants, 1 season with the Tampa Bay Rays and 1 season with the Texas Rangers. He played in the Arizona Fall League (Prospect League) in 2004,2005. He played collegiate summer league baseball in the Cape Cod League for the Hyannis Mets. Hit a career high 21 home runs with the Cleveland Indians in 2007. Had a career high 9 runs batted in with the Cleveland Indians in 2008. Had a career high .289 Batting Average for the Cleveland Indians in 2007. Had a career high .842 OPS for the Cleveland Indians in 2007. Led the Pacific-10 Conference with 15 Grounded into Double Play in 2002. Led the Pacific-10 Conference with a .703 Slugging Pct, 182 Total Bases, 10 Grounded into Double Play and 42 Extra Base Hits in 2003. Led the International League (AAA) with 19 Hit By Pitch in 2006. Played 1 year of Independent League Baseball in 2012.

Jobs in Baseball: Assistant Coach for 1 year with Stanford [NCAA-1] in 2014. Manager for 2 years in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization with Tulsa [AA] between 2016-2017. Head Coach for 2 years with Pacific [NCAA-1] between 2018-2019. Assistant Coach for the Los Angeles Angels for 2 years between 2020-2021.

Awards: Named 1st Team College All-American in 2003. Named Johnny Bench Award in 2003. Named to College World Series All-Tournament Team in 2x [2001,2003]. Named CWS Regionals Most Outstanding Player in 2x [2001,2003]. Named Pac-10 Conference All-Conference in 2002. Named Baseball America Minor League 2nd All-Star Team in 2004. Named Carolina League All-Star Team in 2004. Named International League All-Star Team in 2005.

Career Transactions: Traded from Cleveland Indians to San Francisco Giants for Scott Barnes on July 27th, 2009. Signed a 1-year free agent contract for 2010 worth $1m with the Seattle Mariners on February 1st, 2010Claimed on waivers from Mariners by Rangers on April 1st, 2010. Signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays on May 15th, 2012. Signed a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies on January 30th, 2013.

Career Notes: Participated in the All-Star Weekend Futures Game (US Team) in 2005.

