Manuel Aristides (Onelcida) Ramirez...makes his off-season home in Pembroke Pines, FL with his wife Juliana and three sons... graduated from George Washington High School in Bronx, NY in 1991...was a three-time All-City selection in baseball...named New York City Public Schools High School Player of the Year in 1991, when he batted .615 with 14 homers in 22 games...was inducted into the New York City Public Schools Athletic Hall of Fame in October 1999...collects antique cars...appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno in November 2007...will donate $1 million of his salary to the Dodgers Dream Foundation for the purpose of buliding a brand new Dodger Dreamfield...this donation spawned what is now the "Ramirez Provision," in every Dodger contract going forward, which leaves a blank space on the contract where the player signed must fill in the amount of money he wishes to pledge to the Dodgers Dream Foundation... signed by Indians' scout Joe DeLucca.

Enjoyed one of the most productive final two months of a season in baseball history, carrying the Dodgers to their first National League West division championship since 2004 and their first National League Championship Series appearance since 1988...After being acquired from Boston moments before the July 31 trade deadline, batted .396 with 14 doubles, 17 homers, 53 RBI, a .469 on-base percentage, and a .743 slugging percentage in 53 regular-season games...from August 1 through season's end, led the Majors in that time in batting average, RBI, onbase percentage, and slugging percentage...also ranked third in homers behind only Miguel Cabrera (18) and Ryan Howard (18)...His 21 homers as a Dodger from August 1 through the postseason (17 in regular season and four in postseason) were the most by any player on the team for the entire season, one more than Andre Ethier's 20...His .396 average with the Dodgers is the second-highest ever for an in-season acquisition behind only Cesar Cedeno, who hit .434 in 28 games in 1985 after his trade to the Cardinals from the Reds...Hit .332 in a combined 153 games with Boston and Los Angeles to rank third in all of baseball behind only Chipper Jones (.364) and Albert Pujols (.357)...also tied for fourth in the Majors with 37 home runs and tied for sixth with 121 RBI...ranked second in the big leagues with a .601 slugging percentage, behind Albert Pujols (.651)...ranked fourth in the Majors with a .430 on-base percentage...His .332 average was his highest since 2002, when he won the American League batting title with a .349 average...has hit .300 or above in eight of the last 10 seasons beginning in 1999...did not have an average lower than .292 in that time...Finished with 527 career home runs to rank 17th on baseball's all-time list...hit homer No. 500 on May 31 at Baltimore, accomplishing the feat in his 7,263rd at-bat, eighth fewest all-time...began the season with 490 career homers, and went on to surpass on the all-time list Fred McGriff (493), Lou Gehrig (493), Gary Sheffield (499), Eddie Murray (504), Mel Ott (511), Eddie Mathews (512), Ernie Banks (512), Willie McCovey (521), Frank Thomas (521), and Ted Williams (521)...With 53 RBI with the Dodgers and 68 RBI with the Red Sox, joins Carlos Beltran as the only players in Major League history to record at least 50 RBI in both leagues in the same season...Beltran turned the trick in 2004, collecting 51 RBI with Kansas City and 53 with Houston...Became the fifth player to hit at least 15 homers with two different teams in the same season, joining Fred McGriff (San Diego and Atlanta in 1993), Mark McGwire (Oakland and St. Louis in 1997), David Justice (Cleveland and New York Yankees in 2000), and Carlos Beltran (Kansas City and Houston in 2004)...Was named the Sharp Presents the National League Player of the Month for August...batted .415 (44-for-106), with seven doubles, nine home runs, 25 RBI and 21 runs scored in 29 games...led the NL in batting average, ranked second in hits, was tied for second in home runs, and ranked third in RBI...Logged his 51st multi-homer game August 30 at Arizona, going deep twice in the Dodgers' 6-2 win, the start of an eight-game winning streak...His nine homers in August were the most in a calendar month for a Dodger since James Loney's nine in September/October 2007...Went 2-for-4 in his Dodger debut on August 1 vs. Arizona...hit his first home run on August 2 off Arizona's Yusmeiro Petit...belted four homers in his first six games from August 1-7...In his first 16 games with the club, collected 25 hits, six home runs, and 21 RBI...since RBI became an official stat in 1920, only one other player reached Ramirez's totals in each of those categories over his first 16 games with a team (Mandy Brooks had 25 hits, six homers, and 24 RBI in his first 16 games with the Chicago Cubs in 1925)...Hit safely in each of the club's eight post-season games, batting .520 (13-for-25) with four homers, 10 RBI, 11 walks, and a .667 on-base percentage