Ruben Mateo | Major Leaguer 1999-2004

Full Name: Ruben Amaurys Mateo
Born: February 10,1978 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Liceo Jose Manuel Maria Balance (San Cristobal,DR)
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Prospect Rankings*
1997 - 5th ranked organizational prospect for Texas Rangers
1998 - 17th ranked Major League prospect
1999 - 9th ranked Major League prospect
1999 - 1st ranked organizational prospect for Texas Rangers
2000 - 6th ranked Major League prospect
2000 - 1st ranked organizational prospect for Texas Rangers

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Texas Rangers in 1994

Transactions: [Oct 24,1994] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Rangers. [Jun 15,2001] - Traded by Rangers with Edwin Encarnacion to Reds for Rob Bell. [Dec 21,2003] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 31,2003] - Signed as nondrafted free agent by Phillies [Jan 27,2004] - Signed as Free Agent by Pirates. [Jul 1,2004] - Purchased by Royals from Pirates. [Aug 26,2004] - Granted Free Agency. [Feb 15,2006] - Signed by Nationals (minor)

Signed by: Omar Minaya/Hector Acevedo

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1996	Charlst-sc	SAL	18	Tex	A	of		134	496	65	129	30	8	8	58	30	9	26	78	12	1	2	7	8	.260	.309	.401	710	--
1997	Charlotte	FSL	19	Tex	A+	of		99	385	63	121	23	8	12	67	20	5	22	55	6	0	1	2	16	.314	.359	.509	868	--
1998	Charlotte	FSL	20	Tex	A+	of		1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Tulsa	Tex	20	Tex	AA	of		107	433	79	134	32	3	18	75	18	8	30	56	15	1	3	4	7	.309	.371	.522	893	--
1999	Oklahoma	PCL	21	Tex	AAA	of		63	253	53	85	12	0	18	62	6	3	14	36	8	6	0	3	5	.336	.385	.597	982	--
	Texas	AL	21	Tex	MLB	cf		32	122	16	29	9	1	5	18	3	0	4	28	1	0	0	0	2	.238	.268	.451	719	--
2000	Texas	AL	22	Tex	MLB	cf	6	52	206	32	60	11	0	7	19	6	0	10	34	5	1	1	0	5	.291	.339	.447	786	50%
2001	Oklahoma	PCL	23	Tex	AAA	of		14	51	3	11	3	0	1	8	1	2	2	8	0	0	0	1	1	.216	.241	.333	574	--
	Louisville	IL	23	Cin	AAA	of		65	251	35	63	16	4	2	25	2	0	13	45	8	0	0	2	7	.251	.307	.371	678	--
	Texas	AL	23	Tex	MLB	rf	9,8	40	129	18	32	5	2	1	13	1	0	9	28	6	0	1	2	4	.248	.322	.341	663	42%
2002	Louisville	IL	24	Cin	AAA	of		52	209	37	63	14	0	9	23	6	2	11	40	3	1	0	2	2	.301	.342	.498	840	--
	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	rf	9,7	46	86	11	22	6	0	2	7	0	0	6	20	2	0	0	0	1	.256	.319	.395	714	42%
2003	Louisville	IL	25	Cin	AAA	of		57	217	36	71	15	1	9	50	3	1	26	34	5	1	0	2	3	.327	.408	.530	938	--
	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	rf-cf	6,9,7	74	207	16	50	9	0	3	18	0	0	12	53	3	1	0	2	4	.242	.290	.329	619	37%
2004	GCL Phils	GCL	26	Phi	Rk	of		5	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	.133	.188	.133	321	--
	Nashville	PCL	26	Pit	AAA	of		35	114	21	36	12	0	11	25	2	2	12	33	2	2	0	0	0	.316	.391	.711	1102	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	cf-rf	9,6,5	19	33	4	8	0	0	3	7	0	0	5	6	1	1	0	0	1	.242	.359	.515	874	47%
	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	rf-lf	6,5,7	32	93	9	18	4	3	0	7	1	1	3	20	2	0	0	0	2	.194	.235	.301	536	49%
2007	Newark	Atl	29		Ind			15	66	14	19	4	0	5	10	1	0	3	16	2	0	0	0	1	.288	.338	.576	914	--
	Huntsville	Sou	29	Mil	AA	of		24	83	14	20	2	0	5	15	1	1	13	26	6	1	0	1	3	.241	.379	.446	825	--

Major League Totals - 6 Season(s)								295	876	106	219	44	6	21	89	11	1	49	189	20	3	2	4	19	.250	.303	.386	689	44%
Minor League Totals - 9 Season(s)								671	2577	422	754	163	24	98	419	90	33	173	432	67	13	7	24	53	.293	.350	.489	839	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1996	Charlst-sc	SAL	18	Tex	A	OF	127			215	15	7	237	1	-	-	-	.970	--

1997	Charlotte	FSL	19	Tex	A+	OF	91			174	10	8	192	0	-	-	-	.958	--

1998	Charlotte	FSL	20	Tex	A+	OF	1			2	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1998	Tulsa	Tex	20	Tex	AA	OF	106			215	11	7	233	3	-	-	-	.970	--

1999	Oklahoma	PCL	21	Tex	AAA	OF	59			128	3	5	136	1	-	-	-	.963	--
1999	Texas	AL	21	Tex	MLB	CF	31			62	3	0	65	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

2000	Texas	AL	22	Tex	MLB	CF	52		457	140	4	3	147	0	-	-	-	.980	2.84

2001	Louisville	IL	23	Cin	AAA	OF	62			100	3	5	108	2	-	-	-	.954	--
2001	Oklahoma	PCL	23	Tex	AAA	OF	14			22	0	1	23	0	-	-	-	.957	--
2001	Texas	AL	23	Tex	MLB	RF	39		330.1	70	0	1	71	0	-	-	-	.986	1.91

2002	Louisville	IL	24	Cin	AAA	OF	49			86	1	3	90	1	-	-	-	.967	--
2002	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	CF	2		13.1	5	0	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.38
2002	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	RF	23		138.2	28	1	0	29	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.88

2003	Louisville	IL	25	Cin	AAA	OF	57			117	3	2	122	0	-	-	-	.984	--
2003	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	LF	4	1	15.2	4	0	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.30
2003	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	CF	14	12	103	26	2	0	28	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.45
2003	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	RF	39	36	313	76	1	2	79	0	-	-	-	.975	2.21

2004	GCL Phils	GCL	26	Phi	Rk	OF	5			6	0	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2004	Nashville	PCL	26	Pit	AAA	OF	30			50	1	1	52	1	-	-	-	.981	--
2004	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	LF	11	10	89	21	3	0	24	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.43
2004	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	CF	5	5	41	12	0	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.63
2004	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	RF	15	8	82	19	1	0	20	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.20
2004	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	LF	2	2	14	1	0	1	2	0	-	-	-	.500	.64
2004	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	CF	5	5	37.1	8	1	0	9	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.17
2004	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	RF	4	2	20.1	4	0	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.77
2004	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--

2007	Huntsville	Sou	29	Mil	AA	OF	17								-	-	-	---	--

Awards

[1997] - Florida State League All-Star UT [1998] - Texas Rangers Minor League Player of the Year [1999] - Triple-A All-Star OF [2003] - Winter League All-Star OF

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1999	200,000		1,222,537	80
2000	230,000		1,369,505	57
2001	300,000		1,609,512	50
2002	*200,000		1,654,088	74
2003	340,000		1,773,364	48
2004	*300,000		1,716,303	76

Career:	$1,570,000	estimate

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