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Ray Fontenot
Silton Ray Fontenot
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 8, 1957 in Lake Charles, LA
Schools: McNeese State University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 34th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1983
Final Game: October 1, 1986
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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
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 0 408 116 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 4 720 105 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 TOT 3 5 .375 5.23 57 0 18 0 0 2 72.1 84 49 42 8 25 3 34 2 1 6 322 78 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 4 241 104 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 43 1.898 14.9 1.7 2.2 5.5 2.50
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 2111 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 4 693 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 1128 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 43 1.898 14.9 1.7 2.2 5.5 2.50
AL (3 yrs) 16 11 .593 3.88 65 39 8 3 1 0 283.0 317 137 122 14 87 4 122 6 2 6 1209 99 1.428 10.1 0.4 2.8 3.9 1.40
NL (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
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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 Awards
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 TOT 43 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 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons 81 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. 162 104 96 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 .063 .063 .063 .125 -66 6 2 0 8 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
MIN (1 yr) 1 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
AL (3 yrs) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1983 NYY AL 25 P 15 15 97.1 23 3 19 1 1 .957 0.0 0.0 2.03 1.47 .957 1.80 0.73
1984 NYY AL 26 P 35 24 169.1 37 6 28 3 1 .919 0.0 0.0 1.81 0.97 .959 1.79 0.70
1985 CHC NL 27 P 38 23 154.2 42 6 35 1 3 .976 0.0 0.0 2.39 1.08 .952 1.92 0.68
1986 TOT 28 P 57 0 72.1 22 4 13 5 0 .773 0.0 0.0 2.12 0.30 .964 1.92 0.66
1986 CHC NL 28 P 42 0 56.0 17 2 10 5 0 .706 0.0 0.0 1.93 0.29 .965 1.94 0.66
1986 MIN AL 28 P 15 0 16.1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.76 0.33 .960 1.82 0.68
4 Seasons P 145 62 493.2 124 19 95 10 5 .919 0.0 0.0 2.08 0.79 .957 1.85 0.68
4 Seasons TOT 145 62 493.2 124 19 95 10 5 .919 0.0 0.0 2.08 0.79 .877 1.85 0.68

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--.425--2nd

                           

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: Sent by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on 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. The Texas Rangers sent Ray Fontenot (October 8, 1979) and Gene Nelson (October 8, 1979) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade. The New York Yankees sent Bob Polinsky (minors) (October 8, 1979), Neal Mersch (minors) (October 8, 1979) and Mark Softy (minors) (October 8, 1979) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

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 and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Chicago Cubs$200,000
1986Chicago Cubs$240,000
Career (may be incomplete)$440,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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