Ruben
Sierra
 
Nickname: El Caballo
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: October 6, 1965 in P.R., , RIO PIEDRAS
 
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
1986 20 MIA NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 3 4 4 7 7 7
1987 21 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 4 4 5 6 6
1988 22 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 7 3 4 3 5 6 6
1989 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 3 4 4 5 6 6
1990 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 3 4 3 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 4 4 4 7 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
1986 20 MIA NL 8 16 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.5 0.0
    AA   133 516 87 149 30 1 41 104 6 3 59 66 .289 .362 .589 .951 105.1  
1987 21 MIA NL 31 93 8 18 5 0 0 6 2 1 6 20 .194 .240 .247 .487 4.9 0.0
    AAA   71 156 23 39 6 0 10 20 1 0 16 25 .250 .320 .481 .801 24.6  
1988 22 NYA AL 112 383 47 94 21 3 15 63 5 3 17 79 .245 .278 .433 .711 42.3 5.9
1989 23 NYA AL 101 272 29 54 17 0 6 23 2 0 24 56 .199 .266 .327 .593 23.8 0.9
1990 24 NYA AL 77 208 35 62 19 1 9 28 5 1 13 28 .298 .338 .529 .867 35.1 8.1
5 Years Sim 329 972 119 232 62 4 30 121 14 5 60 184 .239 .283 .403 .686 106.7 14.9
1 Years AAA 71 156 23 39 6 0 10 20 1 0 16 25 .250 .320 .481 .801 24.6  
1 Years AA 133 516 87 149 30 1 41 104 6 3 59 66 .289 .363 .589 .952 105.1  
2 Years Minors 204 672 110 188 36 1 51 124 7 3 75 91 .280 .353 .564 .917 129.7  
162 Game Average 478 58 114 30 1 14 59 6 2 29 90 .239 .283 .403 .686 52.5  
Career Highs 112 383 47 94 21 3 15 63 5 3 24 79 .298 .338 .529 .867 42.3  
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   776 96 193 52 3 26 96 13 5 47 149 .249 .292 .424 .716 94.8
vs LH   196 23 39 10 1 4 25 1 0 13 35 .199 .249 .321 .570 15.5
Home 160 474 63 119 33 1 15 63 8 3 25 98 .251 .288 .420 .708 56.3
Away 169 498 56 113 29 3 15 58 6 2 35 86 .227 .278 .388 .666 54.0
RISP   240 0 51 14 0 10 85 0 0 13 47 .213 .248 .396 .644 24.3
Pinch Hitting   32 4 6 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 7 .188 .212 .406 .618 2.9
Close/Late   98 9 22 0 0 5 11 0 0 3 19 .224 .245 .378 .623 9.4
Mar/Apr 50 107 16 21 6 0 2 9 1 1 6 18 .196 .239 .308 .547 7.3
May 69 222 24 53 17 0 5 26 4 1 10 45 .239 .270 .383 .653 22.5
June 57 173 27 47 9 1 7 31 6 1 12 27 .272 .321 .457 .778 25.3
July 47 136 20 39 14 2 5 20 2 1 13 22 .287 .349 .529 .878 23.5
August 52 169 16 40 8 0 7 24 0 0 12 43 .237 .286 .408 .694 20.0
Sep/Oct 54 165 16 32 8 1 4 11 1 1 7 29 .194 .227 .327 .554 11.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1986 20 MIA NL RF 2 1 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 2 1 9.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 14.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 1 8.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0  
1987 21 MIA NL 1B 3 1 13.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1988 22 NYA AL LF 104 97 831.0 181 1 0 0 1.000 1.97 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    RF 6 5 35.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.06 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 2 16.0 23 0 0 2 1.000 12.94 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1989 23 NYA AL LF 63 58 485.0 89 4 0 1 1.000 1.73 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    RF 9 7 58.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 9 6 57.0 64 4 0 3 1.000 10.74 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 24 NYA AL LF 59 54 460.3 104 1 1 0 .991 2.05 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    1B 4 3 28.0 24 3 0 3 1.000 8.68 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 5 2 21.0 5 0 1 0 .833 2.14 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 229 211 1794.3 380 7 1 1 .997 1.94 0 0 .000 0 5.4
  RF 24 16 136.0 28 0 1 0 .966 1.85 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  1B 21 13 123.0 138 7 0 8 1.000 10.61 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  CF 4 0 8.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   279 240 2064.3 551 15 2 9 .996 2.47 1 0 .000 0 5.8
Career Highs   114 104 884.0 213 9 2 4 1.000 7.39 1 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1988 22 NYA AL 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000
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  1. Bo Jackson (983)
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  3. Bobby Mitchell (968)
  4. George Crowe (968)
  5. Hank Bauer (967)
  6. Randy Johnson (966)
  7. Mike Chartak (966)
  8. Ricky Nelson (965)
  9. Devon White (963)
  10. Cliff Aberson (963)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 33rd overall pick, by Miami in 1986
Injured on 6/15/1986 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 9/7/1986, off Mike Garman (MON)
Traded from Miami to New York (A) on 7/1/1987 (Going to MIA: C John Tamargo. Going to NYA: LF Ruben Sierra)
Hit first career homerun on 4/20/1988, off Dave Stewart (TOR)
Injured on 9/12/1990 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks