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Branch Rickey League
4-21-2229
Armando Rios Center Field
Retired (1990, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .279 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .811 Status Deceased (2026) Option Years 0  
H 1790 Age at Death 73 Date of Birth 07-04-1953
HR 258 Drafted Round 1, Pick 16
(1971)
Majors Svc Time 15 years
(73 games)
RBI 1051
SB 135
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed A- Bunt D+ Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 9
1B --- LF C- (31.4%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 11
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health D- LCS Appearances 12
3B --- RF A+ (98.1%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1971 Minors 18 71.00 8 / 8 10 / 10 9 / 11 5 / 5 3 / 14 12 / 12 11 / 11 58 / 71
1972 Minors 19 63.00 8 / 9 8 / 8 4 / 7 12 / 13 2 / 8 5 / 5 13 / 13 52 / 63
1973 Minors 20 61.00 8 / 10 8 / 11 5 / 9 6 / 9 1 / 10 9 / 9 3 / 3 40 / 61
1974 Minors 21 63.00 7 / 12 4 / 7 5 / 12 4 / 10 0 / 6 8 / 8 6 / 8 34 / 63
1975 Minors 22 71.00 3 / 8 6 / 15 1 / 11 4 / 11 0 / 4 9 / 10 9 / 12 32 / 71
1976 Majors 23 70.31 154 124 8 5 / 9 3 / 6 4 / 9 3 / 13 2 / 13 7 / 11 5 / 9 29 / 70
1977 Majors 24 70.15 162 130 0 2 / 5 6 / 15 4 / 15 1 / 13 0 / 8 7 / 11 2 / 3 22 / 70
1978 Majors 25 71.98 162 130 0 3 / 7 3 / 12 2 / 12 5 / 13 0 / 10 4 / 9 2 / 8 19 / 71
1979 Majors 26 71.02 162 130 0 4 / 11 3 / 8 2 / 9 1 / 11 0 / 5 5 / 17 3 / 10 18 / 71
1980 Majors 27 65.73 152 122 10 1 / 9 3 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 13 2 / 7 3 / 11 9 / 65
1981 Majors 28 57.03 133 107 29 1 / 9 1 / 3 1 / 10 0 / 12 0 / 8 1 / 10 1 / 5 5 / 57
1982 Majors 29 54.70 127 103 35 0 / 10 0 / 1 0 / 8 1 / 12 0 / 9 1 / 9 1 / 5 3 / 54
1983 Majors 30 69.04 162 130 0 1 / 10 1 / 13 0 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 6 1 / 11 0 / 9 3 / 69
1984 Majors 31 69.04 162 130 0 0 / 15 0 / 14 0 / 8 0 / 3 0 / 12 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 69
1985 Majors 32 57.93 139 107 23 0 / 7 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 3 0 / 57
1986 Majors 33 62.67 146 118 16 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 62
1987 Majors 34 69.04 162 130 0 -2 / 5 -2 / 7 -2 / 17 -1 / 8 -5 / 14 -2 / 10 -3 / 8 -17 / 69
1988 Majors 35 45.09 162 50 0 -2 / 2 -3 / 9 -3 / 5 -6 / 10 -9 / 7 0 / 6 -2 / 6 -25 / 45
1989 Majors 36 45.95 162 61 0 -2 / 4 -5 / 7 -1 / 5 -2 / 5 -6 / 8 -1 / 8 0 / 8 -17 / 45
1990 Majors 37 23.53 142 17 20 -3 / 2 -1 / 3 -2 / 4 -6 / 5 -3 / 2 -2 / 4 -3 / 3 -20 / 23
Total 2289 1589 141 42 / 160 45 / 180 29 / 187 27 / 192 -15 / 174 66 / 182 51 / 151 245 / 1226
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1990-11-01Armando Rios has retired from the Toronto Nots
1990-06-06Armando Rios of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1986-07-02Armando Rios of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1985-10-09Armando Rios of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 48 days.
1985-07-30Armando Rios of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1982-09-30Armando Rios of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1982-08-06Armando Rios of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1982-06-15Armando Rios of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1981-09-11Armando Rios of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1981-05-05Armando Rios of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1980-09-19Armando Rios of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1977-04-01The Toronto Nots have promoted Al Somerlott to the major league team. The Toronto Nots have promoted Curt Campanella to the major league team. The Toronto Nots have promoted Rich Ignasiak to the major league team. The Toronto Nots have promoted Armando Rios to the major league team. The Toronto Nots have promoted Gene Geiger to the major league team.
1976-10-03The Toronto Nots have sent Armando Rios to the minors. The Toronto Nots have sent Ramon Monaro to the minors. The Toronto Nots have sent Rich Ignasiak to the minors.
1976-05-25Armando Rios of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1976-03-25The Toronto Nots have promoted Armando Rios to the major league team. The Toronto Nots have designated Pat Oster for assignment.
1971-04-01The Toronto Nots have renamed Armando Altenburg to Armando Rios.
1970-10-15Trade #1650868 has been completed between the Cleveland Nots and the Baltimore Terrapins. The Baltimore Terrapins receive Draft Pick 1974 Round 1 SD (Roy Perkins) from the Cleveland Nots in exchange for Draft Pick 1971 Round 1 BAL (Armando Rios).