Aramis Ramírez (born June 25, 1978 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a star third baseman who plays for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball. June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Santo Domingo, population 2,061,200 (2003), is the capital of the Dominican Republic. ... Chicago Cubs National League AAA Iowa Cubs AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx A Daytona Cubs Peoria Chiefs Boise Hawks R Mesa Cubs The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ...

Ramírez was signed as a 16 year old free agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1994. He made his major league debut with the Pirates in 1998 at the ripe age of 20. Ramírez struggled in his first three seasons while showing great potential. In 2001, Ramírez exploded for 34 home runs and 112 RBI to go along with a .300 BA. Injuries and a terrible batting slump in 2002 to go along with Pittsburgh's need to trim payroll made him expendable, and in July of 2003 the Pirates traded Ramírez, along with outfielder Kenny Lofton to the Chicago Cubs. Ramírez finished the 2003 season strong in Chicago, and led Chicago into the playoffs where they defeated the Atlanta Braves before being defeated by the eventual World Series champion Florida Marlins in a tightly contested seven-game NLCS. Pittsburgh Pirates National League AAA Indianapolis Indians AA Altoona Curve A Lynchburg Hillcats Hickory Crawdads Williamsport Crosscutters R Bradenton Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run, with no errors on the play that result in the batter achieving extra bases. ... In baseball statistics, a run batted in (RBI) is given to a batter for each run scored as the result of a batters plate appearance. ... Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kenneth Lofton (born May 31, 1967 in East Chicago, Indiana) is a Major League Baseball center fielder who plays with the Philadelphia Phillies. ... Chicago Cubs National League AAA Iowa Cubs AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx A Daytona Cubs Peoria Chiefs Boise Hawks R Mesa Cubs The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago. ... Atlanta Braves National League AAA Richmond Braves AA Mississippi Braves A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Rome Braves R Danville Braves Orlando Braves The Atlanta Braves are a Major League Baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. ... In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. ... Florida Marlins National League AAA Albuquerque Isotopes AA Carolina Mudcats A Jupiter Hammerheads Greensboro Grasshoppers Jamestown Jammers R Gulf Coast Marlins The Florida Marlins are a Major League Baseball team based in Miami, Florida, USA. They are in the Eastern Division of the National League. ... In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series (NLCS) determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to baseballs championship, the World Series. ...

Ramírez played extremely well during the 2004 season, and despite nursing a sore hamstring, led the Cubs in hitting and RBI for most of the season. Long derided for poor defense, his play at third base in 2004 has been well above average. Cubs manager Dusty Baker considered Ramírez one of the key ingredients in the Cubs' failed drive for the playoffs. That was strong praise on a team that includes stars the likes of Nomar Garciaparra, Corey Patterson, Kerry Wood, Mark Prior, Greg Maddux, and Carlos Zambrano. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Johnnie Dusty Baker, Jr. ... Anthony Nomar Garciaparra (born July 23, 1973, in Whittier, California) is one of the premier shortstops in major league baseball. ... Donald Corey Patterson (born August 13, 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia) better known as Corey Patterson, is a star player for the Chicago Cubs. ... There have been several famous people named Kerry Wood: Kerry Wood (baseball player), American baseball player Kerry Wood (author), Canadian writer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Mark William Prior (born September 7, 1980 in San Diego, California, USA) is a Major League Baseball player. ... Gregory Alan Maddux (born April 14, 1966 in San Angelo, Texas, USA) is a right-handed baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. ... Carlos Alberto Zambrano (born June 1, 1981) is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who plays for the Chicago Cubs. ...

See also

• List of players from Dominican Republic in MLB

This is an alphabetical list of 385 baseball players from the Dominican Republic who have played in Major League Baseball between 1956 and 2004. ...

External link

Aramis Ramírez' career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com (http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramirar01.shtml)