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Ruben Amaro
Ruben (Mora) Amaro Sr.

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.

Debut June 29, 1958
  vs. PHI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 28, 1969
Born January 6, 1936 in Veracruz, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico

Father of Ruben Amaro

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 22 STL NL  40   76    8   17   2  1   0    0   0  1   5   8  .224  .272  .276   44   21   1   0   1   0   3
 1960 24 PHI NL  92  264   25   61   9  1   0   16   0  1  21  32  .231  .292  .273   56   72   4   1   2   2   5
 1961 25 PHI NL 135  381   34   98  14  9   1   32   1  0  53  59  .257  .351  .349   89  133  11   0   2   2   9
 1962 26 PHI NL  79  226   24   55  10  0   0   19   5  2  30  28  .243  .330  .288   70   65   4   4   4   1   6
 1963 27 PHI NL 115  217   25   47   9  2   2   19   0  1  19  31  .217  .276  .304   68   66   6   3   6   0   4
 1964 28 PHI NL 129  299   31   79  11  0   4   34   1  6  16  37  .264  .307  .341   84  102   4   1   2   3   5 MVP-21
 1965 29 PHI NL 118  184   26   39   7  0   0   15   1  1  27  22  .212  .312  .250   62   46   3   3   3   1   6
 1966 30 NYY AL  14   23    0    5   0  0   0    3   0  0   0   2  .217  .217  .217   29    5   0   0   0   0   2
 1967 31 NYY AL 130  417   31   93  12  0   1   17   3  2  43  49  .223  .297  .259   70  108   9   0   4   1  13
 1968 32 NYY AL  47   41    3    5   1  0   0    0   0  0   9   6  .122  .280  .146   35    6   0   0   0   0   0
 1969 33 CAL AL  41   27    4    6   0  0   0    1   0  0   4   6  .222  .323  .222   59    6   5   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     940 2155  211  505  75 13   8  156  11 14 227 280  .234  .309  .292   71  630  47  12  24  10  53
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        371   36   87  13  2   1   27   2  2  39  48  .234  .309  .292   71  109   8   2   4   2   9
 Career High    135  417   34   98  14  9   4   34   5  6  53  59  .264  .351  .349   89  133  11   4   6   3  13
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1958 22 STL NL   82   64    5   2.1   109| .224  .274| .272  .343| .276  .429| .548  .771|  44  .189  -6.5  -0.6   0%
 1960 24 PHI NL  292  214   21   2.6    99| .231  .263| .292  .329| .273  .404| .565  .733|  56  .284 -15.8  -1.6   0%
 1961 25 PHI NL  447  303   49   4.3   104| .257  .268| .351  .334| .349  .417| .700  .751|  89  .465  -5.0  -0.5 100%
 1962 26 PHI NL  265  187   23   3.3   100| .243  .266| .330  .333| .288  .404| .618  .737|  70  .355  -7.6  -0.8  71%
 1963 27 PHI NL  245  184   18   2.6    88| .217  .253| .276  .315| .304  .378| .580  .693|  68  .326  -8.6  -0.9   0%
 1964 28 PHI NL  323  236   30   3.4    93| .264  .262| .307  .320| .341  .389| .648  .709|  84  .418  -6.5  -0.7  14%
 1965 29 PHI NL  218  158   15   2.6    92| .212  .256| .312  .319| .250  .387| .562  .706|  62  .293  -7.7  -0.8  50%
 1966 30 NYY AL   23   20    1   1.4    86| .217  .243| .217  .308| .217  .374| .434  .682|  29  .125  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1967 31 NYY AL  470  348   32   2.5    80| .223  .238| .297  .306| .259  .356| .556  .662|  70  .322 -14.4  -1.6  60%
 1968 32 NYY AL   50   36    2   1.5    77| .122  .234| .280  .302| .146  .346| .426  .648|  35  .172  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1969 33 CAL AL   36   26    3   3.1    90| .222  .247| .323  .323| .222  .373| .545  .696|  59  .364  -1.3  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2451 1776  199   3.0    94| .234  .257| .309  .322| .292  .390| .601  .712|  71  .352 -78.3  -8.1  44%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1958 22 STL NL SS 36 44 65 6 18 .948 .964 3.03 4.57 4.64 5.11 21 211.3 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.80 6.00 5.40 0 3.0 1960 24 PHI NL SS 92 153 230 14 47 .965 .960 4.16 4.23 4.64 4.81 90 742.3 1961 25 PHI NL SS 132 243 379 19 91 .970 .959 4.71 4.28 5.17 4.92 127 1083.0 1B 3 11 0 0 1 1.000 .991 3.67 8.57 12.38 9.79 0 8.0 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.90 3.00 5.40 0 3.0 1962 26 PHI NL SS 78 143 224 12 50 .968 .963 4.71 4.43 5.34 5.05 71 619.0 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.00 9.00 9.90 0 1.0 1963 27 PHI NL SS 63 90 121 11 24 .950 .961 3.35 4.22 4.87 4.83 42 389.7 3B 45 15 48 2 4 .969 .940 1.40 2.54 2.76 2.93 16 205.7 1B 5 6 0 0 1 1.000 .984 1.20 8.36 9.00 9.75 0 6.0 1964 28 PHI NL SS 79 141 191 10 44 .971 .963 4.20 4.32 4.87 5.03 69 613.0 GG 1B 58 154 9 0 11 1.000 .990 2.81 8.83 9.27 10.02 7 158.3 2B 3 3 3 1 0 .857 .968 2.00 4.60 6.75 5.17 0 8.0 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.90 0 8.7 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.30 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1965 29 PHI NL 1B 60 86 12 1 9 .990 .990 1.63 8.60 9.06 10.02 0 97.3 SS 60 86 114 9 23 .957 .964 3.33 4.20 4.77 4.92 42 377.3 2B 6 15 8 1 2 .958 .975 3.83 4.72 3.91 5.28 6 53.0 1966 30 NYY AL SS 14 17 25 1 8 .977 .959 3.00 4.41 5.58 4.79 8 67.7 1967 31 NYY AL SS 123 212 374 16 73 .973 .963 4.76 4.09 5.01 4.62 115 1052.7 3B 3 2 3 2 0 .714 .962 1.67 2.73 3.00 3.12 1 15.0 1B 2 14 2 0 2 1.000 .994 8.00 8.30 11.08 9.55 1 13.0 1968 32 NYY AL SS 23 16 34 2 8 .962 .962 2.17 4.07 3.82 4.79 10 117.7 1B 22 38 3 0 3 1.000 .988 1.86 8.32 8.85 9.58 0 41.7 1969 33 CAL AL 1B 18 29 0 0 1 1.000 .993 1.61 8.33 8.70 9.63 0 30.0 2B 9 9 11 1 0 .952 .976 2.22 4.58 5.00 5.20 4 36.0 SS 5 1 5 0 1 1.000 .968 1.20 4.44 4.15 4.98 0 13.0 3B 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.75 2.45 3.19 1 11.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1961 25 PHI NL 1B 3 11 0 0 1 1.000 .991 3.67 8.57 12.38 9.79 0 8.0 1962 26 PHI NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.00 9.00 9.90 0 1.0 1963 27 PHI NL 1B 5 6 0 0 1 1.000 .984 1.20 8.36 9.00 9.75 0 6.0 1964 28 PHI NL 1B 58 154 9 0 11 1.000 .990 2.81 8.83 9.27 10.02 7 158.3 1965 29 PHI NL 1B 60 86 12 1 9 .990 .990 1.63 8.60 9.06 10.02 0 97.3 1967 31 NYY AL 1B 2 14 2 0 2 1.000 .994 8.00 8.30 11.08 9.55 1 13.0 1968 32 NYY AL 1B 22 38 3 0 3 1.000 .988 1.86 8.32 8.85 9.58 0 41.7 1969 33 CAL AL 1B 18 29 0 0 1 1.000 .993 1.61 8.33 8.70 9.63 0 30.0 1958 22 STL NL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.80 6.00 5.40 0 3.0 1961 25 PHI NL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.90 3.00 5.40 0 3.0 1964 28 PHI NL 2B 3 3 3 1 0 .857 .968 2.00 4.60 6.75 5.17 0 8.0 1965 29 PHI NL 2B 6 15 8 1 2 .958 .975 3.83 4.72 3.91 5.28 6 53.0 1969 33 CAL AL 2B 9 9 11 1 0 .952 .976 2.22 4.58 5.00 5.20 4 36.0 1963 27 PHI NL 3B 45 15 48 2 4 .969 .940 1.40 2.54 2.76 2.93 16 205.7 1964 28 PHI NL 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.90 0 8.7 1967 31 NYY AL 3B 3 2 3 2 0 .714 .962 1.67 2.73 3.00 3.12 1 15.0 1969 33 CAL AL 3B 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.75 2.45 3.19 1 11.0 1964 28 PHI NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.30 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1964 28 PHI NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1958 22 STL NL SS 36 44 65 6 18 .948 .964 3.03 4.57 4.64 5.11 21 211.3 1960 24 PHI NL SS 92 153 230 14 47 .965 .960 4.16 4.23 4.64 4.81 90 742.3 1961 25 PHI NL SS 132 243 379 19 91 .970 .959 4.71 4.28 5.17 4.92 127 1083.0 1962 26 PHI NL SS 78 143 224 12 50 .968 .963 4.71 4.43 5.34 5.05 71 619.0 1963 27 PHI NL SS 63 90 121 11 24 .950 .961 3.35 4.22 4.87 4.83 42 389.7 1964 28 PHI NL SS 79 141 191 10 44 .971 .963 4.20 4.32 4.87 5.03 69 613.0 1965 29 PHI NL SS 60 86 114 9 23 .957 .964 3.33 4.20 4.77 4.92 42 377.3 1966 30 NYY AL SS 14 17 25 1 8 .977 .959 3.00 4.41 5.58 4.79 8 67.7 1967 31 NYY AL SS 123 212 374 16 73 .973 .963 4.76 4.09 5.01 4.62 115 1052.7 1968 32 NYY AL SS 23 16 34 2 8 .962 .962 2.17 4.07 3.82 4.79 10 117.7 1969 33 CAL AL SS 5 1 5 0 1 1.000 .968 1.20 4.44 4.15 4.98 0 13.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 705 1146 1762 100 387 .967 .962 4.12 4.26 4.95 4.87 595 5286.7 1B* 169 339 26 1 28 .997 .990 2.16 8.60 9.25 9.91 8 355.3 3B* 53 19 52 4 4 .947 .943 1.34 2.56 2.66 2.96 18 240.3 2B* 20 28 24 3 2 .945 .974 2.60 4.65 4.54 5.25 10 103.0 LF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.30 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 948 1532 1864 108 421 .969 .964 3.58 4.94 5.11 5.10 631 5986
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Gold Gloves
1964-NL--SS

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1964-NL-21-0.02
Car-1327-0.02 shares

Triples
1961 NL-9-8

Sac. Hits
1961 NL-11-5
1967 AL-9-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.0 (2070) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1954 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

December 3, 1958: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Chuck Essegian.

November 29, 1965: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Yankees for Phil Linz.

November 6, 1968: Purchased by the California Angels from the New York Yankees.

October 22, 1969: Released by the California Angels.

April 13, 1970: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

March 1, 1972: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


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