Manny Ramirez

Manuel Aristides "Manny" Ramírez Onelcida (born May 30, 1972 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a former American Major League Baseball player. The Boston Red Sox traded Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jason Bay on July 31, 2008. He signed with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2011. He retired on April 8, 2011.[1]

Manny Ramírez
Baltimore Orioles
Born: (1972-05-30) May 30, 1972 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
debut
September 2, 1993, for the Cleveland Indians
Career statistics (through June 6, 2008)
Batting average	.313
Home runs	505
Runs batted in	1,651
Teams
Cleveland Indians (1993-2000) Boston Red Sox (2001-July 2008) Los Angeles Dodgers 2008-2009
Career highlights and awards
9x Silver Slugger Award winner (1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) 11x All-Star selection (1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) 2x World Series champion (2004, 2007) Led AL in batting average in 2002 Led AL in home runs in 2004 Led AL in runs batted in 1999

He is a nine-time Silver Slugger and one of twenty-four people to have hit over 500 career home runs. He is well recognized for his strong offensive abilities. Ramirez has the most career grand slams of any active baseball player, and has led the American League is three key batting measures: batting average, home runs and runs batted in. For the past ten years, Ramírez has been a fixture in the Midsummer Classic, and is an eleven-time All-Star. In 2004, he was named the Most Valuable Player of the World Series after helping the Red Sox win their first World Series championship in over 85 years.