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Ramon
Nivar		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: February 22, 1980 in D.R., , SAN CRISTOBAL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 2011   
All-Star Selections 2008    2016   
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
2004 24 TEX AL     8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
2005 25 TEX AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
2006 26 TEX AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
2007 27 TEX AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
2008 28 TEX AL $ 2,807,143   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
2009 29 TEX AL $ 3,628,571   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
2010 30 TEX AL $ 3,628,571   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
2011 31 HOU NL $ 3,410,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
2012 32 HOU NL $ 3,410,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
2013 33 HOU NL $ 3,660,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
2014 34 HOU NL $ 3,660,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
2015 35 SFN NL $ 5,200,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2016 36 SFN NL $ 5,200,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
2017 37 PHI NL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
2018 38 PHI NL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,200,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
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
2004 24 AAA   138 604 102 208 30 10 9 55 32 9 41 87 .344 .386 .472 .858 103.3  
2005 25 TEX AL 151 618 89 186 33 5 7 86 50 14 31 92 .301 .333 .405 .737 79.3 11.6
2006 26 TEX AL 140 541 73 169 34 3 5 71 41 13 38 75 .312 .354 .414 .769 74.4 11.4
2007 27 TEX AL 142 514 74 157 29 3 6 60 26 14 40 79 .305 .352 .409 .761 74.1 12.0
2008 28 TEX AL 119 476 83 164 34 4 7 62 23 19 34 73 .345 .388 .477 .865 75.3 14.8
2009 29 TEX AL 139 519 70 151 23 4 8 53 39 14 49 100 .291 .352 .397 .749 72.2 8.8
2010 30 TEX AL 149 501 74 131 27 3 5 58 23 11 51 79 .261 .328 .357 .685 56.1 4.0
2011 31 HOU NL 144 577 92 160 30 0 14 67 31 14 62 128 .277 .347 .402 .749 81.8 13.4
2012 32 HOU NL 154 623 88 175 40 1 11 80 34 18 51 128 .281 .333 .401 .734 80.0 11.3
2013 33 HOU NL 157 632 89 179 33 3 5 58 53 18 56 119 .283 .341 .369 .709 82.0 11.2
2014 34 HOU NL 111 487 59 143 34 3 8 45 37 15 25 93 .294 .327 .425 .753 63.5 10.3
2015 35 SFN NL 149 525 68 158 22 4 3 65 31 15 32 92 .301 .340 .375 .715 62.1 9.9
2016 36 SFN NL 153 604 96 188 40 5 12 82 23 9 29 125 .311 .341 .454 .795 85.5 17.2
2017 37 PHI NL 113 397 41 113 19 3 3 45 19 4 25 86 .285 .326 .370 .697 47.7 8.2
2018 38 PHI NL 54 118 13 23 3 0 1 7 6 4 5 32 .195 .226 .246 .472 5.8 0.0
14 Years Sim 1875 7132 1009 2097 401 41 95 839 436 182 528 1301 .294 .341 .402 .743 939.8 144.1
1 Years AAA 138 604 102 208 30 10 9 55 32 9 41 87 .344 .385 .472 .857 103.3  
162 Game Average 616 87 181 34 3 8 72 37 15 45 112 .294 .341 .402 .743 81.2  
Career Highs 157 632 96 188 40 5 14 86 53 19 62 128 .345 .388 .477 .865 85.5  
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   5395 783 1609 315 26 79 660 320 143 377 972 .298 .343 .410 .753 738.7
vs LH   1737 226 488 86 15 16 179 116 39 151 329 .281 .337 .375 .713 225.9
Home 939 3511 489 1002 210 24 50 424 183 93 261 655 .285 .334 .402 .735 458.2
Away 936 3621 520 1095 191 17 45 415 253 89 267 646 .302 .349 .402 .751 506.3
RISP   1723 0 547 113 11 25 695 0 0 136 300 .317 .361 .439 .801 261.1
Pinch Hitting   48 5 16 0 1 1 6 4 2 5 5 .333 .389 .438 .826 8.2
Close/Late   815 110 224 41 5 10 92 0 2 59 157 .275 .322 .374 .697 95.8
Mar/Apr 314 1170 182 361 70 13 17 148 72 37 88 192 .309 .356 .434 .790 172.3
May 342 1303 165 373 73 2 12 154 78 30 93 235 .286 .332 .373 .705 161.7
June 330 1267 180 384 66 7 19 165 71 32 99 246 .303 .352 .411 .763 179.6
July 307 1237 197 375 79 9 21 140 77 30 75 224 .303 .343 .432 .775 176.5
August 306 1158 156 344 66 6 12 135 88 30 95 209 .297 .349 .396 .744 161.4
Sep/Oct 276 997 129 260 47 4 14 97 50 23 78 195 .261 .312 .358 .670 113.1
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   DWS
2005 25 TEX AL 2B 57 54 482.3 107 168 7 32 .975 5.13   1.8
    LF 36 36 309.7 64 1 4 1 .942 1.89   1.6
    CF 21 20 172.7 48 3 4 2 .927 2.66    
    SS 16 15 135.0 21 55 3 9 .962 5.07   0.8
2006 26 TEX AL CF 80 75 682.3 196 1 12 0 .943 2.60   2.0
    2B 53 52 471.7 100 170 2 41 .993 5.15   2.3
    SS 4 3 29.0 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.79   0.1
2007 27 TEX AL 2B 130 129 1144.3 262 433 18 90 .975 5.47   3.6
    SS 11 10 92.0 10 30 0 4 1.000 3.91   0.3
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
2008 28 TEX AL 2B 117 113 1002.0 210 378 10 81 .983 5.28   5.9
    CF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
2009 29 TEX AL 2B 99 98 870.0 185 310 8 73 .984 5.12   2.6
    CF 39 38 335.7 79 2 5 2 .942 2.17   0.5
2010 30 TEX AL 2B 143 141 1248.7 256 463 10 99 .986 5.18   7.9
    CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2011 31 HOU NL 2B 141 135 1210.3 228 494 13 77 .982 5.37   5.7
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2012 32 HOU NL 2B 151 150 1286.7 265 501 14 116 .982 5.36   5.3
2013 33 HOU NL SS 119 113 1015.7 119 318 23 56 .950 3.87   3.2
    2B 33 32 284.0 55 106 3 19 .982 5.10   1.4
2014 34 HOU NL SS 111 110 989.7 141 343 16 67 .968 4.40   5.3
2015 35 SFN NL SS 144 144 1224.7 180 386 17 80 .971 4.16   8.0
    CF 8 0 14.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 5.14   0.1
    2B 2 0 5.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.60   0.0
2016 36 SFN NL SS 151 150 1330.3 146 415 25 53 .957 3.80   5.5
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2017 37 PHI NL SS 86 83 726.3 105 242 12 50 .967 4.30   3.8
    2B 22 21 167.0 33 74 4 15 .964 5.77   1.1
    CF 2 2 18.0 5 1 1 0 .857 3.00   0.0
2018 38 PHI NL CF 16 13 119.0 30 0 5 0 .857 2.27   0.1
    SS 14 13 110.0 19 48 3 8 .957 5.48   0.8
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  2B 949 925 8173.0 1701 3099 89 644 .982 5.29   37.6
  SS 656 641 5652.6 743 1844 99 327 .963 4.12   27.9
  CF 171 148 1358.7 368 7 27 4 .933 2.48   2.8
  LF 37 36 311.7 64 1 4 1 .942 1.88   1.6
  1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1814 1750 15497.9 2877 4952 219 976 .973 4.55   69.9
Career Highs   154 150 1333.3 298 501 26 116 .986 5.36    
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
2005 25 TEX AL 6 22 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 .227 .261 .227 .488
2006 26 TEX AL 5 21 3 9 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 .429 .409 .524 .933
2008 28 TEX AL 4 15 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667
2010 30 TEX AL 4 12 6 8 5 1 0 4 1 1 1 1 .667 .643 1.250 1.893
2014 34 HOU NL 7 27 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 .185 .241 .259 .501
2016 36 SFN NL 8 36 2 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 .194 .194 .222 .417
2017 37 PHI NL 7 27 3 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 11 .148 .179 .185 .364
2018 38 PHI NL 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 43 160 22 43 9 2 0 9 7 6 5 26 .269 .287 .350 .637
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2008-1-.345
 On-Base Pct
2008-10-.388
 Games
2013-10-157
 At-Bats
2012-7-623
2013-6-632
CAR-42-7132
 Hits
2005-10-186
2016-8-188
CAR-38-2097
 Singles
2005-6-141
2013-8-138
CAR-19-1560
Doubles
2016-10-40
CAR-44-401
 Triples
2016-8-5
CAR-46-41
 Stolen Bases
2013-4-53
CAR-32-436
 Caught Stealing
2013-7-18
CAR-29-182
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 18    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 47    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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  1. Jason Bartlett (937)
  2. Victor Newman (894)
  3. Delwyn Young (885)
  4. Kazuo Matsui (880)
  5. Rafael Furcal (873)
  6. Erick Aybar (864)
  7. Rickie Weeks (859)
  8. Hanley Ramirez (853)
  9. Edward Bohanan (847)
  10. Tony Giarratano (838)
History
Injured on 7/5/2004 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/5/2005, off Mike Mussina (BAL)
Injured on 6/23/2007 with a Inflamed Calf Muscle, out for 2 weeks
1/29/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game
Injured on 8/16/2008 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
1/29/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,628,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/14/2009 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
1/29/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,628,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/15/2010 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
10/14/2010: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $3,410,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Texas to Houston on 1/29/2011 (Going to HOU: 2B Ramon Nivar, P Marcos Carvajal, P Pedro Dominguez. Going to TEX: 2B John McCurdy, P Travis Phelps, CF Tim Raines)
Injured on 5/15/2011 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 2011
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Chicago (N) on 4/22/2012
8/9/2012: Signed a contract extension with Houston, $3,660,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Philadelphia on 8/16/2012
Won Player of the Week award on 8/22/2012, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 4/10/2013
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Washington on 8/3/2013
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Philadelphia on 8/7/2013
Injured on 3/19/2014 with a Dislocated Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by San Francisco on 2/6/2015 to a 2-year deal worth $5,200,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Diego on 7/10/2016
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 1/31/2017 to a 2-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Had 2000th career hit on 5/17/2017, off Robert Falcone (CHN)
Injured on 8/7/2017 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks
 
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