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Rafael Ramírez

Rafael Emilio (Peguero) Ramirez

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 18, 1958 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
High School: Liceo Gaston Fernando Deligne (San Pedro de Macoris, DO)
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 1980
Teams (by GP): Braves/Astros 1980-1992

Final Game: October 3, 1992
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 ATL NL 22 SS 46 42 28 359.1 214 63 140 11 25 .949 2 7 5.08 4.41 .966 5.02 5.02
1981 ATL NL 23 SS 95 92 78 818.2 517 181 306 30 55 .942 1 1 5.35 5.13 .960 5.10 5.12
1982 ATL NL 24 SS 157 157 151 1404.1 866 300 528 38 130 .956 -4 -4 5.31 5.27 .967 5.01 5.02
1983 ATL NL 25 SS 152 151 147 1332.1 761 232 490 39 116 .949 -2 -2 4.88 4.75 .967 4.85 4.83 MVP-16
1984 ATL NL 26 SS 145 141 136 1255.0 724 251 443 30 94 .959 1 1 4.98 4.79 .965 4.87 4.86 AS
1985 ATL NL 27 SS 133 130 120 1155.1 697 214 451 32 115 .954 -2 -2 5.18 5.00 .963 4.88 4.88
1986 ATL NL 28 SS 86 82 64 709.1 440 137 282 21 62 .952 -1 -1 5.32 4.87 .963 4.75 4.76
1986 ATL NL 28 3B 57 40 29 367.0 115 18 89 8 6 .930 1 3 2.62 1.88 .946 2.72 2.72
1986 ATL NL 28 OF 3 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 2.25 0.33 .980 2.25 2.20
1986 ATL NL 28 LF 2 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 80 3.00 0.50 .980 2.10 1.95
1986 ATL NL 28 RF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.00
1987 ATL NL 29 SS 38 29 28 273.1 167 59 99 9 30 .946 -3 -14 5.20 4.16 .965 4.72 4.69
1987 ATL NL 29 3B 12 11 7 88.2 19 7 11 1 3 .947 -2 -32 1.83 1.50 .951 2.82 2.80
1988 HOU NL 30 SS 154 149 138 1346.2 663 232 408 23 68 .965 -13 -11 4.28 4.16 .967 4.63 4.64
1989 HOU NL 31 SS 149 137 123 1229.1 545 189 326 30 60 .945 -17 -17 3.77 3.46 .966 4.51 4.52
1990 HOU NL 32 SS 129 120 109 1058.0 536 190 321 25 57 .953 -16 -18 4.35 3.96 .967 4.59 4.56
1991 HOU NL 33 SS 45 27 22 268.2 128 51 71 6 13 .953 -6 -29 4.09 2.71 .966 4.67 4.65
1991 HOU NL 33 2B 27 18 13 161.1 89 35 52 2 9 .978 -1 -8 4.85 3.22 .982 5.14 5.12
1991 HOU NL 33 3B 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 4.50 0.50 .950 2.70 2.75
1992 HOU NL 34 SS 57 37 28 357.0 180 60 113 7 17 .961 -5 -17 4.36 3.04 .969 4.59 4.60
1992 HOU NL 34 3B 1 0 0 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 144 5.40 1.00 .950 2.70 2.70
13 Seasons SS 1386 1294 1172 11567.1 6438 2159 3978 301 842 .953 -66 -7 4.77 4.43 .965 4.79 4.78
4 Seasons 3B 72 51 36 459.1 136 25 102 9 9 .934 -2 -4 2.49 1.76 .947 2.74 2.73
1 Season 2B 27 18 13 161.1 89 35 52 2 9 .978 -1 -8 4.85 3.22 .982 5.14 5.12
1 Season OF 3 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 2.25 0.33 .980 2.25 2.20
1 Season LF 2 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 80 3.00 0.50 .980 2.10 1.95
1 Season RF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.00
13 Seasons TOT 1488 1363 1221 12192.0 6664 2220 4132 312 860 .953 -68 -7 4.69 4.27 .965 4.72 4.68
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1980 ATL NL 22 SS 2 7 3 2 1 -1
1981 ATL NL 23 SS 1 1 1 2 -1 0
1982 ATL NL 24 SS -4 -4 -8 -2 -6 4
1983 ATL NL 25 SS -2 -2 -5 -4 -1 3
1984 ATL NL 26 SS 1 1 -1 4 -5 2
1985 ATL NL 27 SS -2 -2 -2 -6 4 0
1986 ATL NL 28 SS -1 -1 -3 -2 -0 2
1986 ATL NL 28 3B 1 3 2 3 -2 -1
1986 ATL NL 28 LF 0 80 0 0 0 0
1986 ATL NL 28 RF 0 240 0 0 0 0
1987 ATL NL 29 SS -3 -14 -4 -4 -1 1
1987 ATL NL 29 3B -2 -32 -2 -2 -1 0
1988 HOU NL 30 SS -13 -11 -10 -6 -4 -3
1989 HOU NL 31 SS -17 -17 -16 -7 -9 -1
1990 HOU NL 32 SS -16 -18 -14 -9 -6 -2
1991 HOU NL 33 SS -6 -29 -6 -2 -3 -1
1991 HOU NL 33 2B -1 -8 -1 -1 -0 0
1991 HOU NL 33 3B -0 -120 -0 0 -0 0
1992 HOU NL 34 SS -5 -17 -4 -1 -3 -1
1992 HOU NL 34 3B 0 144 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons SS -66 -7 -69 -34 -34 3
4 Seasons 3B -2 -4 -1 2 -2 -1
1 Season 2B -1 -8 -1 -1 -0 0
1 Season LF 0 80 0 0 0 0
1 Season RF 0 240 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons TOT -68 -7 -70 -33 -37 2 0
