Ray Crone
Raymond Hayes Crone
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 7, 1931 in Memphis, TN
High School: Christian Brothers (Memphis, TN)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954
Final Game: July 14, 1958
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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
1954 22 MLN NL 1 0 1.000 2.02 19 2 7 1 0 1 49.0 44 11 11 6 19 33 1 0 1 200 185 1.286 8.1 1.1 3.5 6.1 1.74
1955 23 MLN NL 10 9 .526 3.46 33 15 9 6 1 0 140.1 117 63 54 11 42 7 76 0 0 2 568 108 1.133 7.5 0.7 2.7 4.9 1.81
1956 24 MLN NL 11 10 .524 3.87 35 21 7 6 0 2 169.2 173 92 73 19 44 3 73 1 1 3 716 90 1.279 9.2 1.0 2.3 3.9 1.66
1957 25 TOT NL 7 9 .438 4.36 36 22 5 4 0 1 163.0 185 91 79 19 55 3 71 3 0 1 720 88 1.472 10.2 1.0 3.0 3.9 1.29
1957 25 MLN NL 3 1 .750 4.46 11 5 3 2 0 0 42.1 54 23 21 8 15 2 15 0 0 0 189 78 1.630 11.5 1.7 3.2 3.2 1.00
1957 25 NYG NL 4 8 .333 4.33 25 17 2 2 0 1 120.2 131 68 58 11 40 1 56 3 0 1 531 91 1.417 9.8 0.8 3.0 4.2 1.40
1958 26 SFG NL 1 2 .333 6.75 14 1 6 0 0 0 24.0 35 18 18 5 13 0 7 0 0 3 116 56 2.000 13.1 1.9 4.9 2.6 0.54
5 Seasons 30 30 .500 3.87 137 61 34 17 1 4 546.0 554 275 235 60 173 13 260 5 1 10 2320 95 1.332 9.1 1.0 2.9 4.3 1.50
162 Game Avg. 10 10 .500 3.87 47 21 12 6 0 1 188 190 94 81 21 59 89 2 0 3 797 95 1.332 9.1 1.0 2.9 4.3 1.50
MLN (4 yrs) 25 20 .556 3.57 98 43 26 15 1 3 401.1 388 189 159 44 120 12 197 2 1 6 1673 101 1.266 8.7 1.0 2.7 4.4 1.64
SFG (2 yrs) 5 10 .333 4.73 39 18 8 2 0 1 144.2 166 86 76 16 53 1 63 3 0 4 647 83 1.514 10.3 1.0 3.3 3.9 1.19

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
1954 22 MLN NL 19 200 178 11 44 3 1 6 3 3 19 33 .247 .322 .376 .698 .271 67 3 1 1 1
1955 23 MLN NL 33 567 514 63 117 12 2 11 4 0 42 76 .228 .285 .323 .608 .248 166 7 0 10 1 7
1956 24 MLN NL 35 716 657 92 173 18 4 19 1 1 44 73 .263 .307 .390 .697 .269 256 8 1 7 7 3
1957 25 MLN NL 11 189 173 23 54 3 0 8 3 0 15 15 .312 .365 .468 .833 .305 81 5 0 0 1 2
1957 25 NYG NL 25 531 482 68 131 11 4 11 4 0 40 56 .272 .330 .380 .710 .288 183 14 3 4 2 1
1957 25 TOT NL 36 720 655 91 185 14 4 19 7 0 55 71 .282 .339 .403 .742 .292 264 19 3 4 3 3
1958 26 SFG NL 14 116 99 18 35 3 1 5 0 0 13 7 .354 .421 .556 .977 .337 55 2 0 2 2 0
5 Seasons 137 2319 2103 275 554 50 12 60 15 4 173 260 .263 .319 .384 .703 .275 808 39 5 24 14 13
162 Game Avg. 47 796 722 94 190 17 4 21 5 1 59 89 .263 .319 .384 .703 .275 277 13 2 8 5
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
1954 22 MLN NL 19 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 2 100% 76 77 74 0 0 0 2 1.7 2.0 9.5
1955 23 MLN NL 33 15 5 7 3 0 3 6 9 .400 0 1 6 1 9 60% 55 86 29 11 7 6 6 3.9 4.1 6.5
1956 24 MLN NL 35 21 10 8 3 5 5 11 10 .524 0 0 6 0 10 48% 49 79 23 13 5 10 5 4.8 6.7 6.7
1957 25 TOT NL 36 22 6 8 8 2 3 13 9 .591 1 4 4 0 8 36% 46 79 30 23 8 11 6 5.4 4.6 5.9
1957 25 MLN NL 11 5 3 0 2 1 0 4 1 .800 0 2 2 0 2 40% 47 66 31 1 0 2 2 6.2 6.2 6.9
1957 25 NYG NL 25 17 3 8 6 1 3 9 8 .529 1 2 2 0 6 35% 46 79 30 22 8 9 4 5.1 4.0 5.6
1958 26 SFG NL 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37 37 37 3 0 0 1 3.7 4.5 5.0
5 Seasons 137 61 22 23 16 7 11 32 29 .525 1 6 17 1 29 48% 50 86 23 50 20 27 20 4.6 4.9 6.4
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
1954 22 MLN NL 19 17 7 0 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 9 3 33% 1.009 3 1 8 2 0 10 4 8 12 2 8 1 5.3
1955 23 MLN NL 33 18 9 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 9 3 33% 5 1.034 4 6 4 2 3 9 5 9 13 2 12 1 7.2
1956 24 MLN NL 35 14 7 1 2 3 2 1 67% 3 0 11 2 18% 1.032 3 5 3 3 0 8 7 4 9 5 7 1 6.0
1957 25 TOT NL 36 14 5 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 20 6 30% 0.929 4 5 4 1 3 9 10 3 9 3 8 2 7.1
1957 25 MLN NL 11 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 9 1.054 2 2 2 0 2 4 4 2 3 2 3 2 3.8
1957 25 NYG NL 25 8 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 13 5 38% 5 0.879 2 3 2 1 1 5 6 1 6 1 5 0 9.5
1958 26 SFG NL 14 13 6 1 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 3 50% 5 0.790 2 2 7 1 1 11 4 9 6 3 7 2 4.4
5 Seasons 137 76 34 8 7 7 4 3 57% 8 1 55 17 31% 0.976 16 19 26 9 7 47 30 33 49 15 42 7 6.0

