Ryan Garko

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ryan Garko
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 2, 1981(1981-01-02)
Age	43
Birthplace	Pittsburgh
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Capricorn

Ryan Garko Biography

Ryan Garko is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on January 2, 1981 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Ryan Francis Garko, born January 2, 1981, is a former professional baseball player, first baseman and designated hitter. He was a college catcher. He was a catcher for the San Francisco Giants and the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball, as well as the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball, as well as the Samsung Lions of the Korea Baseball Organization. John Sickels, an ex-ESPN reporter, described Garko as a solid hitter with good defensive instincts but good hitting ability. He had a career average of.275, 427 hits and 55 home runs. In 463 games, he also had 250 RBI.

Garko was a spring training player for the Indians in 2005. However, he was sent back to the minor leagues prior to the regular season. The Triple-A Buffalo Bisons were his home for most of the season. He hit.303, with 19 home runs and 77 RBIs over 127 games. Halfway through 2005, Garko was named to the International League all star team. Garko was also selected for the All-Star Futures Game, Detroit. Garko made his major-league debut against the Kansas City Royals on September 18, 2005. He pinch-hit for Travis Hafner in eighth inning, and struck out against Chris Demaria. This was his only appearance in the major leagues for 2005. Garko was in the Arizona Fall League for the second consecutive season. This time, he was with the Mesa Solar Sox. In 23 games, he batted.314 and had 27 hits, 5 home runs and 27 RBIs.

Garko debuted in 2006 for the Indians, eventually taking over their first base position. In 2007, he hit a career-high 21 home runs in the regular season and batted over .300 for the Indians in the playoffs. Questions about Garko’s ability to hit caused him to lose some playing time in 2008, although he managed to have 90 RBI. In 2009, Garko was traded to the San Francisco Giants to become their first baseman, but he slumped and ended the season as a backup. He signed with the Seattle Mariners in 2010 but was claimed off waivers at the end of spring training by the Texas Rangers. After just 15 games, he was sent to the minors, where he spent the rest of the year. He played for the Samsung Lions of the Korea Baseball Organization in 2011 and played in the minor leagues in the United States in 2012. He has not played in 2013, although he attended spring training with the Colorado Rockies.

When he attended Stanford University, Garko won the Johnny Bench Award and was named the Pac-10 Co-Player of the Year his senior year. He was also voted onto the College World Series Legends Team, featuring 28 of the best College World Series players as voted upon by fans, writers, and head coaches. During his time in the Cleveland Indians’ organization, Garko was converted into a first baseman. In 2006, Baseball America ranked him as the fifth best prospect in the Indians organization, including being the best at hitting for average.

Garko lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with Christie, his wife. He met Christie in 2004. Garko was on honeymoon with Christie when he learned that the Giants had granted him a free agency following the 2009 season. He’s a big fan of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Ryan Garko Net Worth

Ryan Garko is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ryan Garko 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Garko was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His family moved to Southern California when he was three years old. He attended Saint Angela Merici Parish School, Brea, California where his mother was an educator, and he attended Servite High School. Along with future major league players Ben Francisco, Brian Wolfe, he graduated from Servite High School in 1999. Garko also played in the 1999 USA Baseball Junior National Team. At Servite High School, he holds many records, including single-season records in triples (6) and home runs (8). RBIs (52). The career records in at-bats (314), hits (449), triples (19), home run (24), RBIs (121) and walks (80). For two years, he was the quarterback for the football team. Garko maintained a 4.2 grade point average in school.

The Cleveland Indians selected Garko in the third round (78th overall), of the 2003 Major League Baseball draft as their catcher. He signed a contract with Cleveland Indians on July 8, 2003 and was assigned to Mahoning Valley Scrappers in the New York-Penn League. Garko batting.273 in his first professional season with four home runs, 16 RBIs and 45 games. In 2004, Garko split his time between the Double-A Akron Aeros and the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. He was the Carolina League’s “Player of Month” for April. Baseball America also ranked him the 13th-best prospect in the Carolina League. In 113 games, he batted a combined of.330 with 33 doubles and 22 home runs. He also had 99 RBIs with all three leagues. Garko was third in Carolina League batting average at.328 and sixth in home runs, with 16. USA Today named Garko the Cleveland Indians’ minor-league player of the Year at the conclusion of the season. At the conclusion of 2004, Garko was a participant in the Arizona Fall League. He batted.348 in the AFL with the Peoria Javelinas. He had 40 hits, 5 home runs and 30 RBIs. He was selected to the AFL Raising Stars Team, which is an all-star team that coaches and managers vote upon.

Entering the 2006 season, Baseball America ranked Garko as the fifth best prospect in the Indians’ organization and the best at hitting for average. Garko attended spring training with the Indians in 2006. He was sent to Triple-A before the start of the season and began his season with the Buffalo Bisons. He injured his left wrist on April 21, but was not placed on the disabled list after x-rays turned up negative. Garko hit .247 with 15 home runs, and 59 RBIs in 127 games at the Triple-A level. Garko was tied for second in bases on balls (45), and was tied for third in home runs and RBIs on the Bisons’ roster at the end of the season. He was called up by the Indians on June 30, after Cleveland traded first baseman Eduardo Pérez to the Seattle Mariners. His first major league hit, a double, came on July 1, against the Cincinnati Reds. He hit his first home run a little over a month later, on August 10, against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Although Garko favored his traditional position of catcher, the Indians moved him to first base so he would have a better chance of competing for a major league roster spot. By September, he was the starting everyday first baseman for the Indians after Ben Broussard was traded to Seattle. Garko finished the season with a .292 batting average, 12 doubles, seven home runs, and 45 RBIs in 50 games at the major league level.

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Before spring training in 2009, there was speculation that if Garko did not perform well, he might lose his starting first base job. Garko began practicing the outfield position for the upcoming season. Eric Wedge stated that Garko would in fact be playing the outfield in spring training. On June 21, Garko was held out of the game because of a sprained left wrist.

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Garko attended Stanford University on a scholarship from 1999-03. He led the Stanford Cardinal baseball team in batting average in his sophomore season (2001) with a .398 clip, and was named their Most Improved Player. He helped Stanford reach the College World Series and hit .583 in the CWS. That summer, he played with the Hyannis Mets in the Cape Cod League, an amateur summer league, and batted .233 with 14 runs, 28 hits, 3 home runs, and 19 RBIs. Next season, in his junior year, Garko was named a Johnny Bench Award semifinalist. During his senior year in 2003, he won the award and was named a First Team All-American. He also shared the Pac-10 Conference Baseball of the Year Award with Dustin Pedroia, and was named the NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player and Stanford’s Most Valuable Player. In his time at Stanford, Garko batted .350 with 60 doubles, 39 home runs, 191 RBIs in 218 games played. He is as of 2013 fifth all-time in doubles at Stanford, seventh in RBIs, and ninth in batting average and home runs. His only problem at Stanford was that he had trouble with controlling his weight. On May 6, 2010, Garko was voted on to a 28-member College World Series Legends Team as a part of a commemoration of the final College World Series in Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium. The team was voted upon by college baseball fans, college baseball writers, and Division I head coaches.