What years did Horacio Ramirez play?

Horacio Ramirez played in Major League Baseball from 2003 to 2011.

Was Horacio Ramirez a pitcher?

Yes. Horacio Ramirez pitched in the major leagues, recording 40 wins and 318 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Horacio Ramirez hit?

Horacio Ramirez hit 0 career home runs with 27 hits.

What teams did Horacio Ramirez play for?

Horacio Ramirez played for 5 teams: the Atlanta Braves (2003–2006), the Seattle Mariners (2007), the Kansas City Royals (2008–2009), the Chicago White Sox (2008), and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2011).

What were Horacio Ramirez's career stats?

In 169 games, Horacio Ramirez went 40-35 with a 4.65 ERA, 318 strikeouts, and 688.1 innings pitched.

What was Horacio Ramirez's salary?

Horacio Ramirez's last recorded salary was $1,800,000, in 2009. His highest recorded salary was $2,650,000, in 2007, and his lowest was $300,000, in 2003. The Salary History table lists each season from 2003 to 2009.

What position did Horacio Ramirez play?

Horacio Ramirez played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Horacio Ramirez and how much did he weigh?

Horacio Ramirez was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 220 pounds.

What was Horacio Ramirez's career ERA?

Horacio Ramirez finished with a 4.65 career ERA, going 40-35 with 318 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Horacio Ramirez have?

Horacio Ramirez recorded 318 career strikeouts.

Is Horacio Ramirez in the Hall of Fame?

No. Horacio Ramirez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Horacio Ramirez

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2003-2011)

Horacio Ramirez was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2003 to 2011 for 5 teams, including the Atlanta Braves, a span of 9 seasons. Across 169 career appearances, he went 40-35 with a 4.65 ERA and 318 strikeouts.

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 23, 2026

W–L 40–35

ERA 4.65

WHIP 1.48

SO 318

Pitcher PIV -9534.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 220 lb
Born: 11/24/1979 in Carson, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2003-04-02
Last Game: 2011-09-27

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Career Pitching Statistics

Horacio Ramirez — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
40	35	169	105	3	1	0	688.1	758	356	83	264	318	4.65	-9534.0

Career ERA 4.65 vs. league average 4.34 across their career seasons — 7.2% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Horacio Ramirez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2003	ATL	NL	12	4	29	29	1	0	182.1	181	81	72	100	4.00	4.40 (+9%)	-1438.3
2004	ATL	NL	2	4	10	9	1	0	60.1	51	16	30	31	2.39	4.46 (+47%)	-840.1
2005	ATL	NL	11	9	33	32	1	1	202.1	214	104	67	80	4.63	4.29 (-8%)	-4821.2
2006	ATL	NL	5	5	14	14	0	0	76.1	85	38	31	37	4.48	4.53 (+1%)	-91.3
2007	SEA	AL	8	7	20	20	0	0	98.0	139	78	42	40	7.16	4.47 (-60%)	-2503.0
2008	KCA	AL	1	1	15	0	0	0	24.1	21	7	1	11	2.59	4.32 (+40%)	728.6
2008	CHA	AL	0	3	17	0	0	0	13.0	24	11	8	2	7.62	4.32 (-76%)	-112.7
2009	KCA	AL	0	2	19	1	0	0	22.2	27	15	11	13	5.96	4.32 (-38%)	-456.0
2011	LAA	AL	1	0	12	0	0	0	9.0	16	6	2	4	6.00	3.94 (-52%)	0.0
Career · 9 seasons			40	35	169	105	3	1	688.1	758	356	264	318	4.65	—	-9,534

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

Horacio Ramirez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
171	179	9	27	3	1	0	5	0	2	36	.151	.160	.179	.339	-1,121

Career AVG .151 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 42.9% below league average.

Career OBP .160 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — 51.8% below league average.

Career SLG .179 vs. league average .420 across their career seasons — 57.4% below league average.

Career OPS .339 vs. league average .752 across their career seasons — 54.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Horacio Ramirez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2003	ATL	NL	29	61	3	6	0	1	2	0	12	.098	.264 (-63%)	.332 (-70%)	.422 (-69%)	.754 (-70%)	-705.4
2004	ATL	NL	11	21	0	2	0	0	1	0	5	.095	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	ATL	NL	34	73	4	16	3	0	2	1	17	.219	.264 (-17%)	.330 (-30%)	.418 (-38%)	.749 (-35%)	-416.0
2006	ATL	NL	14	24	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	SEA	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	KCA	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	CHA	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	KCA	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	LAA	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 9 seasons			171	179	9	27	3	1	5	2	36	.151	—	—	—	—	-1,121

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.

