Biographical

Portrait of Ruben Sierra

Ruben Sierra RFRangers

Rangers Player Cards | Rangers Team Audit | Rangers Depth Chart

Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
22 8782 .268 .315 .450 105 22.0
Birth Date10-6-1965
Height6' 1"
Weight220 lbs
Age58 years, 6 months, 17 days
BatsB
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1986 TEX 20 113 411 101 13 10 16 22 65 1 7 8 .264 .302 .476 106 3.7 1.2 4.7 1.9
1987 TEX 21 158 696 169 35 4 30 39 114 2 16 11 .263 .302 .470 97 -1.9 -0.3 8.7 1.9
1988 TEX 22 156 668 156 32 2 23 44 91 1 18 4 .254 .301 .424 108 6.6 4.3 7.3 3.2
1989 TEX 23 162 689 194 35 14 29 43 82 2 8 2 .306 .347 .543 141 32.8 1.6 7.4 5.8
1990 TEX 24 159 666 170 37 2 16 49 86 1 9 0 .280 .330 .426 104 3.7 -2.9 -10.5 0.2
1991 TEX 25 161 726 203 44 5 25 56 91 0 16 4 .307 .357 .502 130 26.7 -1.7 3.1 4.3
1992 OAK 26 27 117 28 4 1 3 14 9 0 2 0 .277 .359 .426 109 1.6 0.7 0.4 0.5
1992 TEX 26 124 539 139 30 6 14 31 59 0 12 4 .278 .315 .446 109 7.2 1.5 -7.9 1.0
1993 OAK 27 158 692 147 23 5 22 52 97 0 25 5 .233 .288 .390 90 -6.6 3.9 3.3 1.3
1994 OAK 28 110 460 114 21 1 23 23 64 0 8 5 .268 .298 .484 105 4.9 1.9 -8.9 0.6
1995 NYA 29 56 242 56 15 0 7 22 34 0 1 0 .260 .322 .428 105 2.2 -0.5 -1.5 0.3
1995 OAK 29 70 291 70 17 0 12 24 42 0 4 4 .265 .323 .466 105 2.8 -2.1 -8.9 -0.3
1996 DET 30 46 180 35 9 1 1 20 25 0 3 1 .222 .306 .310 83 -3.2 1.6 2.2 0.3
1996 NYA 30 96 407 93 17 1 11 40 58 0 1 3 .258 .327 .403 85 -6.3 -1.3 1.8 0.0
1997 CIN 31 25 96 22 5 1 2 6 21 0 0 0 .244 .292 .389 68 -3.5 0.8 0.1 -0.1
1997 TOR 31 14 52 10 0 2 1 3 13 0 0 0 .208 .250 .354 69 -1.8 0.5 -0.8 -0.1
1998 CHA 32 27 77 16 4 1 4 3 11 0 2 0 .216 .247 .459 92 -0.5 0.5 -2.4 -0.1
2000 TEX 34 20 64 14 0 0 1 4 9 0 1 0 .233 .281 .283 74 -1.9 -0.5 0.0 -0.1
2001 TEX 35 94 369 100 22 1 23 19 52 0 2 0 .291 .322 .561 123 12.7 0.1 -5.1 1.3
2002 SEA 36 122 452 113 23 0 13 31 66 0 4 0 .270 .319 .418 94 -1.3 -0.9 -6.4 -0.1
2003 NYA 37 63 189 48 8 1 6 13 20 0 1 0 .276 .323 .437 96 -0.3 0.0 -2.1 0.0
2003 TEX 37 43 147 35 9 0 3 14 27 0 1 1 .263 .333 .398 94 -0.6 0.7 -3.4 -0.1
2004 NYA 38 107 338 75 12 1 17 25 55 0 1 0 .244 .296 .456 101 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8
2005 NYA 39 61 181 39 12 0 4 9 41 0 0 0 .229 .265 .371 74 -5.6 -0.5 -1.6 -0.5
2006 MIN 40 14 33 5 1 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 .179 .273 .214 90 -0.3 0.5 0.0 0.1
Career218687822152428593066101239714252.268.315.45010572.110.0-19.522.0