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1980 ATL NL 22 50 42 50 46 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1981 ATL NL 23 95 92 95 95 0 0 0 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 ATL NL 24 157 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 ATL NL 25 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 ATL NL 26 145 141 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 ATL NL 27 138 130 138 133 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1986 ATL NL 28 134 122 134 129 0 0 0 0 58 87 2 0 1 3 0 6 3
1987 ATL NL 29 56 40 56 48 0 0 0 0 12 38 0 0 0 0 0 9 3
1988 HOU NL 30 155 149 155 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
1989 HOU NL 31 151 137 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1990 HOU NL 32 132 120 132 129 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1991 HOU NL 33 101 45 101 70 0 0 0 27 2 45 0 0 0 0 0 45 0
1992 HOU NL 34 73 37 73 58 0 0 0 0 1 57 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
13 Seasons 1539 1363 1539 1465 0 0 0 27 73 1387 2 0 1 3 0 104 15
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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
1980 ATL NL 22 1473 55% 85% 32% 181 84% 2 66 24 27 15 143 112 24 1 0 11 0 11 0 10 25 8 2 8 5 1 24 10 14 0 0 0
1981 ATL NL 23 3430 51% 85% 30% 406 85% 1 180 66 76 38 312 251 52 1 5 29 2 22 5 19 56 19 4 22 2 3 54 24 28 0 0 0
1982 ATL NL 24 5963 53% 83% 29% 667 87% 3 298 114 141 43 524 403 102 3 5 38 0 36 2 34 131 45 14 36 7 13 119 59 56 10 2 7
1983 ATL NL 25 5656 56% 81% 28% 591 89% 2 229 95 103 31 495 385 97 0 9 39 2 36 1 34 115 46 7 38 6 5 108 54 50 4 2 2
1984 ATL NL 26 5323 52% 82% 29% 532 94% 3 242 90 124 27 448 365 71 2 4 30 2 28 0 24 95 37 12 30 4 4 91 50 39 4 1 3
1985 ATL NL 27 5022 53% 82% 31% 532 95% 1 221 97 106 18 460 334 110 0 6 32 2 27 3 25 117 51 10 35 7 3 108 61 45 9 6 2
1986 ATL NL 28 3061 56% 79% 37% 342 88% 3 139 48 63 28 281 215 55 1 3 21 0 18 3 15 62 29 5 21 1 3 60 35 25 2 1 1
1987 ATL NL 29 1197 55% 81% 35% 117 85% 1 59 18 33 8 97 71 21 0 2 9 1 7 1 8 29 12 0 12 0 1 28 12 13 0 0 0
1988 HOU NL 30 5647 60% 80% 33% 556 88% 5 228 126 77 26 403 330 60 1 6 23 3 13 7 19 67 30 5 19 4 1 62 35 24 4 2 2
1989 HOU NL 31 5229 55% 80% 31% 447 86% 2 192 100 73 19 328 270 48 0 5 30 1 14 15 21 61 18 6 22 4 6 59 24 32 2 1 0
1990 HOU NL 32 4531 52% 82% 31% 436 88% 2 193 89 74 30 323 260 56 0 5 25 2 16 7 22 58 18 7 19 3 3 51 25 26 5 1 3
1991 HOU NL 33 1152 50% 79% 32% 119 79% 0 51 27 21 3 71 58 10 0 0 6 0 4 2 6 13 5 3 2 0 1 11 8 3 2 1 1
1992 HOU NL 34 1569 52% 79% 33% 182 77% 1 60 29 25 6 113 89 21 0 1 7 0 3 4 6 17 6 6 3 0 1 16 12 4 1 1 0
13 Seasons 49253 54% 82% 31% 5108 88% 26 2158 923 943 292 3998 3143 727 9 51 300 15 235 50 243 846 324 81 267 43 45 791 409 359 43 18 21
MLB Averages 59% 81% 30% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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%
1986 ATL NL 28 1581 53% 82% 37% 117 90% 3 20 13 4 3 92 76 10 3 1 8 1 7 0 6 6 3 1 6 0 0 0 9 89%
1987 ATL NL 29 379 46% 83% 34% 18 89% 0 7 5 0 2 13 6 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 0%
1991 HOU NL 33 8 75% 75% 38% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1992 HOU NL 34 5 40% 60% 40% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1973 51% 82% 37% 137 89% 3 27 18 4 5 107 83 14 3 3 9 1 8 0 6 10 6 1 9 1 0 0 11 73%
MLB Averages 59% 81% 30% 89% 72%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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
1991 HOU NL 33 719 43% 76% 29% 74 84% 0 35 12 15 8 52 49 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 9 3 1 1 2 8 3 4 1 1 0
1 Season 719 43% 76% 29% 74 84% 0 35 12 15 8 52 49 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 9 3 1 1 2 8 3 4 1 1 0
MLB Averages 59% 81% 30% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1986 ATL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 13 69% 69% 38% 2 50%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 13 69% 69% 38% 2 50%
MLB Averages 60.6% 2.8% 59% 81% 33% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
1986 ATL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 100% 50% 1 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 100% 50% 1 100%
MLB Averages 42.4% 2.9% 59% 81% 33% 57%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1984

