Ruben Amaro
Ruben (Mora) Amaro Sr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 6, 1936 in Veracruz, 30, Mexico
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1958
Final Game: September 28, 1969
Relatives: Father of Ruben Amaro
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 STL NL 22 SS 36 21 211.1 115 44 65 6 18 .948 -2.4 -13.6 -2.4 -2.6 0.2 0 4.64 3.03 .964 5.11 4.57
1958 STL NL 22 2B 1 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 6.00 2.00 .950 5.40 4.80
1960 PHI NL 24 SS 92 90 742.1 397 153 230 14 47 .965 -3.4 -5.5 -4.4 -3.8 -0.6 1 4.64 4.16 .960 4.81 4.23
1961 PHI NL 25 SS 132 127 1083.0 641 243 379 19 91 .970 2.1 2.3 -0.9 -4.7 3.8 3 5.17 4.71 .959 4.92 4.28
1961 PHI NL 25 1B 3 0 8.0 11 11 0 0 1 1.000 0.5 75.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 12.38 3.67 .991 9.79 8.57
1961 PHI NL 25 2B 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.90
1962 PHI NL 26 SS 78 71 619.0 379 143 224 12 50 .968 3.9 7.6 3.9 0.7 3.2 0 5.34 4.71 .963 5.05 4.43
1962 PHI NL 26 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.00
1963 PHI NL 27 SS 63 42 389.2 222 90 121 11 24 .950 -2.3 -7.1 -2.3 -4.4 2.2 0 4.87 3.35 .961 4.83 4.22
1963 PHI NL 27 3B 45 16 205.2 65 15 48 2 4 .969 3.8 22.2 3.8 2.6 1.2 0 2.76 1.40 .938 2.93 2.54
1963 PHI NL 27 1B 5 0 6.0 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 9.00 1.20 .983 9.75 8.36
1964 PHI NL 28 SS 79 69 613.0 342 141 191 10 44 .971 -4.6 -9.0 -6.6 -2.1 -4.5 2 4.87 4.20 .963 5.03 4.32 MVP-21,GG
1964 PHI NL 28 1B 58 7 158.1 163 154 9 0 11 1.000 3.4 25.8 3.4 1.2 2.2 0 9.27 2.81 .990 10.02 8.83 MVP-21,GG
1964 PHI NL 28 2B 3 0 8.0 7 3 3 1 0 .857 -0.6 -90.0 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 6.75 2.00 .971 5.18 4.60 MVP-21,GG
1964 PHI NL 28 3B 3 0 8.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 55.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.91 2.60 MVP-21,GG
1964 PHI NL 28 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.30 MVP-21,GG
1964 PHI NL 28 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70 MVP-21,GG
1965 PHI NL 29 1B 60 0 97.1 99 86 12 1 9 .990 0.8 9.9 0.8 1.3 -0.5 0 9.06 1.63 .990 10.01 8.60
1965 PHI NL 29 SS 60 42 377.1 209 86 114 9 23 .957 -3.3 -10.5 -4.3 -2.5 -1.8 1 4.77 3.33 .964 4.92 4.20
1965 PHI NL 29 2B 6 6 53.0 24 15 8 1 2 .958 -0.5 -11.3 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 0 3.91 3.83 .975 5.28 4.72
1966 NYY AL 30 SS 14 8 67.2 43 17 25 1 8 .977 0.8 14.2 0.8 1.5 -0.7 0 5.59 3.00 .958 4.79 4.41
1967 NYY AL 31 SS 123 115 1052.2 602 212 374 16 73 .973 -1.9 -2.2 -0.9 -4.0 3.0 -1 5.01 4.76 .963 4.62 4.09
1967 NYY AL 31 3B 3 1 15.0 7 2 3 2 0 .714 -1.1 -88.0 -1.1 -1.2 0.1 0 3.00 1.67 .971 3.12 2.73
1967 NYY AL 31 1B 2 1 13.0 16 14 2 0 2 1.000 0.2 18.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 11.08 8.00 .994 9.55 8.30
1968 NYY AL 32 SS 23 10 117.2 52 16 34 2 8 .962 -2.8 -28.6 -3.8 -1.9 -1.8 1 3.82 2.17 .962 4.79 4.07
1968 NYY AL 32 1B 22 0 41.2 41 38 3 0 3 1.000 -0.4 -11.5 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 0 8.86 1.86 .988 9.59 8.32
1969 CAL AL 33 1B 18 0 30.0 29 29 0 0 1 1.000 0.2 8.0 0.2 0.4 -0.1 0 8.70 1.61 .993 9.63 8.33
1969 CAL AL 33 2B 9 4 36.0 21 9 11 1 0 .952 0.8 26.7 0.8 0.1 0.7 0 5.00 2.22 .976 5.20 4.58
1969 CAL AL 33 SS 5 0 13.0 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -9.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 4.15 1.20 .967 4.98 4.44
1969 CAL AL 33 3B 2 1 11.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -54.5 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 2.45 1.50 .967 3.19 2.75
11 Seasons SS 705 595 5286.2 3008 1146 1762 100 387 .967 -14.0 -3.2 -21.0 -23.9 3.0 7 4.95 4.12 .961 4.87 4.26
8 Seasons 1B 169 8 355.1 366 339 26 1 28 .997 4.5 15.2 4.5 2.9 1.7 0 9.24 2.16 .990 9.91 8.60
4 Seasons 3B 53 18 240.1 75 19 52 4 4 .947 2.6 13.0 2.6 1.3 1.3 0 2.66 1.34 .943 2.95 2.56
5 Seasons 2B 20 10 103.0 55 28 24 3 2 .945 0.2 2.3 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0 4.54 2.60 .975 5.25 4.65
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.30
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
11 Seasons TOT 948 631 5986.1 3504 1532 1864 108 421 .969 -6.8 -1.4 -13.8 -20.0 6.4 7 5.11 3.58 .933 5.10 4.94
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 STL NL 22 40 21 40 40 0 0 0 1 0 36 0 0 0 0 1 4
