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Rubén (Mora) Amaro, Sr. (born January 6, 1936) was a shortstop and first baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1958 through 1969. He is the son of a Cuban, Santos Amaro and a Mexican, Josefina Mora. He finished 21st in voting for the 1964 National League MVP for playing in 129 games and having 299 at-bats, 31 runs, 79 hits, 11 doubles, 4 home runs, 34 runs batted in, 16 walks, a .264 batting average, a .307 on-base percentage, and a .341 slugging percentage. Shortly after joining the New York Yankees, Amaro suffered a knee ligament injury in a collision with left fielder Tom Tresh. The injury limited Amaro to just 14 games in 1966. One of his sons, Rubén Amaro, Jr., was an outfielder in Major League Baseball in the 1990s, and is the former General Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. His father, Santos Amaro, was an outfielder in the Mexican League. Luis Amaro (Ruben's other son) also played briefly for the Philadelphia Phillies in the minors, he is currently the assistant GM of the Aguilas del Zulia baseball team in the Venezuelan winter league. Amaro currently serves as a member of the board of the Baseball Assistance Team, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping former Major League, Minor League, and Negro League players through financial and medical hardships. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rubén Amaro, Sr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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