Ryan Franklin

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**Ryan Franklin**

St. Louis Cardinals — No. 31
Relief pitcher
Born: March 5, 1973 (1973-03-05) (age 35)
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
May 15, 1999 for the Seattle Mariners
Selected MLB statistics (through May 12, 2008)
Win-Loss	46-62
Earned Run Average	4.20
Strikeouts	522
Teams
Seattle Mariners (1999, 2001–2005) Philadelphia Phillies (2006) Cincinnati Reds (2006) St. Louis Cardinals (2007-present)

Men’s Baseball
Olympic medal record
Gold	2000 Sydney	Team competition

Ryan Ray Franklin (born March 5, 1973 in Fort Smith, Arkansas) is a Major League Baseball player. Franklin is a right-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals.

On August 2, 2005, Franklin became the eighth Major League player, and second Mariner, to test positive for steroid use. He received a ten day suspension.^[1] On December 13, 2007, he was named in the Mitchell Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation Into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Major League Baseball^[2]

Franklin was a member of the gold medal winning US baseball team at the 2000 Olympics, where he had a 3-0 pitching record in 4 appearances.

Franklin grew up in Spiro, Oklahoma. He is married to Angie Franklin and has three kids: Logan, Teagen, and Kaylin.

He was temporarily promoted to 'Closer' for the Cardinals on May 17, 2008.^[3]

[edit] References

^ Players suspended under baseball's steroids policy. espn.com (2006-06-07). Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
^ http://files.mlb.com/mitchrpt.pdf
^ Derrick Goold. "Notes: Franklin backs taxed bullpen", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2008-05-17.

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Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference

[edit] See also

v • d • e 2000 Olympic Champions Baseball – United States

Brent Abernathy \| Kurt Ainsworth \| Pat Borders \| Sean Burroughs \| John Cotton \| Gookie Dawkins \| Adam Everett \| Ryan Franklin \| Chris George \| Shane Heams \| Marcus Jensen \| Mike Kinkade \| Rick Krivda \| Doug Mientkiewicz \| Mike Neill \| Roy Oswalt \| Jon Rauch \| Anthony Sanders \| Bobby Seay \| Ben Sheets \| Brad Wilkerson \| Todd Williams \| Ernie Young \| Tim Young Manager Tommy Lasorda