Aramis Ramírez

Aramis Ramírez Nin

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 219 lb.

• Debut May 26, 1998
• Final Game October 3, 2015
• Born June 25, 1978 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.

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Biographical Information

Third baseman Aramis Ramírez played 2,194 games over 18 seasons in the majors. He first made it to Show with the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 26, 1998 when he was just 19. One month later, on June 25th, on his 20th birthday, he homered off Tim Belcher of the Kansas City Royals for Pittsburgh's only run in a 6-1 loss. He was only the third player to go deep on his 20th birthday, after Fred Carroll (1884) and Buddy Lewis (1936), and no one else would do it until Konnor Griffin, also with the Pirates, in 2026. He hit 6 homers that first season while batting .235 in 72 games. He spent most of 1999 in the minors, but by 2001, he was a fixture in the line-up, playing 158 games. In all, he hit 386 homers in his career, with a high of 38 for the Chicago Cubs in 2006.

On May 28, 2006, the Cubs lost a game 13-12 in extra innings when an easy pop fly to third base comically bounced off Ramírez's head and into foul territory. That error led to the winning run, a disheartening loss for the team given that they had come back from 4 down in the 9th inning to send the game into extra innings. Making it even worse, it gave the Cubs 21 losses in 25 games.

Ramírez hit his 31st homer against the Pirates in April of 2014 while a member of the Milwaukee Brewers; no ex-Pirate had victimized the team as often, with Moises Alou the previous record holder (27), followed by Gus Bell (24) and Barry Bonds (22).

Entering the 2015 season with the Brewers, he announced that it would likely be his last; it was his 18th major league season at the age of 37. He hit .247 with 11 homers and 42 RBIs in 81 games before being traded back to his original team, the Pirates, on July 23rd. He hit .245 in 46 games for the Pirates and retired at the end of the season. His final game came in the National League Wild Card Game when he went 0 for 1 in Pittsburgh's loss to the Cubs.

He became eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2021 but was dropped from the ballot after receiving just 4 votes.

Notable Achievements

• 1997 MVP Carolina League Lynchburg Hillcats
• 3-time NL All-Star (2005, 2008 & 2014)
• NL Silver Slugger Award Winner (2011)
• NL Doubles Leader (2012)
• 20-Home Run Seasons: 10 (2001, 2003-2008 & 2010-2012)
• 30-Home Run Seasons: 4 (2001 & 2004-2006)
• 100 RBI Seasons: 7 (2001, 2003, 2004, 2006-2008 & 2012)

Further Reading

• Tom Singer: "Aramis retires after 18-season career", mlb.com, November 5, 2015. [1]

Related Sites

• Aramis Ramirez at the SABR Bio Project
• Aramis Ramirez on mlb.com