Ruben Amaro
1958–1969 · bats R / throws R · California Angels, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
940G
.234AVG
.309OBP
.292SLG
More career statistics
505H
8HR
156RBI
11SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 280 | 279 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 940 | 2,451 | 2,155 | 211 | 505 | 75 | 13 | 8 | 156 | 227 | 280 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 630 | .234 | .309 | .292 | .601 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1967-07-08 to 1967-07-17
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1967-08-13 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1960-07-08 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 8 total bases | 1961-09-12 | 1 in 167 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 469 | 1182 | 246 | 4 | 80 | 99 | 136 | .236 | .292 | .293 |
| Away | 471 | 1269 | 259 | 4 | 76 | 128 | 143 | .233 | .305 | .292 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 101 | 227 | 49 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 33 | .253 | .313 | .304 |
| May | 117 | 226 | 38 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 30 | .190 | .252 | .235 |
| June | 162 | 431 | 78 | 0 | 24 | 45 | 55 | .208 | .285 | .259 |
| July | 199 | 645 | 146 | 3 | 42 | 55 | 68 | .253 | .312 | .323 |
| August | 202 | 542 | 117 | 3 | 38 | 51 | 50 | .244 | .310 | .309 |
| September | 153 | 375 | 77 | 1 | 30 | 34 | 42 | .235 | .296 | .284 |
| October | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 95 | 259 | 62 | 0 | 24 | 25 | 23 | .268 | .336 | .329 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 91 | 265 | 38 | 2 | 14 | 27 | 41 | .164 | .245 | .228 |
| san-francisco-giants | 89 | 244 | 55 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 33 | .251 | .295 | .338 |
| milwaukee-braves | 88 | 221 | 44 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 22 | .226 | .303 | .297 |
| cincinnati-reds | 82 | 194 | 47 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 25 | .278 | .340 | .320 |
| chicago-cubs | 82 | 212 | 43 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 25 | .235 | .292 | .306 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 74 | 202 | 41 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 21 | .232 | .307 | .311 |
| new-york-mets | 55 | 139 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 12 | .271 | .331 | .347 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 40 | 76 | 17 | – | – | – | .224 | – | – |
| 1960 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 92 | 264 | 61 | – | 16 | – | .231 | – | – |
| 1961 | Philadelphia Phillies | 135 | 381 | 98 | 1 | 32 | 1 | .257 | – | – |
| 1962 | Philadelphia Phillies | 79 | 226 | 55 | – | 19 | 5 | .243 | – | – |
| 1963 | Philadelphia Phillies | 115 | 217 | 47 | 2 | 19 | – | .217 | – | – |
| 1964 | Philadelphia Phillies | 129 | 299 | 79 | 4 | 34 | 1 | .264 | – | – |
| 1965 | Philadelphia Phillies | 118 | 184 | 39 | – | 15 | 1 | .212 | – | – |
| 1966 |  New York Yankees | 14 | 23 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .217 | – | – |
| 1967 | New York Yankees | 130 | 417 | 93 | 1 | 17 | 3 | .223 | – | – |
| 1968 | New York Yankees | 47 | 41 | 5 | – | – | – | .122 | – | – |
| 1969 |  California Angels | 41 | 27 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .222 | – | – |