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Ray Blades
Francis Raymond Blades

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 163 lb.

Debut August 19, 1922
Final Game September 25, 1932
Born August 6, 1896 in Mount Vernon, IL
Died May 18, 1979 in Lincoln, IL

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1922 25 STL NL  37  130   27   39   2  4   3   21   3  3  25  21  .300  .428  .446  130   58   4           4    
 1923 26 STL NL  98  317   48   78  21  5   5   44   4  2  37  46  .246  .342  .391   95  124   3           9    
 1924 27 STL NL 131  456   86  142  21 13  11   68   7  9  35  38  .311  .373  .487  131  222  13          10    
 1925 28 STL NL 122  462  112  158  37  8  12   57   6  8  59  47  .342  .423  .535  141  247   5           6    
 1926 29 STL NL 107  416   81  127  17 12   8   43   6     62  57  .305  .409  .462  130  192   9          11    
 1927 30 STL NL  61  180   33   57   8  5   2   29   3     28  22  .317  .414  .450  129   81   6           2    
 1928 31 STL NL  51   85    9   20   7  1   1   19   0     20  26  .235  .393  .376  100   32   4           2    
 1930 33 STL NL  45  101   26   40   6  2   4   25   1     21  15  .396  .504  .614  165   62   4           1    
 1931 34 STL NL  35   67   10   19   4  0   1    5   1     10   7  .284  .392  .388  107   26   2           2    
 1932 35 STL NL  80  201   35   46  10  1   3   29   2     34  31  .229  .340  .333   80   67   3           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     767 2415  467  726 133 51  50  340  33 22 331 310  .301  .395  .460  124 1111  53   0   0  47   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        510   99  153  28 11  11   72   7  5  70  65  .301  .395  .460  124  235  11   0   0  10   0
 Career High    131  462  112  158  37 13  12   68   7  9  62  57  .342  .423  .535  141  247  13   0   0  11   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1922 25 STL NL  163   98   23   6.3   108| .300  .295| .428  .352| .446  .410| .874  .762| 130  .608   7.4   0.7  50%
 1923 26 STL NL  366  244   40   4.4   105| .246  .289| .342  .348| .391  .403| .733  .751|  95  .466  -0.9  -0.1  66%
 1924 27 STL NL  514  336   77   6.2   102| .311  .287| .373  .342| .487  .400| .860  .743| 131  .634  19.0   1.9  43%
 1925 28 STL NL  532  317  100   8.4   116| .342  .303| .423  .361| .535  .432| .958  .793| 141  .714  31.3   2.9  42%
 1926 29 STL NL  498  298   76   6.8   106| .305  .292| .409  .352| .462  .404| .871  .757| 130  .678  20.1   2.0     
 1927 30 STL NL  216  129   33   6.8   107| .317  .294| .414  .353| .450  .405| .864  .758| 129  .676   8.5   0.8     
 1928 31 STL NL  111   69   12   4.7   111| .235  .292| .393  .358| .376  .416| .769  .774| 100  .486   1.3   0.1     
 1930 33 STL NL  127   65   31  12.7   129| .396  .316| .504  .375| .614  .470|1.118  .844| 165  .803  12.4   1.1     
 1931 34 STL NL   81   50   10   5.3   107| .284  .290| .392  .349| .388  .409| .780  .759| 107  .566   1.3   0.1     
