Ray Burris
Bertram Ray Burris
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 22, 1950 in Idabel, OK
High School: Duke (Duke, OK)
School: Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 17th round of the 1972 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1973
Final Game: September 27, 1987
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Standard Fielding

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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 Awards
1973 CHC NL 22 P 31 1 64.2 15 0 14 1 2 .933 1.95 0.45 .953 1.88 0.73
1974 CHC NL 23 P 40 5 75.0 13 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.56 0.33 .938 1.88 0.71
1975 CHC NL 24 P 36 35 238.1 34 16 16 2 0 .941 1.21 0.89 .947 1.86 0.72
1976 CHC NL 25 P 37 36 249.0 62 15 42 5 3 .919 2.06 1.54 .952 1.88 0.72
1977 CHC NL 26 P 39 39 221.0 63 16 46 1 1 .984 2.52 1.59 .948 1.85 0.67
1978 CHC NL 27 P 40 32 199.0 65 23 38 4 2 .938 2.76 1.53 .952 1.91 0.72
1979 TOT MLB 28 P 33 4 71.1 20 9 10 1 0 .950 2.41 0.58 .945 1.84 0.73
1979 TOT NL 28 P 18 4 43.4 15 7 7 1 0 .933 2.91 0.78 .947 1.79 0.66
1979 CHC NL 28 P 14 0 21.2 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.91 0.50 .943 1.79 0.66
1979 NYY AL 28 P 15 0 27.2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.63 0.33 .940 1.92 0.81
1979 NYM NL 28 P 4 4 21.2 8 4 3 1 0 .875 2.91 1.75 .950 1.79 0.65
1980 NYM NL 29 P 29 29 170.1 37 13 22 2 1 .946 1.85 1.21 .951 1.91 0.69
1981 MON NL 30 P 22 21 135.2 28 8 17 3 2 .893 1.66 1.14 .961 1.97 0.68
1982 MON NL 31 P 37 15 123.2 29 11 16 2 1 .931 1.96 0.73 .952 1.96 0.70
1983 MON NL 32 P 40 17 154.0 35 12 23 0 1 1.000 2.05 0.88 .949 1.92 0.68
1984 OAK AL 33 P 34 28 211.2 21 5 16 0 2 1.000 0.89 0.62 .957 1.79 0.70
1984 OAK AL 33 DH 3
1985 MIL AL 34 P 29 28 170.1 39 18 19 2 0 .949 1.95 1.28 .954 1.86 0.70
1986 STL NL 35 P 23 10 82.0 13 4 9 0 1 1.000 1.43 0.57 .954 1.94 0.66
1987 MIL AL 36 P 10 2 23.0 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.35 0.60 .950 1.84 0.67
15 Seasons P 480 302 2188.2 480 157 300 23 16 .952 1.88 0.95 .951 1.88 0.70
1 Season DH 3
15 Seasons TOT 480 302 2188.2 480 157 300 23 16 .952 1.88 0.95 .903 1.88 0.70
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1973 CHC NL 22 31 1 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CHC NL 23 41 5 41 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 CHC NL 24 38 35 38 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1976 CHC NL 25 39 36 39 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1977 CHC NL 26 40 39 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 CHC NL 27 41 32 41 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 NYY AL 28 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CHC NL 28 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 NYM NL 28 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 NYM NL 29 29 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 MON NL 30 22 21 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 MON NL 31 37 15 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 MON NL 32 40 17 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 OAK AL 33 37 0 3 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1985 MIL AL 34 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 STL NL 35 23 10 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 MIL AL 36 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 490 244 402 480 480 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1973 CHC NL 22 287 71% 31% 14 86% 0 0 0 0 13 8 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 5 80%
1974 CHC NL 23 372 81% 23% 10 100% 0 3 0 3 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1975 CHC NL 24 1052 82% 29% 24 79% 0 15 2 10 16 15 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 100%
1976 CHC NL 25 1089 83% 29% 52 87% 2 15 2 9 43 33 3 5 0 2 3 3 3 2 3 0 20 80%
1977 CHC NL 26 1013 83% 37% 49 86% 0 15 4 9 44 31 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 11 64%
1978 CHC NL 27 899 80% 33% 43 88% 0 24 3 13 38 28 2 4 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 8 75%
1979 NYY AL 28 137 79% 18% 4 100% 0 2 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1979 CHC NL 28 104 71% 20% 4 75% 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1979 NYM NL 28 99 83% 25% 5 80% 1 3 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1980 NYM NL 29 765 82% 24% 21 95% 2 12 2 7 22 13 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6 83%
1981 MON NL 30 580 83% 29% 17 88% 1 8 0 6 18 10 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1982 MON NL 31 581 81% 22% 16 81% 2 11 0 10 15 9 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1983 MON NL 32 669 76% 21% 23 100% 1 12 0 10 24 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1984 OAK AL 33 924 79% 19% 20 100% 0 5 0 4 19 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1985 MIL AL 34 766 82% 22% 19 95% 0 17 0 16 19 15 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1986 STL NL 35 368 81% 29% 10 90% 1 4 0 3 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1987 MIL AL 36 115 83% 16% 4 75% 0 3 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
15 Seasons 9820 81% 27% 335 89% 10 152 15 109 302 221 25 23 1 12 10 9 15 9 13 2 85 85%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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