Chico Ruiz
Hiraldo (Sablon) Ruiz
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 173 lb.

Born: December 5, 1938 in Santo Domingo, Cuba
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1964
Final Game: August 3, 1971
Died: February 9, 1972 in San Diego, CA
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Standard Batting

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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
1964 25 CIN NL 77 336 311 33 76 13 2 2 16 11 3 7 41 .244 .269 .318 .587 63 99 2 4 12 2 1 54
1965 26 CIN NL 29 18 18 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 5 .111 .111 .167 .278 -25 3 1 0 0 0 0 /56
1966 27 CIN NL 82 115 110 13 28 2 1 0 5 1 2 5 14 .255 .287 .291 .578 55 32 0 0 0 0 0 5/769
1967 28 CIN NL 105 268 250 32 55 12 4 0 13 9 4 11 35 .220 .258 .300 .558 52 75 8 2 4 1 0 456/79
1968 29 CIN NL 85 155 139 15 36 2 1 0 9 4 3 12 18 .259 .316 .288 .604 78 40 3 0 3 1 0 43/56
1969 30 CIN NL 88 219 196 19 48 4 1 0 13 4 2 14 28 .245 .292 .276 .568 57 54 1 0 7 2 3 46/537
1970 31 CAL AL 68 120 107 10 26 3 1 0 12 3 0 7 16 .243 .293 .290 .583 65 31 4 1 4 1 1 5/4632
1971 32 CAL AL 31 24 19 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 .263 .333 .263 .596 77 5 0 0 3 0 0 /54
8 Seasons 565 1255 1150 133 276 37 10 2 69 34 16 58 164 .240 .279 .295 .574 60 339 19 7 33 7 5
162 Game Avg. 162 360 330 38 79 11 3 1 20 10 5 17 47 .240 .279 .295 .574 60 97 5 2 9 2 1
CIN (6 yrs) 466 1111 1024 119 245 34 9 2 57 30 16 49 141 .239 .276 .296 .572 59 303 15 6 26 6 4
CAL (2 yrs) 99 144 126 14 31 3 1 0 12 4 0 9 23 .246 .299 .286 .585 66 36 4 1 7 1 1
NL (6 yrs) 466 1111 1024 119 245 34 9 2 57 30 16 49 141 .239 .276 .296 .572 59 303 15 6 26 6 4
AL (2 yrs) 99 144 126 14 31 3 1 0 12 4 0 9 23 .246 .299 .286 .585 66 36 4 1 7 1 1

