Carlos Ruiz is a former professional baseball catcher with an estimated net worth of $16 million. Carlos Ruiz played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2017, principally for the Philadelphia Phillies.
He helped the team to five straight playoff trips from 2007 to 2011, as well as win the World Series in 2008. Ruiz ended his professional baseball career with brief appearances with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Seattle Mariners.
Who is Carlos Ruiz?
Carlos Ruiz was born on January 22, 1979, in David, Chiriquí, Panama, as the eldest of three sons to an elementary school teacher mother and a police officer father. When Ruiz was seven years old, his father died in an automobile accident.
Ruiz then began working on a coffee farm to support his family. He told his mother that he would become a professional baseball player in the Major Leagues to aid her financially. Ruiz dropped out of college to attend the Philadelphia Phillies baseball academy in La Vega, Dominican Republic.
How old is Carlos Ruiz?
He is currently 45 years old.
What is Carlos Ruiz’s net worth?
He is estimated to be worth $16 Million.
What is Carlos Ruiz’s career?
In late 1998, Ruiz signed as an amateur free agent with the Phillies. He made his professional debut the following year with the Dominican Summer League Phillies, hitting 305 with four home runs and 35 RBI in 60 games. Ruiz moved to the United States in 2000, where he played for the Gulf Coast League Phillies.
The next year, he was promoted to the Lakewood BlueClaws and thereafter to the Clearwater Threshers. Ruiz spent a few seasons with the Threshers before joining the Double-A Reading Phillies in 2004, where he batted 284 and hit 17 home runs.
Because of his outstanding performance, he was promoted to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons in 2005. Ruiz played his final season in the minors in 2006, batting 307 with 16 home runs and 69 RBI in 100 games.
Ruiz made his MLB debut with the Phillies in May 2006. That season, he alternated between the Triple-A minors and the major leagues. Ruiz concluded the season batting.261 with three home runs and ten RBI in the majors.
He became a permanent member of the Phillies’ roster for the 2007 season, hitting 259 with six home runs and 51 RBI in 115 games. The Phillies advanced to the playoffs for the first time in 14 years but were swept by the Colorado Rockies in the NLDS. Ruiz struggled during the 2008 regular season, hitting 219 with four home runs and 31 RBI.
He did, however, play an important part in the postseason, helping the Phillies win the NLCS and progress to the World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Phillies eventually won the World Series in five games, earning their first championship in 28 years. Ruiz was nicknamed “Señor Octubre,” or “Mr. October,” because of his outstanding performance in the 2008 postseason.
Ruiz had another good season in 2009, hitting a career-high nine home runs and helping the Phillies to the postseason with a.341 average. The squad was eliminated from the World Series for the second year in a row by the New York Yankees. In 2010, Ruiz was a part of a lot of noteworthy occasions, including Roy Halladay’s perfect game in May and his no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds in the NLDS in October.
Furthermore, Ruiz led the Phillies with a.302 hitting average. In 2011, he batted 283 with six home runs and 40 RBI and had the league’s top catcher’s ERA (3.06). The Phillies advanced to the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season but were ousted in the first round by the eventual World Series champions, the St. Louis Cardinals.
Ruiz made a great start to the 2012 season, leading the league with a.364 batting average at the end of June. As a result, he received his first All-Star selection. Despite being on the disabled list for over a month with plantar fasciitis, Ruiz finished the season with career highs in batting average (.325), home runs (16), and RBI (68).
Ruiz was suspended before the start of the 2013 season after testing positive for Adderall, an amphetamine. He made his season debut in late April and finished with a 268 batting average, five home runs, and 37 RBIs. Ruiz eventually became a free agent. In late November 2013, he re-signed with the Phillies for three years.
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