Ray Barker
Raymond Herrell Barker (Buddy)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: March 12, 1936 in Martinsburg, WV
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1960
Final Game: May 21, 1967
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1960 24 BAL AL 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1965 29 TOT AL 109 239 211 21 52 11 0 7 31 1 0 22 48 .246 .324 .398 .722 105 84 4 3 1 2 6 3/5
1965 29 CLE AL 11 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -22 0 0 0 0 0 1 /3
1965 29 NYY AL 98 231 205 21 52 11 0 7 31 1 0 20 46 .254 .326 .410 .736 109 84 4 3 1 2 5 3/5
1966 30 NYY AL 61 82 75 11 14 5 0 3 13 0 0 4 20 .187 .225 .373 .598 73 28 0 0 2 1 0 3
1967 31 NYY AL 17 29 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .077 .172 .077 .249 -22 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
4 Seasons 192 356 318 34 68 16 0 10 44 1 0 29 76 .214 .283 .358 .642 84 114 4 3 3 3 6
162 Game Avg. 162 300 268 29 57 14 0 8 37 1 0 24 64 .214 .283 .358 .642 84 96 3 3 3 3 5
NYY (3 yrs) 176 342 306 34 68 16 0 10 44 1 0 27 71 .222 .289 .373 .662 90 114 4 3 3 3 5
CLE (1 yr) 11 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -22 0 0 0 0 0 1
BAL (1 yr) 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1960 24 BAL AL 6 6 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .262 .000 .336 .000 .401 .000 .737 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1965 29 TOT AL 239 166 28 4.5 91 .285 .246 .250 .324 .319 .398 .383 .722 .702 105 .554 1.9 0.2 .675 .261 .152 1.8
1965 29 CLE AL 8 6 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .252 .250 .322 .000 .386 .250 .708 -22 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .333 .333 .000
1965 29 NYY AL 231 160 28 4.7 91 .292 .254 .250 .326 .319 .410 .382 .736 .702 109 .571 2.8 0.3 .688 .259 .156 1.8
1966 30 NYY AL 82 64 7 3.0 86 .208 .187 .243 .225 .308 .373 .374 .598 .682 73 .374 -2.7 -0.3 .525 .240 .187 .0
1967 31 NYY AL 29 24 0 0.0 80 .095 .077 .238 .172 .306 .077 .356 .249 .662 -22 .000 -3.9 -0.4 .208 .115 .000
4 Seasons 356 260 35 3.6 89 .247 .214 .247 .283 .316 .358 .379 .642 .695 84 .457 -6.3 -0.7 .579 .239 .145 1.8
162 Game Avg. 300 219 30 3.6 89 .247 .214 .247 .283 .316 .358 .379 .642 .695 84 .457 -6.3 -0.7 .579 .239 .145 2
NYY (3 yrs) 342 248 35 3.8 89 .254 .222 .247 .289 .316 .373 .378 .662 .694 90 .479 -3.7 -0.4 .599 .242 .150 1.8
CLE (1 yr) 8 6 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .252 .250 .322 .000 .386 .250 .708 -22 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .333 .333 .000
BAL (1 yr) 6 6 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .262 .000 .336 .000 .401 .000 .737 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1960 24 BAL AL 6 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 0.50 50%
1965 29 TOT AL 239 2.9% 20.1% 9.2% 7.5% 35% 2.18 4.4 30.1 6.8 0.95 66%
1965 29 CLE AL 8 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 0.0% 1.00 3.0 0.00 50%
1965 29 NYY AL 231 3.0% 19.9% 8.7% 7.8% 35% 2.30 4.5 29.3 6.6 1.02 67%
1966 30 NYY AL 82 3.7% 24.4% 4.9% 9.8% 57% 5.00 3.8 25.0 5.8 0.59 65%
1967 31 NYY AL 29 0.0% 17.2% 10.3% 0.0% 0% 1.67 5.2 1.71 72%
4 Seasons 356 2.8% 21.4% 8.2% 7.3% 38% 2.62 4.2 31.8 7.2 0.89 66%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1960 24 BAL AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 29 TOT AL 2 0 20% 81 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 43% 7 4 2 1 1 0 6 2 4
1965 29 CLE AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 29 NYY AL 2 0 21% 81 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 43% 7 4 2 1 1 0 6 2 4
1966 30 NYY AL 1 0 53% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1967 31 NYY AL 1 0 40% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
4 Seasons 4 0 27% 129 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 50% 10 6 3 1 1 0 9 2 7
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1960 24 BAL AL 6 100% 0 5 0 0 0 0.65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1965 29 TOT AL 239 78% 52 44 11 3 7 1.72 7 0 2 6 1 6 1 1 2 1 50% 47 4 9% 16 4 25% 149 25 17% 11 6 55% 11 2 18% 0
1965 29 CLE AL 8 88% 0 6 0 0 0 1.45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1965 29 NYY AL 231 77% 52 38 11 3 7 1.76 7 0 2 6 1 6 1 1 2 1 50% 44 4 9% 16 4 25% 142 25 18% 10 6 60% 10 2 20% 0
1966 30 NYY AL 82 83% 14 11 0 0 0 1.91 3 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 100% 19 0 0% 9 4 44% 51 10 20% 2 2 100% 3 1 33% 0
1967 31 NYY AL 29 72% 2 4 0 0 0 1.19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 17 1 6% 0 0 3 1 33% 0
4 Seasons 356 79% 68 64 11 3 7 1.63 10 0 4 9 1 7 3 1 4 3 75% 68 4 6% 26 8 31% 219 36 16% 13 8 62% 17 4 24% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 24 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 25 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 26 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 27 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 28 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 29 114 245 217 21 52 11 0 7 31 1 0 22 51 .240 .316 .387 .703 100 84 4 3 1 2 6
1966 30 175 327 292 32 66 16 0 10 44 1 0 26 71 .226 .293 .384 .677 93 112 4 3 3 3 6
1967 31 192 356 318 34 68 16 0 10 44 1 0 29 76 .214 .283 .358 .642 84 114 4 3 3 3 6

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1960 24 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1965 29 109 247 217 24 58 12 0 8 35 1 25 48 .267 .348 .433 .781 32 109
1966 30 61 83 77 13 16 6 0 3 16 0 5 20 .208 .253 .403 .656 8 61
1967 31 17 34 28 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 .143 .294 .143 .437 1 17
4 Seasons 192 370 328 41 78 18 0 11 51 1 36 76 .238 .316 .393 .710 41 192
162 Game Avg. 162 312 277 35 66 15 0 9 43 1 30 64 .238 .316 .393 .710 35 192

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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