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NEIL RAMÍREZ # 56
BORN: MAY 25, 1989 OPENING DAY AGE: 30
BIRTHPLACE: VIRGINIA BEACH, VA RESIDES: FRANKLIN, TN
SIGNED THRU: 2020 MLB SERVICE: 4 YEARS, 82 DAYS
ACQUIRED: SIGNED MINOR LEAGUE CONTRACT, DEC. 22, 2019
MARRIED: TIFFANY
CHILDREN: RYLEIGH SHEA
RHP HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 215 BATS: R THROWS: R
NON-ROSTER INVITEE
RAMIREZ’S LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2008— Spokane 1-2 2 .66 13 13 0 0 0 0 44 .0 25 15 13 5 6 29 0 52 4 4 .166
2009— Hickory 3-6 4 .75 18 14 0 0 0 0 66 .1 58 40 35 8 14 41 0 56 4 0 .235
2010— Hickory 10-8 4 .43 28 26 1 0 0 0 140 .1 150 79 69 14 17 37 0 142 8 1 .281
2011— Myrtle Beach 0-0 0 .00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 .2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 0 .063
Round Rock 4-3 3.63 18 18 0 0 0 0 74.1 63 34 30 6 6 35 0 86 7 0 .229
Frisco 1-0 1 .89 6 6 0 0 0 0 19 .0 13 4 4 1 1 8 0 24 1 1 .194
2012— Round Rock 6-8 7.66 15 15 0 0 0 0 74.0 78 65 63 12 6 31 0 63 6 0 .271
Frisco 2-5 4 .20 13 12 0 0 0 0 49 .1 47 26 23 6 5 16 0 45 5 1 .258
2013— Frisco 9-3 3 .84 21 21 0 0 0 0 103 .0 77 46 44 8 5 42 0 127 10 2 .213
Tennessee 0-0 0 .00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 .2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 .071
2014— Iowa 0-0 7 .71 6 0 0 1 0 0 7 .0 7 6 6 2 0 5 0 11 0 0 .250
CHICAGO (N.L.) 3-3 1.44 50 0 0 10 0 3 43.2 29 11 7 2 2 17 0 53 3 1 .184 raMirez
Cubs (AZL) (1) 0-0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 .286
2015— CHICAGO (N.L.) 1-0 3.21 19 0 0 4 0 0 14.0 12 5 5 1 0 6 0 15 2 0 .231
Tennessee (1) 1-1 3.38 6 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 8 9 0 .158
Iowa (1) 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333
2016— CHICAGO (N.L.) 0-0 4.70 8 0 0 4 0 0 7.2 5 4 4 1 0 8 2 10 3 0 .200
MILWAUKEE 0-0 10.80 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 .286
MINNESOTA 0-0 6 .14 8 0 0 3 0 0 14 .2 15 10 10 5 0 10 0 11 2 0 .278
Rochester 0-0 3 .10 16 0 0 6 0 0 20 .1 14 7 7 2 1 7 0 27 0 0 .197
2017— SAN FRANCISCO 0-0 8 .71 9 0 0 2 0 0 10 .1 15 15 10 2 1 4 0 18 2 0 .319
NEW YORK(N.L.) 0-1 6.43 20 0 0 7 0 0 21.0 20 15 15 4 0 17 0 26 1 0 .247
Syracuse 2-1 6.14 14 0 0 9 0 1 14.2 23 10 10 3 0 8 1 20 1 0 .354
2018— Columbus 2-1 3.38 14 0 0 7 0 3 18.2 16 7 7 4 0 3 0 32 1 0 .229
CLEVELAND 0-3 4 .54 47 0 0 9 0 0 41 .2 36 21 21 9 3 18 1 51 0 0 .228
Akron (1) 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .000
2019— CLEVELAND 0-1 5 .40 16 0 0 3 0 0 16 .2 18 11 10 5 0 9 0 18 0 0 .281
Columbus 2-1 4.91 25 0 0 4 0 2 29.1 28 17 16 7 3 11 0 45 1 0 .243
Dunedin (1) 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Buffalo (1) 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250
TORONTO 0-0 5 .40 6 1 0 0 0 0 8 .1 8 5 5 2 0 6 0 6 1 0 .258
MAJOR TOTALS 4-8 4.46 185 1 0 42 0 3 179.2 160 99 89 33 6 95 3 211 14 1 .236
MINOR TOTALS 43-39 4.37 221 127 1 27 0 6 680.0 608 360 330 78 65 282 1 759 49 9 .241
(1) rehab assignment
◆ Neil Andrew Ramirez...On Twitter: @NAndrewRam...Drafted by Rangers in 2007 (first round; 44th overall).
◆ 2020 marks first season with the Angels after signing a minor league contract Dec. 22, 2019.
◆ In MLB career, has pitched in 185 games across parts of last six seasons with Cubs, Brewers, Twins, Giants, Mets,
Indians and Blue Jays...In minor league career, pitched 221 games (127 GS), holding a 43-39 record with six saves
and 759 SO in 680 IP...Started 127 of the 221 minor league games in which he appeared.
◆ Spent 2019 with Indians organization until he was released on Aug. 2 and signed with Blue Jays four days later...
Between the organizations pitched 25 MLB IP and 39.2 minor league IP.
◆ Best season to date was his rookie year with Cubs in 2014: 3-3, three saves, a 1.44 ERA (43.2 IP - 7 ER), .184 BAA
(29/158) and 53 strikeouts in 50 relief appearances.
◆ Made MLB debut April 25, 2014 at Milwaukee (1.0 IP, BB, SO)...Recorded first career save June 5, 2014 vs. Mets.
◆ Minor League Awards and Honors include: 2013 Post-Season and Mid-Season All-Star with Double-A Frisco; Named
Pitcher of the Week with Rookie-Level Spokane (2008), Triple-A Round Rock (2012) & Double-A Frisco (2013).
◆ 2007 Virginia Player of the Year in high school...Earned silver medal with Team USA in 2006 World Junior
Championship, going 1-0 with a 2.89 ERA (2 GS)...Signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Georgia Tech University.
◆ Favorite team growing up was Atlanta Braves and favorite players were John Smoltz and Chipper Jones.
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