1960 PHI NL 24 92 90 92 92 0 0 0 0 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 PHI NL 25 135 127 135 135 0 0 3 1 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PHI NL 26 79 71 79 79 0 0 1 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 1 4
1963 PHI NL 27 115 58 115 115 0 0 5 0 45 63 0 0 0 0 9 14
1964 PHI NL 28 129 76 129 129 0 0 58 3 3 79 1 0 0 1 10 11
1965 PHI NL 29 118 48 118 118 0 0 60 6 0 60 0 0 0 0 8 9
1966 NYY AL 30 14 8 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 NYY AL 31 130 117 130 130 0 0 2 0 3 123 0 0 0 0 3 2
1968 NYY AL 32 47 10 47 47 0 0 22 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 1 3
1969 CAL AL 33 41 5 41 41 0 0 18 9 2 5 0 0 0 0 10 2
11 Seasons 940 631 940 940 0 0 169 20 53 705 1 0 0 1 43 49
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1958 STL NL 22 907 56% 78% 27% 83 84% 0 40 17 22 1 65 44 18 0 2 6 1 5 0 4 17 6 0 6 2 2 16 6 10 1 0 1
1960 PHI NL 24 3280 53% 81% 29% 332 88% 4 157 83 51 23 229 174 45 1 6 14 1 8 5 8 47 18 5 11 0 4 41 23 17 4 2 0
1961 PHI NL 25 4856 58% 79% 27% 482 92% 4 242 115 94 33 376 276 84 1 9 19 2 14 3 13 91 36 4 27 6 4 81 40 37 9 3 3
1962 PHI NL 26 2759 64% 77% 28% 313 89% 3 143 77 54 12 224 161 52 2 5 12 2 9 1 7 50 22 3 8 5 4 45 27 17 2 2 0
1963 PHI NL 27 1693 55% 74% 27% 174 91% 2 91 50 28 13 121 95 21 1 2 11 1 7 3 7 27 9 3 8 1 1 24 12 11 0 0 0
1964 PHI NL 28 2643 63% 76% 25% 266 89% 2 138 74 53 11 190 150 30 0 3 10 1 8 1 6 43 12 1 16 4 1 39 13 22 4 3 1
1965 PHI NL 29 1686 55% 76% 27% 177 85% 3 90 49 27 14 116 90 19 1 3 9 0 9 0 6 26 12 1 4 3 2 23 13 9 3 1 2
1966 NYY AL 30 296 55% 75% 30% 29 100% 0 17 9 7 1 25 14 9 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 4 0 1 2 1 8 4 4 0 0 0
1967 NYY AL 31 4523 65% 78% 28% 487 91% 6 216 94 82 40 386 301 64 7 9 16 1 14 1 14 73 26 9 17 10 1 68 36 29 2 0 1
1968 NYY AL 32 512 67% 77% 25% 47 89% 0 17 12 2 3 35 21 12 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 8 5 0 0 0 2 8 6 2 0 0 0
1969 CAL AL 33 58 60% 86% 22% 9 89% 0 3 3 0 0 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
11 Seasons 23213 60% 78% 27% 2399 90% 24 1154 583 420 151 1773 1330 355 13 41 100 10 76 14 67 391 150 26 98 33 22 353 180 158 26 12 8
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1961 PHI NL 25 29 38% 90% 31% 4 100% 0 11 2 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PHI NL 26 3 67% 67% 33% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 PHI NL 27 23 52% 83% 30% 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1964 PHI NL 28 692 63% 75% 26% 44 98% 1 154 18 135 1 18 9 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 0 12 1 0 0 0 0
1965 PHI NL 29 440 56% 74% 28% 28 96% 0 89 6 81 2 10 13 10 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 9 0 1 0 9 1 0 0 0 4 100%
1967 NYY AL 31 50 72% 68% 30% 3 100% 0 14 0 14 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1968 NYY AL 32 180 57% 77% 32% 5 100% 0 44 1 43 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1969 CAL AL 33 126 60% 77% 22% 8 100% 0 25 2 22 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1543 60% 75% 27% 92 98% 1 344 29 311 4 39 27 19 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 30 1 1 0 29 2 1 0 1 5 100%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1963 PHI NL 27 859 58% 73% 31% 66 88% 0 16 10 3 3 47 39 8 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 3 1 0 1 0
1964 PHI NL 28 37 65% 73% 30% 4 100% 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 NYY AL 31 62 66% 79% 31% 7 71% 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CAL AL 33 57 60% 77% 14% 2 100% 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1015 59% 74% 30% 79 87% 0 21 14 4 3 54 45 9 0 1 4 0 3 1 4 4 2 1 3 1 0 1 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1958 STL NL 22 12 83% 58% 17% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 PHI NL 25 9 44% 67% 22% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 PHI NL 28 35 57% 80% 29% 5 80% 0 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 PHI NL 29 216 68% 69% 26% 19 89% 0 15 9 3 3 9 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
1969 CAL AL 33 153 59% 78% 33% 16 94% 0 6 2 2 2 13 11 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 425 64% 73% 28% 42 90% 0 24 12 7 5 27 20 5 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1964 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 38% 75% 0% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 38% 75% 0% 0
MLB Averages 56.9% 2.5% 62% 77% 27% 48%

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