Ruben Amaro Jr.
[edit] Biography
Ruben Amaro (Ruben Amaro, Jr.) was born on February 12, 1965 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on June 8, 1991 for the California Angels. In 1992, his rookie year, he hit .219 with 7 home runs and 34 RBI. Amaro played for the California Angels, Philadelphia Phillies and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 8 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1991
| CAL
| A
| 10
| 23
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .217
| .308
| .261
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1992
| PHI
| N
| 126
| 374
| 43
| 82
| 7
| 34
| .219
| .303
| .348
| 15
| 6
| 37
| 54
| 9
| 4
| 11
| 1
| 11
|
| 1993
| PHI
| N
| 25
| 48
| 7
| 16
| 1
| 6
| .333
| .400
| .521
| 2
| 2
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1994
| CLE
| A
| 26
| 23
| 5
| 5
| 2
| 5
| .217
| .280
| .522
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| CLE
| A
| 28
| 60
| 5
| 12
| 1
| 7
| .200
| .273
| .300
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1996
| PHI
| N
| 61
| 117
| 14
| 37
| 2
| 15
| .316
| .380
| .453
| 10
| 0
| 9
| 18
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1997
| PHI
| N
| 117
| 175
| 18
| 41
| 2
| 21
| .234
| .320
| .314
| 6
| 1
| 21
| 24
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 4
|
| 1998
| PHI
| N
| 92
| 107
| 7
| 20
| 1
| 10
| .187
| .224
| .262
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 421
| 821
| 89
| 196
| 13
| 86
| .239
| .313
| .354
| 38
| 9
| 79
| 116
| 14
| 9
| 12
| 1
| 20
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 64
| 106
| 10
| 22
| 3
| 14
| .208
| .282
| .340
| 5
| 0
| 9
| 12
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 485
| 927
| 99
| 218
| 16
| 100
| .235
| .310
| .353
| 43
| 9
| 88
| 128
| 16
| 11
| 15
| 2
| 22
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1991
| CAL
| A
| OF
| 5
| 3
| 27
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| CAL
| A
| RF
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1991
| CAL
| A
| 2B
| 4
| 2
| 22
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1991
| CAL
| A
| DH
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1991
| CAL
| A
| LF
| 3
| 3
| 24
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1992
| PHI
| N
| RF
| 68
| 46
| 451.1
| 106
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1992
| PHI
| N
| LF
| 27
| 18
| 188
| 66
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1992
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 113
| 87
| 842.2
| 232
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| 1992
| PHI
| N
| CF
| 27
| 23
| 203.1
| 60
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1993
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 16
| 9
| 94.1
| 25
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1993
| PHI
| N
| LF
| 3
| 2
| 16
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| PHI
| N
| CF
| 8
| 2
| 34.1
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1993
| PHI
| N
| RF
| 6
| 5
| 44
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| CLE
| A
| DH
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1994
| CLE
| A
| OF
| 12
| 0
| 23
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1994
| CLE
| A
| LF
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| CLE
| A
| CF
| 10
| 0
| 19
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1994
| CLE
| A
| RF
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| CLE
| A
| OF
| 22
| 10
| 122
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| CLE
| A
| LF
| 5
| 1
| 16
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| CLE
| A
| CF
| 14
| 9
| 88
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| CLE
| A
| DH
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1995
| CLE
| A
| RF
| 6
| 0
| 18
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| PHI
| N
| RF
| 28
| 16
| 175.2
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| PHI
| N
| CF
| 7
| 2
| 28.2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 35
| 18
| 204.1
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1997
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 72
| 25
| 297
| 75
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1997
| PHI
| N
| RF
| 15
| 6
| 62.2
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1997
| PHI
| N
| CF
| 37
| 16
| 155.1
| 38
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1997
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1997
| PHI
| N
| LF
| 26
| 3
| 79
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 51
| 6
| 157.2
| 26
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| PHI
| N
| CF
| 3
| 1
| 13
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| PHI
| N
| LF
| 43
| 3
| 118
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| PHI
| N
| RF
| 6
| 2
| 26.2
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 106
| 53
| 541.2
| 154
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 326
| 158
| 1768
| 456
| 12
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 3.1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 132
| 75
| 783.1
| 190
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .995
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 4
| 2
| 22
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 108
| 30
| 443
| 117
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by California Angels in the 11th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1987 - signed June 16, 1987).
- Traded by California Angels with Kyle Abbott to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Von Hayes (December 8, 1991).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Heathcliff Slocumb (November 2, 1993).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (November 9, 1995).
- Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (January 24, 1996).
- Released by Toronto Blue Jays (May 5, 1996).
- Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (May 6, 1996).
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