Ruben Gotay (Ruben Bruce Gotay) was born on December 25, 1982 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. He made his Major League debut on August 3, 2004 for the Kansas City Royals. In 2004, his rookie year, he hit .270 with 1 home run and 16 RBI. Gotay played for the Kansas City Royals for his entire 2 year career.
Statistics
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
2004
KC
A
44
152
17
41
1
16
.270
.315
.375
7
3
9
36
2
1
0
0
4
2005
KC
A
86
282
32
64
5
29
.227
.288
.344
14
2
22
51
4
4
2
0
3
2007
NYM
N
98
190
25
56
4
24
.295
.351
.421
12
0
16
42
1
3
3
1
2
Total
NL
98
190
25
56
4
24
.295
.351
.421
12
0
16
42
1
3
3
1
2
Total
AL
130
434
49
105
6
45
.242
.297
.355
21
5
31
87
6
5
2
0
7
Total
228
624
74
161
10
69
.258
.313
.375
33
5
47
129
7
8
5
1
9
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
2004
KC
A
2B
42
41
368.1
78
97
3
29
0
0
0
0
0
.983
2005
KC
A
DH
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2005
KC
A
2B
81
74
666
155
232
8
50
0
0
0
0
0
.980
Total
2B
123
115
1034.1
233
329
11
79
0
0
0
0
0
.981
Total
DH
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Transactions
Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 31st round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 2000 - signed May 28, 2001).
Traded by Kansas City Royals to New York Mets in exchange for Jeff Keppinger (July 19, 2006).
Trivia
Gotay is the nephew of former Major Leaguer Julio Gotay.