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%
1954 22 MLN NL 200 43% 3.0% 16.5% 9.5% 5.0% 23% 0.80 70% 29 3 10%
1955 23 MLN NL 567 38% 1.9% 13.4% 7.4% 4.4% 21% 1.07 75% 69 7 10%
1956 24 MLN NL 716 44% 2.7% 10.2% 6.2% 5.7% 24% 0.89 80% 90 8 9%
1957 25 TOT NL 720 42% 2.6% 9.9% 7.6% 5.1% 20% 1.57 79% 144 19 13%
1957 25 MLN NL 189 40% 4.2% 7.9% 7.9% 5.8% 20% 1.47 80% 47 5 11%
1957 25 NYG NL 531 43% 2.1% 10.6% 7.5% 4.9% 20% 1.62 79% 97 14 14%
1958 26 SFG NL 116 34% 4.3% 6.0% 11.2% 7.8% 26% 0.91 77% 32 2 6%
5 Seasons 2319 41% 2.6% 11.2% 7.5% 5.3% 22% 1.13 77% 364 39 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
1954 22 MLN NL 162 44 6 0 1 5 1 0 6 4 1 2 25% 0 1 1 63 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 38
1955 23 MLN NL 364 117 11 1 9 4 6 6 4 19 9 1 47% 4 2 0 121 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 203
1956 24 MLN NL 466 173 19 0 10 7 5 6 6 22 12 1 55% 6 3 1 174 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 250
1957 25 TOT NL 666 185 19 0 9 7 9 7 9 40 24 3 60% 17 1 5 276 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 54
1957 25 MLN NL 189 54 8 0 3 5 3 3 5 12 7 2 58% 2 0 1 83 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1957 25 NYG NL 477 131 11 0 6 2 6 4 4 28 17 1 61% 15 1 4 193 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 54
1958 26 SFG NL 116 35 5 1 5 5 0 5 0 12 8 1 67% 1 3 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 Seasons 1774 554 60 2 34 28 21 24 25 97 54 8 56% 28 10 7 685 15 4 79% 14 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 31 545
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+
1954 22 1 0 1.000 2.02 19 2 7 1 0 1 49.0 44 11 11 6 19 33 1 0 1 200 185 1.286 8.1 1.1 3.5 6.1 1.74 185
1955 23 11 9 .550 3.09 52 17 16 7 1 1 189.1 161 74 65 17 61 7 109 1 0 3 768 121 1.173 7.7 0.8 2.9 5.2 1.79 121
1956 24 22 19 .537 3.46 87 38 23 13 1 3 359.0 334 166 138 36 105 10 182 2 1 6 1484 105 1.223 8.4 0.9 2.6 4.6 1.73 105
1957 25 29 28 .509 3.74 123 60 28 17 1 4 522.0 519 257 217 55 160 13 253 5 1 7 2204 99 1.301 8.9 0.9 2.8 4.4 1.58 99
1958 26 30 30 .500 3.87 137 61 34 17 1 4 546.0 554 275 235 60 173 13 260 5 1 10 2320 95 1.332 9.1 1.0 2.9 4.3 1.50 95

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1954 22 4 1 .800 2.30 47.0 47 13 12 6 20 32 1 1.426 9.0 3.8 6.1 1.60 1.1 19
1955 23 8 7 .533 3.80 142.0 127 67 60 12 46 77 0 1.218 8.0 2.9 4.9 1.67 0.8 33
1956 24 8 10 .444 4.61 168.0 194 96 86 21 49 72 1 1.446 10.4 2.6 3.9 1.47 1.1 35
1957 25 8 10 .444 4.64 165.0 197 94 85 20 59 72 3 1.552 10.7 3.2 3.9 1.22 1.1 36
1958 26 0 2 .000 7.12 24.0 37 21 19 5 14 7 0 2.125 13.9 5.3 2.6 0.50 1.9 14
5 Seasons 28 30 .483 4.32 546.0 602 291 262 64 188 260 5 1.447 9.9 4.3 1.38 1.1 137

* 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

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 NL  2.334 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Whitey Moore (976)
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  8. Larry Demery (973)
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