Ray Corbin
Alton Ray Corbin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 12, 1949 in Live Oak, FL
High School: Live Oak (Live Oak, FL)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1971
Final Game: July 28, 1975
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1971 22 MIN AL 8 11 .421 4.10 52 11 19 2 0 3 140.1 141 74 64 19 70 11 83 3 0 7 620 86 1.504 9.0 1.2 4.5 5.3 1.19
1972 23 MIN AL 8 9 .471 2.62 31 19 5 5 3 0 161.2 135 56 47 12 53 3 83 6 0 2 657 123 1.163 7.5 0.7 3.0 4.6 1.57
1973 24 MIN AL 8 5 .615 3.03 51 7 28 1 0 14 148.1 124 58 50 7 60 4 83 5 0 8 622 131 1.240 7.5 0.4 3.6 5.0 1.38
1974 25 MIN AL 7 6 .538 5.29 29 15 6 1 0 0 112.1 133 78 66 8 40 4 50 3 0 3 508 71 1.540 10.7 0.6 3.2 4.0 1.25
1975 26 MIN AL 5 7 .417 5.12 18 11 4 3 0 0 89.2 105 59 51 13 38 5 49 2 1 2 406 75 1.595 10.5 1.3 3.8 4.9 1.29
5 Seasons 36 38 .486 3.84 181 63 62 12 3 17 652.1 638 325 278 59 261 27 348 19 1 22 2813 95 1.378 8.8 0.8 3.6 4.8 1.33
162 Game Avg. 10 11 .486 3.84 50 18 17 3 1 5 182 178 91 77 16 73 8 97 5 0 6 784 95 1.378 8.8 0.8 3.6 4.8 1.33

