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Ray Oyler
Raymond Francis Oyler

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 18, 1965
  vs. CAL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 1970
Born August 4, 1938 in Indianapolis, IN
Died January 26, 1981 in Seattle, WA

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 26 DET AL  82  194   22   36   6  0   5   13   1  0  21  61  .186  .265  .294   58   57   2   0   3   0   9
 1966 27 DET AL  71  210   16   36   8  3   1    9   0  0  23  62  .171  .263  .252   48   53   1   0   4   3   6
 1967 28 DET AL 148  367   33   76  14  2   1   29   0  2  37  91  .207  .281  .264   61   97  15   3   3   2  10
 1968 29 DET AL 111  215   13   29   6  1   1   12   0  2  20  59  .135  .213  .186   20   40   7   3   0   2   8
 1969 30 SEP AL 106  255   24   42   5  0   7   22   1  2  31  80  .165  .260  .267   50   68   2   1   0   2   9
 1970 31 CAL AL  24   24    2    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   6  .083  .185  .083  -22    2   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      542 1265  110  221  39  6  15   86   2  6 135 359  .175  .258  .251   48  317  29   7  10   9  42
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        378   33   66  12  2   4   26   1  2  40 107  .175  .258  .251   48   95   9   2   3   3  13
 Career High    148  367   33   76  14  3   7   29   1  2  37  91  .207  .281  .267   61   97  15   3   4   3  10
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1965 26 DET AL  217  169   14   2.2    93| .186  .253| .265  .323| .294  .388| .559  .711|  58  .253 -11.2  -1.2 100%
 1966 27 DET AL  237  181   14   2.1    92| .171  .251| .263  .319| .252  .388| .515  .706|  48  .241 -14.5  -1.6   0%
 1967 28 DET AL  424  321   28   2.4    87| .207  .246| .281  .316| .264  .369| .545  .686|  61  .301 -17.7  -2.0   0%
 1968 29 DET AL  247  206    8   1.0    82| .135  .241| .213  .311| .186  .357| .399  .668|  20  .097 -20.8  -2.4   0%
 1969 30 SEP AL  291  227   17   2.0    92| .165  .251| .260  .327| .267  .379| .527  .706|  50  .206 -17.3  -1.8  33%
 1970 31 CAL AL   29   24    1   1.1    94| .083  .253| .185  .327| .083  .386| .268  .713| -22  .079  -4.0  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1445 1128   82   2.0    89| .175  .248| .258  .319| .251  .375| .509  .694|  48  .223 -85.4  -9.4  25%

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1965 26 DET AL SS 57 79 156 11 17 .955 .962 4.12 4.38 4.53 4.74 54 467.3 2B 11 12 6 0 1 1.000 .978 1.64 4.38 3.47 5.07 4 46.7 1B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 7.90 18.00 9.90 0 1.0 3B 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.90 6.75 3.15 0 4.0 1966 27 DET AL SS 69 107 194 11 42 .965 .960 4.36 4.41 4.79 4.79 63 565.0 1967 28 DET AL SS 146 185 374 21 61 .964 .963 3.83 4.09 4.71 4.62 125 1067.3 1968 29 DET AL SS 111 139 207 8 31 .977 .962 3.12 4.07 4.53 4.79 70 687.3 1969 30 SEP AL SS 106 143 266 15 47 .965 .966 3.86 4.43 4.94 4.96 93 745.7 1970 31 CAL AL SS 13 6 10 0 1 1.000 .970 1.23 4.39 3.06 4.94 2 47.0 3B 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.65 2.31 3.08 1 11.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1965 26 DET AL 1B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 7.90 18.00 9.90 0 1.0 1965 26 DET AL 2B 11 12 6 0 1 1.000 .978 1.64 4.38 3.47 5.07 4 46.7 1965 26 DET AL 3B 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.90 6.75 3.15 0 4.0 1970 31 CAL AL 3B 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.65 2.31 3.08 1 11.7 1965 26 DET AL SS 57 79 156 11 17 .955 .962 4.12 4.38 4.53 4.74 54 467.3 1966 27 DET AL SS 69 107 194 11 42 .965 .960 4.36 4.41 4.79 4.79 63 565.0 1967 28 DET AL SS 146 185 374 21 61 .964 .963 3.83 4.09 4.71 4.62 125 1067.3 1968 29 DET AL SS 111 139 207 8 31 .977 .962 3.12 4.07 4.53 4.79 70 687.3 1969 30 SEP AL SS 106 143 266 15 47 .965 .966 3.86 4.43 4.94 4.96 93 745.7 1970 31 CAL AL SS 13 6 10 0 1 1.000 .970 1.23 4.39 3.06 4.94 2 47.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 502 659 1207 66 199 .966 .963 3.72 4.24 4.69 4.77 407 3579.7 2B* 11 12 6 0 1 1.000 .978 1.64 4.38 3.47 5.07 4 46.7 3B* 3 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.73 3.44 3.10 1 15.7 1B* 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 7.90 18.00 9.90 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 517 673 1219 66 200 .966 .963 3.66 4.24 4.67 4.77 412 3643
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1968   WS    DET STL     W   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   1   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.

Sac. Hits
1967 AL-15-3

HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1325) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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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  2. Rich Morales (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tom McLaughlin (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Fritz Buelow (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1960 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Seattle Pilots from the Detroit Tigers as the 5th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

December 7, 1969: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Diego Segui to the Oakland Athletics for George Lauzerique and Ted Kubiak.

April 17, 1970: Purchased by the California Angels from the Oakland Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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