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Ray Blades

Francis Raymond Blades

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 163 lb.

Born: August 6, 1896 in Mount Vernon, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: August 19, 1922
Team: Cardinals 1922-1932

Final Game: September 25, 1932
Died: May 18, 1979 in Lincoln, IL
Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, McLeansboro, IL
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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
1922 25 STL NL 37 163 130 27 39 2 4 3 21 3 3 25 21 .300 .428 .446 .874 130 58 4 4 7O/659
1923 26 STL NL 98 366 317 48 78 21 5 5 44 4 2 37 46 .246 .342 .391 .733 95 124 9 3 7O/59
1924 27 STL NL 131 514 456 86 142 21 13 11 68 7 9 35 38 .311 .373 .487 .860 131 222 10 13 *O7/4598
1925 28 STL NL 122 531 462 112 158 37 8 12 57 6 8 59 47 .342 .423 .535 .958 141 247 6 5 *7O/5
1926 29 STL NL 107 498 416 81 127 17 12 8 43 6 62 57 .305 .409 .462 .871 130 192 11 9 *7O
1927 30 STL NL 61 216 180 33 57 8 5 2 29 3 28 22 .317 .414 .450 .864 127 81 2 6 O79
1928 31 STL NL 51 111 85 9 20 7 1 1 19 0 20 26 .235 .393 .376 .769 99 32 2 4 O9/7
1930 33 STL NL 45 127 101 26 40 6 2 4 25 1 21 15 .396 .504 .614 1.118 163 62 1 4 O97
1931 34 STL NL 35 81 67 10 19 4 0 1 5 1 10 7 .284 .392 .388 .780 106 26 2 2 O9/7
1932 35 STL NL 80 238 201 35 46 10 1 3 29 2 34 31 .229 .340 .333 .674 79 67 0 3 O97/5
10 Yrs 767 2845 2415 467 726 133 51 50 340 33 22 331 310 .301 .395 .460 .855 123 1111 47 53
162 Game Avg. 162 601 510 99 153 28 11 11 72 7 70 65 .301 .395 .460 .855 123 235 10 11

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 Awards
1922 25 STL NL 37 163 7 -0 0 -1 -1 5 0.5 5 9 0.9 .512 .503 1.0 -0.2 10 $ 7O/659
1923 26 STL NL 98 366 -2 1 0 6 -4 1 0.1 10 11 1.1 .501 .500 0.5 0.2 5 $ 7O/59
1924 27 STL NL 131 514 19 -1 0 3 -5 17 1.6 15 32 3.1 .513 .511 2.9 -0.2 29 $ *O7/4598
1925 28 STL NL 122 531 30 -1 0 8 -5 31 2.9 15 46 4.4 .524 .518 3.7 0.2 38 $ *7O/5
1926 29 STL NL 107 498 19 -1 0 6 -5 20 1.9 14 34 3.3 .519 .512 2.7 0.1 28 $ *7O
1927 30 STL NL 61 216 8 -0 0 -7 -2 -2 -0.2 6 4 0.4 .497 .499 1.1 -1.0 11 $ O79
1928 31 STL NL 51 111 0 0 0 -1 -1 -2 -0.2 3 2 0.1 .497 .499 0.3 -0.2 3 $ O9/7
1930 33 STL NL 45 127 13 -0 0 0 -2 11 0.9 4 14 1.3 .521 .506 1.3 -0.1 14 $ O97
1931 34 STL NL 35 81 1 -0 0 -3 -1 -3 -0.3 2 -0 -0.1 .492 .498 0.3 -0.4 2 $ O9/7
1932 35 STL NL 80 238 -5 -0 0 -1 -3 -9 -1.0 7 -3 -0.3 .488 .494 -0.2 -0.4 -2 $ O97/5
10 Seasons 767 2845 90 -3 0 10 -29 68 6.2 81 150 14.2 .508 .504 13.6 -2.0 140 $

