Ryan Church
Ryan Matthew Church
 
 
Born: October 14, 1978 in Santa Barbara, CA
34 years old
Bats: L Throws: L Ht: 6'2" Wt: 215
(legend)
 Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in 2000 - (Round 14)
- High School: Lompoc (Lompoc, CA)
- College/Univ: University of Nevada, Reno (1997-2000)

Comparison

Comparison
Right Fielders
  
All Positions
 
#
Player
  
1 Bobby Abreu
1996 - 2012
RF
60.4
 
60.4
-10.6
0.0
-10.6
2 Gary Sheffield
1988 - 2009
RF
60.4
PEDa
 
80.1
-28.6
0.0
-8.9
3 Vladimir Guerrero
1996 - 2011
RF
59.9
 
59.1
-10.7
0.0
-11.6
4 Sammy Sosa
1989 - 2007
RF
58.4
PEDi
 
49.7
-1.0
0.0
-9.8
5 Ichiro Suzuki
2001 - 2013
RF
57.2
 
47.1
3.9
0.0
-6.2
6 Brian Giles
1995 - 2009
RF
50.8
 
53.9
-9.7
0.0
-6.6
7 J.D. Drew
1998 - 2011
RF
44.9
 
37.8
2.0
0.0
-5.0
8 Reggie Sanders
1991 - 2007
RF
39.6
 
31.2
1.4
0.0
-7.0
9 Magglio Ordonez
1997 - 2011
RF
38.5
PEDi
 
42.9
-11.8
0.0
-7.4
10 Shawn Green
1993 - 2007
RF
34.5
 
38.5
-12.2
0.0
-8.2
11 Alex Rios
2004 - 2013
RF
27.5
 
19.7
5.3
0.0
-2.5
12 Nick Markakis
2006 - 2013
RF
23.6
 
22.5
-3.3
0.0
-4.3
13 Shin-Soo Choo
2005 - 2013
RF
23.0
 
23.4
-3.1
0.0
-2.7
14 Jayson Werth
2002 - 2013
RF
22.2
 
19.4
-1.6
0.0
-4.5
15 Nick Swisher
2004 - 2013
RF
21.9
 
23.4
-7.1
0.0
-5.4
16 Trot Nixon
1996 - 2008
RF
21.2
 
18.8
-1.0
0.0
-3.4
17 Hunter Pence
2007 - 2013
RF
20.8
 
18.6
-1.8
0.0
-4.0
18 Jermaine Dye
1996 - 2009
RF
20.2
 
24.7
-11.4
0.0
-6.9
19 Jose Bautista
2004 - 2013
RF
19.9
 
22.8
-4.5
0.0
-1.6
20 Andre Ethier
2006 - 2013
RF
16.8
 
18.0
-6.2
0.0
-5.0
21 Justin Upton
2007 - 2013
RF
16.4
 
14.2
-1.5
0.0
-3.7
22 Corey Hart
2004 - 2012
RF
16.0
 
16.1
-4.5
0.0
-4.3
23 Matt Stairs
1992 - 2011
RF
14.3
 
22.8
-17.3
0.0
-8.7
24 Michael Cuddyer
2001 - 2013
RF
14.1
 
22.0
-12.3
0.0
-4.4
25 Austin Kearns
2002 - 2013
RF
12.9
 
10.3
-1.8
0.0
-4.4
26 Ryan Ludwick
2002 - 2013
RF
11.9
 
11.6
-3.6
0.0
-3.9
27 Nelson Cruz
2005 - 2013
RF
9.8
 
11.1
-4.5
0.0
-3.2
28 Ryan Church
2004 - 2010
RF
9.1
 
5.7
1.5
0.0
-1.8
29 Juan Encarnacion
1997 - 2007
RF
8.7
 
11.2
-6.0
0.0
-3.5
30 Jeff Francoeur
2005 - 2013
RF
7.9
 
2.4
0.4
0.0
-5.1
31 Chris Denorfia
2005 - 2013
RF
7.9
 
4.9
1.3
0.0
-1.7
32 Jody Gerut
2003 - 2010
RF
7.2
 
6.3
-0.3
0.0
-1.2
33 Bobby Kielty
2001 - 2007
RF
6.3
 
6.1
-2.1
0.0
-2.3
34 Jose Guillen
1997 - 2010
RF
6.2
PEDi
 
11.8
-12.9
0.0
-7.3
35 Ryan Sweeney
2006 - 2013
RF
5.9
 
5.1
-0.4
0.0
-1.2
36 Rob Mackowiak
2001 - 2008
RF
5.6
 
4.9
-0.6
0.0
-1.3
37 Jay Gibbons
2001 - 2011
RF
5.6
PEDi
 
6.1
-4.7
0.0
-4.2
38 Jeff Davanon
1999 - 2007
RF
5.3
 
4.0
0.1
0.0
-1.2
39 Gabe Gross
2004 - 2010
RF
4.7
 
2.6
0.4
0.0
-1.7
40 Garrett Jones
2007 - 2013
RF
4.7
 
6.9
-5.7
0.0
-3.5
41 Brad Hawpe
2004 - 2011
RF
4.6
 
11.1
-10.3
0.0
-3.8
42 Nate Schierholtz
2007 - 2013
RF
4.0
 
2.9
-0.7
0.0
-1.7
43 Xavier Nady
2000 - 2012
RF
3.8
 
4.1
-4.3
0.0
-4.1
44 Craig Wilson
2001 - 2007
RF
3.6
 
7.1
-6.7
0.0
-3.1
45 Travis Buck
2007 - 2012
RF
3.0
 
1.5
0.5
0.0
-1.0
46 Jeremy Hermida
2005 - 2012
RF
2.7
 
2.6
-2.4
0.0
-2.6
47 Dustan Mohr
2001 - 2007
RF
2.4
 
2.1
-1.6
0.0
-1.9
48 Elijah Dukes
2007 - 2009
RF
1.9
 
2.3
-1.1
0.0
-0.7
49 Brandon Moss
2007 - 2013
RF
1.8
 
2.3
-2.0
0.0
-1.6
50 Jason Lane
2002 - 2007
RF
1.4
 
1.6
-1.7
0.0
-1.5
 
  Ryan Church
2004 - 2010
RF
9.1
 
5.7
1.5
0.0
-1.8
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