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
Minor league stats are currently shownClick to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1984 BUR A MDW 138 541 .000 .000 .000 .314 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1985 TUL AA TXS 137 587 .000 .000 .000 .296 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1986 TEX MLB AL 113 411 .262 .326 .410 .278 101 4.8 11.4 -2.7 106 14 4.7 1.2 3.7 1.9
1986 OKL AAA AA 46 209 .000 .000 .000 .305 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1987 TEX MLB AL 158 696 .265 .329 .425 .272 102 -2.2 20.5 -7.5 97 9 8.7 -0.3 -1.9 1.9
1988 TEX MLB AL 156 668 .260 .321 .392 .261 104 1 17.5 -6.5 108 14 7.3 4.3 6.6 3.2
1989 TEX MLB AL 162 689 .264 .326 .388 .310 102 41.6 18.0 -6.6 141 8 7.4 1.6 32.8 5.8
1990 TEX MLB AL 159 666 .259 .324 .389 .300 102 5.6 17.9 -6.8 104 10 -10.5 -2.9 3.7 0.2
1991 TEX MLB AL 161 726 .265 .330 .401 .321 100 36.4 19.7 -7.2 130 11 3.1 -1.7 26.7 4.3
1992 OAK MLB AL 27 117 .252 .323 .372 .275 95 2.5 3.0 -1.2 109 8 0.4 0.7 1.6 0.5
1992 TEX MLB AL 124 539 .260 .326 .387 .287 100 7.6 14.0 -5.3 109 7 -7.9 1.5 7.2 1.0
1993 OAK MLB AL 158 692 .265 .333 .405 .240 96 -12.4 19.9 -8.2 90 8 3.3 3.9 -6.6 1.3
1994 OAK MLB AL 110 460 .273 .342 .442 .260 95 5.5 14.0 -5.4 105 11 -8.9 1.9 4.9 0.6
1995 NYA MLB AL 56 242 .266 .336 .414 .274 103 0 7.2 -4.3 105 11 -1.5 -0.5 2.2 0.3
1995 OAK MLB AL 70 291 .266 .337 .425 .272 98 4.8 8.7 -3.5 105 11 -8.9 -2.1 2.8 -0.3
1996 DET MLB AL 46 180 .267 .333 .423 .254 98 -8.5 5.6 -2.6 83 7 2.2 1.6 -3.2 0.3
1996 NYA MLB AL 96 407 .279 .349 .453 .275 101 -5.3 12.6 -6.4 85 7 1.8 -1.3 -6.3 0.0
1997 CIN MLB NL 25 96 .265 .331 .419 .299 103 -3.5 2.5 -0.8 68 12 0.1 0.8 -3.5 -0.1
1997 TOR MLB AL 14 52 .274 .338 .427 .257 95 -1.7 1.4 -0.6 69 12 -0.8 0.5 -1.8 -0.1
1997 SYR AAA INT 0 34 .000 .000 .000 .240 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 CHA MLB AL 27 77 .267 .338 .425 .203 99 -3.5 2.1 -0.9 92 18 -2.4 0.5 -0.5 -0.1
1998 NOR AAA INT 0 121 .000 .000 .000 .287 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 TEX MLB AL 20 64 .270 .350 .437 .260 89 -4.3 2.0 -1.2 74 11 0.0 -0.5 -1.9 -0.1
2000 OKL AAA PCL 0 494 .000 .000 .000 .349 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 TEX MLB AL 94 369 .256 .324 .414 .280 104 11.4 11.0 -5.7 123 15 -5.1 0.1 12.7 1.3
2001 OKL AAA PCL 24 104 .000 .000 .000 .286 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 SEA MLB AL 122 452 .261 .329 .419 .292 94 -3.7 13.0 -5.6 94 13 -6.4 -0.9 -1.3 -0.1
2003 NYA MLB AL 63 189 .264 .332 .424 .280 97 1.2 5.1 -2.7 96 9 -2.1 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2003 TEX MLB AL 43 147 .262 .323 .423 .311 107 -0.5 4.0 -1.7 94 9 -3.4 0.7 -0.6 -0.1
2004 NYA MLB AL 107 338 .259 .331 .411 .241 104 -1.9 10.1 -5.2 101 10 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8
2005 NYA MLB AL 61 181 .269 .333 .423 .276 103 -5.3 5.2 -2.4 74 10 -1.6 -0.5 -5.6 -0.5
2005 COH AAA INT 3 13 .274 .359 .452 .143 0.0 80 0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2006 MIN MLB AL 14 33 .266 .326 .418 .227 105 -2.5 1.0 -0.5 90 10 0.0 0.5 -0.3 0.1
2006 FTM A+ FSL 3 13 .240 .308 .376 .333 98 -0.8 0.4 -0.2 85 0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 -0.1
2006 ROC AAA INT 2 8 .221 .294 .321 .500 97 0.2 0.2 -0.1 102 0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0

