- Ryan Franklin
Infobox MLB player
width = 150px
name=Ryan Franklinposition=Relief pitcher
team=St. Louis Cardinals
number=31
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1973|3|5
debutdate=May 15
debutyear=1999
debutteam=Seattle Mariners
statyear=July 13, 2008
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=48-63
stat2label=Earned Run Average | stat2value=4.21
stat3label=Strikeout s
stat3value=542
stat4label=Saves
stat4value=13
teams=
*Seattle Mariners (by|1999, by|2001–by|2005)
*Philadelphia Phillies (by|2006)
*Cincinnati Reds (by|2006)
*St. Louis Cardinals (by|2007-present)Ryan Ray Franklin (born
March 5 ,1973 inFort Smith, Arkansas ) is aMajor League Baseball player. Franklin is aright-handed pitcher for theSt. Louis Cardinals .On
August 2 , by|2005, Franklin became the eighth Major League player, and second Mariner, to test positive forsteroid use. He received a ten day suspension. [cite web | title = Players suspended under baseball's steroids policy | publisher = espn.com | date = 2006-06-07 | url = http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2474192 | accessdate = 2007-07-20] OnDecember 13 , by|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 [http://files.mlb.com/mitchrpt.pdf]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 children: Logan, Teagen, and Kaylin.He was temporarily promoted to 'Closer' for the Cardinals on
May 17 , by|2008. [cite news |url=http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/50D27BAE9A88E4688625744C000A263A?OpenDocument |title=Notes: Franklin backs taxed bullpen |publisher=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |author=Derrick Goold |date=2008-05-17]References
External links
*Baseballstats |mlb=211041 |espn= |br=f/frankry01 |fangraphs= |cube=
ee also
*
List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
*List of Major League Baseball players named in the Mitchell Report
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