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Ray Fontenot

Silton Ray Fontenot

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 8, 1957 in Lake Charles, LA
High School: LaGrange (LaGrange, LA)
School: McNeese State University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 34th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1983
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Yankees/Twins 1983-1986

Final Game: October 1, 1986
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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

More Stats

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
1979	21	TEX-min	Rk	3	1	.750	4.06	8	5					31.0	28	20	14	1	12								1.290	8.1	0.3	3.5			RGS · GULF
1980	22	NYY-min	A	2	2	.500	3.67	11	6		2	1	1	49.0	41	27	20	4	19	0	50	1	1	1			1.224	7.5	0.7	3.5	9.2	2.63	GBO · SALL
1981	23	NYY-min	A	5	6	.455	3.98	17	17	0	3	0	0	104.0	103	56	46	9	54	1	99	2	0	19			1.510	8.9	0.8	4.7	8.6	1.83	GBO,FTL · SALL,FLOR
1982	24	NYY-min	AA,A	11	11	.500	2.50	26	24	2	8	2	0	165.1	142	63	46	8	48	3	141	5	1	7			1.149	7.7	0.4	2.6	7.7	2.94	NVL,FTL · SOUL,FLOR
1983	25	NYY-min	AAA	3	2	.600	2.83	26	0	18	0	0	8	35.0	25	16	11	1	17	2	36	1	1	2			1.200	6.4	0.3	4.4	9.3	2.12	CLB · IL
1983	25	NYY	AL	8	2	.800	3.33	15	15	0	3	1	0	97.1	101	41	36	3	25	0	27	1	0	0	408	117	1.295	9.3	0.3	2.3	2.5	1.08
1984	26	NYY	AL	8	9	.471	3.61	35	24	1	0	0	0	169.1	189	77	68	8	58	4	85	3	2	4	721	105	1.459	10.0	0.4	3.1	4.5	1.47
1985	27	CHC	NL	6	10	.375	4.36	38	23	5	0	0	0	154.2	177	86	75	23	45	4	70	0	2	3	661	91	1.435	10.3	1.3	2.6	4.1	1.56
1986	28	CHC-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.80	2	2	0	0	0	0	15.0	10	3	3	1	8	0	9	0	0	0			1.200	6.0	0.6	4.8	5.4	1.13	IWA · AA
1986	28	TOT	MLB	3	5	.375	5.23	57	0	18	0	0	2	72.1	84	49	42	8	25	3	34	2	1	6	322	79	1.507	10.5	1.0	3.1	4.2	1.36
1986	28	CHC	NL	3	5	.375	3.86	42	0	11	0	0	2	56.0	57	30	24	5	21	3	24	0	1	4	241	105	1.393	9.2	0.8	3.4	3.9	1.14
1986	28	MIN	AL	0	0		9.92	15	0	7	0	0	0	16.1	27	19	18	3	4	0	10	2	0	2	81	44	1.898	14.9	1.7	2.2	5.5	2.50
1987	29	HOU-min	AAA	1	3	.250	6.75	17	8	2	0	0	1	52.0	67	50	39	4	22	0	24	2	2	6			1.712	11.6	0.7	3.8	4.2	1.09	TUC · PCL
4 Seasons				25	26	.490	4.03	145	62	24	3	1	2	493.2	551	253	221	42	153	11	216	6	5	13	2112	97	1.426	10.0	0.8	2.8	3.9	1.41
162 Game Avg.				8	9	.490	4.03	48	20	8	1	0	1	162	181	83	73	14	50	4	71	2	2	4	694	97	1.426	10.0	0.8	2.8	3.9	1.41

CHC (2 yrs)				9	15	.375	4.23	80	23	16	0	0	2	210.2	234	116	99	28	66	7	94	0	3	7	902	94	1.424	10.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	1.42
NYY (2 yrs)				16	11	.593	3.51	50	39	1	3	1	0	266.2	290	118	104	11	83	4	112	4	2	4	1129	109	1.399	9.8	0.4	2.8	3.8	1.35
MIN (1 yr)				0	0		9.92	15	0	7	0	0	0	16.1	27	19	18	3	4	0	10	2	0	2	81	44	1.898	14.9	1.7	2.2	5.5	2.50

AL (3 yrs)			AL	16	11	.593	3.88	65	39	8	3	1	0	283.0	317	137	122	14	87	4	122	6	2	6	1210	100	1.428	10.1	0.4	2.8	3.9	1.40
NL (2 yrs)			NL	9	15	.375	4.23	80	23	16	0	0	2	210.2	234	116	99	28	66	7	94	0	3	7	902	94	1.424	10.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	1.42