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	lnp	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
2000	Stanford	Pac10	NCAA-1			19				25	42	5	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	7	4	5	0	0	0	2	8	54	2	4	.143	.333	.190	.523	.214	.047	.158	12.96	7.41	0.57	0.00
2001	Stanford	Pac10	NCAA-1			20				59	201	42	74	16	1	7	43	0	1	22	22	12	1	6	0	5	113	242	24	50	.368	.448	.562	1.010	.299	.194	.376	9.09	9.09	1.00	28.71
2002	Stanford	Pac10	NCAA-1	Jr	12	21			114	65	239	68	75	18	0	14	55	2	1	38	24	16	0	7	0	15	135	300	32	43	.314	.430	.565	.995	.414	.251	.293	12.67	8.00	0.63	17.07
2003	Stanford	Pac10	NCAA-1	Sr	12	22			133	69	259	64	104	24	0	18	92	2	1	28	17	12	8	0	0	10	182	307	42	62	.402	.482	.703	1.185	.413	.301	.384	9.12	5.54	0.61	14.39
2003	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	NYPL	A-	CLE	-	22			109	45	165	23	45	8	1	4	16	1	1	12	19	4	2	0	0	5	67	183	13	32	.273	.337	.406	.743	.206	.133	.289	6.56	10.38	1.58	41.25
2004	Kinston Indians	Caro	A+	CLE	34	23			140	65	238	44	78	17	1	16	57	4	1	26	34	15	0	1	3	6	145	280	34	44	.328	.425	.609	1.034	.403	.281	.328	9.29	12.14	1.31	14.88
2004	Akron Aeros	East	AA	CLE	30	23			122	43	172	29	57	15	0	6	38	1	0	14	28	6	0	2	0	3	90	194	21	36	.331	.397	.523	.920	.279	.192	.364	7.22	14.43	2.00	28.67
2004	Buffalo Bisons	IL	AAA	CLE	32	23				5	20	2	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	8	23	1	6	.350	.391	.400	.791	.150	.050	.389	8.70	13.04	1.50	0.00
2005	Buffalo Bisons	IL	AAA	CLE	12	24			114	127	452	75	137	25	3	19	77	1	3	44	92	18	2	4	2	11	225	520	47	90	.303	.384	.498	.882	.288	.195	.342	8.46	17.69	2.09	23.79
2005	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	25	24	H/	4		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
2006	Buffalo Bisons	IL	AAA	CLE	12	25			107	103	364	43	90	18	0	15	59	4	5	45	67	19	0	9	3	9	153	437	33	57	.247	.352	.420	.772	.294	.173	.258	10.30	15.33	1.49	24.27
2006	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	25	25	3/D	4/65978	108	50	185	28	54	12	0	7	45	0	0	14	37	7	0	3	0	5	87	209	19	35	.292	.359	.470	.829	.254	.178	.326	6.70	17.70	2.64	26.43
2007	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	25	26	3/D	5/64879	110	138	484	62	140	29	1	21	61	0	1	34	94	20	0	3	1	12	234	541	51	89	.289	.359	.483	.842	.262	.194	.320	6.28	17.38	2.76	23.05
2008	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	25	27	3/D	6/74582	101	141	495	61	135	21	1	14	90	0	0	45	86	15	0	8	1	10	200	563	36	99	.273	.346	.404	.750	.222	.131	.300	7.99	15.28	1.91	35.36
2009	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	25	28	3/D79	7/6598	103	78	239	29	68	10	0	11	39	0	0	20	40	10	2	2	1	6	111	273	21	47	.285	.362	.464	.826	.264	.179	.300	7.33	14.65	2.00	21.73
2009	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	SFN	23	28	3/	56/479	103	40	115	10	27	3	1	2	12	0	0	9	10	3	0	0	0	2	38	127	6	21	.235	.307	.330	.637	.174	.095	.243	7.09	7.87	1.11	57.50
2010	Oklahoma City RedHawks	PCL	AAA	TEX	15	29			92	93	340	42	80	11	1	12	48	1	1	41	62	5	0	1	0	14	129	387	24	56	.235	.326	.379	.705	.265	.144	.255	10.59	16.02	1.51	28.33
2010	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	TEX	25	29	3DH/	7/68		15	33	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	4	0	2	0	1	1	3	38	0	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	.091	.000	.103	7.89	10.53	1.33	0.00
2012	Long Island Ducks	Atl	Indy		-	31				16	60	9	27	2	0	4	16	0	0	10	9	1	0	0	1	0	41	71	6	21	.450	.535	.683	1.218	.400	.233	.489	14.08	12.68	0.90	15.00
2012	Montgomery Biscuits	Sou	AA	TBA	27	31			116	61	229	33	68	9	0	8	40	0	0	28	50	7	0	3	1	7	101	267	17	51	.297	.386	.441	.827	.266	.144	.345	10.49	18.73	1.79	28.63
Tot:	MLB (6 yrs)		MLB							463	1552	190	427	75	3	55	250	0	1	125	272	55	4	16	4	36	673	1752	133	294	.275	.347	.434	.781	.238	.159	.300	7.13	15.53	2.18	28.22
Tot:	NL (1 yrs)		NL							40	115	10	27	3	1	2	12	0	0	9	10	3	0	0	0	2	38	127	6	21	.235	.307	.330	.638	.174	.096	.243	7.09	7.87	1.11	57.50
Tot:	AL (6 yrs)		AL							423	1437	180	400	72	2	53	238	0	1	116	262	52	4	16	4	34	635	1625	127	273	.278	.350	.442	.792	.244	.164	.305	7.14	16.12	2.26	27.11
Tot:	Minors (6 yrs)		Minors							542	1980	291	562	104	6	80	339	12	11	212	355	74	4	21	9	55	918	2291	190	372	.284	.371	.464	.834	.287	.180	.308	9.25	15.50	1.67	24.75
Tot:	Indy (1 yrs)		Indy							16	60	9	27	2	0	4	16	0	0	10	9	1	0	0	1	0	41	71	6	21	.450	.535	.683	1.219	.400	.233	.489	14.08	12.68	0.90	15.00
Tot:	A- (1 yrs)		A-							45	165	23	45	8	1	4	16	1	1	12	19	4	2	0	0	5	67	183	13	32	.273	.337	.406	.743	.206	.133	.289	6.56	10.38	1.58	41.25
Tot:	A+ (1 yrs)		A+							65	238	44	78	17	1	16	57	4	1	26	34	15	0	1	3	6	145	280	34	44	.328	.425	.609	1.034	.403	.282	.328	9.29	12.14	1.31	14.88
Tot:	AA (2 yrs)		AA							104	401	62	125	24	0	14	78	1	0	42	78	13	0	5	1	10	191	461	38	87	.312	.390	.476	.867	.272	.165	.354	9.11	16.92	1.86	28.64
Tot:	AAA (4 yrs)		AAA							328	1176	162	314	55	4	46	188	6	9	132	224	42	2	15	5	34	515	1367	105	209	.267	.358	.438	.795	.281	.171	.291	9.66	16.39	1.70	25.57
Tot:	College (4 yrs)		College							218	741	179	259	60	1	39	191	4	3	95	67	45	9	13	0	32	438	903	100	159	.350	.446	.591	1.037	.371	.242	.340	10.52	7.42	0.71	19.00
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	Minors - 162 game avg		Minors							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	College - 162 game avg		College							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

