Ramón A. Nivar Martínez (born February 22, 1980 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic

San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic

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) is a Major League Baseball

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 utility player who is currently a free agent.

Nivar was original signed as an undrafted free agent by the Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers (baseball)

The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...

 in 1998. In 2003 with the Double-A Frisco RoughRiders

Frisco RoughRiders

The Frisco RoughRiders are currently the Class AA affiliate of the Texas Rangers major league baseball club. The team plays in the Texas League, assigned to the South Division. Prior to 2003, the franchise was based in Shreveport, Louisiana, and were known as the Shreveport Captains...

, he hit .347 and was selected as Baseball America

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 2nd Team Minor League All-Star, Texas League

Texas League

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 All-Star Second Baseman and Texas League

Texas League

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 Minor League Player of the Year. He also played for the World team in the All-Star Futures Game

All-Star Futures Game

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Nivar made his Major League debut on July 30, 2003 for the Rangers against the Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

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 as a ninth inning defensive replacement. He played in 28 games with the Rangers that season, hitting .211 in 90 at bats. After playing in seven more games in 2004 he was traded to the Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore Orioles

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 in March 2005, appearing in seven games with the Orioles that season.

Before 2006 Nivar signed a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

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 but did not make the roster. He played some games for the independent York Revolution

York Revolution

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 in 2007 and then signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres

San Diego Padres

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 at the end of the season.

Nivar was released during 2008 spring training

Spring training

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. He later played in the Can-Am League

Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball

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 for the New Jersey Jackals

New Jersey Jackals

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 and finished the season with for the Newark Bears

Newark Bears

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 of the Atlantic League

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, batting .327.

In 2009, Los Angeles Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers

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 signed Nivar to a minor league contract and assigned him to Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts

Chattanooga Lookouts

The Chattanooga Lookouts are a minor league baseball team based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. They are named for nearby Lookout Mountain. The team, which plays in the Southern League, has been a Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers major-league club since the 2009 season. The Lookouts...

. On May 4, 2010 Ramon was promoted to triple-A Albequrque

Nivar is a career .223 hitter in 42 Major League games, including 13 runs

Run (baseball)

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, 12 RBI

Run batted in

Runs batted in or RBIs is a statistic used in baseball and softball to credit a batter when the outcome of his at-bat results in a run being scored, except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play. The first team to track RBI was the Buffalo Bisons.Common nicknames for an RBI...

 and five stolen base

Stolen base

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s without home run

Home run

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