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
1983	25	NYY	AL	97.1	15	41	58	-3	.9	17	1.7	$
1984	26	NYY	AL	169.1	24	77	100	-4	1.0	23	2.3	$
1985	27	CHC	NL	154.2	23	86	97	-3	1.0	11	0.9	$200,000
1986	28	CHC	NL	56.0	0	30	36	-3	1.0	6	0.2	$240,000
1986	28	MIN	AL	16.1	0	19	11	0	.7	-8	-0.8	$
4 Seasons				493.2	62	253	302	-13	1.0	49	4.3	$440,000

CHC (2 yrs)				210.2	23	116	133	-6	1.0	17	1.1	$440,000
NYY (2 yrs)				266.2	39	118	158	-7	1.0	40	4.0	$
MIN (1 yr)				16.1	0	19	11	0	.7	-8	-0.8	$

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
1979	21	TEX-min	Rk	8																								RGS · GULF
1980	22	NYY-min	A	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		GBO · SALL
1981	23	NYY-min	A	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	GBO,FTL · SALL,FLOR
1982	24	NYY-min	AA,A	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	NVL,FTL · SOUL,FLOR
1983	25	NYY-min	AAA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
1983	25	NYY	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	26	NYY	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	27	CHC	NL	38	45	41	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	.049	.049	.049	.098	-74	2	1	0	4	0	0	1
1986	28	CHC-min	AAA	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	IWA · AA
1986	28	TOT	MLB	57	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	28	CHC	NL	42	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	28	MIN	AL	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	29	HOU-min	AAA	17	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833		1		0	0	0	0	TUC · PCL
4 Seasons				145	52	48	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	.063	.063	.063	.125	-66	3	1	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	58	54	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	.063	.063	.063	.125	-66	3	1	0	4	0	0

CHC (2 yrs)				80	51	47	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	.064	.064	.064	.128	-65	3	1	0	4	0	0
NYY (2 yrs)				50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				65	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				80	51	47	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	.064	.064	.064	.128	-65	3	1	0	4	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
1985	27	CHC	NL	45	-9	0	0	0	0	4	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$200,000	1
1986	28	CHC	NL	6	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$240,000	1
1986	28	MIN	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
2 Seasons				52	-10	0	0	0	0	5	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$440,000

CHC (2 yrs)				51	-10	0	0	0	0	5	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$440,000
MIN (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

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
1983	NYY	AL	25	P	15	15	3	97.1	23	3	19	1	1	.957	2.03	1.47	.958	1.80	1.78	7	2	22%	1
1984	NYY	AL	26	P	35	24	0	169.1	37	6	28	3	1	.919	1.81	0.97	.958	1.79	1.78	9	5	36%	1
1985	CHC	NL	27	P	38	23	0	154.2	42	6	35	1	3	.976	2.39	1.08	.953	1.92	1.92	15	15	50%	4
1986	TOT	MLB	28	P	57	0	0	72.1	22	4	13	5	0	.773	2.12	0.30	.955	1.92	1.91	4	4	50%	0
1986	CHC	NL	28	P	42	0	0	56.0	17	2	10	5	0	.706	1.93	0.29	.955	1.94	1.94	4	4	50%	0
1986	MIN	AL	28	P	15	0	0	16.1	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.76	0.33	.956	1.82	1.81	0	0		0
	4 Seasons			P	145	62	3	493.2	124	19	95	10	5	.919	2.08	0.79	.956	1.85	1.87	35	26	43%	6
	4 Seasons			TOT	145	62	3	493.2	124	19	95	10	5	.919	2.08	0.79	.956	1.85	1.87	35	26	43%	6

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y 1985 NL 23 (5th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1984 AL 0.425 (2nd)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1984 AL 3 (5th) 1986 NL 5 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1985 NL 23 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 AL 0.425 (2nd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1984 AL 3 (5th)
1986 NL 5 (2nd)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 34th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
October 8, 1979: the Texas Rangers sent Ray Fontenot and Gene Nelson to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on August 1, 1979. August 1, 1979: The Texas Rangers sent players to be named later, Amos Lewis (minors) and Oscar Gamble to the New York Yankees for players to be named later and Mickey Rivers.
December 4, 1984: Traded by the New York Yankees with Brian Dayett to the Chicago Cubs for Porfi Altamirano, Rich Bordi, Henry Cotto and Ron Hassey.
August 13, 1986: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Julius McDougal (minors) and George Frazier to the Minnesota Twins for Dewayne Coleman (minors) and Ron Davis.
December 19, 1986: Released by the Minnesota Twins.
February 19, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
March 18, 1987: Released by the San Francisco Giants.
March 25, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1984	26	New York Yankees	$107,500	1/4/85 TSN
1985	27	Chicago Cubs	$200,000	1985 USA Today survey
1986	28	Chicago Cubs	$240,000	1986 USA Today survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$547,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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