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Alexei Ramírez

Alexei Fernando (Rodriguez) Ramirez (Cuban Missile)

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 22, 1981 in Pinar del Rio, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 2008
Team: WhiteSox 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 4 yrs/$32.5M (12-15) & 16 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.000, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Jaime Torres [*]
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Standard Batting

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
2008	26	CHW	AL	136	509	480	65	139	22	2	21	77	13	9	18	61	.290	.317	.475	.792	104	228	14	3	4	4	3	*468/5D	RoY-2
2009	27	CHW	AL	148	606	542	71	150	14	1	15	68	14	5	49	66	.277	.333	.389	.723	86	211	15	1	6	8	3	*6
2010	28	CHW	AL	156	626	585	83	165	29	2	18	70	13	8	27	82	.282	.313	.431	.744	99	252	12	2	7	5	2	*6	SS
2011	29	CHW	AL	158	684	614	81	165	31	2	15	70	7	5	51	84	.269	.328	.399	.727	95	245	19	6	8	5	1	*6/D
2012	30	CHW	AL	49	203	194	15	43	6	1	1	22	6	1	6	34	.222	.245	.278	.523	42	54	8	0	3	0	1	*6
5 Yrs				647	2628	2415	315	662	102	8	70	307	53	28	151	327	.274	.317	.410	.727	91	990	68	12	28	22	10
162 Game Avg.				162	658	605	79	166	26	2	18	77	13	7	38	82	.274	.317	.410	.727	91	248	17	3	7	6	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2008	26	CHW	AL	136	509	5	-4	0	-10	3	-5	-0.3	17	12	1.3	.496	.497	2.2	-0.5	22	$1,111,666	*468/5D	RoY-2
2009	27	CHW	AL	148	606	-10	0	1	2	7	1	0.2	20	21	2.1	.500	.500	1.9	1.0	19	$1,225,000	*6
2010	28	CHW	AL	156	626	-0	1	1	20	7	29	3.3	21	50	5.2	.520	.519	3.1	3.0	30	$1,225,000	*6	SS
2011	29	CHW	AL	158	684	-6	3	-1	7	7	10	1.2	23	33	3.3	.507	.507	2.7	1.6	26	$2,750,000	*6/D
2012	30	CHW	AL	49	203	-14	2	-2	0	2	-12	-1.3	7	-5	-0.7	.474	.492	-0.6	0.2	-5	$	*6
5 Seasons				647	2628	-25	2	-1	19	26	23	3.2	89	112	11.2	.504	.503	9.3	5.3	93	$6,311,666

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2008	26	CHW	AL	509	372	66	4.8	109	.294	.290	.273	.317	.341	.475	.428	.792	.770	104	.480	-0.1	-0.0	.695	.231	.185	16.1
2009	27	CHW	AL	606	426	71	4.4	112	.288	.277	.273	.333	.343	.389	.438	.723	.781	86	.440	-11.8	-1.1	.655	.220	.113	14.5
2010	28	CHW	AL	626	452	76	4.5	102	.300	.282	.264	.313	.332	.431	.413	.744	.745	99	.482	-3.2	-0.3	.650	.203	.149	15.1
2011	29	CHW	AL	684	486	78	4.3	103	.288	.269	.264	.328	.330	.399	.418	.727	.747	95	.468	-4.4	-0.4	.643	.217	.130	9.5
2012	30	CHW	AL	203	*163*	12	2.0	102	.264	.222	.258	.245	.326	.278	.418	.523	.744	42	.177	-16.4	-1.7	.406	.113	.057	1.7
5 Yrs				2628	1899	303	4.3	106	.290	.274	.267	.317	.335	.410	.423	.727	.759	91	.447	-35.9	-3.5	.637	.209	.136	60.3
162 Game Avg.				658	475	76	4.3	106	.290	.274	.267	.317	.335	.410	.423	.727	.759	91	.447	-35.9	-3.5	.637	.209	.136	15

