Ruben Mateo
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 10, 1978 in San Cristobal, D.R.
High School: Liceo Jose Manuel Maria Balance (San Cristobal, DO)
Signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent in 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 12, 1999
Final Game: August 21, 2004
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1999 TEX AL 21 CF 31 31 265.2 65 62 3 0 0 1.000 0.9 4.1 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 2 2.20 2.10 .985 2.72 2.36
1999 TEX AL 21 OF 31 31 265.2 65 62 3 0 0 1.000 0.9 4.1 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 2 2.20 2.10 .983 2.30 2.03
2000 TEX AL 22 CF 52 52 457.0 147 140 4 3 0 .980 1.0 2.6 -1.0 0.4 -1.4 2 2.84 2.77 .986 2.76 2.44
2000 TEX AL 22 OF 52 52 457.0 148 141 4 3 0 .980 1.0 2.6 -1.0 0.4 -1.4 2 2.86 2.79 .985 2.36 2.02
2001 TEX AL 23 OF 39 37 330.1 71 70 0 1 0 .986 -7.9 -28.7 -8.9 -6.7 -2.2 1 1.91 1.79 .985 2.30 2.01
2001 TEX AL 23 RF 39 37 330.1 71 70 0 1 0 .986 -7.9 -28.7 -8.9 -6.7 -2.2 1 1.91 1.79 .982 2.09 1.82
2002 CIN NL 24 OF 24 18 152.0 34 33 1 0 0 1.000 -2.8 -22.1 -1.8 0.2 -2.0 -1 2.01 1.42 .982 2.19 1.84
2002 CIN NL 24 RF 23 16 138.2 29 28 1 0 0 1.000 -2.7 -23.4 -1.7 0.2 -1.9 -1 1.88 1.26 .983 2.07 1.67
2002 CIN NL 24 CF 2 2 13.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -9.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 3.38 2.50 .980 2.56 2.15
2003 CIN NL 25 OF 54 49 431.2 110 106 2 2 1 .982 -2.3 -6.4 -2.3 -0.6 -1.7 0 2.25 2.00 .984 2.17 1.85
2003 CIN NL 25 RF 39 36 313.0 79 76 1 2 0 .975 -3.2 -12.3 -3.2 -1.2 -2.0 0 2.21 1.97 .982 2.09 1.72
2003 CIN NL 25 CF 14 12 103.0 28 26 2 0 1 1.000 1.4 16.3 1.4 0.6 0.8 0 2.45 2.00 .989 2.50 2.14
2003 CIN NL 25 LF 4 1 15.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -38.3 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 2.30 1.00 .975 1.90 1.55
2004 TOT MLB 26 OF 40 32 283.2 71 65 5 1 2 .986 0.7 3.0 -0.3 -1.0 0.7 1 2.22 1.75 .983 2.27 2.00
2004 TOT MLB 26 RF 19 10 102.1 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 -2.6 -30.5 -2.6 -1.2 -1.4 0 2.11 1.26 .983 2.19 1.87
2004 TOT MLB 26 LF 13 12 103.0 26 22 3 1 1 .962 3.4 39.6 1.4 0.7 0.7 2 2.18 1.92 .985 2.02 1.69
2004 TOT MLB 26 CF 10 10 78.1 21 20 1 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -1.5 0.9 -0.5 1.4 -1 2.41 2.10 .990 2.59 2.31
2004 PIT NL 26 OF 10 9 71.2 15 13 1 1 1 .933 -2.3 -38.5 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 -1 1.76 1.40 .980 2.16 1.85
2004 PIT NL 26 CF 5 5 37.1 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.4 45.0 1.4 0.0 1.4 0 2.17 1.80 .989 2.53 2.26
2004 PIT NL 26 RF 4 2 20.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -3.4 -200.7 -2.4 -1.0 -1.4 -1 1.77 1.00 .975 2.08 1.70
2004 PIT NL 26 LF 2 2 14.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.3 -25.7 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.64 0.50 1.000 1.86 1.50
2004 PIT NL 26 DH 1
2004 KCR AL 26 OF 30 23 212.0 56 52 4 0 1 1.000 3.0 17.0 1.0 0.3 0.7 2 2.38 1.87 .984 2.30 2.05
2004 KCR AL 26 RF 15 8 82.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 0.8 11.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 1 2.20 1.33 .985 2.22 1.92
2004 KCR AL 26 LF 11 10 89.0 24 21 3 0 1 1.000 3.7 49.9 1.7 1.0 0.7 2 2.43 2.18 .983 2.04 1.73
2004 KCR AL 26 CF 5 5 41.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -43.9 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 -1 2.63 2.40 .992 2.63 2.36
6 Seasons OF 240 219 1920.1 499 477 15 7 3 .986 -10.4 -6.5 -15.4 -7.7 -7.7 5 2.31 2.05 .984 2.27 1.96
4 Seasons RF 120 99 884.1 203 197 3 3 0 .985 -16.4 -22.3 -16.4 -8.9 -7.5 0 2.04 1.67 .982 2.10 1.77
5 Seasons CF 109 107 917.1 266 253 10 3 2 .989 3.1 4.1 0.1 0.5 -0.4 3 2.58 2.41 .986 2.70 2.36
