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Ray Crone

Raymond Hayes Crone

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 165 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
Teams (by GP): Braves/Giants 1954-1958

Final Game: July 14, 1958
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
1949	17	ATL-min	D	9	3	.750	2.93	14						89.0	76	41	29		48								1.393	7.7		4.9			OWN · KITL
1950	18	ATL-min	B	11	9	.550	3.62	31						164.0	156	87	66	3	83								1.457	8.6	0.2	4.6			EVN · IIIL
1951	19	ATL-min	A	12	7	.632	3.95	28	22					155.0	178	76	68		70								1.600	10.3		4.1			HFD · EL
1952	20	ATL-min	A,AA	13	13	.500	3.98	33	21					181.0	192	103	80		66								1.425	9.5		3.3			HFD,ATA · EL,SOUA
1953	21	ATL-min	A	19	11	.633	2.38	33	31					253.0	200	93	67	7	104								1.202	7.1	0.2	3.7			JCK · SALL
1954	22	ATL-min	AAA	7	3	.700	3.00	14	12		7	3		87.0	73	34	29	3	35		59	0	0	2			1.241	7.6	0.3	3.6	6.1	1.69	TOL · AA
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	187	1.286	8.1	1.1	3.5	6.1	1.74
1955	23	ATL-min	AAA	4	0	1.000		4																									TOL · AA
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	109	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	79	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	92	1.417	9.8	0.8	3.0	4.2	1.40
1958	26	-min	AAA	0	2	.000		7																									TTO · IL
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	57	2.000	13.1	1.9	4.9	2.6	0.54
1959	27	DET-min	AA,AAA	6	12	.333	3.19	21	16		6	1		110.0	106	55	39	9	39	2	42	3	0	6			1.318	8.7	0.7	3.2	3.4	1.08	MEM,BIR,TTO · SOUA,IL
1960	28	OAK-min	AAA	5	12	.294	3.79	36	16					140.0	164	72	59	9	48								1.514	10.5	0.6	3.1			DFW,POR · AA,PCL
1961	29	-min	A	4	5	.444	4.58	23	12					88.1	99	58	45	5	26								1.415	10.1	0.5	2.6			JCK · SALL
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	96	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	96	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	102	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	84	1.514	10.3	1.0	3.3	3.9	1.19

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1954	22	MLN	NL	49.0	2	11	28	0	.9	17	1.6	$
1955	23	MLN	NL	140.1	15	63	77	3	1.0	14	1.4	$
1956	24	MLN	NL	169.2	21	92	89	8	1.0	-3	-0.4	$
1957	25	MLN	NL	42.1	5	23	22	1	1.0	-1	-0.2	$
1957	25	NYG	NL	120.2	17	68	76	-1	.9	8	0.7	$
1958	26	SFG	NL	24.0	1	18	13	0	.7	-5	-0.6	$
5 Seasons				546.0	61	275	305	11	1.0	30	2.5	$

