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Rubén Gotay

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, 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
Teams (by GP): Royals/Mets/Braves 2004-2008
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.170 [*],
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 11:59PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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 78 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
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 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 21 KCR AL 166 -4 0 0 0 -5 1 6 -2 -0.2 3 0.3 -0.5 $ 4
2005 22 KCR AL 317 -13 -1 1 0 -7 1 11 -8 -0.8 -1 -0.1 -0.7 $316,000 4
2007 24 NYM NL 211 1 -1 0 0 -6 1 6 2 0.2 7 0.7 -0.5 $ 4/65
2008 25 ATL NL 117 -4 -1 -1 -1 1 0 3 -3 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $403,000 5/4
4 Seasons 811 -20 -3 0 -1 -16 3 26 -11 -1.1 5 0.5 -1.6 $719,000
KCR (2 yrs) 483 -17 -1 1 0 -12 2 17 -10 -1.0 2 0.2 -1.2 $316,000
NYM (1 yr) 211 1 -1 0 0 -6 1 6 2 0.2 7 0.7 -0.5 $
ATL (1 yr) 117 -4 -1 -1 -1 1 0 3 -3 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $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 42 178 78 97 3 29 .983 -5 -2 4.17 .982 4.91
2005 KCR AL 22 2B 81 395 155 232 8 50 .980 -7 -7 4.78 .983 4.90
2005 KCR AL 22 DH 1 1
2007 NYM NL 24 2B 37 146 72 71 3 14 .979 -6 -8 3.86 .984 4.84
2007 NYM NL 24 SS 5 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 -0 1 1.80 .976 4.42
2007 NYM NL 24 3B 2 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0 1 2.50 .954 2.65
2008 ATL NL 25 3B 10 17 2 13 2 0 .882 -0 -1 1.50 .956 2.58
2008 ATL NL 25 2B 3 13 3 10 0 2 1.000 1 2 4.33 .982 4.80
4 Seasons 2B 163 732 308 410 14 95 .981 -16 -15 4.40 .983 4.89
2 Seasons 3B 12 22 2 18 2 0 .909 0 0 1.67 .955 2.59
1 Season SS 5 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 -0 1 1.80 .976 4.42
4 Seasons TOT 180 763 314 433 16 96 .979 -16 -14 4.15 .982 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.
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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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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
200522Kansas City Royals$316,000
200825Atlanta Braves$403,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$719,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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