Román Ramos

Román Ramos

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 7", Weight 154 lb.

• Born February 17, 1935 in Alvarado, Veracruz Mexico

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Biographical Information

Román Ramos was on the Mexican national team then won over 100 minor league games.

Ramos won Silver with Mexico in the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games. In the 1955 Pan American Games, he was 1-2 with a 4.85 ERA for the host Mexico. He turned pro that summer with the Rojos del Águila de Veracruz), going 8-7 with a 4.50 ERA. He improved to 12-7, 2.71 in 1956. He tied Guillermo López for 9th in the Mexican League in wins and was 3rd in K (94, behind Francisco Ramírez and Rene Vega). If the cut-off was an inning per team game played, he was 5th in ERA, between Gil Guerra and Roberto Ortiz. He also tied for the lead with four shutouts.

In 1957, he was 13-21 with a 4.83 ERA for Veracruz. He tied Guerra for 3rd in wins but led in losses (five more than Roque Contreras). He was also second in games pitched (46, 14 behind Hector Azamar), tied Rodolfo Alvarado for 4th in complete games (10), 3rd in IP (218, behind Eddie Locke and Julian Ladera), allowed the most hits (259, 8 more than Raul Galata), was second to Galata in runs allowed but led in earned runs, surrendered the third-most homers (21, after Locke and Samuel Williams), was 4th with 94 walks and 10th with 92 K (between Guerra and Kelly Searcy). That winter, he had a 6-5, 4.10 record in the Veracruz League. Most winter league stats are unavailable for his career.

He was 13-12 with a 4.28 ERA for the Petroleros de Poza Rica in 1958. He tied Julio Moreno for 7th in wins, was 4th in games pitched (38, between Locke and Ramirez), tied for 6th in complete games (12), was 6th in IP (187) and ranked 6th with 86 K (between Ramirez and Ladera). In '59, he fell to 3-12, 5.53. He tied Moreno and Ramirez for 10th in defeats. He rebounded a bit to 14-12, 5.03 in 1960. He tied Fernando Osorio and Tony Dicochea for 5th in wins, tied Albert James for 9th in games pitched (42) and was 3rd with 110 strikeouts (behind Silvio Castellanos and Eusebio Perez).

The right-hander no-hit the Austin Senators on July 14, 1961; the next day, Larry Maxie of Austin returned the favor against Poza Rica! He had perhaps his best offensive season that year: .250/.282/.309, HR, 10 R, 8 RBI. He was 13-11 with a 4.20 ERA for the LMB season. He tied Moreno for 2nd in wins (one behind Castellanos), tied for 4th with 12 complete games, led with five shutouts (one ahead of Stanley Arthur and Ruben Rendon) and was 4th in IP (180, between Juan Piedra and Ramón Arano).

In '62, he served up the first career LMB homer to Hector Espino, who was bound for a legendary career. He was 11-10 with a 3.62 ERA that summer, tying for 7th in wins (with Mike Cuellar among others) and tying Ramirez for 3rd with 16 complete games. He had an off-year at 6-10, 5.53 in 1963. He was 9-15 with a 4.68 ERA in '64. He did lead the league in shutouts for a third time, which was a record.

Ramos was 3-8 with a 5.13 ERA in 1965, his 8th year with Poza Rica. Moving to the Pericos de Puebla the next summer, he was 3-0 with a 2.25 ERA in 47 outings, his first time being used solely in relief. He tied Ramón López for 5th in the league in pitching appearances. With the 1967 Pericos, he was 4-5 with a 4.50 ERA in 50 games. He again tied for fifth in games pitched, this time with Carmelo Aquino.

The Veracruz native went 5-0 with a 2.73 ERA in 42 games in 1968. He had a 2-2, 4.65 record in 1969. In his third decade in pro ball, he allowed nine runs (eight earned) in fourteen innings for the 1970 Leones de Yucatán at age 35 to end his career.

He had gone 119-132 with a 4.29 ERA in 554 LMB games (230 starts). In 2,191 innings, he had struck out 1,101. As of 2000, he was among the Mexican League's career leaders in games pitched (18th, between Angel Hernandez and Salomé Barojas), starts (65th, between Eduardo Acosta and Carlos Carrasco), innings (33rd, between Alejo Ahumada and Alfredo Mariscal), wins (tied for 63rd with Tomás Arroyo and Martín Dihigo), losses (tied Juan Suby for 23rd), complete games (100, tied for 52nd with Arturo Cacheux and Acosta), shutouts (21, tied for 47th), strikeouts (41st, between Dihigo and Nicolas Garcia), earned runs (1,044, 20th, between Miguel Sotelo and Mercedes Esquer), homers allowed (175, 16th) and walks (858, 23rd).