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	20-25 / in Starts: 17-12
Longest Hitting Streak	11 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	11 games
Most Games w/o RBI	4 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 127 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	94 (40-37-17) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 127 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	85 (43-26-16)

Most Driven In
Self	4
C Gelbert	3
T Douthit	3
F Frisch	3
C Hafey	3
A High	3
G Watkins	2
E Orsatti	1

Most Driven In By
Self	4
J Wilson	4
J Bottomley	3
F Frisch	2
C Hafey	2
C Gelbert	2
G Mancuso	2
T Douthit	1

1930 Batting Game Log

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1930 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	608	15 (14)	May 2	STL		BRO	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	.67	-0.020	1.41	-0.03%	-0.60	PH
2	609	16	May 3	STL		BRO	L,10-11	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
3	610	18 (1)	May 4 (2)	STL		BRO	L,10-11	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	4.57	-0.128	6.63	-0.11%	-0.53	PH
4	611	28 (9)	May 18 (1)	STL		CHC	L,6-9	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2						PH
5	612	37 (8)	May 27	STL	@	PIT	L,5-8	6-6	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	9	.92	0.071	4.28	0.20%	1.00	PH
6	613	39 (1)	May 30 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,8-9	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	9	3.58	0.009	14.67	0.02%	-0.21	PH
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
7	614	47 (7)	Jun 6	STL	@	NYG	L,7-10	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.375	.571	.946	5	1.22	-0.100	3.24	-0.16%	-0.94	LF
8	615	48	Jun 7	STL	@	NYG	L,7-9	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.385	.583	.968	5	1.06	-0.005	2.43	-0.01%	-0.04	LF
9	616	49	Jun 8	STL	@	NYG	L,1-4	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.286	.375	.500	.875	5	.84	0.045	1.77	0.06%	0.38	LF
10	617	54 (4)	Jun 16	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.353	.467	.820	9	.21	-0.006	.48	-0.01%	-0.21	PH
11	618	55	Jun 20	STL		PHI	W,7-5	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.350	.444	.794	6	1.36	0.002	1.96	0.00%	-0.24	LF
12	619	60 (4)	Jun 24	STL		BSN	W,11-3	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.400	.500	.900	5	.45	0.043	.49	0.03%	0.55	LF
13	620	61	Jun 26	STL		NYG	L,4-12	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.414	.520	.934	5	.50	0.045	.68	0.04%	0.24	LF
14	621	63 (1)	Jun 28	STL		NYG	W,6-2	GS-9	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.424	.621	1.045	3	.96	0.173	.85	0.09%	1.38	RF
15	622	64	Jun 29 (1)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	GS-0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0	0	.355	.444	.613	1.057	3						RF
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
16	623	66 (1)	Jul 1	STL		BRO	W,15-7	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		1		1	0	.400	.488	.629	1.116	5	.35	0.065	.56	0.06%	3.25	LF
17	624	73 (6)	Jul 7	STL		PIT	L,5-9	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.488	.629	1.116	9	2.68	-0.008	5.64	-0.01%	-0.19	PH
18	625	78 (4)	Jul 15	STL	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.389	.511	.611	1.122	3	1.16	0.013	1.58	0.01%	0.03	RF
19	626	80 (1)	Jul 17	STL	@	NYG	L,9-12	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.510	.590	1.100	3	.97	-0.008	1.49	-0.01%	0.23	RF
20	627	82 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.381	.509	.571	1.081	3	.63	0.075	.74	0.05%	0.95	RF
21	628	83	Jul 19 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,8-4	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.404	.517	.574	1.092	3	.98	-0.012	1.49	-0.01%	0.36	RF
22	629	84	Jul 20	STL	@	BRO	W,15-6	GS-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.404	.533	.574	1.108	3	1.11	0.024	2.26	0.03%	0.32	RF
23	630	89 (4)	Jul 24	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	9-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.404	.541	.574	1.115	9	.53	0.027	.72	0.02%	0.14	PH
24	631	90	Jul 25	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.412	.538	.627	1.166	7	1.78	0.175	1.84	0.11%	1.65	RF
25	632	91	Jul 26 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.426	.551	.630	1.180	7	.93	0.114	.62	0.05%	0.87	RF
26	633	92	Jul 26 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,5-6	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.418	.549	.618	1.167	7	.88	0.023	.78	0.01%	0.20	RF
27	634	97 (4)	Jul 31	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.407	.533	.593	1.127	6	1.47	-0.136	.59	-0.03%	-0.95	RF
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
28	635	102 (4)	Aug 5	STL		CHC	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.526	.583	1.110	6	5.10	-0.133	5.78	-0.09%	-0.37	PH
29	636	112 (9)	Aug 14 (2)	STL		BSN	L,2-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.393	.519	.574	1.093	9	2.55	-0.071	1.71	-0.03%	-0.31	PH
30	637	114 (1)	Aug 16	STL		BSN	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.393	.519	.574	1.093	9						PR
31	638	115	Aug 17 (1)	STL		NYG	L,4-12	CG	4	3	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.406	.531	.625	1.156	6	.43	0.039	.15	0.01%	1.00	RF
32	639	116	Aug 17 (2)	STL		NYG	W,14-4	CG	6	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.382	.517	.588	1.105	3	.40	0.003	.09	0.00%	-1.26	RF
33	640	117	Aug 19	STL		NYG	L,2-4	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.386	.517	.586	1.103	3	.68	-0.017	.13	0.00%	-0.15	RF
34	641	128 (10)	Aug 30	STL	@	CHC	L,4-16	4-GF	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.397	.522	.630	1.152	7	.05	0.002	.12	0.00%	0.91	RF
35	642	129	Aug 31	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.403	.521	.623	1.144	5	.49	0.061	.76	0.06%	0.16	LF RF
Sept		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
36	643	130	Sep 1 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,11-6	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.410	.526	.628	1.154	5	.13	0.005	.19	0.01%	1.33	PH LF
37	644	133 (2)	Sep 6	STL		CIN	W,9-4	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.415	.529	.634	1.164	5	.41	0.007	1.62	0.02%	0.55	LF RF
38	645	136 (2)	Sep 9	STL	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.412	.528	.624	1.152	5	1.82	0.031	13.20	0.14%	0.60	LF
39	646	138 (1)	Sep 11	STL	@	NYG	W,5-4	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.414	.532	.621	1.153	6	.74	-0.010	6.66	-0.05%	0.15	RF
40	647	139	Sep 12	STL	@	NYG	W,5-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.411	.527	.611	1.138	6	.94	0.034	10.37	0.22%	0.39	RF
41	648	141 (1)	Sep 14 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-2	GS-3	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.418	.531	.648	1.179	6	.84	0.086	10.01	0.61%	1.00	RF
42	649	144 (2)	Sep 17	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.418	.531	.648	1.179	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
43	650	150 (5)	Sep 23	STL	@	PHI	W,19-16	6-GF	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.419	.530	.656	1.186	6	.02	0.000	.09	0.00%	0.22	RF
44	651	153 (2)	Sep 27	STL		PIT	L,8-11	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.408	.517	.643	1.160	6	1.27	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.21	RF
45	652	154	Sep 28	STL		PIT	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.396	.504	.624	1.128	6	.60	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.66	RF
							20-25		127	101	27	40	7	2	4	25	21	0	14	1	0		3		1	1	.396	.504	.624	1.128		.94	0.504	2.09	1.29%	11.42

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