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 NL (16, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

Assists† s c a p y
1982 NL  528 (2nd)
1983 NL  490 (5th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1981 NL  30 (1st)
1982 NL  38 (1st)
1983 NL  39 (1st)
1984 NL  30 (4th)
1985 NL  32 (1st)
1986 NL  29 (2nd)
1988 NL  23 (5th)
1989 NL  30 (2nd)
1990 NL  25 (5th)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1982 NL  157 (1st)
1983 NL  152 (5th)
1984 NL  145 (2nd)
1988 NL  154 (1st)
1989 NL  149 (4th)
Career  1,386 (72nd)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1981 NL  181 (4th)
1982 NL  300 (1st)
1983 NL  232 (4th)
1984 NL  251 (1st)
1985 NL  214 (4th)
1988 NL  232 (3rd)
Career  2,159 (88th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1981 NL  306 (5th)
1982 NL  528 (2nd)
1983 NL  490 (4th)
1984 NL  443 (3rd)
1985 NL  451 (3rd)
1988 NL  408 (5th)
Career  3,978 (79th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1981 NL  30 (1st)
1982 NL  38 (1st)
1983 NL  39 (1st)
1984 NL  30 (1st)
1985 NL  32 (1st)
1986 NL  21 (4th)
1988 NL  23 (3rd)
1989 NL  30 (1st)
1990 NL  25 (3rd)
Career  301 (69th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1981 NL  5.35 (4th)
1982 NL  5.31 (3rd)
1985 NL  5.18 (3rd)
1986 NL  5.32 (3rd)
Career  4.77 (38th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1981 NL  5.13 (4th)
1982 NL  5.27 (2nd)
1983 NL  4.75 (5th)
1984 NL  4.79 (2nd)
1985 NL  5.00 (2nd)
1986 NL  4.87 (2nd)

                           

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