What years did Ramiro Mendoza play?

Ramiro Mendoza played in Major League Baseball from 1996 to 2005.

Was Ramiro Mendoza a pitcher?

Yes. Ramiro Mendoza pitched in the major leagues, recording 59 wins and 463 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Ramiro Mendoza hit?

Ramiro Mendoza hit 0 career home runs.

What teams did Ramiro Mendoza play for?

Ramiro Mendoza played for 2 teams: the New York Yankees (1996–2002, 2005) and the Boston Red Sox (2003–2004).

What were Ramiro Mendoza's career stats?

In 342 games, Ramiro Mendoza went 59-40 with a 4.30 ERA, 463 strikeouts, 797.0 innings pitched, and 16 saves.

What was Ramiro Mendoza's salary?

Ramiro Mendoza's last recorded salary was $3,600,000, in 2004. His highest recorded salary was $3,600,000, in 2004, and his lowest was $157,000, in 1997. The Salary History table lists each season from 1997 to 2004.

What position did Ramiro Mendoza play?

Ramiro Mendoza played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Ramiro Mendoza and how much did he weigh?

Ramiro Mendoza was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 154 pounds.

What was Ramiro Mendoza's career ERA?

Ramiro Mendoza finished with a 4.30 career ERA, going 59-40 with 463 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Ramiro Mendoza have?

Ramiro Mendoza recorded 463 career strikeouts.

Is Ramiro Mendoza in the Hall of Fame?

No. Ramiro Mendoza has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ramiro Mendoza

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1996-2005)

Ramiro Mendoza was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1996 to 2005 for the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, a span of 10 seasons. Across 342 career appearances, he went 59-40 with a 4.30 ERA and 463 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 8565.1.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 59–40

ERA 4.30

WHIP 1.35

SO 463

Pitcher PIV 8565.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 154 lb
Born: 6/15/1972 in Los Santos, Los Santos, Panama
MLB Debut: 1996-05-25
Last Game: 2005-09-01

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Career Pitching Statistics

Ramiro Mendoza — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
59	40	342	62	2	2	16	797.0	891	381	82	181	463	4.30	8565.1

Career ERA 4.30 vs. league average 4.48 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Ramiro Mendoza Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1996	NYA	AL	4	5	12	11	0	0	0	53.0	80	40	10	34	6.79	4.61 (-47%)	942.3
1997	NYA	AL	8	6	39	15	0	0	2	133.2	157	63	28	82	4.24	4.39 (+3%)	1056.4
1998	NYA	AL	10	2	41	14	1	1	1	130.1	131	47	30	56	3.25	4.43 (+27%)	1192.5
1999	NYA	AL	9	9	53	6	0	0	3	123.2	141	59	27	80	4.29	4.71 (+9%)	2453.7
2000	NYA	AL	7	4	14	9	1	1	0	65.2	66	31	20	30	4.25	4.77 (+11%)	-540.2
2001	NYA	AL	8	4	56	2	0	0	6	100.2	89	42	23	70	3.75	4.42 (+15%)	2188.2
2002	NYA	AL	8	4	62	0	0	0	4	91.2	102	35	16	61	3.44	4.28 (+20%)	2155.7
2003	BOS	AL	3	5	37	5	0	0	0	66.2	98	50	20	36	6.75	4.40 (-53%)	-1044.7
2004	BOS	AL	2	1	27	0	0	0	0	30.2	25	12	7	13	3.52	4.46 (+21%)	161.2
2005	NYA	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	1	18.00	—	0.0
Career · 10 seasons			59	40	342	62	2	2	16	797.0	891	381	181	463	4.30	—	8,565

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Ramiro Mendoza — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
342	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .425 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .761 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Ramiro Mendoza Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1996	NYA	AL	12	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	NYA	AL	39	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	NYA	AL	41	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	NYA	AL	53	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	NYA	AL	14	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	NYA	AL	56	2	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	NYA	AL	62	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	BOS	AL	37	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	BOS	AL	27	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	NYA	AL	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 10 seasons			342	3	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Ramiro Mendoza — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Ramiro Mendoza — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	AVG
2004	ALCS	BOS	2	0	.000
2002	ALDS1	NYA	2	0	.000
2001	ALCS	NYA	3	0	.000
2001	ALDS2	NYA	3	0	.000
2001	WS	NYA	2	0	.000
1999	ALCS	NYA	2	0	.000
1999	WS	NYA	1	1	.000
1998	ALCS	NYA	2	0	.000
1998	WS	NYA	1	1	.000
1997	ALDS1	NYA	2	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Ramiro Mendoza — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	2	20	0	1	28.2	25	8	4	17	2.51

Playoff Pitching by Year

Ramiro Mendoza — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2004	ALCS	BOS	0	1	2	0	2.0	2	1	0	1	4.50
2002	ALDS1	NYA	0	0	2	0	1.1	5	2	0	0	13.50
2001	ALCS	NYA	0	0	3	0	5.1	3	1	2	4	1.69
2001	ALDS2	NYA	0	0	3	0	4.1	2	0	1	5	0.00
2001	WS	NYA	0	0	2	0	2.2	1	0	0	1	0.00
1999	ALCS	NYA	0	0	2	1	2.1	0	0	0	2	0.00
1999	WS	NYA	0	0	1	0	1.2	3	2	1	0	10.80
1998	ALCS	NYA	0	0	2	0	4.1	4	0	0	1	0.00
1998	WS	NYA	1	0	1	0	1.0	2	1	0	1	9.00
1997	ALDS1	NYA	1	1	2	0	3.2	3	1	0	2	2.45

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Ramiro Mendoza — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	153	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	189	3	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Ramiro Mendoza — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	153	360.0	399	184	80	206	4.60
Away	189	437.0	492	197	101	257	4.06

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Ramiro Mendoza — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2005-09-01	NYY	SEA	—	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1
2004-10-02	BOS	BAL	—	1.2	2	2	2	0	0	1
2004-09-28	BOS	TBR	W	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2004-09-26	BOS	NYY	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004-09-23	BOS	BAL	L	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0
2004-09-22	BOS	BAL	—	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0
2004-09-18	BOS	NYY	—	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	1
2004-09-15	BOS	TBR	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2004-09-14	BOS	TBR	—	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0
2004-09-09	BOS	SEA	—	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ramiro Mendoza — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	342	62	59	142	5	8

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ramiro Mendoza — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1996	NYA	P	12	11	2	11	0	0
1997	NYA	P	39	15	11	25	2	2
1998	NYA	P	41	14	11	25	1	3
1999	NYA	P	53	6	11	23	1	1
2000	NYA	P	14	9	2	8	0	0
2001	NYA	P	56	2	7	14	0	1
2002	NYA	P	62	0	7	22	1	0
2003	BOS	P	37	5	4	9	0	1
2004	BOS	P	27	0	4	5	0	0
2005	NYA	P	1	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Ramiro Mendoza Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	342

Salary History

Ramiro Mendoza's recorded salaries total $12,907,000 over 8 seasons, 1997 to 2004. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Mendoza's career ran from 1996 to 2005. No salary is recorded for 1996 and 2005.

Ramiro Mendoza — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2004	BOS	AL	$3,600,000
2003	BOS	AL	$2,900,000
2002	NYA	AL	$2,600,000
2001	NYA	AL	$1,600,000
2000	NYA	AL	$1,400,000
1999	NYA	AL	$375,000
1998	NYA	AL	$275,000
1997	NYA	AL	$157,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$12,907,000

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Ramiro Mendoza: the record in brief

Ramiro Mendoza's major league career runs from a debut on May 25, 1996 to a final game on September 1, 2005. The team column moves through the New York Yankees (1996 to 2005) and the Boston Red Sox (2003 to 2004). Mendoza played primarily as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on June 15, 1972, in Los Santos, Los Santos, Panama and a listed size of 154 pounds on a 6-foot-2 frame.

Across 342 games (62 starts), Mendoza recorded 59 wins against 40 losses with a 4.30 ERA. Also on Mendoza's record: 463 strikeouts and 16 saves. Mendoza's 4.30 ERA was close to the 4.48 league figure for those seasons. Mendoza won 10 games in 1998, the most of any season listed. 1997 produced Mendoza's most strikeouts, 82. 1998 was Mendoza's sharpest full season, a 3.25 ERA against the league's 4.43. By Pitcher PIV, Baseball Data Hub's measure of run prevention relative to each season's league, Mendoza's career adds up to 8,565.1.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ramiro Mendoza

What years did Ramiro Mendoza play?: Ramiro Mendoza played in Major League Baseball from 1996 to 2005.
Was Ramiro Mendoza a pitcher?: Yes. Ramiro Mendoza pitched in the major leagues, recording 59 wins and 463 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Ramiro Mendoza hit?: Ramiro Mendoza hit 0 career home runs.
What teams did Ramiro Mendoza play for?: Ramiro Mendoza played for 2 teams: the New York Yankees (1996–2002, 2005) and the Boston Red Sox (2003–2004).
What were Ramiro Mendoza's career stats?: In 342 games, Ramiro Mendoza went 59-40 with a 4.30 ERA, 463 strikeouts, 797.0 innings pitched, and 16 saves.
How much did Ramiro Mendoza earn in his career?: Ramiro Mendoza's recorded salaries total $12,907,000 over 8 seasons, 1997 to 2004. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Mendoza's career ran from 1996 to 2005. No salary is recorded for 1996 and 2005.
What was Ramiro Mendoza's salary?: Ramiro Mendoza's last recorded salary was $3,600,000, in 2004. His highest recorded salary was $3,600,000, in 2004, and his lowest was $157,000, in 1997. The Salary History table lists each season from 1997 to 2004.
What position did Ramiro Mendoza play?: Ramiro Mendoza played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Ramiro Mendoza and how much did he weigh?: Ramiro Mendoza was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 154 pounds.
What was Ramiro Mendoza's career ERA?: Ramiro Mendoza finished with a 4.30 career ERA, going 59-40 with 463 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Ramiro Mendoza have?: Ramiro Mendoza recorded 463 career strikeouts.
Is Ramiro Mendoza in the Hall of Fame?: No. Ramiro Mendoza has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.