Raúl Javier Ibáñez (pronounced /ɨˈbɑːnjɛz/) (born June 2, 1972, in New York, New York) is a Cuban-American Major League Baseball outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Ibáñez played baseball for Miami Sunset Senior High School. After graduation, he attended Miami-Dade Community College, and was a baseball letterman and an All-Conference selection.

Ibáñez was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 36th round of the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft. Ibáñez played as a catcher and outfielder at various levels in the Mariners minor league organization. He was selected an All-Star in 1994-1995, and was honored by Baseball America as its Single-A All-Star catcher for 1995. He played his first major league game in 1996 with Seattle, but was soon moved back down to Triple-A, where he eventually played almost 300 games for the Mariners' Triple-A affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers.