'19 Ramon Vazquez
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- Year:
- 2019
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- Position:
- Infield
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- Team:
- Baseball
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- IHCC Years:
- 1994-95
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- Career Highlights:
- NJCAA All-Region • JUCO World Series • Drafted by Seattle Mariners in 1995 • 15 year professional career • Boston Red Sox Bench Coach • 2018 World Series Champion
Ramon came to Indian Hills in 1994 from his home in Puerto Rico and has continued his involvement in baseball ever since. With the Falcons, in the 1995 season, Ramon batted .367 with five home runs and 37 RBIs and was one of the key players on that year's JUCO World Series team. The Seattle Mariners drafted him in the 27th round after the spring season and Ramon played in the pros for more than 15 years. His MLB debut came in 2001 with the Mariners and he saw action in the big leagues with the Padres, Red Sox, Indians, Rangers and Pirates, compiling a lifetime .254 batting average. After retiring as an active player, Ramon was a minor league instructor, coach and manager. He spent the 2017 season as a major league coach for the Padres, then took on the job of coordinating statistical analysis and advanced scouting data for the World Series champion Boston Red Sox in 2018. After the championship season, Ramon returned to his native Puerto Rico to manage Santurce in the winter league there, where one of his players is fellow Hall of Fame inductee Irving Falu.