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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 BAL AL 24 LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.70
1960 BAL AL 24 OF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.00
1965 TOT AL 29 1B 64 43 425.1 449 400 45 4 41 .991 0.7 2.0 1.7 1.7 0.0 -1 9.42 6.95 .991 9.56 7.88
1965 CLE AL 29 1B 3 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 6.00 0.67 1.000 9.60 7.87
1965 NYY AL 29 1B 61 43 422.1 447 398 45 4 41 .991 0.4 1.1 1.4 1.7 -0.3 -1 9.44 7.26 .991 9.56 7.88
1965 NYY AL 29 3B 3 1 12.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -10.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 0 3.00 1.33 .950 3.15 2.87
1966 NYY AL 30 1B 47 14 192.1 224 196 25 3 11 .987 1.0 6.2 1.0 0.6 0.4 0 10.34 4.70 .991 9.59 8.18
1967 NYY AL 31 1B 13 4 66.0 77 66 8 3 5 .961 -1.3 -23.6 -1.3 -0.8 -0.5 0 10.09 5.69 .991 9.53 8.32
3 Seasons 1B 124 61 683.2 750 662 78 10 57 .987 0.4 0.7 1.4 1.5 -0.1 -1 9.74 5.97 .991 9.57 8.04
1 Season 3B 3 1 12.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -10.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 0 3.00 1.33 .950 3.15 2.87
1 Season LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.70
1 Season OF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.00
4 Seasons TOT 128 62 698.2 754 662 82 10 57 .987 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.1 0.0 0 -1 9.58 5.81 .978 9.42 7.87

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1960 BAL AL 24 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
1965 NYY AL 29 98 44 98 98 0 0 61 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 44 0
1965 CLE AL 29 11 0 11 11 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1966 NYY AL 30 61 14 61 61 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 14
1967 NYY AL 31 17 4 17 17 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
4 Seasons 192 62 192 192 0 0 124 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 73 18
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 NYY AL 29 1880 64% 74% 26% 107 94% 0 401 25 369 7 37 46 32 9 1 2 4 0 2 2 4 40 0 0 0 38 0 2 0 2 12 92%
1965 CLE AL 29 12 50% 75% 33% 2 100% 0 5 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 NYY AL 30 860 65% 80% 28% 56 93% 0 197 13 182 2 17 27 17 3 2 1 3 1 2 0 2 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1967 NYY AL 31 282 68% 74% 30% 22 86% 0 66 7 59 0 5 7 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 3 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 100%
3 Seasons 3034 64% 76% 27% 187 93% 0 669 45 615 9 61 80 56 12 3 3 10 1 5 4 9 56 0 0 0 54 0 2 0 2 15 93%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 NYY AL 29 56 73% 77% 25% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 56 73% 77% 25% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 BAL AL 24 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 0 0 0 0 0 14 64% 79% 14% 2 0%
1 Season 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 0 0 0 0 0 14 64% 79% 14% 2 0%
MLB Averages 56.9% 2.4% 61% 77% 27% 48%

* 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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