Ricky Stone

Infobox CPBL player
bgcolor1=#004400
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textcolor2=#FFFFFF
name=Ricky Stone
width=250
team=Uni-President Lions
position=pitcher
number=54
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1975|2|28
debutdate=May 21
debutyear=2008
debutteam=Uni-President Lions
statyear=
stat1label=Win-Loss-save
stat1value=1-1-3|(until June 10)stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=2.314
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=10
teams=
*Houston Astros (by|2001-by|2004)
*San Diego Padres (by|2004)
*Cincinnati Reds (by|2005, by|2007)
*Uni-President Lions(CPBL)(by|2008-

Ricky L. Stone (born February 28, 1975 in Hamilton, Ohio), is a pitcher for the Uni-President Lions in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).

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.

On Thursday August 8th, 2008 Stone was diagnosed with a brain tumor.*

He was at the Reds-Astros game Thursday night and later suffered a grand mal seizure at home. His wife's CPR may have saved his life.

In August of 2008 Ricky had surgery to remove the tumor and to perform a biopsy on the mass. It was confrimed that the tumor was indeed malignant.

External links

*baseball-reference|id=s/stoneri01

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