Ruben Gotay
Ruben Bruce Gotay
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 25, 1982 in Rio Piedras, P.R.
High School: Santiago Veue Calzada (Fajardo, PR)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 31st round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed May 28, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 2004
Final Game: September 28, 2008
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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
2004 KCR AL 21 2B 42 41 368.1 178 78 97 3 29 .983 -4.9 -16.0 -6.9 -6.4 -0.5 2 4.28 4.17 .982 4.95 4.35
2005 KCR AL 22 2B 81 74 666.0 395 156 231 8 51 .980 -6.6 -11.9 -5.6 -3.2 -2.4 -1 5.23 4.78 .983 4.96 4.48
2005 KCR AL 22 DH 2
2007 NYM NL 24 2B 37 33 296.1 146 72 71 3 14 .979 -5.9 -23.9 -4.9 -1.9 -3.0 -1 4.34 3.86 .984 4.86 4.23
2007 NYM NL 24 SS 5 2 20.0 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -6.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.05 1.80 .978 4.46 4.00
2007 NYM NL 24 3B 2 1 11.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.5 54.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 4.09 2.50 .960 2.70 2.25
2008 ATL NL 25 3B 10 6 64.0 17 2 13 2 0 .882 -0.3 -5.6 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.11 1.50 .959 2.60 2.23
2008 ATL NL 25 2B 3 3 26.0 13 3 10 0 2 1.000 1.3 60.0 1.3 1.2 0.1 0 4.50 4.33 .985 4.85 4.03
4 Seasons 2B 163 151 1356.2 732 309 409 14 96 .981 -16.1 -14.2 -16.1 -10.3 -5.8 0 4.76 4.40 .983 4.93 4.38
2 Seasons 3B 12 7 75.0 22 2 18 2 0 .909 0.2 3.2 0.2 -0.3 0.5 0 2.40 1.67 .959 2.62 2.23
1 Season SS 5 2 20.0 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -6.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.05 1.80 .978 4.46 4.00
1 Season DH 2
4 Seasons TOT 180 160 1451.2 763 315 432 16 97 .979 -16.0 -13.2 -16.0 -10.6 -5.4 0 4.63 4.15 .961 4.81 4.23

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
2004 KCR AL 21 44 41 44 42 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2005 KCR AL 22 86 75 86 81 0 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1
2007 NYM NL 24 98 36 98 43 0 0 0 37 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 57 1
2008 ATL NL 25 88 9 88 12 0 0 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 2
4 Seasons 316 161 316 178 0 0 0 163 12 5 0 0 0 0 1 142 5
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 -- 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
2004 KCR AL 21 1696 59% 75% 28% 124 90% 1 78 37 36 5 97 83 11 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 29 10 6 9 3 28 12 16 1 0 1
2005 KCR AL 22 3127 56% 76% 32% 292 92% 0 155 68 64 23 232 195 30 1 2 8 2 3 3 4 50 15 9 21 0 47 21 25 3 2 1
2007 NYM NL 24 1321 60% 74% 30% 106 90% 0 72 31 27 14 71 59 10 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 14 2 3 5 1 12 6 5 2 1 1
2008 ATL NL 25 121 52% 79% 33% 9 89% 0 3 0 2 1 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons 6265 57% 76% 30% 531 91% 1 308 136 129 43 410 346 52 1 3 14 2 5 7 7 95 28 18 36 4 89 40 47 6 3 3
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2007 NYM NL 24 50 66% 76% 36% 6 83% 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 ATL NL 25 273 56% 79% 41% 17 76% 0 2 1 0 1 13 11 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 323 58% 78% 41% 23 78% 0 2 1 0 1 18 15 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 88% 66%

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
2007 NYM NL 24 86 67% 81% 24% 7 86% 0 4 3 1 0 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1 Season 86 67% 81% 24% 7 86% 0 4 3 1 0 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 89%

* 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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