Player Report for #64 Ruben 'El Caballo' Sierra

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Wednesday, September 27th, 1995

AB	31
HR	0
RBI	4
AVG	.226
OPS	.468

Name:	Ruben Sierra	Contract:	Major League Contract
Nickname:	El Caballo	Salary:	$1,740,000
Birthday:	10-06-1965	Signed Through:	1997 Season
Age:	29	Years of Major League Service:	10 Years, 108 Days
Born in:	Unknown	Major League Service Days this Year:	180 Days
Nationality:	Puerto Rican
Height:	6' 0"	Years on 40-Man Roster:	10 Years, 108 Days
Weight:	198 lbs	Years of Pro Service:	10 Years
		Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Position:	LF	Minor League Option Years:	3 option years left
Bats:	Switch
Throws:	Right	Contract Extension	-
Status:	Completely Rested	Drafted	1985, 9th Pick in Round 2
Morale:	Great	Local Popularity (National)	Fair (Unknown)

Pittsburgh

Pirates

MLB

Batting Ratings (OSA)

Running & Bunting Ratings		Fielding Ratings
Running Speed:	6	Left Field 10 (Arm: 10)
Stealing Ability:	6	Center Field 5 (Arm: 10)
Baserunning Instincts:	7	Right Field 10 (Arm: 10)
Sacrifice Bunt:	5
Bunt for Hit:	1
Hitter Type:	Pull Hitter

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Opponent	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K	SB
09-18-1995	@ ATL	Loss, 5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09-17-1995	@ ATL	Win, 12-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09-12-1995	@ PHI	Win, 12-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
09-06-1995	MTL	Loss, 0-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09-05-1995	@ SD	Win, 8-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
09-01-1995	SFN	Win, 3-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
08-25-1995	@ STL	Win, 4-3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
08-13-1995	@ COL	Loss, 5-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
08-03-1995	@ NYM	Win, 3-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
08-02-1995	@ NYM	Win, 8-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Major League Baseball 1995 Batting Stats

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO	VORP
Overall	41	31	7	0	0	0	4	14	1	5	.226	.242	.226	.468	.417	.000	-2.3
Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	2	0	100.0	2.1	2.24
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Versus Left		6	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333
Versus Right		25	6	0	0	0	2	4	1	4	1	0	0	.240	.259	.240	.499
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Last Week		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
April		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
May		6	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762
June		17	5	0	0	0	4	5	0	2	1	0	0	.294	.278	.294	.572
July		5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
August		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
September		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Spring Training		8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250
Last Year		124	32	7	1	3	18	23	8	20	3	0	0	.258	.296	.403	.700
2 Years Ago		483	125	19	3	16	68	58	25	62	5	4	1	.259	.294	.410	.704
Career		5293	1518	326	52	190	876	801	336	655	63	5	16	.287	.328	.476	.803
Home		6	2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762
Road		25	5	0	0	0	4	9	0	5	1	0	0	.200	.192	.200	.392
Grass		9	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222
Turf		22	6	0	0	0	4	10	1	1	1	0	0	.273	.292	.273	.564
Day		11	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545
Night		20	4	0	0	0	3	11	1	3	1	0	0	.200	.227	.200	.427
Pinch Hitting		5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800
Close/Late		11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182
Inning 1-3		4	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650
Inning 4-6		5	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	.600	.500	.600	1.100
Inning 7-9		15	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400
Extra Innings		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
0 Outs		6	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452
1 Outs		14	3	0	0	0	4	1	0	3	1	0	0	.214	.200	.214	.414
2 Outs		11	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545
Scoring Position		12	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	.167	.154	.167	.321
Bases Empty		16	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423
Runner on 1st		3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333
Runner on 2nd		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Runner on 3rd		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Runner on 1st & 2nd		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Runner on 1st & 3rd		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	1.000	1.500
Runner on 2nd & 3rd		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Bases Loaded		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Two Strikes		16	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250
First Pitch		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Count 0-1		3	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333
Count 0-2		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Count 1-0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Count 1-1		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Count 1-2		8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250
Count 2-0		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
Count 2-1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Count 2-2		4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Count 3-1		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000
Full Count		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Behind in Count		14	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429
Ahead in Count		5	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.400	.900

