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Ray Blades
Francis Raymond Blades
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 163 lb.

Born: August 6, 1896 in Mount Vernon, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: August 19, 1922
Final Game: September 25, 1932
Died: May 18, 1979 in Lincoln, IL
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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 .958 141 247 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 .864 129 81 2 6 O
1928 31 STL NL 51 111 85 9 20 7 1 1 19 0 20 26 .235 .393 .376 .769 100 32 2 4 O
1930 33 STL NL 45 127 101 26 40 6 2 4 25 1 21 15 .396 .504 .614 1.118 165 62 1 4 O
1931 34 STL NL 35 81 67 10 19 4 0 1 5 1 10 7 .284 .392 .388 .780 107 26 2 2 O
1932 35 STL NL 80 238 201 35 46 10 1 3 29 2 34 31 .229 .340 .333 .674 80 67 0 3 O/5
10 Seasons 767 2846 2415 467 726 133 51 50 340 33 22 331 310 .301 .395 .460 .855 124 1111 47 53
162 Game Avg. 162 601 510 99 153 28 11 11 72 7 70 65 .301 .395 .460 .855 124 235 10 11

Postseason Batting

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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1922 STL NL 25 OF 29 72 61 6 5 0 .931 2.31 .964 2.26 28-0-1
1922 STL NL 25 SS 4 22 5 12 5 2 .773 4.25 .955 5.45
1922 STL NL 25 3B 1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 .950 2.90
1923 STL NL 26 OF 83 212 194 11 7 2 .967 2.47 .964 2.28 81-1-3
1923 STL NL 26 3B 4 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 .900 2.95
1924 STL NL 27 OF 109 274 256 6 12 1 .956 2.40 .965 2.24 106-3-1
1924 STL NL 27 2B 7 28 12 16 0 2 1.000 4.00 .961 5.60
1924 STL NL 27 3B 7 16 7 8 1 0 .938 2.14 .956 2.81
1925 STL NL 28 OF 114 285 266 13 6 4 .979 2.45 .967 2.33 114-0-0
1925 STL NL 28 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.80
1926 STL NL 29 OF 105 244 229 10 5 1 .980 2.28 .964 2.26 105-0-0
1927 STL NL 30 OF 50 70 64 0 6 0 .914 1.28 .971 2.35 29-0-21
1928 STL NL 31 OF 19 36 34 1 1 1 .972 1.84 .972 2.31 4-0-15
1930 STL NL 33 OF 32 70 66 1 3 0 .957 2.09 .969 2.28 13-0-21
1931 STL NL 34 OF 20 31 26 1 4 0 .871 1.35 .977 2.38 7-0-13
1932 STL NL 35 OF 62 122 117 2 3 0 .975 1.92 .976 2.41 13-0-49
1932 STL NL 35 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70
10 Seasons OF 623 1416 1313 51 52 9 .963 2.19 .967 2.30 500-4-124
5 Seasons 3B 14 22 9 11 2 0 .909 1.43 .950 2.85
1 Season 2B 7 28 12 16 0 2 1.000 4.00 .961 5.60
1 Season SS 4 22 5 12 5 2 .773 4.25 .955 5.45
10 Seasons TOT 648 1488 1339 90 59 13 .960 2.21 .927 2.37 500-4-124
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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--141--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--2.9--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

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Gray InkBatting - 21 (975), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 22 (719), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (579), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Socks Seybold (950)  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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