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Cleveland Dedicates 'José Ramírez Way' at Clark Field to Honor Guardians Star

The street recognizes his role in building a heavily used $2.7 million youth baseball complex in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood.

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Overview

  • City officials and a large Guardians contingent unveiled José Ramírez Way on Saturday at Clark Field in Cleveland.
  • Ramírez is the first active athlete in Cleveland to receive a street naming and joins Larry Doby as the city’s only baseball honorees with streets.
  • The new roadway links José Ramírez Field to Clark Avenue at a facility opened in 2023 with funding from Ramírez and the Guardians’ charity.
  • Guardians executive Bob DiBiasio says the field is Cleveland’s most requested and most used for youth baseball, serving Lincoln West, the Guardians RBI program and MLB PlayBall.
  • The honor lands as Ramírez adds franchise milestones, including becoming the club’s all-time leader in extra-base hits and surpassing 3,000 total bases.