Rich Ramos

Richard Clair Ramos

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 5", Weight 225 lb.
• School Joliet Junior College
• High School Lockport Township High School
• Born January 5, 1934 in Joliet, IL USA
• Died June 7, 2021

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Biographical Information

Rich Ramos went 53-54 in a five-year minor league career. He debuted with the 1953 Wisconsin Rapids White Sox and went 11-5 with a 3.33 ERA and 132 strikeouts in 119 innings. The next year, he fell to 11-11 with a 4.28 ERA for the Waterloo White Hawks and followed with a 13-12, 3.68 campaign with the Superior Blues. In '56, Rich was 10-11 with a 4.47 ERA for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. Returning to Colorado Springs, Ramos had a 8-15, 5.33 line in his final season and was one loss behind Western League leader Sherman Jones.

He is the uncle of Mark Grant and father of minor-league pitcher Rick Ramos. He later was computer security manager of Argonne National Laboratory and volunteered for his church.

Sources: 1954 and 1958 Baseball Guides, Pat Doyle's Professional Baseball Player Database, Obituary