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b. May 30, 1972 · Cleveland Indians 1993–2000, Boston Red Sox 2001–2008, Los Angeles Dodgers 2008–2010, Chicago White Sox 2010, Tampa Bay Rays 2011

Manny Ramirez played eight seasons in Cleveland before a free-agent deal brought him to Boston in 2001, where he spent eight more years, and later appeared for the Dodgers, the White Sox and the Rays before retiring in 2011.

He hit 555 home runs and batted .312 over 2,302 games, with 2,574 hits, 1,831 runs batted in and 1,544 runs scored, one of the more productive offensive lines in this database.

He was named World Series Most Valuable Player in 2004 and took the Hank Aaron Award twice, in 1999 and 2004. Nine Silver Sluggers came between 1995 and 2006, and he was a Sporting News All-Star six times over that same stretch.

He made twelve All-Star teams in total, spread across 1995 through 2008. He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on May 30, 1972, and batted and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	12	1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Player of the Week	11	1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
Silver Slugger	9	1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
The Sporting News All-Star	7	1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
Player of the Month	5	1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008
Hank Aaron Award	2	1999, 2004
MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player	1	1999
World Series MVP	1	2004

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1993	CLE	22	53	5	9	1	0	2	5	2	8	0	.170
1994	CLE	91	290	51	78	22	0	17	60	42	72	4	.269
1995	CLE	137	484	85	149	26	1	31	107	75	112	6	.308
1996	CLE	152	550	94	170	45	3	33	112	85	104	8	.309
1997	CLE	150	561	99	184	40	0	26	88	79	115	2	.328
1998	CLE	150	571	108	168	35	2	45	145	76	121	5	.294
1999	CLE	147	522	131	174	34	3	44	165	96	131	2	.333
2000	CLE	118	439	92	154	34	2	38	122	86	117	1	.351
2001	BOS	142	529	93	162	33	2	41	125	81	147	0	.306
2002	BOS	120	436	84	152	31	0	33	107	73	85	0	.349
2003	BOS	154	569	117	185	36	1	37	104	97	94	3	.325
2004	BOS	152	568	108	175	44	0	43	130	82	124	2	.308
2005	BOS	152	554	112	162	30	1	45	144	80	119	1	.292
2006	BOS	130	449	79	144	27	1	35	102	100	102	0	.321
2007	BOS	133	483	84	143	33	1	20	88	71	92	0	.296
2008	BOS/LAD	153	552	102	183	36	1	37	121	87	124	3	.332
2009	LAD	104	352	62	102	24	2	19	63	71	81	0	.290
2010	CHW/LAD	90	265	38	79	16	0	9	42	46	61	1	.298
2011	TBR	5	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	.059
Career	—	2302	8244	1544	2574	547	20	555	1831	1329	1813	38	.312

On this day & linked events

1972

Born May 30, 1972

Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.

1993

Major-league debut: Manny Ramirez

Manny Ramirez made a major-league debut on September 2, 1993.

1998

Manny Ramirez's Three-Home-Run Game, 1998

Manny Ramirez hit three home runs for the Cleveland Indians against the Toronto Blue Jays on September 15, 1998.

1999

Manny Ramirez's Three-Home-Run Game, 1999

Manny Ramirez hit three home runs for the Cleveland Indians against the Oakland Athletics on August 25, 1999.

2011

Final major-league game: Manny Ramirez

Manny Ramirez played a final major-league game on April 6, 2011.

Image: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0