Ryan Andrew Vogelsong (born July 22, 1977), nicknamed "Vogey",[1] is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

He made the 2011 All-Star team, and in 2012 he posted a streak of 16 consecutive quality starts, allowing three earned runs or fewer in at least six innings each game.

In 2014, Vogelsong made a career-high 32 starts, helping the Giants win another title in the 2014 World Series.

In 1995, Vogelsong graduated from Octorara Area High school in Atglen, Pennsylvania, where he played baseball, basketball, and soccer.

[5] During the 2009–2010 off-season, Vogelsong made his way back to the MLB and signed a minor league deal with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Vogelsong appeared in eight games for the AAA Salt Lake Bees, posting a 1–3 record with a 4.66 ERA in 36.2 innings pitched.

On January 14, 2011, Vogelsong signed a minor league contract to return to the San Francisco Giants with an invitation to spring training.

He started the season in AAA Fresno, but on April 17, 2011, the Giants purchased his contract to replace the injured Barry Zito.

He held the host Pirates to two earned runs on four hits and struck out eight en route to a 5–2 Giants victory and his first MLB win since September 2005.

[8][9] Vogelsong continued to excel in his replacement role, posting a record of 6–1 with a 2.17 ERA in the first half, which secured him a spot in San Francisco's vaunted starting rotation.

[13] In his final start of the season Vogelsong pitched seven shutout innings against the Colorado Rockies, giving up four hits and walking no batters.

During the month of August 2011, Vogelsong stated that playing winter ball in Venezuela in 2010 with Tiburones de La Guaira was the turning point to recover his career.

[16] Despite his impressive pitching, Vogelsong did not make the 2012 All-Star team, a decision Giants fans consider a major snub.

[20] During Game 3 of the 2012 World Series in Detroit, the Giants held a surprising 2–0 lead for the first time in the 2012 postseason.

The Tigers threatened to open the scoring with the bases loaded and one out in the fifth inning, but Vogelsong struck out Quintin Berry and got Miguel Cabrera to pop out to end the threat.

In a start on May 20 against the Nationals, he was pitching 5 shutout innings when he came to bat against Craig Stammen, who hit him on the hand with a fastball, fracturing two bones and dislocating a joint.

[27] Vogelsong won his second World Series ring as the Giants defeated the Kansas City Royals four games to three.

[31] On January 11, 2017, Vogelsong agreed to a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins, with an invite to spring training.

[37] As of September 2019[update], Vogelsong and his family lived on fifteen acres of land in Suwanee, Georgia where he is neighbors with friends and former Giants teammates Jeff Francoeur, Mark DeRosa and Javier López.