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year	team name	league	category	age	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
2001	Hyannis Mets	Cape Cod League	College Summer	20	37	120	14	28	2	1	3	19	1	3	7	19	0	0	0	0	0	41	127	6	22	.233	.276	.342	.617	.150	.109	.000	5.51	14.96	2.71	40.00
2002	Team USA Collegiate	Intl Competition	USA	21	8	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	.000	.133	.000	.133	.167	.000	.000	13.33	20.00	1.50	0.00
2004	Peoria Javelinas	Arizona Fall League	AFL	23	30	115	21	40	9	1	5	30	1	1	8	16	0	0	0	0	0	66	123	15	25	.348	.390	.574	.964	.296	.226	.372	6.50	13.01	2.00	23.00
2005	Mesa Solar Sox	Arizona Fall League	AFL	24	23	86	10	27	9	0	5	27	0	0	7	19	0	0	0	0	0	51	93	14	13	.314	.366	.593	.959	.360	.279	.355	7.53	20.43	2.71	17.20
2006	Cleveland Indians	MLB Spring Training	Spring	25	18	37	8	10	2	0	1	5	0	0	6	6	4	0	0	0	1	15	47	3	7	.270	.426	.405	.831	.297	.135	.300	12.77	12.77	1.00	37.00
2007	Cleveland Indians	MLB Spring Training	Spring	26	22	70	5	19	2	0	2	10	0	0	3	11	0	0	0	0	2	27	73	4	15	.271	.301	.386	.687	.157	.115	.298	4.11	15.07	3.67	35.00
2008	Cleveland Indians	MLB Spring Training	Spring	27	18	58	6	15	3	0	2	12	0	0	6	8	0	0	1	0	2	24	65	5	10	.259	.323	.414	.737	.259	.155	.265	9.23	12.31	1.33	29.00
2009	Cleveland Indians	MLB Spring Training	Spring	28	22	67	5	17	3	1	1	11	0	0	4	12	0	0	1	0	5	25	72	5	12	.254	.292	.373	.665	.179	.119	.291	5.56	16.67	3.00	67.00
2010	Texas Rangers	MLB Spring Training	Spring	29	17	43	4	11	4	0	1	5	1	0	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	18	48	5	6	.256	.333	.419	.752	.233	.163	.263	4.17	8.33	2.00	43.00
Tot:	CollegeSummer (1 Yrs)		CollegeSummer		37	120	14	28	2	1	3	19	1	3	7	19	0	0	0	0	0	41	127	6	22	.233	.276	.342	.617	.150	.108	.255	5.51	14.96	2.71	40.00
Tot:	AFL (2 Yrs)		AFL		53	201	31	67	18	1	10	57	1	1	15	35	0	0	0	0	0	117	216	29	38	.333	.380	.582	.962	.323	.249	.365	6.94	16.20	2.33	20.10
Tot:	USA (1 Yrs)		USA		8	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	.000	.133	.000	.133	.167	.000	.000	13.33	20.00	1.50
Tot:	Spring (5 Yrs)		Spring		97	275	28	72	14	1	7	43	1	0	21	41	7	0	2	0	10	109	305	22	50	.262	.328	.396	.724	.215	.135	.284	6.89	13.44	1.95	39.29

Speed	Power	Contact	Xtra	Rbis	Runs	Hitting	Durability	Team Success
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