Rafael Ramirez
Atlanta Braves 1980–1987; Houston Astros 1988–1992
Percentile snapshot
1989 season — qualified batters
of 126 qualified 1989 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 50 | 174 | 165 | 17 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 1 | .267 | .292 | .352 | .644 | 75.1 | 76.5 | .299 | 0.3 |
| 1981 | 95 | 342 | 307 | 30 | 67 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 24 | 47 | 7 | 3 | .218 | .276 | .303 | .579 | 58.5 | 62.7 | .273 | 0.0 |
| 1982 | 157 | 669 | 609 | 74 | 169 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 52 | 36 | 49 | 27 | 14 | .278 | .319 | .379 | .698 | 89.8 | 91.6 | .319 | 2.2 |
| 1983 | 152 | 668 | 622 | 82 | 185 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 36 | 48 | 16 | 12 | .297 | .337 | .368 | .705 | 91.1 | 90.5 | .327 | 2.3 |
| 1984 | 145 | 629 | 591 | 51 | 157 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 26 | 70 | 14 | 17 | .266 | .295 | .327 | .621 | 67.1 | 70.0 | .290 | 0.4 |
| 1985 | 138 | 595 | 568 | 54 | 141 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 20 | 63 | 2 | 6 | .248 | .272 | .333 | .604 | 59.2 | 64.2 | .277 | -0.3 |
| 1986 | 134 | 530 | 496 | 57 | 119 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 21 | 60 | 19 | 8 | .240 | .273 | .335 | .608 | 58.5 | 62.7 | .280 | -0.4 |
| 1987 | 56 | 194 | 179 | 22 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 3 | .263 | .300 | .346 | .646 | 65.5 | 66.7 | .295 | 0.0 |
| 1988 | 155 | 597 | 566 | 51 | 156 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 59 | 18 | 61 | 3 | 2 | .276 | .298 | .378 | .677 | 93.4 | 97.3 | .306 | 2.4 |
| 1989 | 151 | 575 | 537 | 46 | 132 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 54 | 29 | 64 | 3 | 1 | .246 | .283 | .324 | .607 | 74.6 | 76.4 | .281 | 1.0 |
| 1990 | 132 | 480 | 445 | 44 | 116 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 24 | 46 | 10 | 5 | .261 | .299 | .330 | .630 | 70.3 | 75.7 | .284 | 0.5 |
| 1991 | 101 | 249 | 233 | 17 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 40 | 3 | 3 | .236 | .274 | .292 | .566 | 61.1 | 63.5 | .263 | -0.1 |
| 1992 | 73 | 185 | 176 | 17 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .283 | .301 | .584 | 64.5 | 68.6 | .272 | 0.2 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-09-08 | ATL @ SF Gameday | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 1982-09-24 | SD @ ATL Gameday | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 1986-05-21 | CHC @ ATL Gameday | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1989-08-29 | HOU @ CHC Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1988-05-29 | HOU @ CHC Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.