 1932 35 STL NL  238  158   23   3.9   106| .229  .288| .340  .341| .333  .417| .673  .758|  80  .418  -4.7  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     2846 1764  425   6.4   108| .301  .294| .395  .352| .460  .413| .855  .765| 124  .633  95.9   9.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1922 25 STL NL OF 29 61 6 5 0 .931 .963 2.31 2.26 28 0 1 SS 4 5 12 5 2 .773 .944 4.25 5.45 3B 1 1 2 1 0 .750 .938 3.00 2.90 1923 26 STL NL OF 83 194 11 7 2 .967 .964 2.47 2.28 81 1 3 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 2.95 1924 27 STL NL OF 109 256 6 12 1 .956 .965 2.40 2.24 106 3 1 2B 7 12 16 0 2 1.000 .962 4.00 5.60 3B 7 7 8 1 0 .938 .955 2.14 2.81 1925 28 STL NL OF 114 266 13 6 4 .979 .967 2.45 2.33 114 0 0 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.80 1926 29 STL NL OF 105 229 10 5 1 .980 .965 2.28 2.26 105 0 0 1927 30 STL NL OF 50 64 0 6 0 .914 .970 1.28 2.35 29 0 21 1928 31 STL NL OF 19 34 1 1 1 .972 .972 1.84 2.31 4 0 15 1930 33 STL NL OF 32 66 1 3 0 .957 .968 2.09 2.28 13 0 21 1931 34 STL NL OF 20 26 1 4 0 .871 .975 1.35 2.38 7 0 13 1932 35 STL NL OF 62 117 2 3 0 .975 .976 1.92 2.41 13 0 49 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1924 27 STL NL 2B 7 12 16 0 2 1.000 .962 4.00 5.60 1922 25 STL NL 3B 1 1 2 1 0 .750 .938 3.00 2.90 1923 26 STL NL 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 2.95 1924 27 STL NL 3B 7 7 8 1 0 .938 .955 2.14 2.81 1925 28 STL NL 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.80 1932 35 STL NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 1922 25 STL NL OF 29 61 6 5 0 .931 .963 2.31 2.26 28 0 1 1923 26 STL NL OF 83 194 11 7 2 .967 .964 2.47 2.28 81 1 3 1924 27 STL NL OF 109 256 6 12 1 .956 .965 2.40 2.24 106 3 1 1925 28 STL NL OF 114 266 13 6 4 .979 .967 2.45 2.33 114 0 0 1926 29 STL NL OF 105 229 10 5 1 .980 .965 2.28 2.26 105 0 0 1927 30 STL NL OF 50 64 0 6 0 .914 .970 1.28 2.35 29 0 21 1928 31 STL NL OF 19 34 1 1 1 .972 .972 1.84 2.31 4 0 15 1930 33 STL NL OF 32 66 1 3 0 .957 .968 2.09 2.28 13 0 21 1931 34 STL NL OF 20 26 1 4 0 .871 .975 1.35 2.38 7 0 13 1932 35 STL NL OF 62 117 2 3 0 .975 .976 1.92 2.41 13 0 49 1922 25 STL NL SS 4 5 12 5 2 .773 .944 4.25 5.45
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 623 1313 51 52 9 .963 .967 2.19 2.30 500 4 124 3B 14 9 11 2 0 .909 .948 1.43 2.85 2B 7 12 16 0 2 1.000 .962 4.00 5.60 SS 4 5 12 5 2 .773 .944 4.25 5.45 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 648 1339 90 59 13 .960 .966 2.21 2.37
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1928   WS    STL NYY     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1930   WS    STL PHA     L   5   9   2   1  0  0  0   0   2   2  .111  .273  .111   0  0   0   0   0 
 1931   WS    STL PHA     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2   8  12   2   1  0  0  0   0   2   5  .083  .214  .083   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1925 NL-.342-8

On-base %
1925 NL-.423-4
1926 NL-.409-4

Slugging %
1925 NL-.535-9

OPS
1925 NL-.958-5
1926 NL-.871-8

Runs
1925 NL-112-5

Doubles
1925 NL-37-9

Triples
1924 NL-13-8

Home Runs
1924 NL-11-10

Bases on Balls
1925 NL-59-8
1926 NL-62-5

Strikeouts
1923 NL-46-8
1925 NL-47-9
1926 NL-57-5

Adjusted OPS+
1925 NL-141-6
1926 NL-130-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1925 NL-31-6
1926 NL-20-10

Batting Wins
1925 NL-2.9-6
1926 NL-2.0-10

Extra-Base Hits
1925 NL-57-10

Offensive Win%
1925 NL-.714-6
1926 NL-.678-10

Hit By Pitch
1923 NL-9-2
1924 NL-10-2
1925 NL-6-7
1926 NL-11-1

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 21 (963) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 21.0 (574) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 22.5 (708) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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