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Ray French

Raymond Edward French

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 158 lb.

Born: January 9, 1895 in Alameda, CA
High School: Alameda (Alameda, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1920
Teams (by GP): Robins/WhiteSox/Yankees 1920-1924

Final Game: July 10, 1924
Died: April 3, 1978 in Alameda, CA
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward, CA
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1920 25 NYY AL 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /6
1923 28 BRO NL 43 82 73 14 16 2 1 0 7 0 0 4 7 .219 .269 .274 .543 45 20 1 4 6
1924 29 CHW AL 37 124 112 13 20 4 0 0 11 3 1 10 13 .179 .246 .214 .460 21 24 0 2 6/4
3 Seasons 82 208 187 29 36 6 1 0 19 3 1 14 21 .193 .252 .235 .488 29 44 1 6
162 Game Avg. 162 411 369 57 71 12 2 0 38 6 2 28 41 .193 .252 .235 .488 29 87 2 12
BRO (1 yr) 43 82 73 14 16 2 1 0 7 0 0 4 7 .219 .269 .274 .543 45 20 1 4
NYY (1 yr) 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 37 124 112 13 20 4 0 0 11 3 1 10 13 .179 .246 .214 .460 21 24 0 2
AL (2 yrs) 39 126 114 15 20 4 0 0 12 3 1 10 14 .175 .242 .211 .452 19 24 0 2
NL (1 yr) 43 82 73 14 16 2 1 0 7 0 0 4 7 .219 .269 .274 .543 45 20 1 4

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 Awards
1920 25 NYY AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /6
1923 28 BRO NL 82 -6 1 0 0 -2 2 2 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ 6
1924 29 CHW AL 124 -14 1 0 0 -1 2 4 -8 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ 6/4
3 Seasons 208 -21 2 0 0 -3 4 6 -12 -1.2 -9 -0.9 -0.3 $
BRO (1 yr) 82 -6 1 0 0 -2 2 2 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $
NYY (1 yr) 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
CHW (1 yr) 124 -14 1 0 0 -1 2 4 -8 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1920 NYY AL 25 SS 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 .945 5.20
1923 BRO NL 28 SS 30 22 17 143 43 82 18 17 .874 4.17 .939 5.80
1924 CHW AL 29 SS 28 27 26 137 36 91 10 9 .927 4.54 .949 5.14
1924 CHW AL 29 2B 3 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .967 5.77
3 Seasons SS 59 49 43 282 80 173 29 26 .897 4.29 .944 5.48
1 Season 2B 3 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .967 5.77
3 Seasons TOT 62 49 43 285 82 174 29 26 .898 4.13 .944 5.49
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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