Jose Ramirez's impact on the Cleveland Guardians goes well beyond what he does between the foul lines.

Jose Ramirez isn’t the loudest player in the dugout, but that doesn’t mean he’s not a leader. 

In fact, Ramirez may be the most influential person in the Cleveland Guardians clubhouse without saying a word; it’s all about how he acts, his body language, and the attitude he brings every day. 

Sometimes, the best big-leaguers for young players to watch are the ones who lead by example, and that’s the type of player and person Ramirez is. 

Heading into Cleveland’s game against the Texas Rangers on Saturday, Stephen Vogt made sure to highlight the impact Ramirez has on the team, simply through his actions. 

“​​He sets the standard for how baseball should be played on this team,” said Vogt. “He runs hard, he works hard, shows up every day, brings energy every day, gives everything he has, so everybody else does the same. And it does make [my] job a lot easier when your best player models how a baseball player should play.”

It’s always hard to quantify how much a player like Ramirez means to an organization.

Of course, he’s an MVP candidate every year because of the defense and offensive output, but Ramirez is also responsible for modeling for the next generation of Guardians stars how to 

Vogt called Ramirez’s impact more of a “trickle-down effect.”

“It gives us an example for player development guys to talk to our young drafted (players) about. ‘Hey, you want to know how to play baseball? Watch Jose.’ It definitely has a huge impact beyond just what he brings on the stat sheet or affecting the game.”

By the time Ramierz’s playing career is over, he’ll likely own just about every statistical accolade in the record books. 

In the last three games alone, he’s become the all-time leader in extra-base hits, became the third player in club history to record 1,000 career runs, and he recently moved into second place in all-time stolen bases. 

However, his legacy will live on in the players who had the privilege of sharing the field and clubhouse with him and modeled their game after a sure-fire Hall of Famer.