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
2008	26	CHW	AL	ALDS	TBR	L	4	15	12	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.250	.267	.250	.517	3	0	0	0	2	0
1 ALDS							4	15	12	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.250	.267	.250	.517	3	0	0	0	2	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2008	26	CHW	AL	509	4.1%	12.0%	3.5%	8.8%	32%	3.39	7.9	22.9	6.2	0.92	1.15	79%	17%	11.6%	16%
2009	27	CHW	AL	606	2.5%	10.9%	8.1%	5.0%	20%	1.35	8.2	36.1	8.0	0.86	1.14	77%	16%	7.2%	19%
2010	28	CHW	AL	626	2.9%	13.1%	4.3%	7.8%	30%	3.04	7.1	32.5	8.4	0.93	1.24	78%	17%	8.3%	16%
2011	29	CHW	AL	684	2.2%	12.3%	7.5%	7.0%	29%	1.65	7.3	40.9	8.8	0.86	1.06	76%	18%	6.5%	19%
2012	30	CHW	AL	203	0.5%	16.8%	3.0%	3.9%	19%	5.67	5.7	194.0	8.8	0.89	1.14	78%	19%	1.5%	21%
5 Yrs				2628	2.7%	12.4%	5.8%	6.9%	27%	2.17	7.4	34.5	7.9	0.89	1.14	78%	17%	7.8%	18%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	2.14	4.9	34.8	8.0	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2008	26	CHW	AL	-0.7	-0.1	537	0.3	9.4	-9.1	.97	0.4	-0.1	10.0	0.9	0.96	2.8	0.69	2
2009	27	CHW	AL	-11.8	-1.1	632	-0.2	10.8	-11.1	1.00	-0.7	0.5	-9.5	-0.9	0.94	-11.3		0
2010	28	CHW	AL	-3.2	-0.3	659	-0.9	10.5	-11.5	1.03	-0.6	-0.3	-0.6	-0.1	0.96	-3.2	2.87	1
2011	29	CHW	AL	-2.8	-0.3	709	-0.5	12.4	-12.9	1.03	-0.6	0.1	-8.3	-0.8	1.00	-10.0	3.13	2
2012	30	CHW	AL	-16.4	-1.7	213	-0.3	3.2	-3.5	.93	-1.1	0.8	-5.0	-0.5	0.96	-11.1		0
5 Yrs				-35.0	-3.4	2750	-1.7	46.3	-48.1	1.00	-2.6	0.8	-13.4	-1.3	0.97	-32.8	2.10	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	26	CHW	AL	11	32%	180	13	9	59%	12	9	1	4	3	6	17	42%	28	18	9	8	2	6	12	7	5
2009	27	CHW	AL	8	30%	237	14	5	74%	14	5	0	2	2	7	11	46%	29	20	9	8	2	6	22	10	12
2010	28	CHW	AL	9	37%	211	13	8	62%	13	8	0	3	1	4	17	50%	34	22	12	8	3	5	18	5	13
2011	29	CHW	AL	4	32%	271	7	5	58%	6	5	1	0	0	6	22	55%	29	15	14	11	4	6	18	5	12
2012	30	CHW	AL	4	29%	61	6	1	86%	6	1	0	0	0	0	3	46%	7	5	2	0	0	0	4	1	3
5 Yrs				36	33%	960	53	28	65%	51	28	2	9	6	23	70	48%	127	80	46	35	11	23	74	28	45

