Ray Barker

Raymond Herrell Barker (Buddy)

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
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
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Indians/Orioles 1960-1967

Final Game: May 21, 1967
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Standard Batting

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
1955	19	BAL-min	C	130	486	486		150	32	4	18						.309	.309	.502	.811		244							TMI · PROV
1956	20	BAL-min	A	137	497	497		125	20	3	17						.252	.252	.406	.658		202							CBS · SALL
1957	21	BAL-min	A	154	563	563		174	40	14	23						.309	.309	.552	.861		311							KNX · SALL
1958	22	BAL-min	AAA	114	435	396	44	100	14	4	15	52	6		33	58	.253	.312	.422	.733		167	7	2	2	2			VAN · PCL
1959	23	BAL-min	AAA	148	637	584	87	154	24	14	15	79	6	4	39	59	.264	.314	.430	.744		251		5	6	3			VAN · PCL
1960	24	BAL-min	AAA	151	609	566	87	176	48	3	14	101	5	3	43	45	.311	.360	.481	.840		272							VAN · PCL
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

1961	25	BAL-min	AAA	124	466	412	61	102	11	3	15	63	2		54	58	.248	.335	.398	.733		164							ROC · IL
1962	26	CLE-min	AAA	151	622	545	92	144	28	3	25	92	2	1	64	78	.264	.344	.464	.808		253		3	8	2			JCK · IL
1963	27	CLE-min	AAA	136	544	504	74	140	18	6	16	63	3	0	40	60	.278	.331	.433	.763		218							JCK · IL
1964	28	CLE-min	AAA	156	640	562	90	157	28	5	23	81	2	0	70	74	.279	.357	.470	.827		264		1	2	5			POR · PCL
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-BAL-min	AAA	108	413	355	40	86	15	4	12	47	0	3	49	71	.242	.337	.408	.746		145		4	1	4			SYR,ROC · IL
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 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1960	24	BAL	AL	5	6	-2	0	0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.459	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	/7

1965	29	CLE	AL	11	8	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$7,500	/3
1965	29	NYY	AL	98	231	1	1	-0	0	-3	-1	-0.1	6	6	0.5	.499	.500	0.5	-0.3	6	$	3/5
1966	30	NYY	AL	61	82	-2	0	1	1	-1	-2	-0.3	2	0	0.0	.496	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$13,000	3
1967	31	NYY	AL	17	29	-3	-0	0	-1	-0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.465	.496	-0.4	-0.2	-3	$	3
4 Seasons				192	356	-8	1	1	0	-4	-11	-1.3	10	-0	-0.3	.494	.498	-0.3	-0.6	-0	$20,500

NYY (3 yrs)				176	342	-5	1	1	0	-4	-8	-1.0	10	2	0.0	.495	.498	-0.0	-0.6	2	$13,000
CLE (1 yr)				11	8	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$7,500
BAL (1 yr)				5	6	-2	0	0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.459	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

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	101	.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	.357	.249	.663	-22	.000	-3.9	-0.4	.208	.115	.000
4 Yrs				356	260	35	3.6	89	.247	.214	.247	.283	.316	.358	.379	.642	.695	84	.457	-6.4	-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	-6.4	-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	.480	-3.8	-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	101	.000	.000	.262	.000	.336	.000	.401	.000	.737	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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 Yrs				356	2.8%	21.4%	8.2%	7.3%	38%	2.62	4.2	31.8	7.2	0.89	66%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.0%	8.2%	6.4%	28%	1.82	6.0	39.9	8.8	1.08	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1960	24	BAL	AL	-1.7	-0.2	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.49	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.70	-1.7	0.58	5

1965	29	TOT	AL	1.9	0.2	243	0.8	5.3	-4.5	1.19	0.4	0.3	13.3	1.4	0.93	5.8	1.62	44
1965	29	CLE	AL	-0.9	-0.1	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.47	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.09	-1.0	1.47	6
1965	29	NYY	AL	2.8	0.3	235	0.9	5.3	-4.4	1.18	0.5	0.3	13.6	1.4	0.92	6.7	1.64	38
1966	30	NYY	AL	-2.7	-0.3	82	-0.2	1.3	-1.5	1.09	-0.2	0.1	1.5	0.2	0.91	-0.4	1.84	11
1967	31	NYY	AL	-3.9	-0.4	29	-0.4	0.1	-0.6	.90	-0.3	-0.1	-3.3	-0.4	0.97	-3.1	1.15	4
4 Yrs				-6.4	-0.7	360	0.2	6.8	-6.7	1.13	-0.3	0.4	10.3	1.1	0.92	0.6	1.55	64

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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 Yrs				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

Situational Hitting*

						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	0.58	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	1.62	7	0	2	6	1	6	1	1	2	1	50%	47	4	9%	16	4	25%	149	25	17%	11	6	55%	5	3	60%	0
1965	29	CLE	AL	8	88%	0			6	0	0	0	1.47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		7	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1965	29	NYY	AL	231	77%	52			38	11	3	7	1.64	7	0	2	6	1	6	1	1	2	1	50%	44	4	9%	16	4	25%	142	25	18%	10	6	60%	5	3	60%	0
1966	30	NYY	AL	82	83%	14			11	0	0	0	1.84	3	0	2	3	0	1	2	0	2	2	100%	19	0	0%	9	4	44%	51	10	20%	2	2	100%	4	2	50%	0
1967	31	NYY	AL	29	72%	2			4	0	0	0	1.15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	17	1	6%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				356	79%	68			64	11	3	7	1.55	10	0	4	9	1	7	3	1	4	3	75%	68	4	6%	26	8	31%	219	36	16%	13	8	62%	9	5	56%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	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	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	25	5	6	6	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	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	27	5	6	6	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	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	29	114	245	217	21	52	11	7	31	1	22	51	.240	.316	.387	.703	100	84	4	3	1	2	6
1966	30	175	327	292	32	66	16	10	44	1	26	71	.226	.293	.384	.677	93	112	4	3	3	3	6
1967	31	192	356	318	34	68	16	10	44	1	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	245	215	23	56	12	0	8	35	1	24	48	.260	.340	.428	.768	30	109
1966	30	61	85	77	14	16	6	0	3	16	0	5	20	.208	.253	.403	.656	8	61
1967	31	17	29	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.000	.103	.000	.103	0	17
4 Yrs		192	365	324	37	72	18	0	11	51	1	32	76	.222	.296	.380	.675	38	192
162 Game Avg.		162	308	273	31	61	15	0	9	43	1	27	64	.222	.296	.380	.675	32	192

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