Ricky Stone Baseball player

Ricky L. Stone (born February 28, 1975 in Hamilton, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.He attended Hamilton High School and was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 4th round of the 1994 amateur draft.On December 13, 2007, Stone was included in the detailed Mitchell Report by Senator George Mitchell in which he was alleged to have used steroids throughout his career.In 2008, Stone pitched for the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League.Stone was at a Reds-Astros game in August 2008 and later suffered a grand mal seizure at his home. His wife's CPR may have saved his life. On August 8, 2008, Stone was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He had surgery to remove the tumor and to perform a biopsy on the mass. It was confirmed that the tumor was indeed malignant.

Personal facts

Ricky Stone
Birth dateFebruary 28, 1975
Birth place
Hamilton Ohio

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 21, 2001
Career endJuly 21, 2007
batting sideRight
former teams
Cincinnati Reds
Houston Astros
position
Pitcher
teams
Cincinnati Reds
Houston Astros
San Diego Padres
Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions
throwing sideRight

Ricky Stone on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.oxfordpress.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/local/2008/08/09/hjn081008stoneweb.html