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Ray Crone
Raymond Hayes Crone

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 13, 1954
Final Game July 14, 1958
Born August 7, 1931 in Memphis, TN

Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1954 22 MLN NL   1   0  19   2   1   0   7  1   49.0   44   11   11   6   19   33   1   1   200       0  2.02  3.75  185 1.286
 1955 23 MLN NL  10   9  33  15   6   1   9  0  140.3  117   63   54  11   42   76   0   2   568   7   0  3.46  3.76  108 1.133
 1956 24 MLN NL  11  10  35  21   6   0   7  2  169.7  173   92   73  19   44   73   1   3   716   3   1  3.87  3.47   90 1.279
 1957 25 TOT NL   7   9  36  22   4   0   5  1  163.0  185   91   79  19   55   71   3   1   720   3   0  4.36  3.81   87 1.472
         MLN NL   3   1  11   5   2   0   3  0   42.3   54   23   21   8   15   15   0   0   189   2   0  4.46  3.49   78 1.630
         NYG NL   4   8  25  17   2   0   2  1  120.7  131   68   58  11   40   56   3   1   531   1   0  4.33  3.92   91 1.417
 1958 26 SFG NL   1   2  14   1   0   0   6  0   24.0   35   18   18   5   13    7   0   3   116   0   0  6.75  3.79   56 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .500  30  30 137  61  17   1  34  4  546.0  554  275  235  60  173  260   5  10  2320  13   1  3.87  3.68   95 1.332
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  10  47  20   5   0  11  1  187.3  190   94   80  20   59   89   1   3   796   4   0  3.87  3.68   95 1.332
 Career High     11  10  36  22   6   1   9  2  169.7  185   92   79  19   55   76   3   3   720   7   1  2.02  3.81  185 1.133

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 22 MLN NL  19   10    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .200  .200  .200    8    2   0   0       0   0
 1955 23 MLN NL  33   44    4    7   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   9  .159  .213  .159    3    7   3   0   0   0   2
 1956 24 MLN NL  35   49    4    6   1  0   0    2   0  0   8  18  .122  .246  .143   11    7   5   0   0   0   1
 1957 25 TOT NL  36   51    2    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   5  22  .059  .143  .078  -37    4   2   0   0   0   1
         MLN NL  11   11    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   2   4  .182  .308  .273   63    3   1   0   0   0   0
         NYG NL  25   40    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   3  18  .025  .093  .025  -66    1   1   0   0   0   1
 1958 26 SFG NL  14    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      137  156   10   18   2  0   0    5   0  0  16  52  .115  .198  .128   -8   20  10   0   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        184   12   21   2  0   0    6   0  0  19  61  .115  .198  .128   -8   24  12   0   0   0   5
 Career High     36   51    4    7   1  0   0    2   0  0   8  22                           7   5   0   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 22 MLN NL   10    8    0   0.0   104| .200  .267| .200  .337| .200  .412| .400  .749|   8  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1955 23 MLN NL   50   42    1   0.6   101| .159  .260| .213  .330| .159  .411| .372  .741|   3  .026  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1956 24 MLN NL   62   49    2   1.1    98| .122  .257| .246  .323| .143  .406| .389  .728|  11  .070  -5.8  -0.6   0%
 1957 25 TOT NL   58   51    1   0.5   101| .059  .266| .143  .329| .078  .411| .221  .740| -37  .019 -10.0  -1.0   0%
         MLN NL   14   10    1   2.7    97| .182  .260| .308  .322| .273  .403| .581  .725|  63  .273  -0.4   0.0   0%
         NYG NL   44   41    0   0.0   102| .025  .267| .093  .331| .025  .414| .118  .745| -66  .000  -9.5  -1.0   0%
 1958 26 SFG NL    2    2    0   0.0   104| .000  .268| .000  .335| .000  .418| .000  .752|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       182  152    4   0.7   100| .115  .261| .198  .328| .128  .410| .326  .737|  -8  .032 -23.8  -2.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 22 MLN NL P 19 1 7 0 0 1.000 .964 0.42 0.87 1.47 2.08 2 49.0 1955 23 MLN NL P 33 11 19 0 5 1.000 .949 0.91 0.83 1.92 2.04 15 140.3 1956 24 MLN NL P 35 15 23 1 2 .974 .967 1.09 0.83 2.02 2.05 21 169.7 1957 25 TOT NL P 36 11 42 0 4 1.000 .962 1.47 0.82 2.93 2.06 22 163.0 MLN NL P 11 3 10 0 2 1.000 .963 1.18 0.82 2.77 2.06 5 42.3 NYG NL P 25 8 32 0 2 1.000 .962 1.60 0.82 2.98 2.06 17 120.7 1958 26 SFG NL P 14 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.77 1.50 1.99 1 24.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 22 MLN NL P 19 1 7 0 0 1.000 .964 0.42 0.87 1.47 2.08 2 49.0 1955 23 MLN NL P 33 11 19 0 5 1.000 .949 0.91 0.83 1.92 2.04 15 140.3 1956 24 MLN NL P 35 15 23 1 2 .974 .967 1.09 0.83 2.02 2.05 21 169.7 1957 25 TOT NL P 36 11 42 0 4 1.000 .962 1.47 0.82 2.93 2.06 22 163.0 MLN NL P 11 3 10 0 2 1.000 .963 1.18 0.82 2.77 2.06 5 42.3 NYG NL P 25 8 32 0 2 1.000 .962 1.60 0.82 2.98 2.06 17 120.7 1958 26 SFG NL P 14 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.77 1.50 1.99 1 24.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 137 38 95 1 11 .993 .960 0.97 0.83 2.19 2.05 61 546.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 137 38 95 1 11 .993 .960 0.97 0.83 2.19 2.05 61 546
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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.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1956 NL-2.33-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2419) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1323) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1957: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Danny O'Connell and Bobby Thomson to the New York Giants for Red Schoendienst.

July 15, 1958: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Toronto (International) for Don Johnson.


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