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Ramon
Gaona		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: December 20, 1985 in Venezuela
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2013    2015   
All-Star Selections 2017   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 21 TEX AL   5 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7
2008 22 TEX AL   5 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 9 8
2009 23 TEX AL   5 7 7 7 3 4 3 8 9 8
2010 24 TEX AL   5 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 9 9
2011 25 TEX AL   5 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 9 8
2012 26 TEX AL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 9 9
2013 27 TEX AL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 5 6 6 9 10 9
2014 28 TEX AL $ 300,000 5 8 8 8 5 6 6 9 10 10
2015 29 TEX AL $ 300,000 5 8 8 8 5 6 6 9 9 9
2016 30 TEX AL $ 300,000 5 8 8 8 5 6 6 9 10 10
2017 31 TEX AL $ 1,022,857 5 8 8 8 5 6 5 9 10 9
2018 32 TEX AL $ 2,480,000 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 10 9
2019 33 NYN NL $ 2,480,000 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 9 9
2020 34 NYN NL $ 2,480,000 4 6 6 6 3 4 3 7 8 7
2021 35 MIN AL   4 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 8 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,480,000 6 8 8 8 5 6 6 9 10 10
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
2007 21 TEX AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2008 22 TEX AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2009 23 TEX AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 24 TEX AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2011 25 TEX AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2012 26 TEX AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2013 27 TEX AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2014 28 TEX AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2015 29 TEX AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2016 30 TEX AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2017 31 TEX AL $ 1,022,857   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2018 32 TEX AL $ 2,480,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2019 33 NYN NL $ 2,480,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2020 34 NYN NL $ 2,480,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 35 MIN AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,480,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2007 21 AA   2 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 1 7.3 4 2 0 5 5 2.46 .174 .321 .261 .582  
    A   0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 3 5.3 1 0 0 1 5 0.00 .063 .118 .063 .180  
2008 22 AAA   0 4 .000 19 9 0 0 0 44.0 71 29 15 20 35 5.93 .374 .433 .668 1.102  
2009 23 AAA   6 10 .375 58 0 0 0 24 69.7 65 30 10 45 84 3.88 .247 .357 .388 .745  
2010 24 AAA   6 4 .600 34 14 0 0 15 99.3 90 42 11 44 119 3.81 .243 .323 .377 .700  
2011 25 AAA   16 7 .696 29 29 1 1 0 176.7 127 47 10 79 213 2.39 .196 .283 .285 .568  
2012 26 TEX AL 1 2 .333 22 3 0 0 0 32.0 44 23 6 16 30 6.47 .324 .392 .493 .885 0.0
    AAA   5 4 .556 12 12 0 0 0 81.7 47 14 3 22 103 1.54 .166 .226 .233 .459  
2013 27 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 8.3 4 1 0 2 11 1.08 .143 .200 .143 .343 1.3
    AAA   8 8 .500 29 29 0 0 0 164.7 146 63 7 77 181 3.44 .235 .320 .321 .641  
2014 28 TEX AL 6 6 .500 48 13 0 0 6 113.0 87 45 8 56 124 3.58 .211 .309 .289 .598 10.2
2015 29 TEX AL 4 5 .444 48 5 0 0 2 89.7 92 35 5 40 84 3.51 .267 .338 .345 .683 7.8
2016 30 TEX AL 6 5 .545 75 0 0 0 4 87.7 68 34 5 44 79 3.49 .215 .306 .284 .590 10.7
2017 31 TEX AL 9 4 .692 92 0 0 0 9 118.7 112 38 8 47 94 2.88 .249 .317 .325 .642 13.9
2018 32 TEX AL 7 6 .538 83 0 0 0 4 84.0 88 50 5 46 76 5.36 .270 .357 .344 .701 4.7
2019 33 TEX AL 0 2 .000 5 1 0 0 0 19.0 25 12 2 8 16 5.68 .321 .384 .449 .832 0.3
  NYN NL 2 2 .500 27 4 0 0 0 38.0 30 14 2 20 26 3.32 .219 .323 .299 .622 3.4
  TOT   2 4 .333 32 5 0 0 0 57.0 55 26 4 28 42 4.11 .256 .344 .353 .698 3.7
2020 34 NYN NL 7 2 .778 64 0 0 0 2 76.3 63 30 4 53 64 3.54 .228 .349 .304 .654 7.2
2021 35 MIN AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 7 5 1 3 2 16.92 .438 .526 .688 1.214 0.0
10 Years Sim 43 34 .558 467 27 0 0 27 669.3 620 287 46 335 606 3.86 .246 .333 .329 .661 59.3
6 Years AAA 41 37 .526 181 93 1 1 39 636.0 546 225 56 287 735 3.18 .230 .313 .345 .658  
1 Years AA 2 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 1 7.3 4 2 0 5 5 2.46 .174 .321 .261 .582  
1 Years A 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 3 5.3 1 0 0 1 5 0.00 .063 .118 .063 .180  
8 Years Minors 43 37 .538 195 93 1 1 43 648.6 551 227 56 293 745 3.15 .228 .312 .342 .654  
Season Average 4 3 .571 46 2 0 0 2 66.9 62 28 4 33 60 3.86 .246 .333 .329 .661  
