Capped his finest season as a Red Sox with his first career American League home run crown then earned Most Valuable Player honors in the World Series...batted .308 with 44 doubles, 43 homers, 130 RBI, 348 total bases, 108 runs scored, 82 walks, a .613 slugging percentage and a .397 on-base percentage in a team-high 152 games...topped 30 long balls and 100 RBI for the 7th season in a row, a streak matched only by Alex Rodriguez over the last 7 seasons.

- With 43 homers, Ramirez captured his first career home run title, the first by a Red Sox since Tony Armas clubbed 43 homers in 1984...it was the 18th home run title in franchise history.

- In addition to leading the league in homers, Manny topped the A.L. in home run ratio (one every 13.2 at-bats), slugging (.613) and OPS (1.010) and ranked 2nd with 87 extra-base hits, tied for 2nd with an RBI every 4.4 atbats, 3rd with 130 RBI, 4th with 348 total bases and 7th with a .340 average with runners in scoring position.

- Named to his 7th All-Star team, (1995, 1998-99, 2001-2004), Ramirez was voted an All-Star starter for the 4th straight season since coming to Boston...only 2 other Red Sox have been selected to start 4 or more All-Star Games in a row: Wade Boggs (7 straight, 1986-92) and Carl Yastrzemski (6 straight, 1967-72)...Manny hit a first-inning 2-run homer off Roger Clemens in the Mid-Summer Classic in Houston.

- With 2 grand slams in 2004--August 20 at Chicago off Mark Buehrle and September 10 at Seattle off Aaron Taylor, ran his career total to 17, one behind active leader Robin Ventura and 5thmost in major league history behind Lou Gehrig (23), Eddie Murray (19), Willie McCovey (18) and Ventura.

- With his first career homer against the Dodgers on June 12, Manny has homered against 26 of the 30 major league clubs...he has not gone deep against the Rockies or Giants, both of whom he faced for the first time in his career in 2004...he's never faced the Diamondbacks and has not gone deep in 7 career games (25 at-bats) against the Cubs...10 active major leaguers have homered against all 30 clubs.

- Hit .315 with 23 homers and 72 RBI in 78 games at Fenway and .301 with 20 long balls and 58 RBI on the road...Manny's 23 homers at Fenway are the most by a Red Sox since Mo Vaughn hit 27 in 1996...hit .309 with 30 homers and 89 RBI off righthanders and .306 with 13 homers and 41 RBI off lefties...was 8-for-18 with 2 grand slams and 18 RBI with the bases loaded...hit .388 (33-for-85) in April....hit 9 homers in May and August...knocked in 25 runs in August...hit 7 homers and drove in 16 runs against the Yankees...hit 6 homers and drove in 12 in only 9 games vs. Seattle...hit 14 homers with 2 strikes against him...batted .289 (54-for-187) with 15 homers and 46 RBI in 51 games batting 3rd and .318 (121-for-380) with 28 homers and 84 RBI in 100 games batting clean-up...led off 14 innings with a home run...had 27 go-ahead RBI, 14 game-tying RBI and 58 RBI with 2 outs.

- Hit safely in 9 straight games from April 7-18, hitting .436 (17-for-39)...became the 69th player in major league history to hit 350 homers, stroking a solo homer off Mike Mussina in the 5th inning April 17...was his 30th career homer vs. the Yankees...his 2-run homer off New York's Javier Vazquez gave the Sox their 2-0 win April 25...fell a triple shy of the cycle June 10 vs. San Diego, going 3-for-4 with 3 RBI and 2 runs...stroked 4 hits July 1 at New York, including a pair of homers...went 4-for-5 with 2 homers and 5 RBI July 10 vs. Texas...his 26 homers before the All-Star Break matched his career high (2001)...either scored or knocked in a run in 9 straight starts in his final 9 games before the All-Star Break, with 18 RBI and 9 runs scored in that span...had an RBI in 6 straight starts (14 RBI total) before the Break...August 20 in Chicago, touched Mark Buehrle for his 16th career grand slam, his first since September 11, 2002 at Tampa Bay...had 11 RBI in 3 games at the White Sox August 20-22...scored a seasonhigh 3 runs August 25 at Toronto...slugged a pair of homers in Boston's 10-7 win over Anaheim August 31...scored a run in 6 straight games from August 25-September 1 (10 runs)...September 10 at Seattle connected for his 17th career grand slam, tied with Jimmie Foxx and Ted Williams for 5th-most in major league history, one behind Robin Ventura for most by an active player...also matched his season-high with 5 RBI for the 4th time...hit safely in a season-high 11 straight games from September 20-October 1, batting .326 (14-for-43).