Statistics For All Levels

Minor league stats are currently shownClick to hide.
Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1984 BUR A MDW 541 482 55 127 33 5 6 188 75 49 97 13 9 .263 .329 .390 .127 6 6
1985 TUL AA TXS 587 545 63 138 34 8 13 227 74 35 111 22 7 .253 .299 .417 .163 1 1
1986 OKL AAA AA 209 189 31 56 11 2 9 98 41 15 27 8 2 .296 .346 .519 .222 1 1
1986 TEX MLB AL 411 382 50 101 13 10 16 182 55 22 65 7 8 .264 .302 .476 .212 5 1
1987 TEX MLB AL 696 643 97 169 35 4 30 302 109 39 114 16 11 .263 .302 .470 .207 12 0
1988 TEX MLB AL 668 615 77 156 32 2 23 261 91 44 91 18 4 .254 .301 .424 .171 8 0
1989 TEX MLB AL 689 634 101 194 35 14 29 344 119 43 82 8 2 .306 .347 .543 .237 10 0
1990 TEX MLB AL 666 608 70 170 37 2 16 259 96 49 86 9 0 .280 .330 .426 .146 8 0
1991 TEX MLB AL 726 661 110 203 44 5 25 332 116 56 91 16 4 .307 .357 .502 .195 9 0
1992 OAK MLB AL 117 101 17 28 4 1 3 43 17 14 9 2 0 .277 .359 .426 .149 2 0
1992 TEX MLB AL 539 500 66 139 30 6 14 223 70 31 59 12 4 .278 .315 .446 .168 8 0
1993 OAK MLB AL 692 630 77 147 23 5 22 246 101 52 97 25 5 .233 .288 .390 .157 10 0
1994 OAK MLB AL 460 426 71 114 21 1 23 206 92 23 64 8 5 .268 .298 .484 .216 11 0
1995 OAK MLB AL 291 264 40 70 17 0 12 123 42 24 42 4 4 .265 .323 .466 .201 3 0
1995 NYA MLB AL 242 215 33 56 15 0 7 92 44 22 34 1 0 .260 .322 .428 .167 5 0
1996 NYA MLB AL 407 360 39 93 17 1 11 145 52 40 58 1 3 .258 .327 .403 .144 7 0
1996 DET MLB AL 180 158 22 35 9 1 1 49 20 20 25 3 1 .222 .306 .310 .089 2 0
1997 TOR MLB AL 52 48 4 10 0 2 1 17 5 3 13 0 0 .208 .250 .354 .146 1 0
1997 SYR AAA INT 34 32 5 7 2 0 1 12 5 2 6 0 0 .219 .265 .375 .156 0 0
1997 CIN MLB NL 96 90 6 22 5 1 2 35 7 6 21 0 0 .244 .292 .389 .144 0 0
1998 CHA MLB AL 77 74 7 16 4 1 4 34 11 3 11 2 0 .216 .247 .459 .243 0 0
1998 NOR AAA INT 121 108 16 28 5 0 3 42 19 13 18 3 0 .259 .339 .389 .130 0 0
2000 OKL AAA PCL 494 439 70 143 26 3 18 229 82 55 63 5 2 .326 .401 .522 .196 0 0
2000 TEX MLB AL 64 60 5 14 0 0 1 17 7 4 9 1 0 .233 .281 .283 .050 0 0
2001 OKL AAA PCL 104 94 14 25 2 1 3 38 12 10 14 2 0 .266 .337 .404 .138 0 0
2001 TEX MLB AL 369 344 55 100 22 1 23 193 67 19 52 2 0 .291 .322 .561 .270 6 0
2002 SEA MLB AL 452 419 47 113 23 0 13 175 60 31 66 4 0 .270 .319 .418 .148 2 0
2003 TEX MLB AL 147 133 14 35 9 0 3 53 12 14 27 1 1 .263 .333 .398 .135 0 0
2003 NYA MLB AL 189 174 19 48 8 1 6 76 31 13 20 1 0 .276 .323 .437 .161 2 0
2004 NYA MLB AL 338 307 40 75 12 1 17 140 65 25 55 1 0 .244 .296 .456 .212 6 0
2005 COH AAA INT 13 11 2 2 0 0 1 5 1 2 3 0 0 .182 .308 .455 .273 0 0
2005 NYA MLB AL 181 170 14 39 12 0 4 63 29 9 41 0 0 .229 .265 .371 .141 2 0
2006 FTM A+ FSL 13 12 2 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 3 0 0 .250 .308 .333 .083 0 0
2006 ROC AAA INT 8 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .000 0 0
2006 MIN MLB AL 33 28 3 5 1 0 0 6 4 4 7 0 0 .179 .273 .214 .036 1 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2006-04-30 2006-06-16 15-DL 47 42 Left Upper Arm Strain Biceps -
2005-07-19 2005-09-01 15-DL 44 41 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2005-04-21 2005-05-20 15-DL 29 26 Right Upper Arm Strain Biceps -
2001-07-27 2001-08-11 15-DL 15 15 Left Groin Strain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2006 MIN $400,000
2005 NYA $1,500,000
2004 NYA $1,000,000
2003 TEX, NYA $600,000
2002 SEA $1,900,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$5,400,000
5 yrTotal$5,400,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
16 y 169 dChuck Berry