2 Seasons LF 17 13 118.2 30 26 3 1 1 .967 2.9 29.3 0.9 0.7 0.2 2 2.20 1.71 .983 2.00 1.66
1 Season DH 1
6 Seasons TOT 246 219 1920.1 499 476 16 7 3 .986 -10.4 -6.5 -15.4 -7.7 -7.7 5 2.31 2.00 .971 2.38 2.02
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1999 TEX AL 21 32 31 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 31 0 0 1
2000 TEX AL 22 52 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 52 0 0 0
2001 TEX AL 23 40 37 40 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 39 0 1 0
2002 CIN NL 24 46 18 46 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 24 0 25 1
2003 CIN NL 25 74 49 74 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 39 54 0 20 0
2004 KCR AL 26 32 23 32 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 15 30 0 2 1
2004 PIT NL 26 19 9 19 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 4 10 0 9 0
6 Seasons 295 219 295 240 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 109 120 240 0 57 3
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%
2001 TEX AL 23 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 12 0 12 6 0 6 3 0 5 2 0 3 2 0 42 25 59.5% 17 0 0.0% 0 1533 60% 78% 41% 148 47%
2002 CIN NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 5 0 5 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 9 47.4% 9 0 0.0% 1 628 56% 75% 39% 64 44%
2003 CIN NL 25 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 21 10 0 11 3 0 5 2 0 6 3 0 8 8 0 51 26 51.0% 25 0 0.0% 1 1431 60% 75% 40% 162 48%
2004 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 1 362 61% 83% 47% 42 48%
2004 PIT NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 1 10.0% 9 0 0.0% 0 115 58% 77% 45% 16 25%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 52 30 0 32 10 0 16 9 0 13 5 0 15 11 0 128 65 50.8% 62 0 0.0% 3 4069 60% 77% 41% 432 46%
MLB Averages 47.0% 2.4% 56% 74% 39% 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%
1999 TEX AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 13 8 1 16 3 2 6 3 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 41 17 41.5% 21 3 7.3% 0 1189 44% 76% 37% 145 45%
2000 TEX AL 22 3 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 0 3 23 18 0 15 3 2 3 0 1 9 3 0 14 11 0 64 35 54.7% 26 3 4.7% 1 2102 56% 77% 42% 222 65%
2002 CIN NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 67 52% 82% 49% 14 43%
2003 CIN NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 8 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16 2 12.5% 13 1 6.3% 0 471 54% 74% 40% 56 46%
2004 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 6 1 16.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 194 54% 72% 37% 22 55%
2004 PIT NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 164 63% 70% 37% 14 57%
5 Seasons 3 0 2 1 0 9 0 1 1 6 43 30 1 42 7 4 12 3 1 14 3 1 23 17 0 134 60 44.8% 67 7 5.2% 2 4187 53% 76% 40% 473 55%
MLB Averages 43.3% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 54%

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%
2003 CIN NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 63 62% 71% 41% 6 67%
2004 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 6 5 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 14 10 71.4% 2 2 14.3% 1 417 57% 78% 40% 44 52%
2004 PIT NL 26 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 69 55% 71% 41% 6 17%
2 Seasons 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 3 3 0 11 8 1 2 2 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 21 15 71.4% 3 2 9.5% 1 549 57% 77% 40% 56 50%
MLB Averages 62.3% 2.4% 56% 74% 39% 47%

* 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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