Advanced Batting

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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
1964 25 CIN NL 336 254 28 3.0 96 .274 .244 .267 .269 .325 .318 .396 .587 .721 63 .356 -16.0 -1.7 .492 .122 .074 3.4
1965 26 CIN NL 18 19 0 0.0 99 .154 .111 .266 .111 .331 .167 .402 .278 .732 -25 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .105 .000 .056 .0
1966 27 CIN NL 115 84 9 2.9 104 .292 .255 .276 .287 .336 .291 .416 .578 .751 55 .332 -7.1 -0.7 .429 .073 .036 .0
1967 28 CIN NL 268 212 18 2.3 100 .255 .220 .271 .258 .335 .300 .398 .558 .733 52 .268 -16.8 -1.8 .449 .144 .080 .0
1968 29 CIN NL 155 113 13 3.1 86 .295 .259 .259 .316 .318 .288 .365 .604 .682 78 .437 -3.7 -0.4 .486 .122 .029 .0
1969 30 CIN NL 219 160 17 2.8 99 .282 .245 .265 .292 .336 .276 .393 .568 .729 57 .333 -11.6 -1.2 .464 .112 .031 .0
1970 31 CAL AL 120 90 9 2.7 94 .283 .243 .253 .293 .327 .290 .387 .583 .713 65 .298 -5.1 -0.5 .494 .140 .047 .0
1971 32 CAL AL 24 17 2 3.2 86 .417 .263 .247 .333 .318 .263 .366 .596 .684 77 .392 -0.5 -0.1 .571 .158 .000 .0
8 Seasons 1255 949 96 2.7 96 .276 .240 .266 .279 .329 .295 .393 .574 .722 60 .326 -63.8 -6.7 .464 .121 .055 3.8
162 Game Avg. 360 272 28 2.7 96 .276 .240 .266 .279 .329 .295 .393 .574 .722 60 .326 -63.8 -6.7 .464 .121 .055 1
CIN (6 yrs) 1111 842 85 2.7 97 .274 .239 .267 .276 .330 .296 .394 .572 .724 59 .328 -58.2 -6.2 .459 .118 .057 3.8
CAL (2 yrs) 144 107 11 2.8 93 .298 .246 .252 .299 .325 .286 .383 .585 .709 66 .312 -5.6 -0.6 .505 .143 .040 .0
NL (6 yrs) 1111 842 85 2.7 97 .274 .239 .267 .276 .330 .296 .394 .572 .724 59 .328 -58.2 -6.2 .459 .118 .057 3.8
AL (2 yrs) 144 107 11 2.8 93 .298 .246 .252 .299 .325 .286 .383 .585 .709 66 .312 -5.6 -0.6 .505 .143 .040 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1964 25 CIN NL 336 0.6% 12.2% 2.1% 5.1% 22% 5.86 7.6 155.5 19.4 1.28 80%
1965 26 CIN NL 18 0.0% 27.8% 0.0% 5.6% 50% 3.6 18.0 2.00 72%
1966 27 CIN NL 115 0.0% 12.2% 4.4% 2.6% 11% 2.80 7.9 22.0 1.28 83%
1967 28 CIN NL 268 0.0% 13.1% 4.1% 6.0% 29% 3.18 7.1 19.2 1.56 81%
1968 29 CIN NL 155 0.0% 11.6% 7.7% 1.9% 8% 1.50 7.7 15.4 0.96 79%
1969 30 CIN NL 219 0.0% 12.8% 6.4% 2.3% 10% 2.00 7.0 15.1 1.60 78%
1970 31 CAL AL 120 0.0% 13.3% 5.8% 3.3% 15% 2.29 6.7 8.9 1.22 77%
1971 32 CAL AL 24 0.0% 29.2% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 3.50 2.7 4.00 50%
8 Seasons 1255 0.2% 13.1% 4.6% 3.9% 18% 2.83 7.0 575.0 16.7 1.36 79%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1964 25 CIN NL 2 0 37% 104 11 3 79% 7 3 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 8 66% 20 9 11 1 0 1 8 1 7
1965 26 CIN NL 0 0 350% 27 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 80% 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
1966 27 CIN NL 2 0 39% 74 1 2 33% 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 54% 8 5 3 0 0 0 5 0 4
1967 28 CIN NL 5 0 47% 100 9 4 69% 7 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 55% 19 11 8 5 2 3 9 2 7
1968 29 CIN NL 4 0 31% 74 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 50% 10 6 4 2 1 1 4 1 3
1969 30 CIN NL 5 0 31% 84 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 40% 14 10 3 3 1 0 8 1 7
1970 31 CAL AL 2 0 29% 37 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 36% 6 4 2 0 0 0 5 2 2
1971 32 CAL AL 0 0 57% 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
8 Seasons 20 0 39% 525 34 16 68% 27 15 6 1 1 0 8 0 13 29 53% 82 48 33 11 4 5 45 8 35
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1964 25 CIN NL 336 100% 76 3 0 0 0 1.55 2 0 6 1 1 0 2 1 18 12 67% 58 2 3% 38 16 42% 170 15 9% 17 7 41% 18 9 50% 0
1965 26 CIN NL 18 100% 2 7 2 0 1 1.73 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 13 1 8% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1966 27 CIN NL 115 100% 28 35 13 0 2 1.46 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 15 0 0% 6 1 17% 58 6 10% 5 2 40% 4 2 50% 0
1967 28 CIN NL 267 100% 55 17 3 0 0 1.38 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 29 8 28% 18 7 39% 98 13 13% 6 5 83% 8 4 50% 1
1968 29 CIN NL 155 100% 36 31 7 0 1 1.59 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 30 3 10% 13 6 46% 70 9 13% 6 3 50% 10 5 50% 0
1969 30 CIN NL 219 100% 48 11 2 0 0 0.89 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 34 1 3% 25 13 52% 132 13 10% 9 5 56% 15 6 40% 0
1970 31 CAL AL 120 100% 26 30 3 0 1 1.69 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 36 4 11% 18 5 28% 98 12 12% 12 5 42% 4 2 50% 0
1971 32 CAL AL 24 100% 5 12 4 0 0 1.83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 7 0 0% 3 3 100% 11 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
8 Seasons 1254 100% 276 146 34 0 5 1.53 2 0 26 1 1 0 2 1 44 33 75% 212 19 9% 123 51 41% 650 69 11% 56 27 48% 60 29 48% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1964 25 77 336 311 33 76 13 2 2 16 11 3 7 41 .244 .269 .318 .587 63 99 2 4 12 2 1
1965 26 106 354 329 40 78 14 2 2 17 12 5 7 46 .237 .260 .310 .570 58 102 3 4 12 2 1
1966 27 188 469 439 53 106 16 3 2 22 13 7 12 60 .241 .267 .305 .572 57 134 3 4 12 2 1
1967 28 293 737 689 85 161 28 7 2 35 22 11 23 95 .234 .264 .303 .567 56 209 11 6 16 3 1
1968 29 378 892 828 100 197 30 8 2 44 26 14 35 113 .238 .273 .301 .573 59 249 14 6 19 4 1
1969 30 466 1111 1024 119 245 34 9 2 57 30 16 49 141 .239 .276 .296 .572 59 303 15 6 26 6 4
1970 31 534 1231 1131 129 271 37 10 2 69 33 16 56 157 .240 .278 .295 .573 59 334 19 7 30 7 5
1971 32 565 1255 1150 133 276 37 10 2 69 34 16 58 164 .240 .279 .295 .574 60 339 19 7 33 7 5

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
1964 25 77 332 318 35 83 14 2 2 17 12 8 41 .261 .286 .336 .623 30 77
1965 26 29 18 18 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 29
1966 27 82 115 110 13 28 2 1 0 5 1 5 14 .255 .287 .291 .578 9 82
1967 28 105 262 248 32 53 12 4 0 13 9 11 35 .214 .252 .294 .546 18 105
1968 29 84 158 143 19 41 2 1 0 11 5 14 18 .287 .348 .315 .663 16 85
1969 30 88 217 200 20 52 4 1 0 14 4 15 28 .260 .309 .290 .599 18 88
1970 31 68 119 109 11 28 3 1 0 13 3 8 16 .257 .311 .303 .614 10 68
1971 32 31 24 21 5 7 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 .333 .417 .333 .750 3 31
8 Seasons 564 1245 1167 142 292 37 10 2 74 36 64 164 .250 .292 .304 .596 104 565
162 Game Avg. 162 358 335 41 84 11 3 1 21 10 18 47 .250 .292 .304 .596 30 565

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1964 NL  12 (4th)

                                         

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