Jose Ramirez – Professional Resume – 2016 Cleveland Indians

Bani, Peravia, Dominican Republic / Cleveland, OH

216-420-HITS

 minime11@indians.com

Offensive Experience

• Batting 1st (2 games) – 2 walks
• Batting 2nd (3) – 4 runs, 3 walks, 1 RBI
• Batting 3rd (2) – 3 singles, 2 runs, 1 HBP
• Batting 4th (1) – 2 singles, 2 RBI, 1 walk
• Batting 5th (27) – 7 doubles, 1 triple, 3 HR, 20 runs, 15 RBI, 12/10 K/BB, 121 wRC+
• Batting 6th (14) – 5 doubles, 1 HR, 7 runs. 6 RBI
• Batting 7th (5) – 2 doubles, 4 runs
• Batting 8th (4) – 3-12, 3 singles
• Batting 9th (7) – 3 doubles, 5 RBI, 2/2 K/BB, .318 AVG

Defensive Experience

• As 2B (6) – 32 innings, 1 error, 2 DRS, 4.3 UZR/150
• As 3B (40) – 221.1 innings, 0 errors
• As SS (4) – 23 innings, 0 errors, 0 DRS
• As LF (36) – 278.1 innings, 1 error, 1 assist

Base Running Experience

• 10 stolen bases
• 4.0 BsR (Fangraph’s Base Running metric, 0 is average, 6 is great)
• 2.8 UBR (Ultimate Base Running, 0 is average, 4 is great)

Other Accolades

• Hitting .348 with 8 doubles, 2 HR, 28 RBI and a 11/10 K/BB with men on base
• Hitting .408 with 4 doubles, 25 RBI on 20 hits and a 8/7 K/BB with men in scoring position
• Only player in Major League Baseball to hit in every position in the lineup this season
• Walk-off single on Father’s Day that basically led to the Cavaliers winning the NBA Championship that night
• Lost helmet 16 times on the base paths this season (per @ZackMeisel)
• Did this one time in Houston

It’s almost July. The Indians are 46-30 and have a 6 game lead in the Central over the defending World Series champs. They have a 23-12 record at home and own the second best run differential (+88) in all of baseball. They’ve won 11 of their last 11 games.

You ask me who their MVP so far this season is?

Jose Ramirez. And it ain’t that close.