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b. April 28, 1935 · Washington Senators 1955–1960, Minnesota Twins 1961, Cleveland Indians 1962–1964, New York Yankees 1964–1966, Philadelphia Phillies 1967, Pittsburgh Pirates 1969, Cincinnati Reds 1969, Washington Senators 1970

He lost 18 games in 1958, 19 in 1959, 18 in 1960 and 20 in 1961, leading the league every time, for Washington clubs that finished last, last, fifth and seventh. He also won 13, 11 and 11 in those seasons and had a better earned run average than several pitchers with winning records.

Fifteen seasons gave him 117 wins against 160, a 4.08 earned run average and 2,355 innings. He was Cuban, from Pinar del Río, wore cowboy clothes off the field and challenged Mickey Mantle to a footrace more than once, which Mantle declined in public and the newspapers enjoyed for years.

The Yankees bought him in September 1964 and used him in relief, where he saved 8 games in eight weeks and helped them to a pennant. He saved 55 games in all and hit 15 home runs, which for a pitcher is a great many. The 1978 ballot gave him no votes at all.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	1	1959

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1955	WSH	59	38	6	3	0	0	0	0	2	18	0	.079
1956	WSH	56	44	9	9	0	2	0	2	2	16	0	.205
1957	WSH	56	76	6	13	0	0	1	10	2	27	0	.171
1958	WSH	53	88	9	21	1	0	0	10	0	33	0	.239
1959	WSH	45	75	7	11	1	1	1	2	4	38	1	.147
1960	WSH	53	86	6	10	3	0	2	4	1	36	0	.116
1961	MIN	53	93	8	16	1	0	3	11	3	42	0	.172
1962	CLE	39	68	6	10	3	0	3	8	1	29	0	.147
1963	CLE	54	55	13	6	0	0	3	7	3	32	0	.109
1964	CLE/NYY	57	44	6	7	0	0	2	2	2	24	0	.159
1965	NYY	65	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	.083
1966	NYY	52	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	.154
1967	PHI	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1969	CIN/PIT	43	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	.000
1970	WSA	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Career	—	696	703	76	109	9	3	15	56	22	316	2	.155

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1955	WSH	5	11	45	9	5	130.0	121	56	39	34	3.88
1956	WSH	12	10	37	18	0	152.0	178	89	76	54	5.27
1957	WSH	12	16	43	30	0	231.0	251	123	69	91	4.79
1958	WSH	14	18	43	37	3	259.1	277	122	77	132	4.23
1959	WSH	13	19	37	35	0	233.2	233	108	52	95	4.16
1960	WSH	11	18	43	36	2	274.0	254	105	99	160	3.45
1961	MIN	11	20	42	34	2	264.1	265	116	79	174	3.95
1962	CLE	10	12	37	27	1	201.1	189	83	85	96	3.71
1963	CLE	9	8	36	22	0	184.2	156	64	41	169	3.12
1964	CLE/NYY	8	10	49	19	8	154.2	157	79	26	119	4.60
1965	NYY	5	5	65	0	19	92.1	80	30	27	68	2.92
1966	NYY	3	9	52	1	13	89.2	98	36	18	58	3.61
1967	PHI	0	0	6	0	0	8.0	14	8	8	1	9.00
1969	CIN/PIT	4	4	43	0	2	72.1	81	42	24	44	5.23
1970	WSA	0	0	4	0	0	8.1	10	7	4	10	7.56
Career	—	117	160	582	268	55	2355.2	2364	1068	724	1305	4.08

On this day & linked events

1935

Born April 28, 1935

Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río, Cuba

1955

Major-league debut: Pedro Ramos

Pedro Ramos made a major-league debut on April 11, 1955.

1970

Final major-league game: Pedro Ramos

Pedro Ramos played a final major-league game on April 25, 1970.

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