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Ruben Amaro

Ruben Amaro Jr.

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 12, 1965 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: William Penn Charter School (Philadelphia, PA)
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 11th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 8, 1991 (Age 26)
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Indians/Angels 1991-1998

Final Game: September 27, 1998 (Age 33)
Relatives: Son 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
1991 26 CAL AL 10 26 23 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .217 .308 .261 .569 60 6 1 0 0 0 1 /479D
1992 27 PHI NL 126 427 374 43 82 15 6 7 34 11 5 37 54 .219 .303 .348 .651 85 130 11 9 4 2 1 *987
1993 28 PHI NL 25 58 48 7 16 2 2 1 6 0 0 6 5 .333 .400 .521 .921 147 25 1 0 3 1 0 /897
1994 29 CLE AL 26 25 23 5 5 1 0 2 5 2 1 2 3 .217 .280 .522 .802 103 12 0 0 0 0 0 8/D79
1995 30 CLE AL 28 68 60 5 12 3 0 1 7 1 3 4 6 .200 .273 .300 .573 49 18 1 2 2 0 0 8/97D
1996 31 PHI NL 61 130 117 14 37 10 0 2 15 0 0 9 18 .316 .380 .453 .833 120 53 3 3 1 0 0 9/83
1997 32 PHI NL 117 200 175 18 41 6 1 2 21 1 1 21 24 .234 .320 .314 .634 68 55 4 2 0 2 0 879/3
1998 33 PHI NL 92 117 107 7 20 5 0 1 10 0 0 6 15 .187 .224 .262 .486 27 28 1 0 1 3 0 7/98
8 Yrs 485 1051 927 99 218 43 9 16 100 15 10 88 128 .235 .310 .353 .663 80 327 22 16 11 8 2
162 Game Avg. 162 351 310 33 73 14 3 5 33 5 3 29 43 .235 .310 .353 .663 80 109 7 5 4 3 1
PHI (5 yrs) 421 932 821 89 196 38 9 13 86 12 6 79 116 .239 .313 .354 .668 82 291 20 14 9 8 1
CLE (2 yrs) 54 93 83 10 17 4 0 3 12 3 4 6 9 .205 .275 .361 .636 64 30 1 2 2 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 10 26 23 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .217 .308 .261 .569 60 6 1 0 0 0 1
NL (5 yrs) 421 932 821 89 196 38 9 13 86 12 6 79 116 .239 .313 .354 .668 82 291 20 14 9 8 1
AL (3 yrs) 64 119 106 10 22 5 0 3 14 3 4 9 12 .208 .282 .340 .622 63 36 2 2 2 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1991 26 CAL AL 10 26 -2 -0 -0 -0 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .471 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 /479D
1992 27 PHI NL 126 427 -6 0 -0 2 -3 -8 -0.9 13 5 0.4 .493 .494 0.1 -0.2 3 $109,000 *987
1993 28 PHI NL 25 58 4 0 0 -0 -0 3 0.3 2 5 0.5 .513 .502 0.5 -0.1 5 $150,000 /897
1994 29 CLE AL 26 25 -0 -0 0 0 -0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $163,000 8/D79
1995 30 CLE AL 28 68 -4 -1 1 -1 -0 -7 -0.6 3 -4 -0.4 .477 .496 -0.3 -0.2 -3 $175,000 8/97D
1996 31 PHI NL 61 130 4 0 -0 1 -1 4 0.3 4 8 0.7 .506 .502 0.6 -0.0 7 $109,000 9/83
1997 32 PHI NL 117 200 -8 0 -0 6 -1 -4 -0.4 6 3 0.2 .497 .498 -0.4 0.4 -3 $275,000 879/3
1998 33 PHI NL 92 117 -12 -0 -0 1 -1 -12 -1.2 4 -8 -0.9 .487 .493 -1.0 0.0 -9 $265,000 7/98
8 Seasons 485 1051 -25 -2 -0 9 -6 -25 -2.8 33 8 0.4 .495 .498 -0.5 -0.0 -1 $1,246,000
PHI (5 yrs) 421 932 -19 0 -1 10 -6 -16 -1.9 29 13 0.9 .496 .498 -0.2 0.2 3 $908,000
CLE (2 yrs) 54 93 -5 -1 1 -1 -1 -6 -0.6 3 -3 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $338,000
CAL (1 yr) 10 26 -2 -0 -0 -0 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .471 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 30 CLE AL ALCS SEA W 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 30 CLE AL WS ATL L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1991 CAL AL 26 OF 5 3 2 27.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 1.33 0.80 .982 2.37 2.38
1991 CAL AL 26 2B 4 2 2 22.0 12 6 5 1 1 .917 -0 -5 4.50 2.75 .981 5.20 5.18
1991 CAL AL 26 LF 3 3 2 24.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.50 1.33 .978 2.17 2.17
1991 CAL AL 26 RF 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.20
1991 CAL AL 26 DH 1 0
1992 PHI NL 27 OF 113 88 77 842.2 239 232 5 2 1 .992 2 3 2.53 2.10 .983 2.34 2.34
1992 PHI NL 27 RF 68 46 42 451.1 110 106 3 1 1 .991 -0 -0 2.17 1.60 .979 2.08 2.08
1992 PHI NL 27 CF 27 23 17 203.1 62 60 1 1 0 .984 -3 -18 2.70 2.26 .989 2.80 2.80
