Ruben Sierra stats

Last played for the Minnesota Twins, 2006

Designated Hitter · #21

Age 61 · 6' 1"

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Ruben Sierra played 20 MLB seasons, 1986 to 2006.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
2,186
AB
8,044
R
1,084
H
2,152
HR
306
RBI
1,322
SB
142
AVG
.268

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1986TEX1133825010116557.264
1987TEX158643971693010916.263
1988TEX15661577156239118.254
1989TEX162634101194291198.306
1990TEX1596087017016969.280
1991TEX1616611102032511616.307
1992TEX/ATH15160183167178714.278
1993ATH158630771472210125.233
1994ATH1104267111423928.268
1995ATH/NYY1264797312619865.263
1996NYY/DET1425186112812724.247
1997TOR/CIN3913810323120.232
1998CHW27747164112.216
2000TEX2060514171.233
2001TEX943445510023672.291
2002SEA1224194711313604.270
2003TEX/NYY10630733839432.270
2004NYY107307407517651.244
2005NYY6117014394290.229
2006MIN142835040.179

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
31
AB
91
R
9
H
24
HR
5
RBI
21
SB
2
AVG
.264

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
8,782
TB
3,616
XBH
793
HBP
7
IBB
102
GIDP
193
P/PA
0.54

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1986TEX411182391380
1987TEX6963026924180
1988TEX66826157110150
1989TEX689344782270
1990TEX66625955113150
1991TEX7263327407170
1992TEX/ATH65626658012110
1993ATH69224650016170
1994ATH4602064504150
1995ATH/NYY533215510480
1996NYY/DET58719440012120
1997TOR/CIN14852110210
1998CHW773490020
2000TEX641710010
2001TEX3691934600130
2002SEA4521753605173.5
2003TEX/NYY336129270393.5
2004NYY338140300453.6
2005NYY18163160123.5
2006MIN33610004.1

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
13.0
RC
1,126.0
RC/27
4.90
ISOP
.182
SECA
.269
BB/K
0.49
AB/HR
26.3
GO/FO
0.70

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1986TEX1.252.24.7.2120.30.323.90
1987TEX0.7874.6.2070.30.321.40
1988TEX2.178.74.4.1710.30.526.70
1989TEX5.5118.27.2370.30.521.90
1990TEX1.385.85.1460.20.6380
1991TEX4.9115.56.4.1950.30.626.40
1992TEX/ATH3.087.15.1.1650.30.735.40
1993ATH-2.071.83.8.1570.30.528.60
1994ATH0.058.24.6.2160.30.418.50
1995ATH/NYY-0.869.75.1860.30.625.20
1996NYY/DET-1.562.84.1.1270.20.743.20
1997TOR/CIN-0.114.53.6.1450.20.3460
1998CHW-0.38.43.8.2430.30.318.50
2000TEX-0.54.72.7.0500.10.4600
2001TEX0.858.46.2700.30.4150
2002SEA-0.252.24.3.1480.20.532.20
2003TEX/NYY-0.140.84.7.1500.20.634.10
2004NYY-0.142.24.7.2120.30.518.10.7
2005NYY-0.716.53.3.1410.20.242.50.7
2006MIN-0.21.92.1.0360.20.600.3

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
61 yearsOct 6, 1965
Height
6' 1"
Debut
1986
Birthplace
Rio Pedras, Puerto Rico
AL Silver Slugger
1989

Latest performance

Ruben Sierra

Jul 09 · @ TEX · L 5-2

AB
1
R
0
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
1
AVG
.179

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Sun, Jul 09atTEXL 5-210000
Sun, Jul 02vsMILW 8-010000
Tue, Jun 27vsLADW 9-231000
Sun, Jun 25vsCHCW 8-141202
Tue, Jun 20atHOUW 6-5 F/1010000
Sun, Jun 18atPITW 8-210000

What were Ruben Sierra's career stats?

Ruben Sierra played 20 seasons for the Rangers, the Athletics, the White Sox, the Mariners, the Yankees and the Twins. He was a career .268 hitter with 2,152 hits, 306 home runs and 1,322 RBI. His best season was 1991: a .307 batting average, 25 home runs and 116 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

20 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1986 to 2006

Ruben Sierra finished top 10 in a stat 7 times.

Championships

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 160th in home runs (306)
  • 209th in hits (2,152)
  • 90th in rbi (1,322)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Ruben Sierra

Playoff series

Ruben Sierra played 10 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 3 series — 1 won, 2 lost.

Ruben Sierra's line in each playoff series
AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2005LAALost 1-122101
2004MINWon 2-1312213
2004BOSLost 1-4521702

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Ruben Sierra’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.