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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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All-Time Rank (among batters): #1659. Buddy Rosar… #1660. George Metkovich… #1661. Jerry Morales… #1662. RAFAEL RAMIREZ… #1663. Johnny Rawlings… #1664. Daric Barton… #1665. Mike Lum… 

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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
1980 22 ATL NL 50 174 165 17 44 6 1 2 11 2 1 2 33 .267 .292 .352 .644 77 58 2 4 3 0 0 6
1981 23 ATL NL 95 342 307 30 67 16 2 2 20 7 3 24 47 .218 .276 .303 .579 63 93 3 1 9 1 3 *6
1982 24 ATL NL 157 669 609 74 169 24 4 10 52 27 14 36 49 .278 .319 .379 .698 92 231 10 3 16 5 7 *6
1983 25 ATL NL 152 668 622 82 185 13 5 7 58 16 12 36 48 .297 .337 .368 .705 90 229 8 2 6 2 4 *6 MVP-16
1984 26 ATL NL 145 629 591 51 157 22 4 2 48 14 17 26 70 .266 .295 .327 .621 70 193 9 1 5 6 1 *6 AS
1985 27 ATL NL 138 595 568 54 141 25 4 5 58 2 6 20 63 .248 .272 .333 .604 65 189 21 0 2 5 1 *6
1986 28 ATL NL 134 530 496 57 119 21 1 8 33 19 8 21 60 .240 .273 .335 .608 64 166 16 3 7 3 1 65/79
1987 29 ATL NL 56 194 179 22 47 12 0 1 21 6 3 8 16 .263 .300 .346 .646 68 62 3 2 4 1 0 65
1988 30 HOU NL 155 597 566 51 156 30 5 6 59 3 2 18 61 .276 .298 .378 .677 97 214 16 3 4 6 6 *6
1989 31 HOU NL 151 575 537 46 132 20 2 6 54 3 1 29 64 .246 .283 .324 .607 76 174 8 0 6 3 3 *6
1990 32 HOU NL 132 480 445 44 116 19 3 2 37 10 5 24 46 .261 .299 .330 .630 76 147 9 1 9 1 9 *6
1991 33 HOU NL 101 249 233 17 55 10 0 1 20 3 3 13 40 .236 .274 .292 .566 65 68 3 0 1 2 1 64/5
1992 34 HOU NL 73 185 176 17 44 6 0 1 13 0 0 7 24 .250 .283 .301 .584 70 53 5 1 1 0 1 6/5
13 Yrs 1539 5887 5494 562 1432 224 31 53 484 112 75 264 621 .261 .295 .342 .637 77 1877 113 21 73 35 37
162 Game Avg. 162 620 578 59 151 24 3 6 51 12 8 28 65 .261 .295 .342 .637 77 198 12 2 8 4 4
ATL (8 yrs) 927 3801 3537 387 929 139 21 37 301 93 64 173 386 .263 .298 .345 .643 75 1221 72 16 52 23 17
HOU (5 yrs) 612 2086 1957 175 503 85 10 16 183 19 11 91 235 .257 .290 .335 .625 80 656 41 5 21 12 20

