When was ryan braun born

He also played right field and first base during his career. He was a two-time All-American at the University of Miami. Ryan Braun has power and ability to hit for average. He was regarded as a five-tool player for his baseline speed, and for his excellent fielding and arm strength. He was ranked 7th on the list of the fifty Greatest Current Players in Baseball. In , he won five Silver Slugger Awards.

Ryan Braun was named to five straight All-Star Games in — He was named to a team-high sixth All-Star Game in He had led the NL three times in slugging percentages.

Where in he set a major league rookie record. On August 9, Braun strained the intercostal muscles around his oblique ribcage. That led to him missing a number of games, and shortening his swing for a few weeks. After returning, on September 25 he hit his first grand slam in "grand" fashion. With the bases loaded, he delivered a 2-out, 2—2 pitch from the Pirates' Jesse Chavez into the left field bleachers of Miller Park in the bottom of the 10th inning, winning the game 5—1, and keeping the Brewers' post-season hopes alive.

Three days later, Braun helped put the Brewers into the post-season for the first time since , by hitting a go-ahead 2-run homer in the bottom of the 8th against the Chicago Cubs. The homer was the difference in the game, which gave the Brewers a one-game lead over the New York Mets for the NL wild card.

He finished first in fan voting among NL outfielders, and second among all NL players, with 3,, votes, behind only Chase Utley of the Phillies 3,, He also finished first in player voting. Braun was the first Brewers outfielder voted to start an All Star game. He was one of seven first-time starters in the game, and—along with Kosuke Fukudome and Josh Hamilton—one of only three who had not reached the major leagues until or Braun's longest homer was estimated at feet.

He hit seven home runs in each of the first and second rounds, finishing with 14 three behind finalist Justin Morneau, who hit five in the final round to win the Derby. On June 3, Braun became the third-fastest major leaguer to reach 50 career home runs.

He did so in career games; the only players to reach that plateau sooner were Rudy York and Mark McGwire. On July 8, Braun hit his 56th home run in his th game, the third-highest total ever in a major leaguer's initial games, behind McGwire 59 and York In early August, Braun hit his 30th home run, becoming just the second player in MLB history to hit 30 or more homers in each of his first two seasons, joining Pujols.

Braun hit 71 home runs in his first two seasons, tying him with Pujols for fourth all-time. He also led the league with 83 extra base hits, and had total bases 2nd in the NL , 7 triples 6th , Against starting pitchers, Braun hit. Braun led the Brewers in batting average, slugging percentage, triples, home runs, RBIs, extra base hits, total bases, at-bats-per-home run, OPS.

Braun hit. Braun was voted to the NL Sporting News All Star Team, by a panel of 41 major league general managers and assistant general managers. He also won the NL Outfielder Silver Slugger Award, in a vote by major league coaches and managers who select the top offensive performer at each position in both leagues. The award, sponsored by Louisville Slugger, is based on a combination of statistics, including batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage, as well as the coaches' and managers' general impressions of a player's overall offensive value.

In , Braun was named to Sporting News' list of the 50 greatest current players in baseball, ranking No. A panel of baseball people, many of them members of the Hall of Fame and winners of major baseball awards, were polled to arrive at the list. He hit the second grand slam of his career and recorded a career-high six RBIs on May 6, and on May 9 he reached base in all five of his plate appearances.

Braun led all NL outfielders in fan voting for the All Star Game for the second year in a row, with 4. He was the first Brewer to be voted in as a starter in consecutive years since Robin Yount in and , and the third Brewer position player voted to start twice, along with Yount and Paul Molitor and Braun started in right field, the first time he had ever played the position, and batted cleanup, going 0—2. If Braun continues to hit home runs at the rate he had hit them through July 1, , he will reach home runs in his 15th major league season.

In September, Braun became the second-fastest active player to hit home runs behind only Ryan Howard , as he hit his th homer in his th major league game. Later in the month, he became the second player in major league history joining Pujols to hit 30 or more home runs in each of his first three seasons. As in , in Braun had even greater success against left-handed pitchers. Against them he had the second-best OBP. He finished the season with an NL-leading hits, becoming the first Brewer to lead his league in hits since Molitor topped the AL in Braun became the fourth Brewer in team history to collect or more hits in a season, and the first in 18 years.

He joined Cecil Cooper, Molitor, and Yount. In , in addition to leading the NL in hits, Braun was 2nd in runs , 4th in RBIs , total bases , extra base hits 77 , and hit by pitch 13 , 7th in batting average.

He was also 4th in the league in infield hits He became only the second Brewer ever to hit 30 home runs and steal 20 bases in the same season. Braun also became the eighth player in major league history with at least runs, RBIs, hits, 30 homers, 20 stolen bases, and a.

He became the first Brewer since Molitor, more than two decades prior, to win a Silver Slugger Award in consecutive years. Cecil Cooper is the only other Brewer to have done it. Braun was named to Sporting News' list of the 50 greatest current players in baseball, ranking No. He was elected a starting NL All Star outfielder for the third year in a row, in Braun led all major league outfielders in All Star votes for the third straight year, with 2,,, despite Milwaukee being the smallest media market in the majors.

As in , he received more votes than any NL players other than Pujols and Utley. For the season, Braun was 2nd in the NL in hits and doubles 45 , 5th in total bases , 6th in runs , 7th in RBIs and extra base hits 71 , and 9th in batting average.

Braun hit the 8th-most home runs by any major leaguer through his first four seasons He also became the fifth player in major league history to hit at least homers with a. Braun announced his retirement on September 14, , after not playing during the season.

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