Details
  • released 3/07 signed as a free agent from NYM 1/07 (minor-league contract)
  • released 7/06 contract purchased 4/06 sent to minor-league camp 4/06 signed as a free agent from NYY 1/06 (minor-league contract), 1 year/$0.4M (06)+$75K bonuses
  • re-signed as a free agent 1/05, 1 year/$1.5M (05)
  • re-signed as a free agent 12/03, 1 year/$1M (04)
  • acquired in trade from TEX 6/03
  • contract purchased 3/03 signed as a free agent from SEA 1/03, 1 year/$0.6M (03) (minor-league contract)
  • 1 year/$1.9M (02)

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
Weighted Mean???????00??.000.000.00000.0?0.0

BP Annual Player Comments

The rest of this card is restricted to Baseball Prospectus Subscribers.

Not a subscriber? Click here for a free card so you can see what's missing.

Click here for more information on Baseball Prospectus subscriptions or to subscribe and get instant access to the best baseball content on the web.

BP Articles

Click here to see articles tagged with Ruben Sierra

BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2009-04-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)Who is your favourite early season "sample-size all star" of all time?
(Dylan from Toronto)
Wasn't early-season, but Kevin Maas. If I have to start from Opening Day, give me...what was the year Ruben Sierra started great for like the Mariners? 2002. (Joe Sheehan)


BP Roundtables

DateRoundtable NameComment
2009-06-10 08:45:002009 Draft Coverage, Day TwoNice nab in the 6th for the Tigers with shortstop Dan Fields, a local product who was expected to go much higher.

Some bloodlines there, but even better ones with Texas' pick as they take Ruben Sierra's kid! (Kevin Goldstein)