Ruben Amaro
Ruben Amaro Jr.
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 12, 1965 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: William Penn Charter (Philadelphia, PA)
School: Stanford University
Drafted by the California Angels in the 11th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 8, 1991
Final Game: September 27, 1998
Relatives: Son 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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1991 CAL AL 26 OF 5 3 27.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -13.3 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.33 0.80 .975 2.37 2.02
1991 CAL AL 26 2B 4 2 22.0 12 6 5 1 1 .917 -0.1 -5.5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 2.75 .983 5.20 4.45
1991 CAL AL 26 LF 3 3 24.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.50 1.33 .975 2.17 1.73
1991 CAL AL 26 RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.75
1991 CAL AL 26 DH 1
1992 PHI NL 27 OF 113 87 842.2 239 232 5 2 1 .992 2.0 2.8 6.0 3.9 2.1 -4 2.53 2.10 .983 2.34 1.96
1992 PHI NL 27 RF 68 46 451.1 110 106 3 1 1 .991 -0.1 -0.3 1.9 0.0 1.9 -2 2.17 1.60 .979 2.08 1.66
1992 PHI NL 27 CF 27 23 203.1 62 60 1 1 0 .984 -3.1 -18.3 -1.1 -0.8 -0.3 -2 2.70 2.26 .989 2.80 2.44
1992 PHI NL 27 LF 27 18 188.0 67 66 1 0 0 1.000 5.2 33.2 5.2 4.7 0.5 0 3.21 2.48 .979 2.16 1.65
1993 PHI NL 28 OF 16 9 94.1 27 25 1 1 1 .963 -0.4 -5.1 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 2.48 1.63 .978 2.34 2.00
1993 PHI NL 28 CF 8 2 34.1 10 8 1 1 1 .900 -0.4 -14.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 2.36 1.13 .990 2.75 2.38
1993 PHI NL 28 RF 6 5 44.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -5.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.66 2.17 .977 2.17 1.78
1993 PHI NL 28 LF 3 2 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 15.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.25 1.33 .975 2.14 1.70
1994 CLE AL 29 OF 12 0 23.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 0.5 26.1 0.5 1.0 -0.5 0 3.91 0.83 .982 2.39 2.09
1994 CLE AL 29 CF 10 0 19.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 0.5 31.6 0.5 1.0 -0.5 0 3.32 0.70 .988 2.75 2.44
1994 CLE AL 29 DH 3
1994 CLE AL 29 LF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -360.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
1994 CLE AL 29 RF 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 360.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 2.25 1.90
1995 CLE AL 30 OF 22 10 122.0 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -11.8 -1.2 -1.9 0.7 0 2.58 1.59 .983 2.33 1.99
1995 CLE AL 30 CF 14 9 88.0 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 2.7 0.2 -0.9 1.1 0 2.97 2.07 .986 2.73 2.38
1995 CLE AL 30 RF 6 0 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -106.7 -1.6 -1.1 -0.5 0 1.00 0.33 1.000 2.05 1.63
1995 CLE AL 30 LF 5 1 16.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 15.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 3.38 1.20 .983 2.19 1.76
1995 CLE AL 30 DH 3
1996 PHI NL 31 OF 35 18 204.1 52 52 0 0 0 1.000 1.3 7.6 1.3 1.2 0.1 0 2.29 1.49 .977 2.13 1.80
1996 PHI NL 31 RF 28 16 175.2 43 43 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 7.5 1.1 1.2 -0.1 0 2.20 1.54 .974 2.07 1.71
1996 PHI NL 31 CF 7 2 28.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 8.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 2.20 1.00 .986 2.48 2.13
1996 PHI NL 31 1B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 8.10 8.40
1997 PHI NL 32 OF 72 25 297.0 78 75 2 1 0 .987 5.4 21.8 7.4 1.6 5.8 -2 2.33 1.07 .979 2.13 1.77
1997 PHI NL 32 CF 37 16 155.1 40 38 1 1 0 .975 2.5 19.3 2.5 -0.5 3.0 0 2.26 1.05 .982 2.40 2.03
1997 PHI NL 32 LF 26 3 79.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 16.7 2.1 -0.6 2.7 -1 2.16 0.73 .979 1.95 1.48
1997 PHI NL 32 RF 15 6 62.2 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.8 34.5 2.8 2.7 0.1 -1 2.73 1.27 .979 2.04 1.64
1997 PHI NL 32 1B 1 0 3.0 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 12.00 4.00 1.000 9.60 8.20
1998 PHI NL 33 OF 51 6 157.2 30 27 3 0 0 1.000 1.3 9.9 1.3 -1.3 2.6 0 1.71 0.59 .980 2.17 1.78
1998 PHI NL 33 LF 43 3 118.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.3 13.2 1.3 -0.8 2.1 0 1.45 0.44 .974 1.88 1.38
1998 PHI NL 33 RF 6 2 26.2 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -22.5 -0.5 -1.0 0.5 0 2.02 1.00 .983 2.09 1.67
1998 PHI NL 33 CF 3 1 13.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 46.2 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 3.46 1.67 .980 2.56 2.13
8 Seasons OF 326 158 1768.0 476 459 12 5 2 .989 8.6 5.8 14.6 4.0 10.6 -6 2.40 1.44 .981 2.27 1.88
8 Seasons RF 132 75 783.1 195 188 6 1 1 .995 0.8 1.2 3.8 1.9 1.9 -3 2.23 1.47 .978 2.08 1.68
7 Seasons LF 108 30 443.0 120 117 3 0 0 1.000 7.4 20.0 8.4 3.0 5.4 -1 2.44 1.11 .978 2.05 1.51
7 Seasons CF 106 53 541.2 161 154 3 4 1 .975 0.4 0.9 2.4 -0.9 3.3 -2 2.61 1.48 .986 2.65 2.25
3 Seasons DH 7
1 Season 2B 4 2 22.0 12 6 5 1 1 .917 -0.1 -5.5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 2.75 .983 5.20 4.45
2 Seasons 1B 2 0 3.1 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 0.2 72.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 10.80 2.00 1.000 9.45 8.30
8 Seasons TOT 342 160 1793.1 492 469 17 6 4 .988 8.7 5.8 14.7 4.2 10.5 -6 0 2.44 1.42 .969 2.32 1.91
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1991 CAL AL 26 10 5 10 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 2 5 0 2 1
1992 PHI NL 27 126 87 126 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 27 68 113 0 16 3
1993 PHI NL 28 25 9 25 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 6 16 0 9 1
1994 CLE AL 29 26 1 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 1 12 1 13 8
1995 CLE AL 30 28 11 28 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 6 22 1 9 2
1996 PHI NL 31 61 18 61 36 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 28 35 0 35 0
1997 PHI NL 32 117 25 117 72 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 37 15 72 0 64 1
1998 PHI NL 33 92 6 92 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 3 6 51 0 56 2
8 Seasons 485 162 485 330 0 0 2 4 0 0 108 106 132 326 2 204 18
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 -- RF*