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 22 MIN AL 52 620 533 74 141 17 2 19 12 7 70 83 .265 .351 .411 .762 .281 219 10 3 11 3 11
1972 23 MIN AL 31 657 587 56 135 18 3 12 8 11 53 83 .230 .299 .332 .631 .248 195 15 6 8 3 3
1973 24 MIN AL 51 622 542 58 124 19 3 7 10 3 60 83 .229 .308 .314 .622 .255 170 14 5 9 6 4
1974 25 MIN AL 29 508 452 78 133 21 6 8 5 8 40 50 .294 .352 .420 .772 .313 190 10 3 8 5 4
1975 26 MIN AL 18 406 356 59 105 17 2 13 9 5 38 49 .295 .363 .463 .826 .309 165 7 2 6 4 5
5 Seasons 181 2813 2470 325 638 92 16 59 44 34 261 348 .258 .331 .380 .711 .278 939 56 19 42 21 27
162 Game Avg. 50 784 688 91 178 26 4 16 12 9 73 97 .258 .331 .380 .711 .278 262 16 5 12 6 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1971 22 MIN AL 52 11 2 5 4 0 4 5 6 .455 0 3 2 0 8 73% 52 67 34 25 8 7 1 3.4 2.6 6.1
1972 23 MIN AL 31 19 6 9 4 0 5 7 12 .368 1 1 5 3 14 74% 57 81 21 9 6 9 6 3.4 3.3 6.9
1973 24 MIN AL 51 7 4 0 3 0 0 5 2 .714 1 0 1 0 7 100% 60 68 48 28 9 4 2 5.5 5.1 7.7
1974 25 MIN AL 29 15 4 5 6 1 0 9 6 .600 1 3 1 0 5 33% 44 72 16 24 4 2 8 4.7 3.5 4.9
1975 26 MIN AL 18 11 3 7 1 1 2 4 7 .364 0 1 3 0 4 36% 40 60 14 16 7 2 6 3.8 3.6 5.4
5 Seasons 181 63 19 26 18 2 11 30 33 .476 3 8 12 3 38 60% 50 81 14 102 34 24 23 4.0 3.6 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1971 22 MIN AL 52 41 19 6 6 4 3 1 75% 6 1 37 7 19% 8 1.099 17 10 14 8 10 23 19 22 23 7 27 8 5.4
1972 23 MIN AL 31 12 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 2 1.040 3 4 5 0 4 8 5 7 10 1 10 0 7.4
1973 24 MIN AL 51 44 28 4 5 16 14 2 88% 19 3 46 17 37% 8 1.042 15 12 17 19 6 19 30 14 32 11 34 8 6.5
1974 25 MIN AL 29 14 6 3 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 18 9 50% 7 0.916 3 4 7 3 1 10 12 2 12 2 12 1 8.3
1975 26 MIN AL 18 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 3 27% 3 1.087 3 2 2 2 0 5 6 1 5 0 6 0 12.9
5 Seasons 181 118 62 17 12 21 17 4 81% 27 5 120 38 32% 1.038 41 32 45 32 21 65 72 46 82 21 89 17 6.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1971 22 MIN AL 620 38% 3.1% 13.4% 11.3% 6.1% 27% 1.19 70% 128 10 8%
1972 23 MIN AL 657 40% 1.8% 12.6% 8.1% 5.0% 24% 1.02 75% 99 15 15%
1973 24 MIN AL 622 39% 1.1% 13.3% 9.7% 4.7% 23% 1.18 74% 121 14 12%
1974 25 MIN AL 508 41% 1.6% 9.8% 7.9% 6.9% 26% 1.27 79% 110 10 9%
1975 26 MIN AL 406 43% 3.2% 12.1% 9.4% 7.9% 31% 1.19 73% 74 7 9%
5 Seasons 2813 40% 2.1% 12.4% 9.3% 5.9% 26% 1.16 74% 532 56 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1971 22 MIN AL 620 141 19 0 20 11 8 11 8 33 13 5 39% 8 7 0 250 12 7 63% 11 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 15 0
1972 23 MIN AL 657 135 12 0 5 8 4 3 9 21 12 6 57% 8 2 1 226 8 11 42% 7 7 1 2 0 2 2 0 8 0
1973 24 MIN AL 622 124 7 0 17 3 4 3 4 51 22 6 43% 11 8 1 240 10 3 77% 9 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 18 0
1974 25 MIN AL 508 133 8 0 15 5 3 6 2 41 24 4 59% 15 3 0 207 5 8 38% 4 8 1 0 0 0 6 1 12 0
1975 26 MIN AL 406 105 13 0 17 8 5 8 5 29 13 7 45% 6 2 0 148 9 5 64% 8 3 0 0 1 2 4 2 10 0
5 Seasons 2813 638 59 0 74 35 24 31 28 175 84 28 48% 48 22 2 1071 44 34 56% 39 27 4 2 1 5 17 3 63 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1971 22 8 11 .421 4.10 52 11 19 2 0 3 140.1 141 74 64 19 70 11 83 3 0 7 620 86 1.504 9.0 1.2 4.5 5.3 1.19 86
1972 23 16 20 .444 3.31 83 30 24 7 3 3 302.0 276 130 111 31 123 14 166 9 0 9 1277 102 1.321 8.2 0.9 3.7 4.9 1.35 102
1973 24 24 25 .490 3.22 134 37 52 8 3 17 450.1 400 188 161 38 183 18 249 14 0 17 1899 111 1.295 8.0 0.8 3.7 5.0 1.36 111
1974 25 31 31 .500 3.63 163 52 58 9 3 17 562.2 533 266 227 46 223 22 299 17 0 20 2407 99 1.344 8.5 0.7 3.6 4.8 1.34 99
1975 26 36 38 .486 3.84 181 63 62 12 3 17 652.1 638 325 278 59 261 27 348 19 1 22 2813 95 1.378 8.8 0.8 3.6 4.8 1.33 95

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1971 22 6 8 .429 4.91 132.0 151 80 72 20 75 78 3 1.712 10.3 5.1 5.3 1.04 1.4 52
1972 23 10 7 .588 3.43 155.0 155 66 59 14 61 80 7 1.394 9.0 3.5 4.6 1.31 0.8 31
1973 24 9 6 .600 3.36 142.0 128 59 53 7 62 79 5 1.338 8.1 3.9 5.0 1.27 0.4 51
1974 25 3 8 .273 6.14 107.0 141 81 73 8 42 48 3 1.710 11.9 3.5 4.0 1.14 0.7 29
1975 26 3 6 .333 5.76 86.0 110 61 55 14 40 47 2 1.744 11.5 4.2 4.9 1.18 1.5 18
5 Seasons 31 35 .470 4.51 622.0 685 347 312 63 280 332 20 1.551 9.9 4.8 1.19 0.9 181

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1973 AL--51--5th

Saves s c a p y
1973 AL--14--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1972 AL--123--10th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1673), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Steve Ontiveros (971)
  6. Steve Mura (970)
  7. Tom Timmermann (969)
  8. Tom Gorman (969)
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