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Heliot Lemuel Ramos Lebrón (pronounced " Eliot"; born September 7, 1999) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Giants selected Ramos in the first round, with the 19th overall selection, of the 2017 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2022.
Ramos began his professional career in 2017 with the Arizona League Giants of the Rookie-level Arizona League, based at the team's minor league complex in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was ranked first in the league with a .645 slugging percentage, 2nd with a .348 batting average, 8th with a .404 on-base percentage, 2nd with a 1.049 on base plus slugging percentage (OPS), and tied for 7th with six in 138 . Following the season, Baseball America named Ramos a 2017 Rookie-Level Classification All-Star, and he was one of only three outfielders selected among players in the four Rookie-level leagues. In the Giants' 2017 draft class, Baseball America rated Ramos as the Best Power Hitter, Best Defensive Player, and Best Athlete, and as having the Best Pro Debut. He was also named an Arizona League post-season All Star, and an MiLB.com Organization All Star. Ramos participated in the Giants' Instructional League following the 2017 season.
In 2018, Ramos played with the Augusta GreenJackets of the Single-A South Atlantic League. He hit .245/.313/.396 with 11 home runs and 52 RBIs, and 8 steals in 15 attempts, in 485 at bats over 124 games. He was a 2018 Futures Game selection.
In 2021, Ramos was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game. In July 2021, Ramos was promoted to the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats. Across 449 at bats, while 5.7 years younger than the average player in the league, Ramos hit .254/.323/.416 with 15 steals in 19 attempts. Ramos was added to the 40-man roster following the season on November 19, 2021. He was ranked sixth in the Giants 2022 MLB Prospect Rankings.
In 2022, playing for Triple-A Sacramento, he batted .227/.305/.349 in 427 at bats, with 61 runs, 11 home runs, and 45 RBIs. He played 49 games in center field, 33 in right field, 21 in left field, and 8 at DH. The Giants promoted Ramos to the major leagues on April 10, 2022. With the Giants, he batted 2-for-20.
Ramos was selected to the 2024 MLB All-Star Game for the National League as a backup. At the time of his selection, he was hitting .299/.370/.517 with 12 home runs and 41 RBIs. He is the first homegrown Giants outfielder to make the All-Star game since Chili Davis in 1986.
On September 15, 2024, Ramos hit a ninth-inning, game-tying home run against Robert Suárez of the San Diego Padres, directly into McCovey Cove. This was the first "splash hit" by a right-handed batter in Oracle Park's 25-year history. The Giants lost the game 4–3 in 10 innings.
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