1992 PHI NL 27 LF 27 19 18 188.0 67 66 1 0 0 1.000 5 33 3.21 2.48 .979 2.16 2.16
1993 PHI NL 28 OF 16 9 6 94.1 27 25 1 1 1 .963 -0 -5 2.48 1.63 .979 2.34 2.33
1993 PHI NL 28 CF 8 2 1 34.1 10 8 1 1 1 .900 -0 -14 2.36 1.13 .985 2.75 2.72
1993 PHI NL 28 RF 6 5 4 44.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -5 2.66 2.17 .976 2.17 2.15
1993 PHI NL 28 LF 3 2 1 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 15 2.25 1.33 .975 2.14 2.10
1994 CLE AL 29 OF 12 0 0 23.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 0 26 3.91 0.83 .982 2.39 2.35
1994 CLE AL 29 CF 10 0 0 19.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 0 32 3.32 0.70 .988 2.75 2.74
1994 CLE AL 29 DH 3 1
1994 CLE AL 29 LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -360 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.10
1994 CLE AL 29 RF 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1 360 9.00 2.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1995 CLE AL 30 OF 22 10 7 122.0 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -12 2.58 1.59 .983 2.33 2.31
1995 CLE AL 30 CF 14 9 6 88.0 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 2.97 2.07 .987 2.73 2.70
1995 CLE AL 30 RF 6 0 0 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -107 1.00 0.33 .980 2.05 2.03
1995 CLE AL 30 LF 5 1 1 16.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 15 3.38 1.20 .982 2.19 2.20
1995 CLE AL 30 DH 3 1
1996 PHI NL 31 OF 35 18 16 204.1 50 50 0 0 0 1.000 1 8 2.20 1.43 .978 2.13 2.12
1996 PHI NL 31 RF 28 16 16 175.2 45 45 0 0 0 1.000 1 8 2.31 1.61 .974 2.06 2.05
1996 PHI NL 31 CF 7 2 0 28.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 8 2.20 1.00 .984 2.48 2.47
1996 PHI NL 31 1B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 8.10 9.60
1997 PHI NL 32 OF 72 25 18 297.0 78 75 2 1 0 .987 5 22 2.33 1.07 .980 2.13 2.12
1997 PHI NL 32 CF 37 16 11 155.1 40 38 1 1 0 .975 2 19 2.26 1.05 .983 2.41 2.39
1997 PHI NL 32 LF 26 3 3 79.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 1 17 2.16 0.73 .980 1.95 1.93
1997 PHI NL 32 RF 15 6 4 62.2 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 2 34 2.73 1.27 .977 2.04 2.03
1997 PHI NL 32 1B 1 0 0 3.0 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 0 80 12.00 4.00 .992 9.60 9.40
1998 PHI NL 33 OF 51 6 5 157.2 29 26 3 0 0 1.000 1 10 1.66 0.57 .980 2.17 2.16
1998 PHI NL 33 LF 43 3 3 118.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 1 13 1.45 0.44 .975 1.89 1.88
1998 PHI NL 33 RF 6 2 1 26.2 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -22 2.02 1.00 .977 2.09 2.07
1998 PHI NL 33 CF 3 1 1 13.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 46 3.46 1.67 .988 2.56 2.53
8 Seasons OF 326 159 131 1768.0 473 456 12 5 2 .989 9 6 2.38 1.44 .982 2.27 2.24
8 Seasons RF 132 75 67 783.1 197 190 6 1 1 .995 1 1 2.25 1.48 .977 2.08 2.07
7 Seasons LF 108 31 28 443.0 120 117 3 0 0 1.000 7 20 2.44 1.11 .978 2.05 1.99
7 Seasons CF 106 53 36 541.2 161 154 3 4 1 .975 0 1 2.61 1.48 .987 2.65 2.60
1 Season 2B 4 2 2 22.0 12 6 5 1 1 .917 -0 -5 4.50 2.75 .981 5.20 5.18
2 Seasons 1B 2 0 0 3.1 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 0 72 10.80 2.00 .992 9.45 9.50
8 Seasons TOT 332 161 133 1793.1 489 466 17 6 4 .988 9 6 2.42 1.45 .982 2.32 2.32
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
199227Philadelphia Phillies$109,0004/2/92 USA Today
199328Philadelphia Phillies$150,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199429Cleveland Indians$163,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199530Cleveland Indians$175,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199631Philadelphia Phillies$109,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199732Philadelphia Phillies$275,0001997 AP survey
199833Philadelphia Phillies$265,0004/3/98 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,246,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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