- The World Series MVP, Ramirez hit safely in all 14 post-season games, batting .350 (21-for-60) with 3 doubles, 2 homers, 11 RBI and 8 runs scored...went 5-for-13 (.385) with 2 doubles, a homer, a team-high 7 RBI and 3 runs scored in the 3- game ALDS vs. Anaheim, driving in at least 2 in each game...was 2-for-5 with a double, a homer, 3 RBI and 2 runs in Game 1...took Scot Shields deep with 2 on in the 4th, part of a 7-run explosion in a 9-3 win...had a double in 3 tries and knocked in a pair in Game 2...was 2-for-5 with 2 RBI in Game 3...batted .300 (9-for-30) with a double and 3 runs scored in the 7-game ALCS vs. the Yankees...was 2-for-3 with 3 walks and a run scored in Game 4 and 2-for-6 in Game 5...earned World Series MVP honors, batting .412 (7-for- 17) with a homer and 4 RBI in the 4-game sweep vs. St. Louis...went 3-for-5 and drove in a pair in Game 1...went 2-for-4 with a homer, 2 RBI and a key outfield assist in Game 3...after staking the Sox to a 1-0 lead with a first-inning home run off Jeff Suppan, helped Pedro Martinez and the Red Sox escape a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the bottom of the inning, catching a Jim Edmonds fly ball, then throwing out Larry Walker at home plate.

In 2003, slammed a team-leading 37 homers, drove in 104, scored 117 and ranked 2nd in the league with a .325 batting average in a career-high 154 games...voted to start the All-Star Game, he led the A.L. for the 2nd year in a row with a .427 on-base percentage, aided by a career-high 97 bases on balls...was intentionally walked a league-high 28 times, most ever by a Red Sox right-handed hitter...finished 6th in A.L. MVP voting, his 6th straight top 10 finish...won his 6th A.L. Silver Slugger Award, his 5th in a row...trailed only Carlos Delgado in the A.L. with a 1.014 OPS.

Won the A.L. batting title hitting and Silver Slugger Award .349 (152-436) despite missing 39 games with a fractured left index finger...He became the 3rd Red Sox in the last 4 years to win the A.L. batting title (Garciaparra won consecutive titles w/.357 in 1999 and .372 in 2000)...Became the 1st player to win a batting title playing 119 games or less since George Brett hit .390 in 117 games in 1980...Went 0-2 w/4 BB and 2 R on Opening Day 4/1 vs. Tor...Also recorded his 4,000th career AB in the 7th inng...Named A.L. Player of the Week for the period of 4/15-21 after hitting .500 (11-22) w/9 R, 2B, 4 HR, 10 RBI , 1.091 slugging pct., .621 OBP...Finished April hitting .346 (27-78) w/7 HR, 26 RBI, .679 slugging...Had 5 RBI on 5/1 vs. Bal. (2-4 w/2 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI)...Was also his 29th career multi-HR game and 7th with the Red Sox...Started in RF for the first time as a member of the Red Sox on 5/4 at TB...It was his first start in RF since 10/1/00 w/Cle. vs. Tor...Fractured his left index finger on 5/11 at Sea. sliding into home plate while attempting to score from second base (3rd inng.)...Was placed on the D.L. on 5/14 and missed 39 games...He hit safely in 24 of his first 33 games before going on the D.L...Started rehab assignment with Pawt. (AAA) on 6/13 vs. Richmond (0-4 w/3 K)...Played 10 G in Pawt. hitting .100 (3-30) w/2B, HR, 2 RBI...Returned to lineup on 6/25...Had a 10-G hit streak from 5/4-6/26 and hit .417 (15-36) w/2 2B, 5 RBI...Hit first HR since return from the D.L. on 7/11 at Tor. (2-4 w/2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI)...Established a career-high with 5 hits on 7/16 at Det...Recorded his 1,000th career RBI on 8/22 vs. Tex. (4-4 w/BB, 6 RBI, 3 R, 2 HR)...His 32nd multi-HR game...The 6 RBI were his most in a game with the Red Sox and most in a game since 7/29/00 at Balt. w/Cle. (6 RBI)...Went 2-2 w/2 BB on 8/23 and extended his streak of reaching base safely to 12 straight plate apps. (7 H, 5 BB)...Streak was snapped at 14 straight plate apps. on 8/24 vs. Ana...The streak ran from 8/21-24 (5 singles, 1 2B, 2 HR, 6 BB)...It was the longest streak in the A.L. since F. Thomas (15 str. PA) from 5/16-20/97 w/CWS...Hit his 300th career HR on 8/26 vs. Ana. (off R. Ortiz) going 5-5 w/2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R...It was his second career 5-hit game (other 7/16/02) at Det...Had streak of reaching base safely snap at 24 games on 8/28; it was the longest streak by a Red Sox since J. Varitek in 2000 (24 G 4/8-5/11/00)...Hit his 15th career grand slam on 9/11 at TB (off P. Wilson) to give the Red Sox a 4-2 lead in a 6-3 win...15 grand slams are the 2nd most by an active player behind Robin Ventura (16)...Recorded his 100th RBI (despite missing 39 G due to injury) on 9/17, the 5th consec. season he reached 100 RBI or more and the 7th time in his last 8 seasons...It was the 2nd time in his career that he went over 100 RBI despite missing 39 or more games (other: 38 HR w/122 RBI in '00 despite missing 44 G)...He ended the season by hitting safely in 41 of his last 45 G in which he had a PA (.410, 68-166)...Ended the season with a season-high 13-game hitting streak (.468, 22-47)...Finished 1st in the A.L. in batting .348 (46-132) after the 6th inning and 1st w/a .360 road batting avg. (80-222)...Batted .396 (38-96) w/10 2B, 9 HR, 30 RBI in 27 Sept. games...Became the first Sox player to have 30RBI in Sept. since Jim Rice had 31 RBI in 1980 and the 1st to have 30 in any month since he had 31 in Apr. 2001...Was 4th on the Sox w/30, 2-out RBI incl. 17 from 8/22 on...Led Sox w/30 game-tying, go-ahead RBI incl. 27 after 7/16...Started 50 games as DH...Hit 4 balls off the LF Wall at Fenway Park on the fly and a team-high 10 HR over it...Led the Sox w/7 multi-HR games and 29 multi-RBI G.  