Career Highs 9 6 1.000 92 13 0 0 9 118.7 112 50 8 56 124 16.92 .438 .526 .688 1.214  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   331 157 21 175 326   .239 .325 .312 .636
vs LH   289 130 25 160 280   .254 .346 .349 .695
Home 24 13 .649 227 12 0 0 14 336.3 298 129 22 162 292 3.45 .237 .324 .313 .637
Away 19 21 .475 240 15 0 0 15 333.0 322 158 24 173 314 4.27 .255 .345 .344 .689
Mar/Apr 5 7 .417 57 9 0 0 4 88.3 108 48 7 44 76 4.89 .304 .381 .397 .778
May 7 10 .412 92 5 0 0 4 152.3 153 67 13 72 134 3.96 .265 .347 .367 .714
June 6 6 .500 70 1 0 0 3 107.6 81 43 4 59 84 3.60 .208 .312 .269 .581
July 11 5 .688 75 6 0 0 3 102.0 79 39 5 58 101 3.44 .210 .316 .271 .587
August 5 3 .625 76 5 0 0 6 96.7 77 35 6 37 109 3.26 .218 .292 .292 .584
Sep/Oct 9 3 .750 97 1 0 0 9 122.3 122 55 11 65 102 4.05 .260 .350 .352 .702
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2019 33 NYN NL 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2020 34 NYN NL 64 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2 Years Sim 91 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
162 Game Average 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5  
Career Highs 64 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
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   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Home 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Away 53 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2012 26 TEX AL P 22 3 32.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.13    
2013 27 TEX AL P 1 1 8.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.16    
2014 28 TEX AL P 48 13 113.0 4 5 0 0 1.000 0.72    
2015 29 TEX AL P 48 5 89.7 4 5 1 0 .900 0.90    
2016 30 TEX AL P 75 0 87.7 4 7 1 0 .917 1.13    
2017 31 TEX AL P 92 0 118.7 10 12 1 0 .957 1.67    
2018 32 TEX AL P 83 0 84.0 4 5 1 0 .900 0.96    
2019 33 TEX AL P 5 1 19.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.42    
  NYN NL P 27 4 38.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.42    
  TOT   P 32 5 57.0 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.42    
2020 34 NYN NL P 64 0 76.3 4 10 0 2 1.000 1.65    
2021 35 MIN AL P 2 0 2.7 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   467 27 669.3 34 55 5 2 .947 1.20    
Career Highs   92 13 118.7 10 12 1 2 1.000 2.16    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2013 27 TEX AL 4 0 1.000 5 3 0 0 1 24.7 21 5 3 8 17 1.82 .231 .293 .352 .645
2014 28 TEX AL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 8.0 6 1 0 1 5 1.13 .200 .226 .200 .426
2016 30 TEX AL 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 1 10.0 6 5 1 4 8 4.50 .194 .286 .355 .641
2017 31 TEX AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.3 4 1 0 3 6 1.69 .200 .304 .200 .504
2018 32 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 8.7 7 5 1 7 8 5.20 .212 .350 .303 .653
2019 33 NYN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.7 5 1 0 1 2 3.38 .417 .462 .500 .962
2020 34 NYN NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 6.7 6 4 2 6 5 5.41 .273 .429 .545 .974
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 0 1.000 28 5 0 0 2 66.0 55 22 7 30 51 3.00 .230 .316 .339 .655
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
2019 33 NYN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
2017-1-92
2018-1-83
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Adam McQuaig (970)
  2. Camilo Cuesta (968)
  3. Felix Duran (967)
  4. Melvin Wooton (964)
  5. Steve Andrade (962)
  6. Leonardo Cearley (960)
  7. John Riedling (958)
  8. Markus Eldredge (956)
  9. Brendan Donnelly (954)
  10. Glenn Woolard (951)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 21st overall pick, by Texas in 2007
Injured on 8/19/2010 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 8/4/2011 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Earned first career win on 5/10/2012
Injured on 7/1/2012 with a Broken Elbow, out for 8 weeks
Injured on 7/9/2013 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with Texas in 2013
Won World Championship with Texas in 2015
1/29/2017: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,022,857 through salary arbitration
5/14/2017: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $2,480,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game
Traded from Texas to New York (N) on 5/14/2019 (Going to NYN: 1B James Young, P Ramon Gaona. Going to TEX: P Emery Bullock, P Wilfredo Rosas)
Injured on 6/5/2019 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 7/20/2019 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 3/30/2021 to a 1-year deal worth $428,000 per year
Released by Minnesota on 5/6/2021
 
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