Ramón Ramírez (relief pitcher)
- Ramón Ramírez (relief pitcher)
Infobox MLB player
name = Ramón Ramírez
width =
caption =
team = Kansas City Royals
number = 56
position = Relief pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1981|8|31
birthplace = Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = April 14
debutyear = 2006
debutteam = Colorado Rockies
statyear = July 2,2008
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 6-6
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 3.88
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 119
teams =
*Colorado Rockies (by|2006-by|2007)
*Kansas City Royals (by|2008-present)
Ramón Santo Ramírez (born August 31, 1981 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. He previously played for the Colorado Rockies, having been acquired from the New York Yankees in the Shawn Chacon trade.
Ramírez made his Major League Baseball debut with the Colorado Rockies on April 14, by|2006, against the Philadelphia Phillies at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado.
Major League career
In his rookie season in 2006, Ramírez set a Rockies record by compiling the longest scoreless streak by a reliever to begin a career. He did not allow a run in his first 15 1/3 innings pitched. His streak ended on May 15, 2006, when Nomar Garciaparra of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit an RBI single scoring Dodger pitcher Brett Tomko from third base.
He was traded to the Royals on March 26, by|2008.
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