Hanley Ramírez

**Hanley Ramirez**
Position	Shortstop
Team	Florida Marlins
Years of Experience	Rookie
Age	22
Height	6 ft 1 in
Weight	170 lb
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
College	None
2006 Salary	$327,000
Place of Birth	Samana, Dominican Republic
Signed	Non-drafted Free Agent, 2000
Drafted by	Boston Red Sox
Major League Debut	September, 2005

Hanley Ramírez is a shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Florida Marlins. He was born on December 23, 1983 in Samana in the Dominican Republic, and currently resides in Santo Domingo.

After joining the Boston Red Sox during Spring Training in 2005, Ramirez played for their Double-A affiliate the Portland Sea Dogs for the majority of the season. Ramírez was considered one of the top-rated prospects in the Red Sox organization before being traded to the Marlins on November 21, 2005 for SP Josh Beckett, RP Guillermo Mota, and 3B Mike Lowell. That deal also sent relief pitchers Aníbal Sánchez, Jesús Delgado and Harvey García to Florida.

He spent most of the 2004 and 2005 seasons with Double-A Portland. In 2004 in Portland he hit .310, with 5 home runs, 15 RBIs, and 12 stolen bases in 32 games. 2005 saw a reduction in batting average from Ramírez, but overall he still had excellent offensive production and was called up to the major leagues in September of 2005.

His first major league at bat was a strikeout on September 20, 2005 against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

During Spring Training in 2006, Ramirez was impressive enough to earn the starting shortstop job for the Marlins.

In most of Hanley's pictures, he is wearing very cool sunglasses with a crooked hat and a group of Hanley Ramirez fans dubbed him "Shadez" during the Spring of 2006. There is also a website in his honor entitled ShadezNation.com

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