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Rafael
Ramirez		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: February 18, 1958 in San Pedro De Macoris
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1993   
Gold Glove Award 1995   
All-Star Selections 1986    1989   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1983 25 TOR AL 71 151 22 47 10 1 2 18 0 1 3 21 .311 .338 .430 .768 18.5 4.5
1984 26 TOR AL 135 442 65 121 26 5 10 47 1 3 18 62 .274 .319 .423 .742 54.8 9.5
1985 27 TOR AL 155 641 91 177 30 8 9 54 2 1 24 35 .276 .314 .390 .704 73.4 12.7
1986 28 TOR AL 153 594 71 184 29 5 10 89 6 0 38 37 .310 .359 .426 .785 89.5 27.1
1987 29 TOR AL 157 564 71 142 29 7 7 66 0 1 28 33 .252 .293 .365 .659 57.8 7.6
1988 30 TOR AL 153 591 78 185 26 7 6 81 6 0 27 46 .313 .354 .411 .765 81.5 15.7
1989 31 TOR AL 154 587 92 177 30 3 15 74 2 3 28 43 .302 .349 .440 .789 80.1 17.3
1990 32 TOR AL 156 562 74 162 27 3 5 62 1 0 40 44 .288 .351 .374 .724 71.3 15.6
1991 33 PHI NL 139 450 56 132 22 4 4 67 0 3 24 52 .293 .332 .387 .719 51.6 7.8
1992 34 PHI NL 158 606 79 165 33 4 12 81 0 2 33 73 .272 .313 .399 .712 72.5 11.6
1993 35 TOR AL 126 432 57 122 17 2 13 43 0 2 28 63 .282 .338 .421 .759 55.7 10.2
1994 36 CLE AL 161 604 78 175 22 6 15 91 0 0 41 94 .290 .344 .421 .764 80.6 13.8
1995 37 CHC NL 153 530 67 136 17 3 12 81 1 0 35 95 .257 .318 .368 .686 60.6 9.0
1996 38 CHC NL 100 143 13 25 4 1 0 8 0 0 8 42 .175 .242 .217 .459 6.3 0.0
14 Years Sim 1971 6897 914 1950 322 59 120 862 19 16 375 740 .283 .330 .399 .729 854.2 162.2
162 Game Average 566 75 160 26 4 9 70 1 1 30 60 .283 .330 .399 .729 70.2  
Career Highs 161 641 92 185 33 8 15 91 6 3 41 95 .313 .359 .440 .789 89.5  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1983 25 TOR AL SS 57 34 332.3 55 127 5 26 .973 4.93   2.5
1984 26 TOR AL SS 122 110 967.0 130 389 37 78 .933 4.83   6.6
1985 27 TOR AL SS 154 150 1323.7 210 506 31 102 .959 4.87   6.2
1986 28 TOR AL SS 150 149 1327.0 193 550 38 107 .951 5.04   8.7
1987 29 TOR AL SS 152 146 1329.3 189 564 35 102 .956 5.10   7.1
    2B 3 2 22.0 6 10 1 4 .941 6.55   0.2
1988 30 TOR AL SS 151 151 1318.7 216 527 43 109 .945 5.07   4.8
    RF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1989 31 TOR AL SS 154 151 1336.3 197 563 27 108 .966 5.12   7.6
1990 32 TOR AL SS 110 105 933.7 132 398 26 77 .953 5.11   4.8
1991 33 PHI NL SS 109 106 948.0 134 333 15 58 .969 4.43   4.7
    2B 1 0 5.7 3 2 0 0 1.000 7.95   0.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1992 34 PHI NL SS 157 154 1372.7 193 457 27 89 .960 4.26   7.3
    LF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1993 35 TOR AL SS 122 110 1003.0 137 388 21 54 .962 4.71   3.5
    1B 1 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1994 36 CLE AL SS 155 147 1315.7 193 531 37 102 .951 4.95   6.5
1995 37 CHC NL SS 150 146 1260.7 180 530 30 93 .959 5.07   8.7
1996 38 CHC NL SS 28 19 183.0 21 59 2 7 .976 3.93   0.8
  SS 1771 1678 14951.0 2180 5922 374 1112 .956 4.88   79.7
  2B 4 2 27.7 9 12 1 4 .955 6.83   0.2
  1B 2 0 7.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 10.29   0.0
  LF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1779 1680 14993.3 2197 5934 375 1116 .956 4.88   79.9
Career Highs   158 154 1377.7 216 574 43 109 .976 5.12    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1987 29 TOR AL 18 67 8 19 6 0 2 11 0 0 1 7 .284 .296 .463 .758
1988 30 TOR AL 5 18 1 5 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 3 .278 .350 .444 .794
1989 31 TOR AL 11 43 5 15 3 1 1 7 0 0 2 3 .349 .391 .535 .926
1990 32 PHI NL 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1991 33 PHI NL 10 38 12 14 4 0 4 8 1 0 3 2 .368 .429 .789 1.218
1992 34 PHI NL 7 27 2 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 .185 .214 .296 .511
1993 35 STL NL 15 58 4 20 5 1 2 13 0 0 2 8 .345 .377 .569 .946
Career Post-Season Batting 69 255 32 80 19 3 10 47 1 0 10 30 .314 .349 .529 .879
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1986-4-.310
 On-Base Pct
1986-8-.359
 XR
1986-10-89.5
 Games
1994-3-161
 At-Bats
1985-3-641
1992-10-606
 Hits
1985-7-177
1986-5-184
1988-10-185
Singles
1985-7-130
1986-2-140
1988-6-146
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  3. Kelly Gruber (886)
  4. Wally Backman (875)
  5. Omar Vizquel (873)
  6. Carlos Baerga (868)
  7. Mark McLemore (867)
  8. Joey Cora (860)
  9. Ron Jackson (857)
  10. Fernando Vina (855)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 52nd overall pick, by Minnesota in 1980
Traded from Minnesota to Toronto on 3/2/1980 (Going to MIN: P J. Littlefield. Going to TOR: SS R. Ramirez)
Injured on 6/29/1980 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 8/1/1980 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days
Injured on 7/19/1982 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 4/8/1983, off Bruce Taylor (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 5/13/1983, off Larry Dierker (TEX)
Injured on 6/19/1984 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1986, hitting .571 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Seattle on 9/25/1986
Drove in 6 runs against Texas on 8/25/1988
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Chicago (A) on 9/19/1989
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston on 4/9/1990
Released by Toronto on 10/7/1990
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 10/17/1990 to a 1-year deal worth $1,640,000 per year
Traded from Philadelphia to Toronto on 2/7/1993 (Going to PHI: 2B Nelson Liriano, LF Howard Johnson. Going to TOR: P Mike Mussina, P Paul Quantrill, 2B Jeff Kent, SS Rafael Ramirez)
Traded from Toronto to St. Louis on 7/31/1993 (Going to STL: P Bill Scherrer, SS Rafael Ramirez. Going to TOR: P Bob Malloy)
Won World Championship with St. Louis in 1993
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/24/1994 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1994, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/17/1995 to a 3-year deal worth $3,290,000 per year
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1995
 
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