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

Horacio Ramirez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	86	83	4	13	0	4	.157
Away	85	96	5	14	0	1	.146

Pitching — Home / Away

Horacio Ramirez — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	85	326.2	337	154	125	151	4.24
Away	84	361.2	421	202	139	167	5.03

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Horacio Ramirez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2011-09-27	LAA	TEX	—	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2011-09-22	LAA	TOR	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011-09-12	LAA	OAK	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011-09-06	LAA	SEA	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2011-09-02	LAA	MIN	—	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	0
2011-08-18	LAA	TEX	W	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0
2011-08-16	LAA	TEX	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2011-08-06	LAA	SEA	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2011-08-03	LAA	MIN	—	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	1
2011-07-29	LAA	DET	—	1.1	4	4	3	2	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Horacio Ramirez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	169	105	38	155	6	20

Season-by-Season Fielding

Horacio Ramirez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2003	ATL	P	29	29	7	32	3	5
2004	ATL	P	10	9	3	18	0	1
2005	ATL	P	33	32	7	43	2	8
2006	ATL	P	14	14	10	20	1	3
2007	SEA	P	20	20	4	26	0	3
2008	KCA	P	15	0	2	8	0	0
2008	CHA	P	17	0	1	2	0	0
2009	KCA	P	19	1	4	2	0	0
2011	LAA	P	12	0	0	4	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Horacio Ramirez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	169

Salary History

Horacio Ramirez's recorded salaries total $7,650,000 over 6 seasons, 2003 to 2009. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Ramirez's career ran from 2003 to 2011. No salary is recorded for 2008 and 2011.

Horacio Ramirez — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2009	KCA	AL	$1,800,000
2007	SEA	AL	$2,650,000
2006	ATL	NL	$2,200,000
2005	ATL	NL	$370,000
2004	ATL	NL	$330,000
2003	ATL	NL	$300,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$7,650,000

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Career Spans

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Horacio Ramirez: the record in brief

Between the debut on April 2, 2003 and the final game on September 27, 2011, Horacio Ramirez built the record summarized on this page. The season rows list, in order, the Atlanta Braves (2003 to 2006), the Seattle Mariners (2007), the Kansas City Royals (2008 to 2009), the Chicago White Sox (2008), and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2011). Ramirez, a pitcher by primary position, batted and threw left-handed. Height and weight on file: 6'1" and 220 pounds. Ramirez was born on November 24, 1979, in Carson, CA, USA.

Ramirez went 40-35 with a 4.65 ERA in 169 games, 105 of them starts. Ramirez had 318 strikeouts. Against a 4.34 league ERA for the same seasons, the 4.65 mark was 7.2% worse. The best win total was 12, in 2003. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 4.00 in 2003, when the league's was 4.40.

The position breakdown shows 169 games, all at pitcher. Fielding on the mound produced 38 putouts and 155 assists against 6 errors.

Frequently Asked Questions about Horacio Ramirez

What years did Horacio Ramirez play?: Horacio Ramirez played in Major League Baseball from 2003 to 2011.
Was Horacio Ramirez a pitcher?: Yes. Horacio Ramirez pitched in the major leagues, recording 40 wins and 318 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Horacio Ramirez hit?: Horacio Ramirez hit 0 career home runs with 27 hits.
What teams did Horacio Ramirez play for?: Horacio Ramirez played for 5 teams: the Atlanta Braves (2003–2006), the Seattle Mariners (2007), the Kansas City Royals (2008–2009), the Chicago White Sox (2008), and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2011).
What were Horacio Ramirez's career stats?: In 169 games, Horacio Ramirez went 40-35 with a 4.65 ERA, 318 strikeouts, and 688.1 innings pitched.
How much did Horacio Ramirez earn in his career?: Horacio Ramirez's recorded salaries total $7,650,000 over 6 seasons, 2003 to 2009. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Ramirez's career ran from 2003 to 2011. No salary is recorded for 2008 and 2011.
What was Horacio Ramirez's salary?: Horacio Ramirez's last recorded salary was $1,800,000, in 2009. His highest recorded salary was $2,650,000, in 2007, and his lowest was $300,000, in 2003. The Salary History table lists each season from 2003 to 2009.
What position did Horacio Ramirez play?: Horacio Ramirez played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Horacio Ramirez and how much did he weigh?: Horacio Ramirez was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 220 pounds.
What was Horacio Ramirez's career ERA?: Horacio Ramirez finished with a 4.65 career ERA, going 40-35 with 318 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Horacio Ramirez have?: Horacio Ramirez recorded 318 career strikeouts.
Is Horacio Ramirez in the Hall of Fame?: No. Horacio Ramirez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.