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Ryan Joseph Braun, is an American baseball right fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball. Braun is considered a five-tool player for his ability to hit for power and average, his baserunning speed, and his excellent fielding and arm strength. He was ranked number seven by the Sporting News in its 2012 list of the 50 greatest current players in baseball, and won the National League Most Valuable Player in 2011.
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 with the fifth pick in the first round of the 2005 MLB Draft. He was the team's Minor League Player of the Year in 2006. Braun made his major league debut in 2007 and was named the NL Rookie of the Year that year. In each of the five subsequent seasons, he was named to the NL All-Star team and won an NL Outfielder Silver Slugger Award. Braun has led the NL three times in slugging percentage, three times in extra-base hits, and once each in hits, home runs, and runs. On defense, he led all major league outfielders in fielding percentage in 2008, and has twice led NL left fielders in fielding percentage and range factor. His 128 home runs through 2010 were the eighth-most by any major leaguer ever through their first four seasons. Through 2012, he was third among all active ballplayers in career slugging percentage, and first among active left fielders in career fielding percentage.
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