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
1922 25 STL NL 163 98 23 6.3 108 .340 .300 .295 .428 .352 .446 .410 .874 .762 130 .609 7.4 0.7 .926 .338 .146 3.0
1923 26 STL NL 366 244 40 4.4 105 .274 .246 .289 .342 .348 .391 .403 .733 .751 95 .465 -0.9 -0.1 .714 .268 .145 4.4
1924 27 STL NL 514 336 77 6.2 102 .322 .311 .287 .373 .342 .487 .400 .860 .743 131 .634 19.0 1.9 .820 .248 .175 8.6
1925 28 STL NL 531 317 100 8.4 116 .362 .342 .303 .423 .361 .535 .432 .958 .793 141 .714 31.3 2.9 .994 .316 .193 8.0
1926 29 STL NL 498 298 76 6.8 106 .339 .305 .292 .409 .352 .462 .405 .871 .757 130 .678 20.1 2.0 .938 .320 .156 6.9
1927 30 STL NL 216 129 33 6.8 108 .353 .317 .296 .414 .356 .450 .409 .864 .764 127 .676 8.0 0.8 .927 .306 .133 2.4
1928 31 STL NL 111 69 12 4.7 112 .328 .235 .294 .393 .359 .376 .418 .769 .777 99 .486 1.1 0.1 .831 .376 .141 .0
1930 33 STL NL 127 65 31 12.7 131 .439 .396 .318 .504 .377 .614 .473 1.118 .851 163 .804 12.1 1.0 1.393 .436 .218 1.6
1931 34 STL NL 81 50 10 5.3 108 .305 .284 .291 .392 .351 .388 .411 .780 .762 106 .566 1.2 0.1 .813 .269 .104 1.0
1932 35 STL NL 238 158 23 3.9 107 .257 .229 .289 .340 .342 .333 .418 .674 .761 79 .418 -5.0 -0.5 .665 .284 .104 2.4
10 Yrs 2845 1764 425 6.4 109 .329 .301 .294 .395 .352 .460 .414 .855 .767 123 .634 94.4 8.9 .877 .301 .159 39.8
162 Game Avg. 601 373 90 6.4 109 .329 .301 .294 .395 .352 .460 .414 .855 .767 123 .634 20 2 .877 .301 .159 8

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1928 31 STL NL WS NYY L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1930 33 STL NL WS PHA L 5 11 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .111 .273 .111 .384 1 0 0 0 0 0
1931 34 STL NL WS PHA W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 8 14 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .083 .214 .083 .298 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 8 14 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .083 .214 .083 .298 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1922 25 STL NL 163 1.8% 12.9% 15.3% 5.5% 23% 0.84 6.2 43.3 6.2 65%
1923 26 STL NL 366 1.4% 12.6% 10.1% 8.5% 40% 1.24 6.9 63.4 7.2 73%
1924 27 STL NL 514 2.1% 7.4% 6.8% 8.8% 32% 1.09 12.0 41.5 6.7 79%
1925 28 STL NL 531 2.3% 8.9% 11.1% 10.7% 36% 0.80 9.8 38.5 8.1 76%
1926 29 STL NL 498 1.6% 11.5% 12.5% 7.4% 29% 0.92 7.3 52.0 9.7 70%
1927 30 STL NL 216 0.9% 10.2% 13.0% 6.9% 26% 0.79 8.2 90.0 6.2 72%
1928 31 STL NL 111 0.9% 23.4% 18.0% 8.1% 45% 1.30 3.3 85.0 4.5 52%
1930 33 STL NL 127 3.2% 11.8% 16.5% 9.5% 30% 0.71 6.7 25.3 4.0 65%
1931 34 STL NL 81 1.2% 8.6% 12.4% 6.2% 26% 0.70 9.6 67.0 13.4 73%
1932 35 STL NL 238 1.3% 13.0% 14.3% 5.9% 30% 0.91 6.5 67.0 6.9 70%
10 Yrs 2845 1.8% 10.9% 11.6% 8.2% 32% 0.94 7.8 48.3 7.1 72%
MLB Averages 1.2% 7.5% 7.9% 6.8% 27% 0.94 11.9 76.2 7.7 80%

