Kenneth Cecil Ramos is a former Major League Baseball

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 player and all-star

All-star

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 minor league player. He played in 14 games for the Houston Astros

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 in .

Ramos' minor league career spanned ten seasons, from until , including time with the farm systems of the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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, Houston Astros

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, and Minnesota Twins

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. While with the Kinston Indians

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, Ramos earned a spot on the 1990 Carolina League

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 all-star squad.

He made the majors in 1997 with Houston. He saw action in fourteen games, primarily as a pinch hitter

Pinch hitter

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, although he did play two games in the outfield. He compiled two walks, an RBI

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 and a .000 batting average

Batting average

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 in fourteen plate appearances.

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