MLN (4 yrs)				401.1	43	189	216	12	1.0	27	2.4	$
SFG (2 yrs)				144.2	18	86	89	-1	.9	3	0.1	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1949	17	ATL-min	D	14	29	29		3	0	0	0						.103	.103	.103	.207		3						OWN · KITL
1950	18	ATL-min	B	32	50	50		9	0	0	0						.180	.180	.180	.360		9						EVN · IIIL
1951	19	ATL-min	A	28	53	53		11	0	1	0						.208	.208	.245	.453		13						HFD · EL
1952	20	ATL-min	A,AA	37	65	65		17	4	0	0						.262	.262	.308	.569		20						HFD,ATA · EL,SOUA
1953	21	ATL-min	A	35	87	87		18	0	0	0						.207	.207	.207	.414		18						JCK · SALL
1954	22	ATL-min	AAA	16	36	32	7	8	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	.250	.273	.250	.523		8	1	0	3	0		TOL · AA
1954	22	MLN	NL	19	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	2	0	0	0	0		1
1955	23	ATL-min	AAA	4	12	12		2									.167	.167										TOL · AA
1955	23	MLN	NL	33	50	44	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.159	.213	.159	.372	3	7	2	0	3	0	0	1
1956	24	MLN	NL	35	62	49	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	18	.122	.246	.143	.388	11	7	1	0	5	0	0	1
1957	25	TOT	NL	36	58	51	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	22	.059	.143	.078	.221	-38	4	1	0	2	0	0	1
1957	25	MLN	NL	11	14	11	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.182	.308	.273	.580	63	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1957	25	NYG	NL	25	44	40	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	18	.025	.093	.025	.118	-66	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
1958	26	-min	AAA	7	4	4		0									.000	.000										TTO · IL
1958	26	SFG	NL	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	27	DET-min	AA,AAA	23	47	41	2	7	0	0	0	2	1		3	9	.171	.244	.098	.342		4		1	2	0	0	MEM,BIR,TTO · SOUA,IL
1960	28	OAK-min	AAA	37	39	36	0	5	0	0	0	0	0		3	6	.139	.205	.139	.344		5						POR,DFW · PCL,AA
1961	29	-min	A	23	27	25	0	3	1	0	0	2	0		2	9	.120	.185	.160	.345		4						JCK · SALL
5 Seasons				137	182	156	10	18	2	0	0	5	0	0	16	52	.115	.198	.128	.326	-9	20	4	0	10	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	215	184	12	21	2	0	0	6	0	0	19	61	.115	.198	.128	.326	-9	24	5	0	12	0

MLN (4 yrs)				98	136	114	9	17	2	0	0	4	0	0	13	34	.149	.236	.167	.403	13	19	3	0	9	0	0
SFG (2 yrs)				39	46	42	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	18	.024	.089	.024	.113	-68	1	1	0	1	0	0

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
1954	22	MLN	NL	10	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1955	23	MLN	NL	50	-6	0	0	0	0	0	2	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$	1
1956	24	MLN	NL	62	-6	0	0	0	0	0	2	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$	1
1957	25	MLN	NL	14	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1957	25	NYG	NL	44	-9	0	0	0	0	4	2	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	1
1958	26	SFG	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
5 Seasons				182	-24	0	0	0	0	4	6	-14	-1.7	-14	-1.4	-0.3	$

MLN (4 yrs)				136	-14	0	0	0	0	0	4	-10	-1.2	-10	-1.0	-0.2	$
SFG (2 yrs)				46	-10	0	0	0	0	4	2	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1954	MLN	NL	22	P	19	2	1	49.0	8	1	7	0	0	1.000	1.47	0.42	.960	2.08	2.06	4	3	43%	0
1955	MLN	NL	23	P	33	15	6	140.1	30	11	19	0	5	1.000	1.92	0.91	.950	2.04	2.02	5	3	38%	0
1956	MLN	NL	24	P	35	21	6	169.2	39	15	23	1	2	.974	2.02	1.09	.966	2.05	2.03	3	4	57%	0
1957	TOT	NL	25	P	36	22	4	163.0	53	11	42	0	4	1.000	2.93	1.47	.962	2.06	2.08	7	0	0%	1
1957	MLN	NL	25	P	11	5	2	42.1	13	3	10	0	2	1.000	2.76	1.18	.962	2.06	2.08	3	0	0%	0
1957	NYG	NL	25	P	25	17	2	120.2	40	8	32	0	2	1.000	2.98	1.60	.962	2.06	2.08	4	0	0%	1
1958	SFG	NL	26	P	14	1	0	24.0	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.50	0.29	.955	1.99	1.96	0	0		0
	5 Seasons			P	137	61	17	546.0	134	38	95	1	11	.993	2.19	0.97	.960	2.05	2.04	19	10	34%	1
	5 Seasons			TOT	137	61	17	546.0	134	38	95	1	11	.993	2.19	0.97	.960	2.05	2.04	19	10	34%	1

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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)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1955 NL 1.6 (7th)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1957 NL 2.93 (5th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1955 NL 1.000 (1st)

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

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1955 NL 1.6 (7th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1957 NL 2.93 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1955 NL 1.000 (1st)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Larry Jackson (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.
June 15, 1957: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Danny O'Connell and Bobby Thomson to the New York Giants for Red Schoendienst.
July 15, 1958: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to Toronto (International) for Don Johnson.

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