Rubén Sierra

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Baseball player

Rubén Sierra
Right fielder / Designated hitter
Born: (1965-10-06) October 6, 1965 (age 58) Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Batted: Switch Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 1, 1986, for the Texas Rangers
Last MLB appearance
July 9, 2006, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics
Batting average	.268
Hits	2,152
Home runs	306
Runs batted in	1,322
Teams
Texas Rangers (1986–1992) Oakland Athletics (1992–1995) New York Yankees (1995–1996) Detroit Tigers (1996) Cincinnati Reds (1997) Toronto Blue Jays (1997) Chicago White Sox (1998) Texas Rangers (2000–2001) Seattle Mariners (2002) Texas Rangers (2003) New York Yankees (2003–2005) Minnesota Twins (2006)
Career highlights and awards
4× All-Star (1989, 1991, 1992, 1994) Silver Slugger Award (1989) AL RBI leader (1989) Texas Rangers Hall of Fame

Rubén Angel Sierra García (born October 6, 1965) is a Puerto Rican former

Sierra graduated from Liceo Interamericano Castro High School in Puerto Rico in 1983, where he played baseball, basketball and volleyball.

MLB career

In November 1982, the

In 1995, the A's traded Sierra to the New York Yankees for Danny Tartabull.^[3] After helping the Yankees reach the playoffs for the first time in 14 years in 1995, Sierra was traded to the Detroit Tigers with Matt Drews for Cecil Fielder.^[3] Sierra was considered a journeyman because of playing for numerous teams during the late-1990s, including the Cincinnati Reds, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians. After making a comeback with the Rangers in late 2000, he would go on to achieve moderate success with the Rangers in 2001, winning AL Comeback Player of the Year, and Mariners in 2002. In 2003, during Sierra's third stint with the Rangers, he was traded back to the Yankees, who were looking for a power-hitter off the bench. Sierra was an important part of the 2004 Yankees, a team that hit over 240 home runs. Sierra himself slugged 17 of those homers as the usual designated hitter, playing in 56 games at the position.^[3]

In Game 4 of the 2004 American League Division Series, with the Yankees down to the Minnesota Twins 5–2, Sierra hit a 3-run home run to tie the game at 5–5 off of reliever Juan Rincón.^[5] His clutch home run helped the Yankees rally to win the game and the series. However, he was the final out of Game 7 of the 2004 American League Championship Series, hitting a ground ball to Pokey Reese, which secured the dramatic comeback victory of the Boston Red Sox. Sierra had an injury-plagued 2005 season and was let go by the Yankees after hitting just 4 home runs in 61 games.^[3] In 2006, Sierra signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins, but was released on July 10.^[3] In August, Sierra was offered a chance to sign on with the New York Mets for the September run and playoffs.^[6] However, due to family issues (illness to his mother), he opted not to play again in 2006.

In January 2007, Sierra signed a minor league contract with the Mets, who invited him to spring training. However, on March 20, he requested and was granted his release by the team after being reassigned the previous Thursday.^[7]

See also

• List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders
• List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders
• List of Silver Slugger Award winners at outfield
• List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders
• List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders
• List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders
• List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders
• List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet