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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
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

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 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1960	24	BAL	AL	6	-2	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/7

1965	29	CLE	AL	8	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$7,500	/3
1965	29	NYY	AL	231	3	1	-1	0	0	-3	7	7	0.7	7	0.8	-0.1	$	3/5
1966	30	NYY	AL	82	-3	0	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$13,000	3
1967	31	NYY	AL	29	-4	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-4	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$	3
4 Seasons				356	-7	1	-1	1	0	-4	10	0	-0.1	0	0.1	-0.2	$20,500

NYY (3 yrs)				342	-4	1	-1	1	0	-4	10	3	0.2	3	0.4	-0.2	$13,000
CLE (1 yr)				8	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$7,500
BAL (1 yr)				6	-2	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1960	BAL	AL	24	LF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		2.10	2.10
1960	BAL	AL	24	OF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		2.40	2.20
1965	TOT	AL	29	1B	64	43	38	425.1	449	400	45	4	41	.991	1	2	9.42	6.95	.991	9.56	9.53
1965	CLE	AL	29	1B	3	0	0	3.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	120	6.00	0.67	.990	9.60	9.53
1965	NYY	AL	29	1B	61	43	38	422.1	447	398	45	4	41	.991	0	1	9.44	7.26	.991	9.56	9.53
1965	NYY	AL	29	3B	3	1	1	12.0	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	-0	-10	3.00	1.33	.960	3.15	3.13
1966	NYY	AL	30	1B	47	14	12	192.1	224	196	25	3	11	.987	1	6	10.34	4.70	.991	9.59	9.58
1967	NYY	AL	31	1B	13	4	4	66.0	77	66	8	3	5	.961	-1	-24	10.09	5.69	.991	9.53	9.55
	3 Seasons			1B	124	61	54	683.2	750	662	78	10	57	.987	0	1	9.74	5.97	.991	9.57	9.55
	1 Season			3B	3	1	1	12.0	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	-0	-10	3.00	1.33	.960	3.15	3.13
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		2.40	2.20
	1 Season			LF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		2.10	2.10
	4 Seasons			TOT	128	62	55	698.2	754	662	82	10	57	.987	0	0	9.58	5.81	.991	9.42	9.34

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

Before 1955 Season: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.
November 16, 1961: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Art Kay (minors) and Harry Chiti to the Cleveland Indians for Johnny Temple.
May 10, 1965: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the New York Yankees for Pedro Gonzalez.
July 4, 1967: Traded by the New York Yankees with players to be named later and cash to the Baltimore Orioles for Steve Barber. The New York Yankees sent Chet Trail (minors) (December 15, 1967) and Joe Brady (minors) (December 15, 1967) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1965	29	Cleveland Indians	$7,500	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1966	30	New York Yankees	$13,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$20,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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