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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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1958 22 STL NL 40 82 76 8 17 2 1 0 0 0 1 5 8 .224 .272 .276 .548 44 21 3 0 1 0 1 6/4
1960 24 PHI NL 92 292 264 25 61 9 1 0 16 0 1 21 32 .231 .292 .273 .564 56 72 5 2 4 1 2 6
1961 25 PHI NL 135 447 381 34 98 14 9 1 32 1 0 53 59 .257 .351 .349 .700 89 133 9 2 11 0 2 *6/34
1962 26 PHI NL 79 265 226 24 55 10 0 0 19 5 2 30 28 .243 .330 .288 .617 70 65 6 1 4 4 4 6/3
1963 27 PHI NL 115 245 217 25 47 9 2 2 19 0 1 19 31 .217 .276 .304 .580 68 66 4 0 6 3 6 65/3
1964 28 PHI NL 129 323 299 31 79 11 0 4 34 1 6 16 37 .264 .307 .341 .648 84 102 5 3 4 1 2 63/457 MVP-21,GG
1965 29 PHI NL 118 218 184 26 39 7 0 0 15 1 1 27 22 .212 .312 .250 .562 62 46 6 1 3 3 3 36/4
1966 30 NYY AL 14 23 23 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .217 .217 .217 .435 29 5 2 0 0 0 0 6
1967 31 NYY AL 130 470 417 31 93 12 0 1 17 3 2 43 49 .223 .297 .259 .556 70 108 13 1 9 0 4 *6/53
1968 32 NYY AL 47 50 41 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 .122 .280 .146 .426 35 6 0 0 0 0 0 63
1969 33 CAL AL 41 36 27 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 .222 .323 .222 .545 59 6 0 0 5 0 0 3/465
11 Seasons 940 2451 2155 211 505 75 13 8 156 11 14 227 280 .234 .309 .292 .601 71 630 53 10 47 12 24
162 Game Avg. 162 422 371 36 87 13 2 1 27 2 2 39 48 .234 .309 .292 .601 71 109 9 2 8 2 4
PHI (6 yrs) 668 1790 1571 165 379 60 12 7 135 8 11 166 209 .241 .315 .308 .623 74 484 35 9 32 12 19
NYY (3 yrs) 191 543 481 34 103 13 0 1 20 3 2 52 57 .214 .292 .247 .540 65 119 15 1 9 0 4
STL (1 yr) 40 82 76 8 17 2 1 0 0 0 1 5 8 .224 .272 .276 .548 44 21 3 0 1 0 1
CAL (1 yr) 41 36 27 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 .222 .323 .222 .545 59 6 0 0 5 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 708 1872 1647 173 396 62 13 7 135 8 12 171 217 .240 .313 .307 .620 73 505 38 9 33 12 20
AL (4 yrs) 232 579 508 38 109 13 0 1 21 3 2 56 63 .215 .294 .246 .540 65 125 15 1 14 0 4

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Gold Gloves
1964-NL-SS

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1964-NL-21-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Triples s c a p y
1961 NL--9--8th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1961 NL--11--5th
1967 AL--9--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

Before 1954 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

December 3, 1958: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Chuck Essegian.

November 29, 1965: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Yankees for Phil Linz.

November 6, 1968: Purchased by the California Angels from the New York Yankees.

October 22, 1969: Released by the California Angels.

April 13, 1970: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

March 1, 1972: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Name and misspellings: Ruben (Sr.) (Mora) reuben Ruben rubian rubin rueben Amaro

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