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.

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

## Other websites

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## Infobox (mlb player)

- **name**: Manny Ramírez
- **image**: File:Manny Ramírez in CPBL (Taiwan)2.JPG
- **width**: 175
- **birth place**: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- **bats**: Right
- **throws**: Right
- **debutdate**: September 2
- **debutyear**: 1993
- **debutteam**: Cleveland Indians
- **statyear**: June 6, 2008
- **stat1label**: Batting average
- **stat1value**: .313
- **stat2label**: Home runs
- **stat2value**: 505
- **stat3label**: Run batted in, Runs batted in
- **stat3value**: 1,651
- **teams**: *Cleveland Indians (-)
*Boston Red Sox (-July 2008)
*Los Angeles Dodgers 2008-2009
- **awards**: *9x Silver Slugger Award winner (, , , , , , , , )
*11x Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star selection (, , , , , , , , , , )
*2x World Series champion (2004 World Series, 2004, 2007 World Series, 2007)
*Led American League, AL in batting average in
*Led American League, AL in home runs in
*Led American League, AL in run batted in, runs batted in