Ryan Braun
Former Milwaukee Brewers left fielder and 2011 NL MVP.
Ryan Joseph Braun (born November 17, 1983) is an American former professional baseball player. A left fielder, he played his entire career for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2007 to 2020. Braun also played right field and first base during his career, and was a third baseman during his rookie season.
Quick Facts
- Position
- Left fielder
- Born
- 17 November 1983
- Birthplace
- Mission Hills, California, U.S.
- Bats
- Right
- Debut league
- MLB
- Debut date
- May 25
- Debut year
- 2007
- Debut team
- Milwaukee Brewers
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Background
Braun was a two-time All-American at the University of Miami, where he was named National Freshman of the Year by Baseball America in 2003. The Brewers drafted him in the first round (fifth overall) in the 2005 MLB draft. He was the team's Minor League Player of the Year in 2006. Braun was considered a five-tool player.
He was named the National League Rookie of the Year in 2007, won five Silver Slugger awards (2008–12), and won the NL Most Valuable Player Award in 2011. He was named to five straight All-Star Games (2008–12), and later to a team-high sixth All-Star Game in 2015. Braun led the NL three times in slugging percentage (2007, 2011, 2012) and once each in hits (2009), home runs (2012), and runs (2012). He was inducted into the Brewers Wall of Honor in 2022, and into the Brewers Walk of Fame in 2024.
Braun came under scrutiny for a failed testosterone test in 2011 and for his connection in 2012 to the Biogenesis clinic. On July 22, 2013, he was suspended without pay for the remainder of the 2013 season and playoffs (65 regular-season games) for violating the league's drug policy. He subsequently admitted using PEDs during his 2011 MVP season.
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