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
1980 22 ATL NL 50 174 -4 -0 0 2 2 -0 0.0 5 5 0.5 .500 .500 0.3 0.5 3 $ 6
1981 23 ATL NL 95 342 -16 1 2 1 5 -7 -0.7 10 3 0.3 .491 .495 0.1 0.8 2 $50,000 *6
1982 24 ATL NL 157 669 -1 4 2 -4 9 9 1.2 21 30 3.2 .506 .506 3.5 0.7 34 $ *6
1983 25 ATL NL 152 668 -6 -2 1 -2 8 -1 -0.1 21 20 1.9 .499 .499 2.1 0.8 22 $259,900 *6 MVP-16
1984 26 ATL NL 145 629 -21 -2 2 1 8 -13 -1.3 19 6 0.6 .490 .491 0.3 1.1 5 $500,000 *6 AS
1985 27 ATL NL 138 595 -22 -2 -1 -2 7 -20 -2.2 18 -2 -0.4 .483 .486 -0.3 0.6 0 $750,000 *6
1986 28 ATL NL 134 530 -24 3 -1 1 5 -16 -1.7 16 0 -0.1 .487 .489 -0.2 0.7 -0 $825,000 65/79
1987 29 ATL NL 56 194 -6 -1 0 -6 2 -9 -0.9 6 -4 -0.4 .483 .494 0.2 -0.3 2 $875,000 65
1988 30 HOU NL 155 597 1 -1 -1 -13 8 -6 -0.6 19 13 1.2 .496 .496 2.6 -0.4 26 $925,000 *6
1989 31 HOU NL 151 575 -14 -1 -0 -17 8 -25 -2.8 18 -7 -1.1 .481 .483 0.9 -1.0 10 $1,050,000 *6
1990 32 HOU NL 132 480 -11 0 0 -16 7 -19 -1.9 13 -6 -0.6 .484 .487 0.9 -0.9 10 $1,000,000 *6
1991 33 HOU NL 101 249 -12 -1 0 -8 3 -17 -1.9 7 -10 -1.2 .481 .488 -0.3 -0.5 -2 $1,200,000 64/5
1992 34 HOU NL 73 185 -4 -0 -0 -5 2 -7 -0.7 5 -2 -0.2 .489 .495 0.3 -0.2 3 $400,000 6/5
13 Seasons 1539 5887 -139 -3 4 -68 76 -131 -13.7 179 48 3.7 .491 .493 10.4 1.8 116 $7,834,900
ATL (8 yrs) 927 3801 -100 -1 5 -9 47 -58 -5.7 117 59 5.6 .493 .495 6.0 4.9 68 $3,259,900
HOU (5 yrs) 612 2086 -39 -3 -1 -59 28 -73 -8.0 62 -11 -1.9 .487 .490 4.4 -3.1 47 $4,575,000

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
1982 24 ATL NL NLCS STL L 3 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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 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

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 (1193rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1983 NL  622 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1983 NL  668 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1983 NL  185 (3rd)

Singles s c a p y
1982 NL  131 (8th)
1983 NL  160 (1st)
1984 NL  129 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL  4 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1981 NL  9 (7th)
1982 NL  16 (2nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1985 NL  21 (5th)
1986 NL  16 (9th)
1988 NL  16 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1982 NL  14 (10th)
1984 NL  17 (5th)
Career  75 (248th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1982 NL  12.4 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1982 NL  485 (10th)
1983 NL  465 (9th)
1984 NL  471 (5th)
1985 NL  461 (8th)

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 (39th)

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1863), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1556), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1061), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (225th), 3.7 career WAR/7.6 7yr-peak WAR/5.6 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 63.1 career WAR/41.1 7yr-peak WAR/52.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  3. Tito Fuentes (931)
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  5. Chico Carrasquel (930)
  6. Neifi Perez (928)
  7. Rick Burleson (926)
  8. Spike Owen (926)
  9. Tim Foli (925)
  10. Jose Vizcaino (920)
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  1. Rick Burleson (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rick Burleson (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jack Wilson (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Rick Burleson (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave Concepcion (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Cesar Izturis (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jack Wilson (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jack Wilson (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tito Fuentes (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Marty Marion (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Manny Trillo (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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
198123Atlanta Braves$50,0004/4/81 TSN
198325Atlanta Braves$259,9001985 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database2/21/83 TSN: $220,000
198426Atlanta Braves$500,0001985 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman databasePlayer loss; $625,000 request
198527Atlanta Braves$750,0001985 USA Today survey
198628Atlanta Braves$825,0001986 USA Today survey
198729Atlanta Braves$875,0001987 USA Today survey
198830Houston Astros$925,000*
198931Houston Astros$1,050,0001989 USA Today survey
199032Houston Astros$1,000,000*
199133Houston Astros$1,200,000USA Today survey
199234Houston Astros$400,0004/2/92 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$7,834,900
Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $950,000 - 12/13/88 NYT -
*1990 - $1,012,500 - 11/21/90 NYT -
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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