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1985 Pittsburgh - MLB	19	88	353	100	21	4	11	41	57	19	3	3	60	3	1	.283	.323	.459	.782	18.6
1986 Pittsburgh - MLB	20	153	592	153	39	5	18	80	86	44	3	3	92	0	3	.258	.312	.432	.744	15.8
1987 Pittsburgh - MLB	21	155	620	183	44	7	17	102	96	41	5	10	68	8	3	.295	.339	.471	.810	39.4
1988 Pittsburgh - MLB	22	159	656	197	46	9	31	134	107	40	1	9	77	5	5	.300	.337	.540	.877	54.9
1989 Pittsburgh - MLB	23	157	650	206	49	8	31	144	109	45	2	5	71	6	4	.317	.360	.560	.920	48.6
1990 Pittsburgh - MLB	24	158	645	189	43	7	15	100	84	36	0	12	68	5	2	.293	.325	.451	.776	11.1
1991 Pittsburgh - MLB	25	147	585	170	34	5	24	92	80	36	0	5	60	4	4	.291	.329	.489	.818	21.5
1992 Pittsburgh - MLB	26	138	554	156	24	3	24	93	87	41	1	7	72	3	3	.282	.328	.466	.794	12.3
1993 Pittsburgh - MLB	27	146	483	125	19	3	16	68	58	25	1	5	62	5	2	.259	.294	.410	.704	-4.7
1994 Pittsburgh - MLB	28	59	124	32	7	1	3	18	23	8	0	3	20	0	1	.258	.296	.403	.700	-1.9
1995 Pittsburgh - MLB	29	41	31	7	0	0	0	4	14	1	0	1	5	2	0	.226	.242	.226	.468	-2.3
Total MLB		1401	5293	1518	326	52	190	876	801	336	16	63	655	41	28	.287	.328	.476	.803	213.2

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1985 Syracuse - A	19	1	2	2	1	1	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.500	3.500	0.0
Total MLBA		1	2	2	1	1	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.500	3.500	0.0

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1985 Pittsburgh - MLB	19	7	24	3	1	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	2	0	0	.125	.222	.167	.389	0.0
1987 Pittsburgh - MLB	21	4	17	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	.176	.222	.235	.458	0.0
1988 Pittsburgh - MLB	22	7	27	6	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	1	0	.222	.300	.259	.559	0.0
1989 Pittsburgh - MLB	23	12	49	9	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	6	0	1	.184	.200	.245	.445	0.0
1990 Pittsburgh - MLB	24	4	12	2	1	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	.167	.375	.250	.625	0.0
1991 Pittsburgh - MLB	25	4	15	9	1	0	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	.600	.647	.867	1.514	0.0
1993 Pittsburgh - MLB	27	5	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	.211	.286	.211	.496	0.0
1994 Pittsburgh - MLB	28	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
Total MLB		48	164	36	6	1	1	7	17	16	0	0	17	2	2	.220	.289	.287	.575	0.0

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1985 Pittsburgh - ML	LF	88	88	178	5	0	188	5	.973	761.1	2.16
1986 Pittsburgh - ML	CF	14	14	27	0	0	27	0	1.000	113.0	2.15
1986 Pittsburgh - ML	RF	139	139	283	12	3	300	5	.983	1223.2	2.17
1987 Pittsburgh - ML	LF	49	49	95	3	0	98	0	1.000	458.1	1.92
1987 Pittsburgh - ML	RF	106	106	227	7	0	234	0	1.000	952.0	2.21
1988 Pittsburgh - ML	LF	122	122	270	12	0	282	0	1.000	1084.2	2.34
1988 Pittsburgh - ML	RF	37	37	79	1	0	80	0	1.000	337.0	2.14
1989 Pittsburgh - ML	LF	157	157	326	12	1	339	1	.997	1412.1	2.15
1990 Pittsburgh - ML	LF	158	158	332	10	2	342	0	1.000	1410.0	2.18
1991 Pittsburgh - ML	LF	147	147	310	8	1	320	2	.994	1307.2	2.19
1992 Pittsburgh - ML	LF	133	133	288	9	2	297	0	1.000	1196.1	2.23
1992 Pittsburgh - ML	RF	5	5	8	1	0	9	0	1.000	45.0	1.80
1993 Pittsburgh - ML	LF	144	144	223	7	1	231	1	.996	1163.1	1.78
1993 Pittsburgh - ML	RF	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50
1994 Pittsburgh - ML	3B	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00
1994 Pittsburgh - ML	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00
1994 Pittsburgh - ML	LF	29	28	55	1	0	56	0	1.000	240.0	2.10
1994 Pittsburgh - ML	CF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.1	0.00
1994 Pittsburgh - ML	RF	10	5	12	0	0	12	0	1.000	48.0	2.25
1995 Pittsburgh - ML	C	1	0	6	1	0	7	0	1.000	6.1	9.95	0	0	0	0.0
1995 Pittsburgh - ML	1B	1	0	3	0	1	3	0	1.000	2.0	13.50
1995 Pittsburgh - ML	LF	8	2	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	33.1	1.35
1995 Pittsburgh - ML	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.2	0.00
1995 Pittsburgh - ML	RF	13	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	30.1	1.19

Player History
06-15-1985	Drafted in the 1985 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 9, 35th overall Pick) by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
07-12-1985	Injured (strained back muscle), day-to-day for 6 days.
11-18-1985	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $300,000 through automatic renewal.
01-01-1986	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 4 (4).
07-30-1986	Injured (bruised wrist), day-to-day for 1-2 weeks.
11-24-1986	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $300,000 through automatic renewal.
01-01-1987	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 5 (6).
06-08-1987	Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award.
06-29-1987	Was selected to the 1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
11-16-1987	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $300,000 through automatic renewal.
01-01-1988	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 4 (4).
05-31-1988	Goes 5-5 against the San Diego Padres, with 1 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI and 3 R.
09-05-1988	Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award.
11-18-1988	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $5,090,800 through arbitration.
01-01-1989	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 3 (3).
05-22-1989	Goes 5-5 against the Cincinnati Reds, with 1 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI and 4 R.
05-29-1989	Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award.
06-29-1989	Was selected to the 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
11-09-1989	Wins the 1989 MLB NL Gold Glove at LF.
11-19-1989	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $5,546,000 through arbitration.
01-01-1990	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 3 (3).
06-18-1990	Signed a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $28,960,000 with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
08-07-1990	Goes 5-5 against the St. Louis Cardinals, with 1 2B, 2 RBI and 1 R.
08-10-1990	Injured (tender shoulder), day-to-day for 3 days.
01-01-1991	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 4 (4).
04-03-1991	Injured (fractured foot), out for 2 weeks.
07-22-1991	Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award.
01-01-1992	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 3 (3).
06-20-1992	Injured (blurred vision), out for 3 weeks.
09-23-1992	Injured (fractured ulna (arm)), out for 3-4 months.
11-07-1992	Wins the 1992 MLB NL Gold Glove at LF.
01-01-1993	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 4 (4).
05-03-1993	Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $6,960,000 with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
06-15-1993	Injured (bruised foot), day-to-day for 3 days.
01-01-1994	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (4); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 3 (3).
10-23-1994	Won the 1994 Major League Baseball World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates!
01-01-1995	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (4); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 4 (4).

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	GS	Rank
1987	155	9
1988	159	3

Year	AB	Rank
1987	620	9
1988	656	5
1989	650	5
1990	645	5

Year	H	Rank
1988	197	7
1989	206	3

Year	K	Rank
1986	92	7

Year	TB	Rank
1987	292	6
1988	354	2
1989	364	3

Year	2B	Rank
1987	44	8
1988	46	7
1989	49	4
1990	43	6

Year	3B	Rank
1987	7	7
1988	9	3
1989	8	10
1990	7	4

Year	HR	Rank
1988	31	4

Year	RBI	Rank
1987	102	6
1988	134	3
1989	144	2

Year	IBB	Rank
1986	14	1

Year	SF	Rank
1987	10	7
1988	9	6
1990	12	1

Year	EBH	Rank
1987	68	6
1988	86	2
1989	88	1

Year	AVG	Rank
1989	.317	10

Year	SLG	Rank
1988	.540	4
1989	.560	5

Year	RC	Rank
1989	126.50	9

Year	ISO	Rank
1988	.239	2
1989	.243	8

Year	OPS	Rank
1989	.920	9