Elizardo Ramírez

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Elizardo Ramírez (born January 28, 1983 in Villa Mella, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball baseball pitcher with the Cincinnati Reds organization. He is a starting pitcher for the Reds. Originally drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies, Ramírez was acquired by the Reds on August 11, 2004 for starting pitcher Cory Lidle. As of August 13, 2006, Ramirez has a career record of 4-12, and a career ERA of 5.79.

Ramirez is a typical finesse pitcher, with an average fastball that he throws anywhere from 88-92 MPH. He also throws an average curveball and an average changeup.

1 Career Stats
2 Professional baseball career
3 External links

[edit] Career Stats

Yr   Ag Tm  Lg G  GS W L  S ERA  CG SHO  IP   H   R  ER HR BB K   AVG IBB H BS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2004 21 PHI NL 7  0  0 0  0 4.80 0   0  15.0  17  8  8  3  5  9  .283  1  0 0
2005 22 CIN NL 6  4  0 3  0 8.46 0   0  22.1  33  22 21 5  10 9  .344  2  0 0
2006 23 CIN NL 18 17 4 7  0 4.47 0   0  100.2 110 57 50 10 24 69 .277  0  0 0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTALS         31 21 4 10 0 5.15 0   0  138.0 160 87 79 18 39 87 .289  3  0 0
3 Seasons

Stats as of August 5, 2006

[edit] Professional baseball career

[edit] 2006 season

Made one start for the Dayton Dragons while the Reds were on all star break and started a few games early in the season for the Louisville Bats before being called-up to Cincinnati Reds. On August 2nd, the 22-year-old Ramirez had a 4.22 ERA and at the time was the 3rd most conistant starting pitcher. What followed was one of Jerry Narron's most infamous debacles to date. On an early August night the Reds were in extra innings with the Arizona Diamondbacks when Jerry Narron used Ramirez in relief. He pitched an inning and got the loss late that night. The very next day Elizardo Ramirez was starting the following game. He pitched poorly and was demoted to AAA shortly after the game.

[edit] 2005 season

Split time between Louisville Bats and Cincinnati Reds.

[edit] 2004 season

Spent season with four teams: Clearwater Threshers, Reading Phillies, and Chattanooga Lookouts before making major league debut with Philadelphia Phillies.