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2008	26	CHW	AL	509	29%	139	27	4	2	0	0	0	0.69	21	4	20	15	6	13	8	0	6	4	67%	111	14	13%	46	11	24%	328	59	18%	23	16	70%	17	7	41%	0
2009	27	CHW	AL	606	24%	150	19	3	0	0	0	0		15	1	9	10	5	9	6	0	8	6	75%	125	15	12%	82	29	35%	374	54	14%	39	23	59%	33	19	58%	0
2010	28	CHW	AL	626	25%	165	26	5	1	1	0	1	2.87	18	0	12	13	5	11	7	0	9	7	78%	125	12	10%	70	24	34%	388	54	14%	27	17	63%	29	16	55%	0
2011	29	CHW	AL	684	24%	165	29	2	2	0	0	0	3.13	15	0	16	12	3	7	8	0	13	8	62%	137	19	14%	88	28	32%	404	56	14%	50	24	48%	23	10	43%	0
2012	30	CHW	AL	203	24%	43	7	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	100%	37	8	22%	17	7	41%	128	21	16%	10	6	60%	13	9	69%	0
5 Yrs				2628	25%	662	108	15	5	1	0	1	2.10	70	5	63	50	20	41	29	0	39	28	72%	535	68	13%	303	99	33%	1622	244	15%	149	86	58%	115	61	53%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2008	26	CHW	AL	509	1666	3.27	1171	70%	16%	16%	31%	36%	84%	2%	59%	81%	46%	2%	12	0	7%	36	16	4%	22	11	10%	0	0	0
2009	27	CHW	AL	610	2186	3.58	1456	67%	24%	13%	29%	34%	76%	2%	51%	83%	32%	5%	32	0	14%	88	27	7%	40	19	17%	-4	0	0
2010	28	CHW	AL	629	2268	3.61	1508	66%	25%	12%	29%	34%	75%	0%	50%	83%	27%	5%	31	0	15%	97	34	6%	39	27	13%	-3	0	0
2011	29	CHW	AL	689	2455	3.56	1604	65%	27%	12%	28%	34%	73%	0%	48%	84%	27%	5%	35	1	14%	99	29	8%	53	31	24%	-5	0	0
2012	30	CHW	AL	203	714	3.52	489	68%	25%	12%	30%	33%	75%	2%	51%	84%	28%	3%	7	0	11%	22	9	4%	8	6	21%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				2640	9289	3.52	6228	67%	23%	13%	29%	34%	77%	1%	51%	83%	32%	4%	117	1	13%	342	115	6%	162	94	17%	-12	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2008	26	136	509	480	65	139	22	2	21	77	13	9	18	61	.290	.317	.475	.792	104	228	14	3	4	4	3
2009	27	284	1115	1022	136	289	36	3	36	145	27	14	67	127	.283	.326	.430	.755	94	439	29	4	10	12	6
2010	28	440	1741	1607	219	454	65	5	54	215	40	22	94	209	.283	.321	.430	.751	96	691	41	6	17	17	8
2011	29	598	2425	2221	300	619	96	7	69	285	47	27	145	293	.279	.323	.421	.745	96	936	60	12	25	22	9
2012	30	647	2628	2415	315	662	102	8	70	307	53	28	151	327	.274	.317	.410	.727	91	990	68	12	28	22	10

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2008	26	136	504	476	61	135	21	2	20	73	13	17	61	.284	.310	.462	.772	68	136
2009	27	148	598	536	66	144	13	1	14	63	13	47	66	.269	.324	.375	.699	66	148
2010	28	156	628	587	85	167	29	2	18	72	13	27	82	.284	.316	.433	.748	81	156
2011	29	158	685	615	81	166	31	2	15	70	7	51	84	.270	.329	.400	.729	80	158
2012	30	49	203	194	15	43	6	1	1	22	6	6	34	.222	.245	.278	.523	13	49
5 Yrs		647	2618	2408	308	655	100	8	68	300	52	148	327	.272	.315	.405	.720	308	647
162 Game Avg.		162	656	603	77	164	25	2	17	75	13	37	82	.272	.315	.405	.720	77	647

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Silver Sluggers 2010 AL (SS)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2010 AL 3.0 (2nd) 2011 AL 1.6 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 2011 AL 158 (10th) 2012 AL 49 (10th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2012 AL 3 (9th)
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2009 AL 8 (6th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2011 AL 19 (8th) 2012 AL 8 (4th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 2008 AL 9 (7th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 2008 AL 16.1 (9th)
AB per SO s c a p y 2008 AL 7.9 (10th)	Outs Made s c a p y 2011 AL 486 (5th) 2012 AL 163 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2158), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2223), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 6 (2064), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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