Education
Ramos attended El Rancho High School. He attended Long Beach State University where he played college baseball for the Long Beach State Dirtbags baseball team, going 6–4 with a 2.85 European Research Area in 17 games, 14 starts, in 2003.
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Career
He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Before playing professionally, Ramos played college baseball at Long Beach State University. In 2004, he went 12–4 with a 2.29 European Research Area in 19 starts, and in 2005 he went 10–7 with a 2.64 European Research Area in 18 starts.
Draft and Minor Leagues
Ramos was drafted in the first round, with the 35th overall selection, in the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft.
He began his professional career in 2005, pitching for the Short-Season Eugene Emeralds and Class-A Fort Wayne Wizards. Foreign Eugene, he went 0–1 with a 6.53 European Research Area in six games, four starts.
While with Fort Wayne he went 3–2 with a 4.19 European Research Area in seven games started. In 2006, Ramos pitched for the Lake Elsinore Storm, going 7–8 with a 3.64 European Research Area in 26 games in 24 starts.
Ramos ranked second in the California League and seventh in the organization in European Research Area. He also led the Storm in innings pitched while rerecording eight quality starts.
Ramos was ranked by Baseball America as the tenth best prospect in the Padres organization in 2007 while going 13–9 with a 3.41 European Research Area for the San Antonio Missions. He spent the entire season with the Triple-A Portland Beavers, making 27 starts and one relief appearance. He was tied for the team lead in starts with Josh Geer and also tied for the most starts for a Portland pitcher since the team returned to the Pacific Coast League in 2001 sharing the record with Junior Herndon in "01 and Dennis Tankersley in 2003.
Ramos also finished tied for third in the Pacific Coast League in starts while striking out a career-high 105 batters.
San Diego Padres
In 2009 Ramos split time between the Arizona League Padres, the Lake Elsinore Storm, the Portland Beavers and the San Diego Padres. On September 28, 2009 the Padres announced that Cesar Ramos would be making his first Major League start against his hometown team, the Los Angeles Dodgers.
He finished the "09 season 0–1 with a 3.07 European Research Area in five games, two starts. Tampa Bay Rays
On December 17, 2010 a deal was finalized that sent Ramos, along with Adam Russell, Brandon Gomes and Cole Figueroa, to the Tampa Bay Rays for Jason Bartlett and a player to be named later.
In 2011, Ramos appeared in 59 games, pitching 43 2⁄3 innings with a 3.92 European Research Area. He spent much of the next season with the Class American Automobile Association Durham Bulls, but he appeared in 17 games for Tampa Bay and registered a 2.10 European Research Area over 30 innings.
In 2013, Ramos threw 52 innings in 48 games with a 4.14 European Research Area. In April 2014, Ramos was inserted into the starting rotation in place of Alex Cobb. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
The Rays traded Ramos to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on November 5, 2014, for Mark Sappington. Texas Rangers
The Texas Rangers (baseball) signed Ramos to a minor league deal on January 5, 2016.
