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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 11:59PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1159. Merv Rettenmund… #1160. Stephen Drew… #1161. Sammy Strang… #1162. RAY BLADES… #1163. Bob Fothergill… #1164. Alex Gonzalez… #1165. Johnny Lindell… 

Standard Batting

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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 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 O/65
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 O/5
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 *O/45
1925 28 STL NL 122 532 462 112 158 37 8 12 57 6 8 59 47 .342 .423 .535 .958 140 247 6 5 *O/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 *O
1927 30 STL NL 61 216 180 33 57 8 5 2 29 3 28 22 .317 .414 .450 .864 127 81 2 6 O
1928 31 STL NL 51 111 85 9 20 7 1 1 19 0 20 26 .235 .393 .376 .769 99 32 2 4 O
1930 33 STL NL 45 127 101 26 40 6 2 4 25 1 21 15 .396 .504 .614 1.118 164 62 1 4 O
1931 34 STL NL 35 81 67 10 19 4 0 1 5 1 10 7 .284 .392 .388 .780 106 26 2 2 O
1932 35 STL NL 80 238 201 35 46 10 1 3 29 2 34 31 .229 .340 .333 .674 79 67 0 3 O/5
10 Seasons 767 2846 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: 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 Awards
1922 25 STL NL 163 8 0 0 0 -1 -1 5 11 1.0 12 1.2 -0.2 $ O/65
1923 26 STL NL 366 -5 1 0 0 6 -4 11 9 0.9 3 0.3 0.6 $ O/5
1924 27 STL NL 514 20 1 0 0 3 -4 15 35 3.6 32 3.3 0.3 $ *O/45
1925 28 STL NL 532 28 1 0 0 8 -5 15 47 4.6 39 3.8 0.8 $ *O/5
1926 29 STL NL 498 22 1 0 0 6 -5 13 37 3.8 31 3.2 0.6 $ *O
1927 30 STL NL 216 8 0 0 0 -7 -2 6 5 0.6 12 1.2 -0.6 $ O
1928 31 STL NL 111 0 -1 0 0 -1 -1 3 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ O
1930 33 STL NL 127 14 0 0 0 0 -2 4 16 1.4 16 1.5 -0.1 $ O
1931 34 STL NL 81 2 0 0 0 -3 -1 2 0 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ O
1932 35 STL NL 238 -5 1 0 0 -1 -3 7 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ O/5
10 Seasons 2846 92 4 0 0 10 -28 81 159 15.9 149 14.9 1.0 $

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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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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 OF 29 72 61 6 5 0 .931 2.31 .962 2.40
1922 STL NL 25 SS 4 22 5 12 5 2 .773 4.25 .945 5.78
1922 STL NL 25 3B 1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 .948 3.00
1922 STL NL 25 LF 31 31 29 71 60 6 5 0 .930 2.13 .958 2.22
1922 STL NL 25 RF 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.20
1923 STL NL 26 OF 83 212 194 11 7 2 .967 2.47 .964 2.44
1923 STL NL 26 3B 4 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 .950 3.10
1923 STL NL 26 LF 84 71 65 208 191 10 7 2 .966 2.39 .966 2.26
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 109 274 256 6 12 1 .956 2.40 .965 2.39
1924 STL NL 27 2B 7 28 12 16 0 2 1.000 4.00 .961 5.99
1924 STL NL 27 3B 7 16 7 8 1 0 .938 2.14 .956 2.93
1924 STL NL 27 LF 105 104 97 268 250 6 12 1 .955 2.44 .964 2.26
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 OF 114 285 266 13 6 4 .979 2.45 .967 2.48
1925 STL NL 28 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .940 3.00
1925 STL NL 28 LF 114 114 105 285 266 13 6 4 .979 2.45 .967 2.26
1926 STL NL 29 OF 105 244 229 10 5 1 .980 2.28 .965 2.42
1926 STL NL 29 LF 105 104 101 244 229 10 5 1 .980 2.28 .961 2.21
1927 STL NL 30 OF 50 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 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 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 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 62 122 117 2 3 0 .975 1.92 .976 2.52
1932 STL NL 35 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
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
10 Seasons OF 623 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 22 9 11 2 0 .909 1.43 .954 2.99
1 Season 2B 7 28 12 16 0 2 1.000 4.00 .961 5.99
1 Season SS 4 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 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
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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  4.6 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1925 NL  3.8 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1923 NL  0.6 (9th)
1925 NL  0.8 (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)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
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 (17th)

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)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 21 (988), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 24 (700), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (683), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Dick Wakefield (933)
  6. Shane Mack (930)
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  8. Pat Duncan (922)
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  4. Beau Bell (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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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