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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%
1991 CAL AL 26 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 12 50% 67% 50% 0
1992 PHI NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 9 3 0 9 3 0 3 2 1 6 2 0 8 3 0 35 13 37.1% 21 1 2.9% 2 1986 55% 78% 40% 169 63%
1993 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 206 68% 76% 38% 26 50%
1994 CLE AL 29 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 7 71% 86% 57% 2 100%
1995 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 78 50% 74% 32% 8 25%
1996 PHI NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 7 2 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 23 12 52.2% 11 0 0.0% 0 754 58% 73% 38% 91 49%
1997 PHI NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 11 3 27.3% 8 0 0.0% 1 301 58% 70% 37% 35 54%
1998 PHI NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 1 1 33.3% 1 127 57% 72% 36% 9 56%
8 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 6 1 2 1 1 25 12 0 25 8 0 9 6 2 10 2 0 14 6 0 83 34 41.0% 47 2 2.4% 4 3471 57% 76% 39% 340 57%
MLB Averages 44.6% 2.5% 56% 75% 38% 53%

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%
1991 CAL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 110 39% 75% 30% 7 57%
1992 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 0 6 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 16 9 56.3% 7 0 0.0% 1 842 47% 78% 43% 101 66%
1993 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 68 51% 81% 38% 7 57%
1994 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 8 50% 63% 63% 2 50%
1995 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 75 48% 75% 41% 11 55%
1997 PHI NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 14 7 50.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 369 54% 71% 38% 47 40%
1998 PHI NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 11 6 54.5% 5 0 0.0% 1 532 55% 67% 36% 35 54%
7 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 16 13 0 13 5 0 8 3 0 6 0 0 4 4 0 47 25 53.2% 22 0 0.0% 3 2004 50% 74% 39% 210 57%
MLB Averages 59.8% 2.5% 56% 75% 38% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1992 PHI NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 14 2 14.3% 12 0 0.0% 1 900 61% 75% 41% 83 72%
1993 PHI NL 28 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 25.0% 2 1 25.0% 0 165 44% 68% 39% 16 50%
1994 CLE AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 85 48% 73% 35% 13 54%
1995 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 5 0 16 7 43.8% 9 0 0.0% 0 382 43% 73% 36% 53 55%
1996 PHI NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 119 61% 73% 38% 14 50%
1997 PHI NL 32 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 38.5% 8 0 0.0% 1 699 55% 72% 38% 68 57%
1998 PHI NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 55 56% 89% 45% 8 63%
7 Seasons 4 0 3 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 15 8 0 17 2 0 1 0 0 11 1 1 9 6 0 53 17 32.1% 35 1 1.9% 2 2405 55% 74% 39% 255 61%
MLB Averages 40.6% 1.8% 56% 75% 38% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1991 CAL AL 26 92 83% 78% 29% 7 86% 0 6 1 3 2 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1 Season 92 83% 78% 29% 7 86% 0 6 1 3 2 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 89%

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%
1996 PHI NL 31 4 50% 50% 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
1997 PHI NL 32 11 45% 82% 55% 1 100% 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 15 47% 73% 40% 1 100% 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 92% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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