Ramiro Mendoza

Infobox MLB retired
name=Ramiro Mendoza


width=
position=Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1972|6|15
Panama City, Panama
deathdate=
debutdate=May 25
debutyear=by|1996
debutteam=New York Yankees
finaldate=September 1
finalyear=by|2005
finalteam=New York Yankees
stat1label=Win-Loss record
stat1value=59-40
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=4.30
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=463
teams=
* New York Yankees (by|1996-by|2002, by|2005)
* Boston Red Sox (by|2003-by|2004)
highlights=
* 4x World Series champion (1998, 1999, 2000, 2004)

Ramiro Mendoza (born June 15, 1972 in Panama City, Panama) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Mendoza played with the New York Yankees (1996-2002, 2005) and Boston Red Sox (2003-04). He bats and throws right-handed. Although Mendoza made 62 starts in his major league career, he was primarily known as a middle relief pitcher.

Mendoza threw a sinker along with a slider, a four-seam fastball and a changeup.

In a nine-year career, Mendoza has compiled a 59-40 record with 462 strikeouts and a 4.29 ERA in 796 innings pitched. He returned to the New York Yankees before the 2005 season.

Mendoza was born on the same day as another Yankee pitcher — Andy Pettitte. He was also born on the same day as Tony Clark, who played for the Yankees in 2004.

After recovering from shoulder surgery during the 2005 offseason, Mendoza returned to the Yankees after September callups of the 2005 season, becoming one of three members of the World Champion Red Sox to play for the 2005 Yankees, along with Mark Bellhorn and Alan Embree. After the 2005 season, Mendoza signed a minor-league contract with the Yankees.

Mendoza is the only player in the last 75 years to win a World Series ring with both the New York Yankees (1998-2000) and the Boston Red Sox (2004).

External links

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* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/M/Mendoza_Ramiro.stm Baseball Library (highlights)]