Dan Ramirez got to play in a major league stadium in 1993 - with the AA Bowie BaySox.
Ramirez got into 16 games that year for Bowie, a team that played its first year at the newly vacated Memorial Stadium in Baltimore as it waited for its permanent home to open.
"It was a real nostalgic feeling for me to play where so much history was made and to get a sense of that," Ramirez told The Baltimore Sun as he and his team wrapped their Memorial stay.
For Ramirez, though, that stay would be the closest he'd get to the majors over five seasons. He topped out at AA.
Ramirez' career began in 1990, taken by the Orioles in the 21st round of the draft out of the University of Tennessee.
Ramirez started with the Orioles at rookie Bluefield. He went 2 for 2 after coming in as a pinch hitter to help Bluefield to a July win, then hit a three-run home run two nights later.
Overall, Ramirez hit .289 in 57 games, with two home runs at Bluefield. He moved to single-A Kane County for 1991. He hit .264 in 120 games there.
For 1992, he arrived at high-A Frederick. He returned to Frederick for 1993, then made AA Bowie. He saw 15 games at Bowie, going 2 for 31.
Ramirez moved to independent Saskatoon for 1994. He saw 35 games and hit .238 to end his career.
Made the Majors:1,423-32.0
Never Made Majors:3,022-68.0%-X
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