Manny Ramirez

Manuel Aristides "Manny" Ramírez Onelcida (born May 30, 1972 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a former American Major League Baseball player. The Boston Red Sox traded Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jason Bay on July 31, 2008. He signed with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2011. He retired on April 8, 2011.^[1]

Manny Ramírez
Born: (1972-05-30) May 30, 1972 (age 53) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
debut
September 2, 1993, for the Cleveland Indians
Career statistics (through June 6, 2008)
Batting average	.313
Home runs	505
Runs batted in	1,651
Teams
Cleveland Indians (1993-2000) Boston Red Sox (2001-July 2008) Los Angeles Dodgers 2008-2009
Career highlights and awards
9x Silver Slugger Award winner (1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) 11x All-Star selection (1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) 2x World Series champion (2004, 2007) Led AL in batting average in 2002 Led AL in home runs in 2004 Led AL in runs batted in 1999

He is a nine-time Silver Slugger and one of twenty-four people to have hit over 500 career home runs. He is well recognized for his strong offensive abilities. Ramirez has the most career grand slams of any active baseball player, and has led the American League is three key batting measures: batting average, home runs and runs batted in. For the past ten years, Ramírez has been a fixture in the Midsummer Classic, and is an eleven-time All-Star. In 2004, he was named the Most Valuable Player of the World Series after helping the Red Sox win their first World Series championship in over 85 years.

Statistics

Statistics of Ramirez as of June 6, 2008:

year	team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1993	CLE	22	53	5	9	1	0	2	5	0	2	8	.170	.200	.302
1994	CLE	91	290	51	78	22	0	17	60	4	42	72	.269	.357	.521
1995	CLE	137	484	85	149	26	1	31	107	6	75	112	.308	.402	.558
1996	CLE	152	550	94	170	45	3	33	112	8	85	104	.309	.399	.582
1997	CLE	150	561	99	184	40	0	26	88	2	79	115	.328	.415	.538
1998	CLE	150	571	108	168	35	2	45	145	5	76	121	.294	.377	.599
1999	CLE	147	522	131	174	34	3	44	165	2	96	131	.333	.442	.663
2000	CLE	118	439	92	154	34	2	38	122	1	86	117	.351	.457	.697
2001	BOS	142	529	93	162	33	2	41	125	0	81	147	.306	.405	.609
2002	BOS	120	436	84	152	31	0	33	107	0	73	85	.349	.450	.647
2003	BOS	154	569	117	185	36	1	37	104	3	97	94	.325	.427	.587
2004	BOS	152	568	108	175	44	0	43	130	2	82	124	.308	.397	.613
2005	BOS	152	554	112	162	30	1	45	144	1	80	119	.292	.388	.594
2006	BOS	130	449	79	144	27	1	35	102	0	100	102	.321	.439	.619
2007	BOS	133	483	84	143	33	1	20	88	0	71	92	.296	.388	.493
2008	BOS	59	226	39	68	14	1	14	47	1	26	52	.301	.380	.544
Total	16 years	2,009	7,284	1,381	2,277	485	18	503	1,649	35	1,151	1,595	.313	.409	.591