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Ruben Gotay    \GO-tie\

Ruben Bruce Gotay

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 25, 1982 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
High School: Santiago Veue Calzada (Fajardo, PR)
School: Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA)
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 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Royals/Mets/Braves 2004-2008
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.170, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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
2004 21 KCR AL 44 166 152 17 41 7 3 1 16 0 1 9 36 .270 .315 .375 .690 79 57 4 2 1 2 0 4
2005 22 KCR AL 86 317 282 32 64 14 2 5 29 2 2 22 51 .227 .288 .344 .632 69 97 3 4 4 5 0 4/D
2007 24 NYM NL 98 211 190 25 56 12 0 4 24 3 3 16 42 .295 .351 .421 .772 101 80 2 1 3 1 1 4/65
2008 25 ATL NL 88 117 102 10 24 5 0 2 8 1 1 13 32 .235 .322 .343 .665 77 35 4 0 2 0 0 5/4
4 Yrs 316 811 726 84 185 38 5 12 77 6 7 60 161 .255 .315 .371 .685 80 269 13 7 10 8 1
162 Game Avg. 162 416 372 43 95 19 3 6 39 3 4 31 83 .255 .315 .371 .685 80 138 7 4 5 4 1
KCR (2 yrs) 130 483 434 49 105 21 5 6 45 2 3 31 87 .242 .297 .355 .652 72 154 7 6 5 7 0
NYM (1 yr) 98 211 190 25 56 12 0 4 24 3 3 16 42 .295 .351 .421 .772 101 80 2 1 3 1 1
ATL (1 yr) 88 117 102 10 24 5 0 2 8 1 1 13 32 .235 .322 .343 .665 77 35 4 0 2 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 186 328 292 35 80 17 0 6 32 4 4 29 74 .274 .341 .394 .734 92 115 6 1 5 1 1
AL (2 yrs) 130 483 434 49 105 21 5 6 45 2 3 31 87 .242 .297 .355 .652 72 154 7 6 5 7 0

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
2004 21 KCR AL 44 166 -5 1 0 -2 1 -5 -0.5 6 1 0.1 .488 .497 0.3 -0.1 3 4
2005 22 KCR AL 86 317 -13 -1 0 -6 2 -18 -1.8 12 -6 -0.6 .479 .489 -0.0 -0.4 0 $316,000 4/D
2007 24 NYM NL 98 211 -0 -1 0 -6 1 -5 -0.5 7 2 0.1 .495 .497 0.7 -0.5 7 4/65
2008 25 ATL NL 88 117 -3 -1 -0 1 1 -3 -0.4 4 0 -0.0 .496 .498 -0.1 0.1 -1 $403,000 5/4
4 Seasons 316 811 -22 -2 0 -13 5 -31 -3.1 28 -3 -0.4 .490 .495 0.9 -0.8 10 $719,000
KCR (2 yrs) 130 483 -18 -0 1 -8 3 -23 -2.2 18 -5 -0.5 .482 .493 0.3 -0.5 3 $316,000
NYM (1 yr) 98 211 -0 -1 0 -6 1 -5 -0.5 7 2 0.1 .495 .497 0.7 -0.5 7
ATL (1 yr) 88 117 -3 -1 -0 1 1 -3 -0.4 4 0 -0.0 .496 .498 -0.1 0.1 -1 $403,000

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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 Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2004 KCR AL 21 2B 42 41 41 368.1 178 78 97 3 29 .983 -5 -2 -16 -5 4.28 4.17 .982 4.95 4.91
2005 KCR AL 22 2B 81 74 72 666.0 395 155 232 8 50 .980 -7 -6 -12 -11 5.23 4.78 .983 4.96 4.90
2005 KCR AL 22 DH 2 1
2007 NYM NL 24 2B 37 33 28 296.1 146 72 71 3 14 .979 -6 -8 -24 -33 4.34 3.86 .984 4.86 4.84
2007 NYM NL 24 SS 5 2 2 20.0 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 -0 1 -6 48 4.05 1.80 .976 4.46 4.42
2007 NYM NL 24 3B 2 1 1 11.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0 1 55 98 4.09 2.50 .954 2.70 2.65
2008 ATL NL 25 3B 10 6 6 64.0 17 2 13 2 0 .882 -0 -1 -6 -17 2.11 1.50 .956 2.60 2.58
2008 ATL NL 25 2B 3 3 2 26.0 13 3 10 0 2 1.000 1 2 60 88 4.50 4.33 .982 4.85 4.80
4 Seasons 2B 163 151 143 1356.2 732 308 410 14 95 .981 -16 -14 -14 -12 4.76 4.40 .983 4.93 4.89
2 Seasons 3B 12 7 7 75.0 22 2 18 2 0 .909 0 0 3 0 2.40 1.67 .955 2.62 2.59
1 Season SS 5 2 2 20.0 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 -0 1 -6 60 4.05 1.80 .976 4.46 4.42
4 Seasons TOT 180 160 152 1451.2 763 314 433 16 96 .979 -16 -13 -13 -10 4.63 4.15 .982 4.81 4.72
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
2005 AL  5.23 (3rd)

                                         

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200522Kansas City Royals$316,000
200825Atlanta Braves$403,000
Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)$719,000
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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