Ruben
Cantu
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: September 27, 1985 in Puerto Rico
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 18 XND HL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 3 2 2 4 3 3
2005 19 XNG HL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 5
2006 20 MLD HL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 3 4 7 6 6
2007 21 MLD HL     6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 6
2008 22 TBD HL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 7
2009 23 TBD HL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7
2010 24 TBD HL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 3 2 2 4 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hank Aaron Award or Super Newbie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 18 A   138 510 42 137 16 0 5 37 9 1 42 99 .269 .324 .329 .654 56.5  
2005 19 A   137 489 61 150 27 0 18 74 11 2 58 74 .307 .380 .472 .853 86.4  
2006 20 AAA   137 538 77 150 21 2 21 74 7 2 28 93 .279 .314 .442 .757 73.3  
2007 21 AAA   136 537 72 169 32 5 15 78 6 3 27 102 .315 .348 .477 .824 82.3  
2008 22 MLD HL 63 139 10 29 9 0 1 12 0 0 5 32 .209 .262 .295 .557 9.9 0.2
  TBD HL 63 220 20 51 8 0 3 23 0 0 19 43 .232 .313 .309 .622 22.7 3.2
  TOT   126 359 30 80 17 0 4 35 0 0 24 75 .223 .294 .304 .597 32.6 3.4
    AAA   20 81 9 30 9 0 3 11 0 0 2 11 .370 .386 .593 .978 15.6  
2009 23 TBD HL 153 587 85 180 47 3 9 67 2 2 50 96 .307 .369 .443 .812 93.5 22.7
2010 24 TBD HL 152 551 71 144 30 0 7 52 7 0 39 101 .261 .336 .354 .690 65.7 11.7
3 Years Sim 431 1497 186 404 94 3 20 154 9 2 113 272 .270 .339 .377 .716 191.8 37.7
3 Years AAA 293 1156 158 349 62 7 39 163 13 5 57 206 .302 .347 .469 .816 171.2  
2 Years A 275 999 103 287 43 0 23 111 20 3 100 173 .287 .364 .399 .763 142.9  
5 Years Minors 568 2155 261 636 105 7 62 274 33 8 157 379 .295 .355 .437 .792 314.1  
162 Game Average 562 69 151 35 1 7 57 3 0 42 102 .270 .339 .377 .716 72.1  
Career Highs 153 587 85 180 47 3 9 67 7 2 50 101 .307 .369 .443 .812 93.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1043 136 269 69 3 11 99 7 1 75 202 .258 .329 .361 .690 113.8
vs LH   454 50 135 25 0 9 55 2 1 38 70 .297 .362 .412 .774 63.8
Home 216 736 90 196 50 0 8 75 3 1 50 144 .266 .329 .367 .696 81.9
Away 215 761 96 208 44 3 12 79 6 1 63 128 .273 .349 .386 .735 95.7
RISP   349 0 90 22 0 5 127 0 0 37 66 .258 .335 .364 .699 42.3
Pinch Hitting   33 3 9 2 0 1 6 0 0 2 6 .273 .333 .424 .758 4.3
Close/Late   183 23 51 16 0 4 27 0 0 20 34 .279 .364 .432 .795 26.9
Mar/Apr 59 214 32 56 11 0 5 21 3 0 11 39 .262 .321 .383 .704 24.2
May 74 245 32 77 22 0 5 26 2 1 21 42 .314 .387 .465 .852 39.1
June 73 230 19 60 12 0 1 18 1 0 22 35 .261 .346 .326 .672 24.9
July 51 196 26 54 18 0 2 27 0 0 10 42 .276 .306 .398 .704 22.6
August 79 288 37 82 18 0 4 37 2 1 21 47 .285 .363 .389 .752 36.1
Sep/Oct 95 324 40 75 13 3 3 25 1 0 28 67 .231 .307 .318 .625 30.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hoover Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2008 22 MLD HL 3B 50 47 318.4 19 59 3 5 .963 2.20   1.0
    1B 0 0 0.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 22.50   0.0
  TBD HL 3B 50 47 525.0 32 98 4 8 .970 2.23   1.3
    1B 0 0 0.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
  TOT   3B 100 94 843.4 51 157 7 13 .967 2.22   2.3
      1B 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
2009 23 TBD HL 3B 151 150 1303.3 106 227 27 19 .925 2.30   1.9
    1B 3 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2010 24 TBD HL 3B 147 144 1256.3 91 238 8 17 .976 2.36   3.1
    1B 2 0 3.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 8.11   0.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 398 388 3403.1 248 622 42 49 .954 2.30   7.3
  1B 5 0 10.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 6.97   0.0
  2B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   404 388 3416.4 256 622 42 49 .954 2.31   7.3
Career Highs   154 150 1309.3 109 238 27 19 .976 2.37    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Doubles
2009-2-47
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 2
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21
 
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History
Drafted in 30th round, 583rd overall pick, by Xiang Nan in 2004
Injured on 5/30/2005 with a Bruised Hand, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 4/7/2008, off Gary Romaine (SCS)
Hit first career homerun on 5/22/2008, off George Aguilar (OK)
Traded from Mildenhall to Local on 7/31/2008 (Going to TBD: 1B Michael Aldridge, 3B Ruben Cantu, P Harold Cranmer. Going to MLD: 1B James Gaines)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Johnsonville on 5/2/2009
Drove in 6 runs against Johnsonville on 5/8/2009