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Ray Francis
Ray James Francis

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 182 lb.

Debut April 18, 1922
Final Game June 10, 1925
Born March 8, 1893 in Sherman, TX
Died July 6, 1934 in Atlanta, GA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1922 29 WSH AL   7  18  39  26  15   2  12  2  225.0  265  136  107   7   66   64   6   7   983       0  4.28  3.87   90 1.471
 1923 30 DET AL   5   8  33   6   0   0  12  1   79.3   95   51   39   2   28   27   4   1   356       0  4.42  3.86   87 1.550
 1925 32 TOT AL   0   2  10   4   0   0   1  0   32.7   49   33   28   3   16    5   2   0   163       0  7.71  4.48   58 1.990
         NYY AL   0   0   4   0   0   0   1  0    4.7    5    4    4   0    3    1   1   0    23       0  7.71  4.25   55 1.714
         BOS AL   0   2   6   4   0   0   0  0   28.0   44   29   24   3   13    4   1   0   140       0  7.71  4.52   59 2.036
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .300  12  28  82  36  15   2  25  3  337.0  409  220  174  12  110   96  12   8  1502       0  4.65  3.93   85 1.540
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6  16  47  20   8   1  14  1  194.0  235  126  100   6   63   55   6   4   865   0   0  4.65  3.93   85 1.540
 Career High      7  18  39  26  15   2  12  2  225.0  265  136  107   7   66   64   6   7   983   0   0  4.28  3.87   90 1.471

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 29 WSH AL  39   78    2   13   2  0   0    3   0  0   5  15  .167  .217  .192   10   15   3           0    
 1923 30 DET AL  37   21    5    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   6  .143  .143  .143  -24    3   0           0    
 1925 32 TOT AL  10    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   3  .125  .300  .125   11    1   0   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL   6    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   3  .125  .300  .125   11    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       86  107    7   17   2  0   0    4   0  0   7  24  .159  .211  .178    4   19   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        202   13   32   4  0   0    8   0  0  13  45  .159  .211  .178    4   36   6   0   0   0   0
 Career High     39   78    5   13   2  0   0    3   0  0   5  15                          15   3   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1922 29 WSH AL   86   68    3   1.2   105| .167  .287| .217  .351| .192  .402| .409  .753|  10  .072 -10.2  -1.0   0%
 1923 30 DET AL   21   18    0   0.0   106| .143  .288| .143  .357| .143  .397| .286  .755| -24  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1925 32 TOT AL   10    7    0   0.0   115| .125  .300| .300  .370| .125  .420| .425  .790|  11  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
         BOS AL   10    7    0   0.0   115| .125  .300| .300  .370| .125  .420| .425  .790|  11  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       117   93    3   0.9   106| .159  .288| .211  .354| .178  .403| .389  .756|   4  .042 -15.1  -1.5   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 ------+
1922 29 WSH AL P 39 10 54 5 2 .928 .962 1.64 1.48 2.56 2.60 26 225.0 1923 30 DET AL P 33 2 19 0 1 1.000 .959 0.64 1.49 2.38 2.72 6 79.3 1925 32 TOT AL P 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 .962 1.00 1.40 2.75 2.67 4 32.7 NYY AL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 2.68 0 4.7 BOS AL P 6 2 8 0 0 1.000 .962 1.67 1.40 3.21 2.67 4 28.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1922 29 WSH AL P 39 10 54 5 2 .928 .962 1.64 1.48 2.56 2.60 26 225.0 1923 30 DET AL P 33 2 19 0 1 1.000 .959 0.64 1.49 2.38 2.72 6 79.3 1925 32 TOT AL P 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 .962 1.00 1.40 2.75 2.67 4 32.7 NYY AL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 2.68 0 4.7 BOS AL P 6 2 8 0 0 1.000 .962 1.67 1.40 3.21 2.67 4 28.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 82 14 81 5 3 .950 .962 1.16 1.47 2.54 2.64 36 337.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 82 14 81 5 3 .950 .962 1.16 1.47 2.54 2.64 36 337
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Losses
1922 AL-18-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1922 AL-107-8

Wild Pitches
1922 AL-7-1

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

November 24, 1922: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Detroit Tigers for Chick Gagnon.

May 5, 1925: Traded by the New York Yankees with $9,000 to the Boston Red Sox for Bobby Veach and Alex Ferguson.


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