Mario Martin Ramos is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Ramos was born in Aurora, Illinois. He went to Pflugerville High School in Pflugerville, Texas, where he also resides today. He was a 5'11", 180-pound pitcher. Before being drafted, Ramos attended Rice University. In 1996, the Kansas City Royals drafted him in the 48th round. He decided not to sign and continued to pitch for Rice. In 1999, he was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 6th round ?this time he signed. From 2000?2001, Ramos had a 30-9 record in the minors. On January 14, 2002, he was traded to the Texas Rangers along with Jason Hart, Gerald Laird and Ryan Ludwick for Carlos Pe�a and Mike Venafro. From 2002?2003, his winning percentage dropped to .379. That trade, it seems, had a very bad effect on his career. Even though he had a mediocre season in the minors in 2003, he was still called up to the Rangers. On June 19, he made his major league debut. At the end of 2003, he was selected off waivers from the Rangers by the team who drafted him, the Oakland Athletics. [More at Wikipedia]

October 19th, 1977 in Aurora (Age 47)