Went 1-3 in his Sox debut on Opening Day 4/2 at Balt. as DH...Hit a 3-R HR on 1st pitch (off R. Rupe) in his Fenway Park debut in 11-4 win vs. TB on 4/6...Hit GW-2 run, 2-out single (off M. Rivera) in the bottom of the 10th in a 3-2 win vs. NYY on 4/13...Hit .447 (17- 38) w/3 2B, HR and 13 RBI in Sox 10-game homestand 4/6-16...Had a season-high 12-G hit streak 4/5-4/17 (21-47 .447, 3 2B, 3 HR, 16 RBI)...His 1st multi-HR Sox game (2 HR) was 4/17 at TB...Had 2 other multi-HR G ( 4/22 and 4/29), 13 multi-hit G and 9 multi-RBI G in April...Hit safely in 22 of 25 games he played in April...He was named A.L. Player of the Month for April batting .408 (40-98) w/5 2B, 9 HR, 31 RBI and a .735 slugging pct...Became the 1st Sox to record 30 RBI in a month since N. Garciaparra in May 1999 and 1st Sox OF to record 30 RBI in a month since T. Brunansky in July 1992...31 RBI is the Sox record for April...Recorded his 1st 4-hit game of the season at Oak on 5/5...Hit his 250th career HR on 5/17 at Minn. (2-run HR off B. Radke)...Recorded his 49th and 50th RBI on 5/17 to become the 2nd quickest Sox player to reach 50 RBI in his 1st 40 G (Walt Dropo, 50 RBI in his 1st 36 G, the Sox 49th G, in 1950)...Batted .347 (34-98) w/7 HR, 27 RBI, .662 slugging pct. in 26 G in May...Hit safely in 41 of his 1st 51 games (April and May), 74- 196 .378 w/16 HR, 58 RBI...Hit an estimated 491ft. HR on 6/3 at Tor. (off C. Carpenter) reaching the 5th deck at SkyDome (longest HR hit in SkyDome history)...Started his first 54 G w/Sox at DH before he started in LF at NYY on 6/4...4 IBB in an 18-inng. 4-3 win vs. Det. on 6/5, 4 IBB in an extra-inning game tied R. Maris w/NYY vs. LA on 5/22/62 for the A.L. extra-inng. record...Homered in 4 consecutive games from 6/2 - 6/5...Hit 2 solo HR on 6/23 vs. Tor. (off C. Michalak)...The 1st HR was estimated at 463 ft. and the 2nd HR was est. at 501 ft., hitting high off the light standard in left field...Hit .245 (25-102) w/8 HR, 20 RBI in 26 G in June...Was the Sox representative in the 2001 All-Star game, went 0-1...Recorded a season-high 10 TB w/2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI in a 7-2 win at CWS on 7/ 20...Batted .280 (26-93) w/9 2B, 8 HR, 18 RBI and .634 slugging pct. in 26 G in July...Hit his 1st grand-slam as a Sox on 8/19 vs. Balt. (off C. Maduro), his 14th career GS and tied him for 2nd among active players w/M. McGwire and K. Griffey, Jr...Missed 7 games w/ right hamstring strain (8/20-8/26)...With his solo HR at Cle. on 8/ 29, he hit at least one HR vs. every Sox opponent except Fla...Hit .234 (18-77) w/7 HR, 15 RBI in 21 G in August...Hit his 40th HR (off T. Sturtze) vs. TB on 9/18, the 3rd time in his career he hit 40 HR and the 1st Sox player to hit 40 or more HR since M. Vaughn hit 40 in 1998...Joined Jimmie Foxx and Dick Stuart as the only Sox players to hit 40 or more HR in his 1st season w/club (Foxx hit 41 in 1936; Stuart hit 43 in 1963)...Hit .311 (19-61) w/3 2B, 2 HR, 14 RBI in 18 G in Sept...Missed last 6 G w/sore left wrist from HBP on 9/28 at Det...Finished the season tied 4th in A.L. w/41 HR, the 6th highest total in club history...Led the AL in IBB w/25...Ranked 2nd in A.L. for batting avg. vs. LHP .462 (67-145)...2nd in go-ahead RBI w/ 34...Ranked 4th in A.L. for HR frequency (12.9), slugging pct. (.609), batting avg. vs. LHP (.342) and HR on the road (20)...Tied for 4th in A.L. for RBI on the road (73)...He was 5th in the AL in RBI off RHP (100)...T5th in HR off LHP (10) and HR off RHP (31)...Ranked 6th in the AL on-base pct. (.405), TB (322) and strikeouts (147)...Finished 8th in the AL in batting avg. on the road (.319) and HR at home (22)...Hit safely in 104 of his 142 games played...Played 87 games at DH and 55 games (55 GS) in LF...Did not commit any errors and had 1 OF assist...Was 50-159 .314 w/60 RBI w/ RISP...Led Sox w/46 multi-hit G...Was 5-20 w/1 HR w/bases loaded...Led Sox w/51 2-out RBI and 47 game-tying and go-ahead RBI...Batted 4th 136 times and 3rd 6 times...Led Sox by hitting 10 fly balls off the LF wall in Fenway Park and 15 HR over the wall...Named to The Sporting News Silver Slugger Team.

Signed as a free agent with Boston on 12/13/00...Hit a career-high .351 (154-439) with 34 2B, 38 HR & 122 RBI in just 118 games...Despite missing 44 games due to various left hamstring injuries, his 122 RBI ranked 8th in the A.L. and 38 HR ranked 9th...Led the AL in slugg. pct. (.697) for the 2nd straight season and finished 3rd with a .457 on-base pct...His career-best .351 avg. was 3rd among AL hitters and his .381 (88-231) avg. with men on base was 2nd to N. Garciaparra...Hit safely in a career-high and 2000 Indians-high 20 straight G from 8/15 – 9/5 (5th longest in AL in 2000)...Previous high streak was 18 in 1997...393 RBI over his last 359 G since 8/15/98...Hit his 200th career HR on 4/9 at TB off D. Eiland and collected his 1000th career hit on 7/18 vs. Hou. off S. Reynolds...Was on the 15-day DL from 5/30 – 7/12 with a strained left hamstring...Missed 39 games (Clev. was 19-20) and spent 44 days on the DL, his first M.L. stint on the DL...After his return from the DL he hit .371 (95-256) with 22 2B, 25 HR & 75 RBI in 71 G (25 at DH, 46 in RF)...Missed 4 G from 8/6-9 with a similar strain of the hamstring...Hit safely in 60 of the 71 G after his return and reached base safely in A.L. best 49 straight G from 7/29 to 9/ 23...Collected an RBI in 9 consec. G from 5/5-13 which tied him w/A. Rosen (5/15-23/1954) for the Indians' rec...Hit HR in 6 of last 10 games and 11 of last 23 incl. a HR in his last AB on 10/1 vs. Tor. in the 7th inng. off J. Frascatore...Had four 2-HR G, the last on 7/ 29 at Balt. (day)...His 4.27 pitches seen/PA led the A.L. (2269 P/ 532 PA)...Hit .380 (49-129) from the 7th inning on.

Broke Hal Trosky's 1936 club rec. of 162 RBI on 9/30 vs. Tor. on a 3-run HR off J. Bale to give him 164 RBI...Named Indians Co-Man of the Year and T3rd in the A.L. M.V.P. voting with R. Alomar...1st player since J. Foxx in 1938 to top 160+ RBI mark & the 1st Indian to rec. consec. 130+ RBI seasons...44 HR was 4th most in Clev. history...Named to The Sporting News All-Star team for the 2nd time and was also named to the A.L. Silver Slugger Team for the 2nd time...His ratio of 1.12 RBI per game is T10th all-time w/B. Ruth (1931) and H. Greenberg (1935) and was the highest ratio since J. Foxx 1.17 in 1938...He ranked in the top 10 in nine offensive categories.

Indians' '98 Man of the Year after hitting .294 (168-571) w/a career-high 45 HR & 145 RBI in 150 G...Finished 6th in the A.L. M.V.P. voting...45 HR was 3rd highest in club history and 145 RBI tied for 3rd since 1901...Became only the 2nd player in ML history to hit 8 HR over 5 G, 9/15-19 (F. Howard in 1968)...Incl. a 3 HR G vs. Tor. on 9/15...Toured Japan with the MLB All-Stars after the season (.250, 7G, 5-20, 2HR, 5RBI).  

Hit .328 (184-561), which was T4th in the A.L...Also a career-best 85 BB...Hit 3 grand slams...His 107 RBI were T7th in the A.L...Hit in 18 straight games from 8/30-9/17...Hit grand slams on 6/21 vs. NYY off G. Lloyd and on 7/6 vs. K.C. off T. Belcher...Hit his 100th career HR on 8/8 vs. Tex. off T. Sturtze...T9th among AL outfielders w/10 assists.

His 2nd straight 30+HR, 100+RBI...T1st in A.L. in grand slams (3) and 6th in extra-base hits (81)...Also led AL outfielders with 19 assists...Hit 3 grand slams, first Indian to since A. Thornton in 1979.

Won first Silver Slugger Award and was a member of The Sporting News All-Star Team (OF) after hitting .308 with 26 2B, 1 3B, 31 HR & 107 RBI...Became the 25th player in M.L. history to collect 30+ HR & 100+ RBI in a season at the age of 23 or younger and just the second Indians player to do so...Hal Trosky did it in 1934 & 1936...Selected by AL Manager Buck Showalter as a reserve on the 1995 A. L. All-Star team...Named AL "Player-of-the Month" for May when he hit .394 (39-99) w/8 2B, 11 HR & 27 RBI...Hit first career grand slam on 8/4 vs. CWS off J. Bere...He & A. Belle's 81 combined HR's set a Clev. record...Signed a 4-year contract with a club option for the 2000 season on 12/7.  

Finished 2nd behind KC's Bob Hamelin in the BBWAA 1994 "Rookie-of- the-Year" voting...Named the 3rd best rookie by Baseball America in '94 behind LA's Raul Mondesi and Hamelin...Manny was 2nd among A.L. rookies in almost every offensive category including H, 2B, HR and RBI...Played for Aguilas in the Dominican Winter Lg.  

Named Minor League "Player of the Year" by Baseball America...At AA Canton-Akron and AAA Charlotte combined to hit .333 (163-489) in 129 games with 31 HR and 115 RBI...Baseball America named him the 2nd Best Prospect in the Eastern Lg...Was promoted to AAA Charlotte on 7/19...Named International Lg. "Batter of the Week" for 8/22-28 when he hit .483 (14-29) with 6 2B, 4 HR, 8 RBI and a 1.103 Slugging Pct...Contract was purch. by Clev. from AAA on 9/1...Made ML debut 9/2, going 0-4 at Minn. ..In his second ML game at NYY, he went 3-4 w/3 R, 2 HR, 2B and 3 RBI on 9/3...His first ML hit was a double off Melido Perez and his first HR came off Perez in that game.