Jae Kuk Ryu

Jae Kuk Ryu

Infobox MLB player


width = 150
name=J. K. Ryu
position=Pitcher
team=Tampa Bay Rays
number=11
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1983|5|30
birthplace=Choong Chung Do, South Korea
debutdate=May 14
debutyear=2006
debutteam=Chicago Cubs
statyear=September 8, 2008
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=1-3
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=7.49
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=32
teams=
*Chicago Cubs (by|2006)
*Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays (by|2007-present)

Jae Kuk Ryu (ko-hhrm|hangul=류제국|hanja=柳済國) (born May 30, 1983 in Choong Chung Do, South Korea) is a pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Tampa Bay Rays.

Professional career

Ryu made headlines on April 23, 2003, when he knocked an osprey from its perch by throwing a baseball at it at Jackie Robinson Stadium in Daytona Beach before a game in the Single-A Florida State League causing it to die 6 days later. Since osprey are protected in Florida, he faced a fine for the incident. [ [http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/ar-news/Week-of-Mon-20030707/003433.html AR-News: Article on Baseball Player Who Killed Osprey ] ]

Ryu made his major league debut with the Chicago Cubs on May 14, mlby|2006, in a relief appearance against the San Diego Padres. He made his first major league start on May 28, 2006, in which he threw only 28 pitches before being relieved after having allowed 6 runs in 1 1/3 innings pitched. He was sent back to the minor leagues almost immediately afterwards. He would go on to make the 2006 MLB Futures Team. He would return to the Cubs for late August and September making several bullpen appearances, faring slightly better and finishing the year with an 8.40 ERA. [- [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/gamelog?playerId=28454 ESPN's game log of Ryu's 2006 season] ]

Ryu was traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on February 14, mlby|2007, in exchange for a couple of minor leaguers. He made the Devil Rays active roster, and began the season as part of the bullpen.

References

External links

*baseballstats |mlb=472490 |espn=28454 |br=r/ryuja01 |fangraphs=8228 |cube=R/Jae-Kuk-Ryu
* [http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7762 Yahoo bio]
* [http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?pl=472490 Minor League Splits and Situational Stats]


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