Manny Ramirez
Manuel Aristides "Manny" Ramírez Onelcida (born May 30, 1972 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a former American Major League Baseball player. The Boston Red Sox traded Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jason Bay on July 31, 2008. He signed with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2011. He retired on April 8, 2011.[1]
Manny Ramírez | |||
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Baltimore Orioles | |||
Born: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | May 30, 1972|||
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debut | |||
September 2, 1993, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
Career statistics (through June 6, 2008) | |||
Batting average | .313 | ||
Home runs | 505 | ||
Runs batted in | 1,651 | ||
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Career highlights and awards | |||
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He is a nine-time Silver Slugger and one of twenty-four people to have hit over 500 career home runs. He is well recognized for his strong offensive abilities. Ramirez has the most career grand slams of any active baseball player, and has led the American League is three key batting measures: batting average, home runs and runs batted in. For the past ten years, Ramírez has been a fixture in the Midsummer Classic, and is an eleven-time All-Star. In 2004, he was named the Most Valuable Player of the World Series after helping the Red Sox win their first World Series championship in over 85 years.
Statistics
Statistics of Ramirez as of June 6, 2008:
year | team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG |
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1993 | CLE | 22 | 53 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .170 | .200 | .302 |
1994 | CLE | 91 | 290 | 51 | 78 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 60 | 4 | 42 | 72 | .269 | .357 | .521 |
1995 | CLE | 137 | 484 | 85 | 149 | 26 | 1 | 31 | 107 | 6 | 75 | 112 | .308 | .402 | .558 |
1996 | CLE | 152 | 550 | 94 | 170 | 45 | 3 | 33 | 112 | 8 | 85 | 104 | .309 | .399 | .582 |
1997 | CLE | 150 | 561 | 99 | 184 | 40 | 0 | 26 | 88 | 2 | 79 | 115 | .328 | .415 | .538 |
1998 | CLE | 150 | 571 | 108 | 168 | 35 | 2 | 45 | 145 | 5 | 76 | 121 | .294 | .377 | .599 |
1999 | CLE | 147 | 522 | 131 | 174 | 34 | 3 | 44 | 165 | 2 | 96 | 131 | .333 | .442 | .663 |
2000 | CLE | 118 | 439 | 92 | 154 | 34 | 2 | 38 | 122 | 1 | 86 | 117 | .351 | .457 | .697 |
2001 | BOS | 142 | 529 | 93 | 162 | 33 | 2 | 41 | 125 | 0 | 81 | 147 | .306 | .405 | .609 |
2002 | BOS | 120 | 436 | 84 | 152 | 31 | 0 | 33 | 107 | 0 | 73 | 85 | .349 | .450 | .647 |
2003 | BOS | 154 | 569 | 117 | 185 | 36 | 1 | 37 | 104 | 3 | 97 | 94 | .325 | .427 | .587 |
2004 | BOS | 152 | 568 | 108 | 175 | 44 | 0 | 43 | 130 | 2 | 82 | 124 | .308 | .397 | .613 |
2005 | BOS | 152 | 554 | 112 | 162 | 30 | 1 | 45 | 144 | 1 | 80 | 119 | .292 | .388 | .594 |
2006 | BOS | 130 | 449 | 79 | 144 | 27 | 1 | 35 | 102 | 0 | 100 | 102 | .321 | .439 | .619 |
2007 | BOS | 133 | 483 | 84 | 143 | 33 | 1 | 20 | 88 | 0 | 71 | 92 | .296 | .388 | .493 |
2008 | BOS | 59 | 226 | 39 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 47 | 1 | 26 | 52 | .301 | .380 | .544 |
Total | 16 years | 2,009 | 7,284 | 1,381 | 2,277 | 485 | 18 | 503 | 1,649 | 35 | 1,151 | 1,595 | .313 | .409 | .591 |
Manny Ramirez Media
Ramirez at Dodger Stadium on September 25, 2008, after the Dodgers clinched the NL West Division title
References
- ↑ "MLB announces Manny Ramirez is retiring - ESPN". sports.espn.go.com. 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
Other websites
- Official Home Page Archived 2007-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube