José

Ramírez

3BAge : 34Bats : S

#11

José Ramírez

#113BCleveland Guardians

Height : 5' 8" · Weight : 86 kg · Bats : S · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2013-09-01

Born in : Bani, Dominican Republic

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Cleveland Guardians	125	473	111	12	53	.235	.688
2025	Cleveland Guardians	158	593	168	30	85	.283	.863
2024	Cleveland Guardians	158	620	173	39	118	.279	.872
2023	Cleveland Guardians	156	611	172	24	80	.282	.831
2022	Cleveland Guardians	157	601	168	29	126	.280	.869
2021	Cleveland Guardians	152	552	147	36	103	.266	.893
2020	Cleveland Guardians	58	219	64	17	46	.292	.993
2019	Cleveland Guardians	129	482	123	23	83	.255	.806
2018	Cleveland Guardians	157	578	156	39	105	.270	.939
2017	Cleveland Guardians	152	585	186	29	83	.318	.957
2016	Cleveland Guardians	152	565	176	11	76	.312	.825
2015	Cleveland Guardians	97	315	69	6	27	.219	.631
2014	Cleveland Guardians	68	237	62	2	17	.262	.646
2013	Cleveland Guardians	15	12	4	0	0	.333	.929
Career totals		1734	6443	1779	297	1002	.276	.845

ContractCleveland Guardians payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 7 yrs · 2026–2032
Total value: 175.0 M$
AAV: 20.80 M$

2026
25.00 M$
Guaranteed
2027
25.00 M$
Guaranteed
2028
25.00 M$
Guaranteed
2029
25.00 M$
Guaranteed
2030
25.00 M$
Guaranteed
2031
25.00 M$
Guaranteed
2032
25.00 M$
Guaranteed

May block all trades (10-and-5 rights)

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.301

xwOBA

.325

OPS

.688

AVG

.235

OBP

.320

RBI

544

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

2.3

Home runs

2026 WAR

2.2

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↓ Declining (-24)

20234.6 WAR · 4.0 per full season
20246.3 WAR · 5.5 per full season
20256.3 WAR · 5.6 per full season
20262.2 WAR · 2.4 per full season

Outlook, age included

-39 · 33 y.o. · the age when performance usually declines

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Star

CON: Contact; 87
POW: Power; 75
EYE: Eye; 91
SPD: Speed; 88
FLD: Fielding; 82
DUR: Durability; 84
EX: Experience; 92

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

2.2

#114 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

52 / 100

#128 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

27 / 100

Surplus $0.7M · salary $20.8M

PAL: dimensions

Offense29

Power24

Discipline96

Speed96

Defense62

WAR, in runs

Batting-5.3

Baserunning+7.1

Fielding+2.2

Positional-1.2

Replacement+16.6

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

88.6 mi/h

41th percentile

Max exit velocity

110.8 mi/h

51th percentile

Barrels

4.1 %

18th percentile

Hard-hit

38.8 %

42th percentile

xBA

.266

79th percentile

Bat speed

70.2 mi/h

26th percentile

Sprint speed

27.9 pi/s

60th percentile

Outs above average

66th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	CLE	2.2	52	93	88.6	110.8	4.1	38.8	.266
2025	CLE	6.3	95	95	88.9	111.6	7.0	37.0	.284
2024	CLE	6.3	95	96	89.2	116.6	8.6	39.7	.256
2023	CLE	4.6	91	94	90.0	111.6	7.0	40.4	.296
2022	CLE	5.9	93	94	87.7	114.2	6.6	36.9	.254
2021	CLE	6.4	98	98	90.0	112.6	11.1	42.4	.278

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 26	@ KC	5	0	0	0	0	0	.235
Sep 25	@ KC	4	1	0	2	1	0	.237
Sep 24	@ BOS	4	2	0	0	0	1	.237
Sep 23	@ BOS	3	0	0	0	1	0	.235
Sep 22	@ BOS	5	1	0	0	0	1	.236
Sep 20	vs ATH	4	2	0	0	0	0	.237
Sep 19	vs ATH	4	2	0	0	1	0	.234
Sep 18	vs ATH	5	2	1	2	0	1	.232
Sep 16	vs CWS	4	2	0	1	0	0	.230
Sep 15	vs CWS	4	0	0	0	0	0	.228

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