Ray Blades

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-7, 163lb (170cm, 73kg)

Born: August 6, 1896 in Mount Vernon, IL us

Died: May 18, 1979 in Lincoln, IL

Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, McLeansboro, IL

Debut: August 19, 1922 (Age 26-013d, 5,492nd in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1932 (Age 36-050d)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: Francis Raymond Blades

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.5

2415

726

.301

467

RBI

340

OBP

.395

SLG

.460

OPS

.855

OPS+

123

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	33-28 / in Starts: 24-21
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 216 PAs	29
Actual Runners on Base	140 (71-39-30)
Avg. MLBer w/ 216 PAs	24
Avg. Runners on Base	144 (71-45-27)

Most Driven In
F Frisch	9
C Hafey	4
T Douthit	4
G Toporcer	2
J Bottomley	2
W Holm	2
Self	2
B Southworth	1

Most Driven In By
H Schuble	4
L Bell	4
F Frisch	4
F Snyder	4
W Holm	3
G Toporcer	2
B O'Farrell	2
Self	2

1927 Batting Game Log

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1927 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	496	23 (22)	May 13	STL	@	NYG	W,11-1	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	.03	-0.001	.11	0.00%	-0.82	RF
2	497	30 (6)	May 25 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	5	1.09	0.183	4.85	0.49%	1.98	RF
3	498	31	May 25 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	5	1.56	0.003	7.67	0.01%	0.36	RF
4	499	32	May 26	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.308	.665	5	1.66	-0.122	8.13	-0.36%	-0.37	RF
5	500	33	May 27	STL	@	PIT	L,7-8	GS-3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.375	.400	.775	1	.93	0.042	4.09	0.11%	0.38	LF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	501	59 (25)	Jun 25 (1)	STL		CIN	W,2-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.353	.375	.728	5	.57	-0.015	2.67	-0.04%	-0.25	RF
7	502	60	Jun 25 (2)	STL		CIN	L,7-10	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.381	.409	.429	.838	5	1.09	0.154	5.32	0.45%	0.87	LF RF
8	503	61	Jun 26	STL		PIT	L,3-9	CG	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.346	.370	.462	.832	1	.96	0.034	6.63	0.14%	0.17	LF
9	504	62	Jun 27	STL		PIT	W,7-5	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.406	.552	.958	1	.55	0.052	3.76	0.21%	0.81	LF
10	505	63	Jun 28	STL		PIT	L,8-9	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.324	.378	.500	.878	1	1.14	-0.103	8.09	-0.44%	-0.42	LF
11	506	64	Jun 29	STL		PIT	W,10-9	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.359	.405	.538	.943	1	1.51	0.437	10.34	1.79%	2.17	LF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	507	65	Jul 1	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.370	.488	.858	1	.67	-0.071	4.43	-0.28%	-1.11	LF
13	508	66	Jul 2	STL	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.340	.392	.489	.882	1	.97	0.145	6.04	0.55%	1.19	LF
14	509	67	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.442	.799	1	1.07	-0.168	6.22	-0.59%	-1.79	LF
15	510	68	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.377	.426	.803	1	.89	0.042	4.98	0.14%	0.45	LF
16	511	77 (8)	Jul 11	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.379	.424	.803	5	.87	-0.036	2.66	-0.07%	0.85	RF
17	512	78	Jul 12	STL	@	PHI	W,9-6	CG	5	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.317	.386	.460	.846	5	1.54	-0.055	5.36	-0.12%	0.15	RF
18	513	79	Jul 13	STL	@	PHI	W,9-7	12-12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.386	.460	.846	7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
19	514	80	Jul 14	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.392	.463	.855	5	1.15	0.053	4.42	0.12%	0.03	RF
20	515	82 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.372	.437	.808	5	.79	-0.081	2.54	-0.16%	-0.76	RF
21	516	83	Jul 16 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,9-2	3-GF	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.370	.425	.795	5	.38	-0.041	1.15	-0.08%	-0.97	PH RF
22	517	84	Jul 17	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.365	.416	.780	5	1.36	-0.005	5.27	-0.01%	-0.45	RF
23	518	85	Jul 20 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.348	.395	.743	5	1.73	-0.226	6.35	-0.50%	-1.51	RF
24	519	86	Jul 20 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG(11)	6	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1		0		1	0	.294	.362	.412	.773	5	1.94	0.357	6.72	0.74%	1.12	RF
25	520	87	Jul 21	STL	@	NYG	W,7-6	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		1		0	0	.292	.364	.404	.768	5	1.37	0.143	5.77	0.36%	1.27	RF
26	521	88	Jul 22	STL	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.350	.387	.737	5	.82	-0.084	4.00	-0.25%	-0.70	RF
27	522	89	Jul 24	STL	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.355	.392	.747	5	.98	-0.005	4.99	-0.01%	1.66	RF
28	523	90	Jul 25 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.360	.390	.750	5	1.77	0.194	8.21	0.54%	0.77	RF
29	524	91	Jul 25 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.308	.374	.404	.778	5	1.37	0.201	6.21	0.54%	1.26	RF
30	525	92	Jul 26	STL	@	CIN	L,10-11	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.315	.378	.407	.786	5	1.44	0.063	6.39	0.17%	1.03	LF
31	526	93	Jul 27	STL		PHI	W,9-8	CG(11)	6	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0		0		1	0	.321	.392	.411	.803	5	2.89	0.229	11.66	0.56%	1.05	LF
32	527	94	Jul 28	STL		PHI	W,10-8	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.380	.397	.776	5	1.04	-0.112	4.41	-0.29%	-1.14	LF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	528	99 (4)	Aug 2	STL		NYG	W,6-2	8-9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.382	.398	.780	9	.92	0.078	4.12	0.21%	0.15	PH
34	529	101 (1)	Aug 4	STL		BRO	L,2-4	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.386	.403	.790	9	1.10	0.047	4.97	0.13%	0.27	PH
35	530	102	Aug 5	STL		BRO	L,2-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.383	.400	.783	9	.99	-0.025	3.57	-0.06%	-0.17	PH
36	531	107 (4)	Aug 13	STL		PIT	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.388	.405	.793	9	.10	0.004	.48	0.01%	0.13	PH
37	532	109 (1)	Aug 16	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG(11)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.374	.389	.763	6	1.29	-0.127	3.24	-0.19%	-1.29	LF
38	533	110	Aug 17	STL	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	4	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.385	.411	.795	6	1.09	0.142	2.85	0.22%	1.75	LF
39	534	111	Aug 19 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.315	.390	.408	.798	6	.24	0.002	.82	0.00%	0.28	LF
40	535	112	Aug 19 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.391	.403	.794	6	.70	0.001	2.02	0.00%	-0.43	LF
41	536	113	Aug 20	STL	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.317	.391	.410	.801	6	.57	0.058	1.81	0.11%	0.62	LF
42	537	114	Aug 22	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.390	.404	.794	6	1.00	-0.010	4.19	-0.03%	-0.08	LF
43	538	115	Aug 23	STL	@	PHI	W,13-3	CG	5	2	3	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.409	.434	.842	6	.38	0.119	1.99	0.37%	1.75	LF
44	539	116	Aug 29 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.411	.432	.842	6	1.41	0.004	7.75	0.01%	0.30	LF
45	540	117	Aug 29 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.407	.433	.840	6	.88	0.036	4.27	0.11%	0.40	LF
46	541	118	Aug 30	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	1	.314	.403	.425	.828	6	1.23	-0.136	7.53	-0.50%	-1.26	LF
47	542	119	Aug 31	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	GS-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.314	.407	.425	.832	6	1.28	0.021	7.66	0.08%	0.24	LF
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	543	121 (1)	Sep 3	STL	@	PIT	L,0-14	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.404	.422	.827	9	.17	-0.004	1.56	-0.02%	-0.12	PH
49	544	123 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.402	.419	.822	9	.58	-0.016	4.22	-0.07%	-0.51	PH
50	545	125 (1)	Sep 6	STL		CHC	W,13-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.402	.428	.830	4	.40	-0.020	3.34	-0.10%	0.20	LF
51	546	126	Sep 7 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-2	7-8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.400	.425	.825	4	1.61	-0.066	14.81	-0.36%	-0.77	PH
52	547	128 (1)	Sep 8	STL		CHC	L,7-11	9-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.403	.425	.828	9	.21	0.010	2.05	0.06%	0.62	PH
53	548	129	Sep 9	STL		BRO	W,8-6	8-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.399	.420	.819	5	4.30	-0.204	27.94	-0.80%	-0.67	PH LF
54	549	131 (1)	Sep 11	STL		BRO	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		1	0	.301	.396	.416	.811	5	.81	0.133	5.97	0.59%	1.11	LF
55	550	132	Sep 12	STL		BRO	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.393	.408	.801	5	1.17	-0.103	9.78	-0.52%	-1.00	LF
56	551	135 (2)	Sep 14 (1)	STL		NYG	W,6-3	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.393	.408	.801	7						PR
57	552	139 (3)	Sep 16	STL		NYG	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.396	.424	.819	8	.14	0.013	.54	0.03%	0.27	PH
58	553	140	Sep 17	STL		PHI	W,11-0	CG	5	3	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.306	.403	.439	.842	5	.37	0.082	.66	0.09%	2.05	LF
59	554	143 (2)	Sep 19	STL		PHI	W,12-5	GS-8	4	4	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.410	.452	.862	5	1.40	0.013	2.55	0.02%	0.13	LF
60	555	152 (8)	Sep 29	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.416	.453	.869	5	1.80	0.194	13.80	0.89%	0.92	LF
61	556	153	Oct 2	STL		CHC	W,6-4	7-GF(8)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.414	.450	.864	5	.90	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.12	LF
							33-28		216	180	33	57	8	5	2	29	28	0	22	2	3		5		3	1	.317	.414	.450	.864		1.14	1.472	5.47	4.02%	12.28

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