Cumulative Batting

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
1922 25 37 163 130 27 39 2 4 3 21 3 3 25 21 .300 .428 .446 .874 130 58 4 4
1923 26 135 529 447 75 117 23 9 8 65 7 5 62 67 .262 .368 .407 .775 106 182 13 7
1924 27 266 1043 903 161 259 44 22 19 133 14 14 97 105 .287 .370 .447 .818 118 404 23 20
1925 28 388 1574 1365 273 417 81 30 31 190 20 22 156 152 .305 .388 .477 .865 126 651 29 25
1926 29 495 2072 1781 354 544 98 42 39 233 26 22 218 209 .305 .393 .473 .867 127 843 40 34
1927 30 556 2288 1961 387 601 106 47 41 262 29 22 246 231 .306 .395 .471 .866 127 924 42 40
1928 31 607 2399 2046 396 621 113 48 42 281 29 22 266 257 .304 .395 .467 .862 126 956 44 44
1929 32 607 2399 2046 396 621 113 48 42 281 29 22 266 257 .304 .395 .467 .862 126 956 44 44
1930 33 652 2526 2147 422 661 119 50 46 306 30 22 287 272 .308 .401 .474 .875 128 1018 45 48
1931 34 687 2607 2214 432 680 123 50 47 311 31 22 297 279 .307 .400 .472 .872 127 1044 47 50
1932 35 767 2845 2415 467 726 133 51 50 340 33 22 331 310 .301 .395 .460 .855 123 1111 47 53

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1922 25 39 167 134 26 39 2 4 3 20 3 25 22 .291 .417 .433 .850 23 37
1923 26 103 379 330 48 79 21 5 5 44 4 37 48 .239 .332 .379 .711 40 98
1924 27 138 538 478 89 148 22 14 11 71 7 36 40 .310 .370 .483 .853 83 131
1925 28 129 542 474 101 152 36 8 12 52 6 57 50 .321 .400 .506 .907 93 122
1926 29 112 511 429 79 127 17 12 8 42 6 62 60 .296 .398 .448 .846 74 107
1927 30 64 221 185 31 56 8 5 2 28 3 28 23 .303 .400 .432 .832 32 61
1928 31 54 114 88 9 20 7 1 1 18 0 20 27 .227 .382 .364 .745 12 51
1930 33 47 121 98 20 34 5 2 3 19 1 18 16 .347 .453 .531 .984 24 45
1931 34 37 83 69 10 19 4 0 1 5 1 10 7 .275 .383 .377 .760 9 35
1932 35 84 245 208 34 46 10 1 3 28 2 34 32 .221 .331 .322 .653 22 80
10 Yrs 807 2921 2493 447 720 132 52 49 327 33 327 325 .289 .382 .442 .824 412 767
162 Game Avg. 162 586 500 90 145 26 10 10 66 7 66 65 .289 .382 .442 .824 83 767

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1925 NL  4.4 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1925 NL  3.7 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1925 NL  .342 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1925 NL  .423 (4th)
1926 NL  .409 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1925 NL  .535 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1925 NL  .958 (5th)
1926 NL  .871 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1925 NL  112 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
1925 NL  37 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1924 NL  13 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1924 NL  11 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1925 NL  59 (8th)
1926 NL  62 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1923 NL  46 (8th)
1925 NL  47 (9th)
1926 NL  57 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1925 NL  140 (6th)
1926 NL  130 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1925 NL  31 (6th)
1926 NL  20 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1925 NL  2.8 (6th)
1926 NL  2.0 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1925 NL  57 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1925 NL  .714 (6th)
1926 NL  .678 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1923 NL  9 (2nd)
1924 NL  10 (2nd)
1925 NL  6 (7th)
1926 NL  11 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 21 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 22 (743), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (683), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Pat Duncan (922)
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  10. Clyde Barnhart (921)
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  5. Beau Bell (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Socks Seybold (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. George Watkins (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Danny Taylor (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Name and misspellings: Francis Ray Raymond Blades

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