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Chico Ruiz

Hiraldo (Sablon) Ruiz

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 169 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
Teams (by GP): Reds/Angels 1964-1971

Final Game: August 3, 1971
Died: February 9, 1972 in San Diego, CA
Buried: El Camino Memorial Park, San Diego, CA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:33AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1964 25 CIN NL 336 -15 2 -2 1 1 2 11 0 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 54
1965 26 CIN NL 18 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -3 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ /56
1966 27 CIN NL 115 -5 -1 0 1 1 0 4 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 5/769
1967 28 CIN NL 268 -14 1 1 -1 -1 2 9 -3 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $ 456/79
1968 29 CIN NL 155 -2 1 1 0 4 1 5 10 1.0 6 0.7 0.3 $ 43/56
1969 30 CIN NL 219 -11 -1 0 1 -5 2 7 -7 -0.8 -2 -0.2 -0.6 $18,500 46/537
1970 31 CAL AL 120 -5 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $20,000 5/4632
1971 32 CAL AL 24 -1 1 0 0 -0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /54
8 Seasons 1255 -56 3 0 2 1 8 42 -2 -1.0 -1 -0.0 -1.0 $38,500
CIN (6 yrs) 1111 -50 2 0 2 -0 7 37 -4 -1.1 -2 -0.1 -1.0 $18,500
CAL (2 yrs) 144 -6 1 0 0 1 1 5 2 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $20,000

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1964 CIN NL 25 3B 49 43 43 394.1 104 33 65 6 9 .942 -2 -6 2.24 2.00 .941 2.93 2.91
1964 CIN NL 25 2B 30 29 24 262.0 151 62 84 5 19 .967 3 14 5.02 4.87 .973 5.22 5.19
1965 CIN NL 26 3B 4 2 2 19.0 8 3 4 1 0 .875 -0 -13 3.32 1.75 .951 2.84 2.82
1965 CIN NL 26 SS 3 0 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -200 3.00 0.33 .960 4.80 4.93
1966 CIN NL 27 3B 27 16 15 156.2 55 18 33 4 2 .927 1 8 2.93 1.89 .954 3.04 3.04
1966 CIN NL 27 LF 8 0 0 19.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.42 0.38 .963 1.75 1.74
1966 CIN NL 27 OF 8 0 0 20.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -6 1.35 0.38 .973 2.02 2.02
1966 CIN NL 27 SS 6 0 0 10.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 0 0 3.60 0.67 .965 4.95 4.97
1966 CIN NL 27 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1967 CIN NL 28 2B 56 47 39 422.1 260 110 142 8 27 .969 4 12 5.37 4.50 .976 5.26 5.26
1967 CIN NL 28 3B 13 0 0 38.1 13 6 6 1 1 .923 -1 -34 2.82 0.92 .950 2.96 2.96
1967 CIN NL 28 SS 11 10 9 84.1 35 14 20 1 5 .971 -4 -50 3.63 3.09 .963 4.98 4.99
1967 CIN NL 28 OF 5 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -48 1.80 0.20 .980 1.98 2.02
1967 CIN NL 28 LF 3 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 4.50 0.33 .970 1.80 1.73
1967 CIN NL 28 RF 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -160 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.05
1968 CIN NL 29 2B 34 21 15 212.1 146 50 93 3 18 .979 5 29 6.06 4.21 .977 5.21 5.22
1968 CIN NL 29 1B 16 0 0 28.1 43 40 2 1 2 .977 1 34 13.34 2.63 .992 10.07 10.12
1968 CIN NL 29 3B 5 3 3 26.0 8 5 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -32 2.77 1.60 .954 2.94 2.94
1968 CIN NL 29 SS 3 0 0 7.0 3 1 1 1 1 .667 -1 -137 2.57 0.67 .963 5.01 5.00
1969 CIN NL 30 2B 39 30 23 275.2 178 82 87 9 25 .949 -1 -6 5.52 4.33 .974 5.19 5.15
1969 CIN NL 30 SS 29 20 6 177.0 92 33 58 1 11 .989 -3 -18 4.63 3.14 .963 4.93 4.90
1969 CIN NL 30 3B 7 0 0 11.0 6 2 2 2 0 .667 -1 -65 3.27 0.57 .947 2.95 2.90
1969 CIN NL 30 1B 2 0 0 2.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -90 10.12 1.50 .993 9.79 9.75
1969 CIN NL 30 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1969 CIN NL 30 OF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1970 CAL AL 31 3B 27 16 11 174.2 65 21 43 1 4 .985 2 14 3.30 2.37 .949 3.07 3.06
1970 CAL AL 31 2B 3 0 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -86 1.29 0.33 .980 5.40 5.33
1970 CAL AL 31 SS 3 0 0 14.0 6 2 3 1 0 .833 -0 -17 3.21 1.67 .967 4.95 4.90
1970 CAL AL 31 1B 2 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 6.00 1.00 .990 9.60 9.55
1970 CAL AL 31 C 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 6.60 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CAL AL 32 3B 3 0 0 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -27 2.00 0.67 .955 3.00 3.03
1971 CAL AL 32 2B 2 1 1 13.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 -0 -9 2.77 2.00 .980 5.33 5.30
6 Seasons 2B 164 128 102 1192.1 740 306 409 25 89 .966 10 10 5.40 4.36 .975 5.23 5.22
8 Seasons 3B 135 80 74 829.0 261 89 157 15 16 .943 -2 -3 2.67 1.82 .947 2.98 2.97
6 Seasons SS 55 30 15 295.1 141 52 85 4 18 .972 -8 -31 4.17 2.49 .963 4.95 4.93
3 Seasons 1B 20 0 0 34.0 48 45 2 1 3 .979 1 21 12.44 2.35 .992 10.01 10.02
3 Seasons OF 14 0 0 27.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -18 1.33 0.29 .975 2.00 2.02
3 Seasons LF 12 0 0 23.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 5 1.57 0.33 .965 1.76 1.73
2 Seasons RF 3 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -150 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.03
1 Season C 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 6.60 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons TOT 389 238 191 2378.2 1194 496 653 45 126 .962 1 1 4.35 2.95 .968 4.44 4.53 0 0 0 0 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO 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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

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

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1964 NL  3 (3rd)
1968 NL  5 (3rd)

                           

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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
196930Cincinnati Reds$18,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197031California Angels$20,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$38,500
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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