Manny Ramirez

Manny Ramírez
Manny Ramírez
Baltimore Orioles
	Born: May 30, 1972 (age 52); Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
debut
	September 2, 1993, for the Cleveland Indians
Career statistics ; (through June 6, 2008)
Batting average	.313
Home runs	505
Runs batted in	1,651
Teams
	Cleveland Indians (1993-2000); Boston Red Sox (2001-July 2008); Los Angeles Dodgers 2008-2009;
Career highlights and awards
	9x Silver Slugger Award winner (1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006); 11x All-Star selection (1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007); 2x World Series champion (2004, 2007); Led AL in batting average in 2002; Led AL in home runs in 2004; Led AL in runs batted in 1999;

Manuel Aristides "Manny" Ramírez Onelcida (born May 30, 1972 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a former American Major League Baseball player. The Boston Red Sox traded Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jason Bay on July 31, 2008. He signed with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2011. He retired on April 8, 2011.^[1]

He is a nine-time Silver Slugger and one of twenty-four people to have hit over 500 career home runs. He is well recognized for his strong offensive abilities. Ramirez has the most career grand slams of any active baseball player, and has led the American League is three key batting measures: batting average, home runs and runs batted in. For the past ten years, Ramírez has been a fixture in the Midsummer Classic, and is an eleven-time All-Star. In 2004, he was named the Most Valuable Player of the World Series after helping the Red Sox win their first World Series championship in over 85 years.

↑ "MLB announces Manny Ramirez is retiring - ESPN". sports.espn.go.com. 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2011.