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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1922	STL	NL	25	LF	31	31	29		71	60	6	5	0	.930		2.13	.958		2.22
1922	STL	NL	25	OF	29	32	30		72	61	6	5	0	.931		2.31	.962		2.40
1922	STL	NL	25	SS	4	3	3		22	5	12	5	2	.773		4.25	.945		5.78
1922	STL	NL	25	3B	1	0	0		4	1	2	1	0	.750		3.00	.948		3.00
1922	STL	NL	25	RF	1	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.960		2.20
1923	STL	NL	26	LF	84	71	65		208	191	10	7	2	.966		2.39	.966		2.26
1923	STL	NL	26	OF	83	73	66		212	194	11	7	2	.967		2.47	.964		2.44
1923	STL	NL	26	3B	4	1	0		1	0	1	0	0	1.000		0.25	.950		3.10
1923	STL	NL	26	RF	2	2	1		4	3	1	0	0	1.000		2.00	.958		2.20
1924	STL	NL	27	OF	109	106	99		274	256	6	12	1	.956		2.40	.965		2.39
1924	STL	NL	27	LF	105	104	97		268	250	6	12	1	.955		2.44	.964		2.26
1924	STL	NL	27	2B	7	5	5		28	12	16	0	2	1.000		4.00	.961		5.99
1924	STL	NL	27	3B	7	6	6		16	7	8	1	0	.938		2.14	.956		2.93
1924	STL	NL	27	RF	3	2	2		6	6	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.967		2.07
1924	STL	NL	27	CF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.80
1925	STL	NL	28	LF	114	114	105		285	266	13	6	4	.979		2.45	.967		2.26
1925	STL	NL	28	OF	114	114	105		285	266	13	6	4	.979		2.45	.967		2.48
1925	STL	NL	28	3B	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.940		3.00
1926	STL	NL	29	LF	105	104	101		244	229	10	5	1	.980		2.28	.961		2.21
1926	STL	NL	29	OF	105	104	101		244	229	10	5	1	.980		2.28	.965		2.42
1927	STL	NL	30	OF	50	45	40		70	64	0	6	0	.914		1.28	.970		2.49
1927	STL	NL	30	LF	32	29	25		42	39	0	3	0	.929		1.22	.970		2.25
1927	STL	NL	30	RF	19	16	15		28	25	0	3	0	.893		1.32	.968		2.26
1928	STL	NL	31	OF	19	18	11		36	34	1	1	1	.972		1.84	.972		2.47
1928	STL	NL	31	RF	15	14	7		21	21	0	0	0	1.000		1.40	.968		2.26
1928	STL	NL	31	LF	4	4	4		15	13	1	1	1	.933		3.50	.972		2.25
1930	STL	NL	33	OF	32	29	15		70	66	1	3	0	.957		2.09	.968		2.40
1930	STL	NL	33	RF	23	20	9		53	49	1	3	0	.943		2.17	.966		2.41
1930	STL	NL	33	LF	11	9	6		17	17	0	0	0	1.000		1.55	.968		2.01
1931	STL	NL	34	OF	20	15	7		31	26	1	4	0	.871		1.35	.973		2.48
1931	STL	NL	34	RF	13	11	5		21	18	1	2	0	.905		1.46	.969		2.33
1931	STL	NL	34	LF	7	4	2		10	8	0	2	0	.800		1.14	.976		2.21
1932	STL	NL	35	OF	62	53	45		122	117	2	3	0	.975		1.92	.976		2.52
1932	STL	NL	35	RF	50	44	38		105	102	0	3	0	.971		2.04	.969		2.32
1932	STL	NL	35	LF	12	9	7		17	15	2	0	0	1.000		1.42	.975		2.28
1932	STL	NL	35	3B	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.90
	10 Seasons			OF	623	589	519		1416	1313	51	52	9	.963		2.19	.967		2.45
	10 Seasons			LF	505	479	441		1177	1088	48	41	9	.965		2.25	.965		2.24
	8 Seasons			RF	126	110	78		239	225	3	11	0	.954		1.81	.968		2.31
	5 Seasons			3B	14	7	6		22	9	11	2	0	.909		1.43	.954		2.99
	1 Season			2B	7	5	5		28	12	16	0	2	1.000		4.00	.961		5.99
	1 Season			SS	4	3	3		22	5	12	5	2	.773		4.25	.945		5.78
	1 Season			CF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.80
	10 Seasons			TOT	648	604	533		1488	1339	90	59	13	.960		2.21	.966		2.52
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1922	STL	NL	25	37	35	37	35	0	1	4	31	0	1	32	0	2
1923	STL	NL	26	98	74	98	88	0	4	0	84	0	2	85	6	4
1924	STL	NL	27	131	117	131	122	8	7	0	105	1	3	108	3	6
1925	STL	NL	28	122	114	122	114	0	1	0	114	0	0	114	5	3
1926	STL	NL	29	107	104	107	105	0	0	0	105	0	0	105	2	0
1927	STL	NL	30	61	45	61	50	0	0	0	32	0	19	50	9	2
1928	STL	NL	31	51	18	51	19	0	0	0	4	0	15	19	32	0
1930	STL	NL	33	45	29	45	32	0	0	0	11	0	23	32	10	3
1931	STL	NL	34	35	15	35	20	0	0	0	7	0	13	20	15	0
1932	STL	NL	35	80	53	80	63	0	1	0	12	0	50	62	16	1
	10 Seasons			767	604	767	648	8	14	4	505	1	126	627	98	21

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%) 1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)	Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1924 NL 105 (3rd) 1925 NL 114 (4th) 1926 NL 105 (2nd)	Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1924 NL 250 (3rd) 1925 NL 266 (3rd) 1926 NL 229 (1st)	Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1925 NL 13 (2nd) 1926 NL 10 (1st)
Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1923 NL 7 (4th) 1924 NL 12 (1st) 1925 NL 6 (5th) Career 41 (77th)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1924 NL 12 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1923 NL 2.39 (3rd) 1924 NL 2.44 (1st) 1925 NL 2.45 (2nd) 1926 NL 2.28 (2nd) Career 2.25 (18th)	Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1925 NL .979 (1st) 1926 NL .980 (1st)
Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1924 NL 2.40 (5th)	Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1925 NL .979 (4th) 1926 NL .980 (3rd)

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