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Ruben Gotay
Ruben Bruce Gotay

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 160 lb.

Debut August 3, 2004

Born December 25, 1982 in Rio Piedras, P.R.

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 31st round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed May 28, 2001. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 21 KCR AL  44  152   17   41   7  3   1   16   0  1   9  36  .270  .315  .375   78   57   1   2   0   2   4
 2005 22 KCR AL  86  282   32   64  14  2   5   29   2  2  22  51  .227  .288  .344   69   97   4   5   0   4   3
 2007 24 NYM NL  98  190   25   56  12  0   4   24   3  3  16  42  .295  .351  .421  102   80   3   1   1   1   2
 2008 25 ATL NL  60   77    6   16   2  0   2    5   1  1  10  25  .208  .299  .312   64   24   2   0   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      288  701   80  177  35  5  12   74   6  7  57 154  .252  .312  .368   79  258  10   8   1   7  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        394   45  100  20  3   7   42   3  4  32  87  .252  .312  .368   79  145   6   5   1   4   7
 Career High     98  282   32   64  14  3   5   29   3  3  22  51  .227  .288  .344   69   97   4   5   1   4   4
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 21 KCR AL  166  119   17   3.8   111| .270  .273| .315  .341| .375  .438| .690  .779|  78  .364  -5.2  -0.5   0%
 2005 22 KCR AL  317  232   29   3.3   104| .227  .267| .288  .330| .344  .423| .632  .753|  69  .332 -12.5  -1.2  50%
 2007 24 NYM NL  211  143   28   5.3   108| .295  .269| .351  .338| .421  .430| .772  .768| 102  .516   0.8   0.1  50%
 2008 25 ATL NL   89   68    7   2.8   104| .208  .262| .299  .333| .312  .419| .611  .752|  64  .260  -4.0  -0.4  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       783  562   81   3.9   107| .252  .268| .312  .335| .368  .428| .680  .763|  79  .383 -21.0  -2.0  46%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2004 21 KCR AL 2B 42 78 97 3 29 .983 .982 4.17 4.35 4.28 4.95 41 368.3 2005 22 KCR AL 2B 81 156 231 8 51 .980 .983 4.78 4.48 5.23 4.96 74 666.0 DH 2 2007 24 NYM NL 2B 37 72 71 3 14 .979 .984 3.86 4.23 4.34 4.86 33 296.3 SS 5 4 5 0 1 1.000 .978 1.80 4.00 4.05 4.46 2 20.0 3B 2 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 2.25 4.09 2.70 1 11.0 2008 25 ATL NL 3B 10 2 13 2 0 .882 .955 1.50 2.25 2.11 2.57 6 64.0 2B 3 3 10 0 2 1.000 .977 4.33 4.07 4.50 4.81 3 26.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2004 21 KCR AL 2B 42 78 97 3 29 .983 .982 4.17 4.35 4.28 4.95 41 368.3 2005 22 KCR AL 2B 81 156 231 8 51 .980 .983 4.78 4.48 5.23 4.96 74 666.0 2007 24 NYM NL 2B 37 72 71 3 14 .979 .984 3.86 4.23 4.34 4.86 33 296.3 2008 25 ATL NL 2B 3 3 10 0 2 1.000 .977 4.33 4.07 4.50 4.81 3 26.0 2007 24 NYM NL 3B 2 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 2.25 4.09 2.70 1 11.0 2008 25 ATL NL 3B 10 2 13 2 0 .882 .955 1.50 2.25 2.11 2.57 6 64.0 2005 22 KCR AL DH 2 2007 24 NYM NL SS 5 4 5 0 1 1.000 .978 1.80 4.00 4.05 4.46 2 20.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 163 309 409 14 96 .981 .983 4.40 4.38 4.76 4.93 151 1356.7 3B* 12 2 18 2 0 .909 .957 1.67 2.25 2.40 2.59 7 75.0 SS* 5 4 5 0 1 1.000 .978 1.80 4.00 4.05 4.46 2 20.0 DH 2 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 180 315 432 16 97 .979 .982 4.15 4.23 4.63 4.80 160 1452
An Important note about our fielding stats


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Transactions 

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 31st round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed May 28, 2001.

July 19, 2006: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the New York Mets for Jeff Keppinger.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005Kansas City Royals$316,000
Career (may be incomplete)$316,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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