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Chico
Ruiz		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 193
 
Born: December 5, 1938 in Cuba, , SANTO DOMINGO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 25 WAS NL     5 5 4 2 2 2 4 5 4 2 2 2 6 7 7
1965 26 WAS NL     5 5 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6
1966 27 WAS NL     5 5 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 6 6
1967 28 WAS NL     5 5 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6
1968 29 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6
1969 30 MIN AL     5 5 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6
1970 31 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 2 2 2 5 6 6
1971 32 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 5 6 5
1972 33 MIN AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5
1973 34 MIN AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 3 2 2 2 4 5 5
1974 35 MIN AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 2 2 3 4 4
1975 36 MIN AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1964 25 A   136 541 52 153 20 6 6 44 17 8 52 57 .283 .346 .375 .721 70.7  
1965 26 AA   137 547 55 146 23 1 8 48 10 7 33 67 .267 .309 .356 .665 58.4  
1966 27 AA   136 521 60 135 19 4 10 51 10 4 36 86 .259 .307 .369 .676 58.9  
1967 28 AA   137 585 66 165 17 1 9 46 14 11 24 80 .282 .310 .361 .671 62.1  
1968 29 DET AL 79 216 18 43 5 1 0 10 7 2 3 39 .199 .209 .231 .441 7.9 0.0
1969 30 AA   137 546 50 149 24 6 8 62 14 8 34 73 .273 .316 .383 .698 63.9  
1970 31 MIN AL 16 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   83 334 30 95 10 2 5 23 9 7 28 45 .284 .340 .371 .711 41.4  
    AA   26 102 7 16 1 0 0 3 4 0 7 20 .157 .211 .167 .378 3.1  
1971 32 MIN AL 58 51 11 7 0 0 1 4 6 2 1 9 .137 .154 .196 .350 0.9 0.0
    AAA   26 113 10 35 7 1 1 14 7 0 3 14 .310 .328 .416 .744 15.3  
1972 33 MIN AL 37 35 8 7 1 0 0 4 4 1 1 10 .200 .222 .229 .451 1.5 0.0
1973 34 MIN AL 87 191 20 29 5 1 1 11 6 1 5 35 .152 .173 .204 .377 1.8 0.0
1974 35 MIN AL 79 147 28 33 3 1 1 10 5 4 11 37 .224 .278 .279 .557 10.0 0.0
1975 36 AAA   132 452 45 96 10 3 3 27 10 4 29 89 .212 .260 .268 .528 30.8  
6 Years Sim 356 645 87 120 14 3 3 39 29 12 21 130 .186 .211 .231 .442 21.9 0.0
3 Years AAA 241 899 85 226 27 6 9 64 26 11 60 148 .251 .302 .325 .627 87.6  
5 Years AA 573 2301 238 611 84 12 35 210 52 30 134 326 .266 .307 .358 .665 246.4  
1 Years A 136 541 52 153 20 6 6 44 17 8 52 57 .283 .348 .375 .724 70.7  
9 Years Minors 950 3741 375 990 131 24 50 318 95 49 246 531 .265 .312 .353 .664 404.7  
162 Game Average 293 39 54 6 1 1 17 13 5 9 59 .186 .211 .231 .442 9.9  
Career Highs 87 216 28 43 5 1 1 11 7 4 11 39 .224 .278 .279 .557 10.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   423 64 86 9 1 2 28 19 8 13 79 .203 .227 .243 .471 20.3
vs LH   222 23 34 5 2 1 11 10 4 8 51 .153 .181 .207 .388 5.3
Home 169 312 45 69 10 1 3 22 14 4 9 58 .221 .242 .288 .531 21.0
Away 187 333 42 51 4 2 0 17 15 8 12 72 .153 .182 .177 .359 4.6
RISP   132 0 26 2 0 0 35 0 0 5 21 .197 .223 .212 .435 5.0
Pinch Hitting   18 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .278 .500 0.9
Close/Late   89 43 23 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 19 .258 .283 .281 .564 6.6
Mar/Apr 56 153 17 32 5 1 0 5 7 1 2 29 .209 .219 .255 .474 7.6
May 100 218 24 36 4 2 0 10 8 6 9 41 .165 .197 .202 .398 5.1
June 52 61 11 9 1 0 0 5 3 0 2 12 .148 .175 .164 .339 0.9
July 43 46 9 10 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 11 .217 .217 .217 .435 1.8
August 57 92 13 15 3 0 1 7 6 1 6 18 .163 .214 .228 .443 4.5
Sep/Oct 48 75 13 18 1 0 2 9 2 3 2 19 .240 .260 .333 .593 5.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1968 29 DET AL 3B 57 54 445.0 31 112 6 11 .960 2.89   1.3
    SS 8 0 17.0 3 11 0 2 1.000 7.41   0.2
    RF 1 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    1B 2 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1970 31 MIN AL SS 10 0 22.7 4 13 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.2
    3B 4 0 5.7 3 1 0 1 1.000 6.36   0.1
    2B 1 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1971 32 MIN AL SS 29 4 85.7 14 28 3 3 .933 4.41   0.3
    2B 7 6 52.7 18 20 0 7 1.000 6.49   0.3
    3B 10 0 12.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.46   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1972 33 MIN AL SS 11 6 61.0 9 18 1 4 .964 3.98   0.1
    2B 13 2 39.7 16 19 0 6 1.000 7.94   0.3
    3B 5 0 7.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1973 34 MIN AL SS 36 28 265.3 55 121 2 33 .989 5.97   0.8
    2B 29 14 145.7 33 73 2 16 .981 6.55   0.6
    1B 2 2 17.0 15 1 1 2 .941 8.47   0.0
    3B 11 0 15.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1974 35 MIN AL 2B 36 22 200.7 51 101 4 24 .974 6.82   1.4
    1B 22 18 148.3 163 11 1 17 .994 10.56   0.1
    SS 8 0 12.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 4.27   0.0
    3B 3 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 90 54 486.0 38 118 6 12 .963 2.89   1.4
  SS 102 38 464.3 87 195 6 42 .979 5.47   1.7
  2B 87 44 443.6 120 215 6 53 .982 6.80   2.5
  1B 28 20 169.3 182 12 2 19 .990 10.31   0.1
  RF 1 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
  CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   309 156 1570.6 428 540 20 126 .980 5.55   5.8
Career Highs   78 54 471.3 216 196 6 51 1.000 8.24    
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  1. Leo Durocher (978)
  2. Bobby Klaus (977)
  3. Joe Morgan (973)
  4. Sam Dente (965)
  5. Gair Allie (962)
  6. Jerry Royster (955)
  7. Solly Drake (955)
  8. Chuck Harmon (954)
  9. Elio Chacon (952)
  10. Tommy Brown (952)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 85th overall pick, by Washington in 1964
Injured on 4/18/1967 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 9/2/1967 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Traded from Washington to Detroit on 2/1/1968 (Going to WAS: P Herman Starrette, 2B Jerry Lumpe, RF Walt Bond. Going to DET: P Aubrey Gatewood, SS Pedro Gonzalez, SS Chico Ruiz)
Had first career hit on 4/2/1968, off Chuck Stobbs (NYG)
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 2/3/1969 (Going to MIN: 3B Chico Ruiz. Going to DET: SS Ken Boyer, P Rickey Clark, P Frank Reberger)
Hit first career homerun on 9/15/1971, off Larry Dierker (KCR)
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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