Ramon Ramirez (ramirra02)
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Ramon Santo Ramirez
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 5' 11", Weight 190 lb.
[edit] Biographical Information
Ramon Ramirez joined the Hiroshima Carp Dominican Republic academy in 2000. Ramirez officially joined the Carp in 2002, where he pitched in two games, not factoring in a decision with a 3 ERA.
Ramirez was posted via the Posting System in February 2003 to the New York Yankees for a total of $300,050. In his first year with the Yankees' organization, he went 3-10 with a 4.43 ERA in 20 games with the A Tampa Yankees, AA Trenton Thunder, and the AAA Columbus Clippers. He was named the number five ranked pitcher in the Yankees organzation by Baseball America that year. During, Ramirez's second year with the Yankees he started out at Columbus, struggling going 0-3 with a 8.50 ERA in 4 starts, as a result he was sent down to Trenton where he went 4-6 with a 4.62 ERA in 18 starts. He had the top K/per 9 IP ratio among all Eastern League starters that year with 10.1K/9IP. Again, Ramirez opened up the 2005 season with Columbus, but struggled again going 1-3 with a 5.33 ERA in 6 games, and was sent back to Trenton, where he went 6-5 with a 3.84 ERA in 15 games.
The Yankees traded Ramirez to the Colorado Rockies with minor league pitcher Eduardo Sierra on June 28, 2005 for pitcher Shawn Chacon. Ramirez was assigned to the AA Tulsa Drillers where he went 2-1 with a 5.33 ERA in 9 games. In 2006, he made his big league debut as a member of the Rockies bullpen and got into 61 games, going 4-3 with a 3.46 ERA. He pitched for the Rockies in 2007, but had a terrible year, going 2-2, 8.31 in 22 games and was back in AAA by the time the Rockies made their unexpected run to the 2007 World Series. He was then sent to the Kansas City Royals in 2008, where he pitched quite well as a middle reliever. In 71 games, he was 3-2 with an excellent 2.64 ERA. After the season, the Boston Red Sox acquired him in return for outfielder Coco Crisp and he became a key man out of the Sox bullpen in 2009, going 7-4, 2.84 in 70 outings.
