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Ruben Amaro

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Full name Ruben (Mora) Amaro
Born January 6, 1936, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas (Mexico)
Died March 31, 2017, Weston, Florida
First Game: June 29, 1958; Final Game: September 28, 1969
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 170
Father of Ruben Amaro
Won NL Gold Glove as shortstop (1964)
Ejections as player: 1962 (1), 1963 (1), 1965 (1), 1969 (1). Total: 4
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1958 STL N Daily Splits 40 76 8 17 2 1 0 0 5 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 .224 .272 .276 -0.8 1958 STL N 1960 PHI N Daily Splits 92 264 25 61 9 1 0 16 21 2 32 2 4 1 0 1 5 0 1 .231 .292 .273 -1.8 1960 PHI N 1961 PHI N Daily Splits 135 381 34 98 14 9 1 32 53 2 59 2 11 0 0 7 9 1 0 .257 .351 .349 1.2 1961 PHI N 1962 PHI N Daily Splits 79 226 24 55 10 0 0 19 30 4 28 1 4 4 0 4 6 5 2 .243 .330 .288 0.5 1962 PHI N 1963 PHI N Daily Splits 115 217 25 47 9 2 2 19 19 6 31 0 6 3 0 3 4 0 1 .217 .276 .304 -0.5 1963 PHI N 1964 PHI N Daily Splits 129 299 31 79 11 0 4 34 16 2 37 3 4 1 0 6 5 1 6 .264 .307 .341 -0.9 1964 PHI N 1965 PHI N Daily Splits 118 184 26 39 7 0 0 15 27 3 22 1 3 3 0 6 6 1 1 .212 .312 .250 -1.1 1965 PHI N 1966 NY A Daily Splits 14 23 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .217 .217 .217 0.1 1966 NY A 1967 NY A Daily Splits 130 417 31 93 12 0 1 17 43 4 49 1 9 0 0 6 13 3 2 .223 .297 .259 0.2 1967 NY A 1968 NY A Daily Splits 47 41 3 5 1 0 0 0 9 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .122 .280 .146 -0.7 1968 NY A 1969 CAL A Daily Splits 41 27 4 6 0 0 0 1 4 0 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .323 .222 -0.4 1969 CAL A Total NL ( 7 Years) 708 1647 173 396 62 13 7 135 171 20 217 9 33 12 0 27 38 8 12 .240 .313 .307 -3.4 Total NL Total AL ( 4 Years) 232 508 38 109 13 0 1 21 56 4 63 1 14 0 0 7 15 3 2 .215 .294 .246 -0.8 Total AL Total (11 Years) Splits 940 2155 211 505 75 13 8 156 227 24 280 10 47 12 0 34 53 11 14 .234 .309 .292 -4.2 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1958 STL N Daily Splits SS 36 21 14 211.1 44 65 6 18 0 .948 1958 STL N 2B 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1960 PHI N Daily Splits SS 92 90 65 742.1 153 230 14 47 0 .965 1961 PHI N Daily Splits SS 132 127 102 1083 243 379 19 91 0 .970 1961 PHI N 1B 3 0 0 8 11 0 0 1 0 1.000 1961 PHI N 2B 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1962 PHI N Daily Splits SS 78 71 63 619 143 224 12 50 0 .968 1962 PHI N 1B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1963 PHI N Daily Splits SS 63 42 31 389.2 90 121 11 24 0 .950 1963 PHI N 3B 45 16 10 205.2 15 48 2 4 0 .969 1963 PHI N 1B 5 0 0 6 6 0 0 1 0 1.000 1964 PHI N Daily Splits SS 79 69 47 613 141 191 10 44 1 .971 1964 PHI N 1B 58 7 5 158.1 154 9 0 11 0 1.000 1964 PHI N 2B 3 0 0 8 3 3 1 0 0 .857 1964 PHI N 3B 3 0 0 8.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1964 PHI N OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 1964 PHI N LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1965 PHI N Daily Splits SS 60 42 24 377.1 86 114 9 23 0 .957 1965 PHI N 1B 59 0 0 97.1 86 12 1 9 0 .990 1965 PHI N 2B 6 6 6 53 15 8 1 2 0 .958 1966 NY A Daily Splits SS 14 8 5 67.2 17 25 1 8 0 .977 1967 NY A Daily Splits SS 123 115 107 1052.2 212 374 16 73 1 .973 1967 NY A 3B 3 1 1 15 2 3 2 0 0 .714 1967 NY A 1B 2 1 1 13 14 2 0 2 0 1.000 1968 NY A Daily Splits SS 23 10 8 117.2 16 34 2 8 0 .962 1968 NY A 1B 22 0 0 41.2 38 3 0 3 0 1.000 1969 CAL A Daily Splits 1B 18 0 0 30 29 0 0 1 0 1.000 1969 CAL A 2B 8 4 1 36 9 11 1 0 0 .952 1969 CAL A SS 5 0 0 13 1 5 0 1 0 1.000 1969 CAL A 3B 2 1 1 11 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 Total (11 Years) Splits SS 705 595 466 5286.2 1146 1762 100 387 2 .967 Total ( 8 Years) 1B 168 8 6 355.1 339 26 1 28 0 .997 Total ( 4 Years) 3B 53 18 12 240.1 19 52 4 4 0 .947 Total ( 5 Years) 2B 19 10 7 103 28 24 3 2 0 .945 Total ( 1 Year ) OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 Total ( 1 Year ) LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

              Coaching Record

Year Team Position START END 1980 PHI N Coach 4-11 10- 5 1981 PHI N Coach 4- 8 10-11 1983 CHI N Third base 4- 6 10- 2 1984 CHI N Bench 4- 3 10- 7 1985 CHI N Bench 4- 9 10- 6 1986 CHI N Bench 4- 8 10- 5 Total ( 6 Years)

Ejection Information

Date Team Umpire Reason 8- 4-1962(2) BOX PHI N Paul Pryor Called third strike 6-19-1963 BOX PHI N Ken Burkhart Balls and strikes 7-15-1965 BOX PHI N Bill Jackowski Call at 2B 7-29-1969 BOX CAL A Larry Napp Balls and strikes

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1954).

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Chuck Essegian (December 3, 1958).

Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to New York Yankees in exchange for Phil Linz (November 29, 1965).

Sold by New York Yankees to California Angels (November 6, 1968).

Released by California Angels (October 22, 1969).

Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (April 13, 1970).

Released by Philadelphia Phillies (March 1, 1972).

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