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	38-41 / in Starts: 29-24
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 7 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 238 PAs	31
Actual Runners on Base	140 (53-57-30) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 238 PAs	28
Avg. Runners on Base	157 (79-49-28)

Most Driven In
G Watkins	4
F Frisch	4
R Collins	4
Self	3
J Medwick	3
J Wilson	3
C Gelbert	1
B Sherdel	1

Most Driven In By
C Gelbert	4
G Mancuso	4
R Collins	3
Self	3
P Martin	2
J Wilson	2
R Pepper	2
J Lindsey	1

1932 Batting Game Log

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1932 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	688	1	Apr 12	STL		PIT	W,10-2	GS-8	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	2	.69	0.183	1.65	0.26%	3.29	RF
2	689	2	Apr 13	STL		PIT	W,9-8	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	9	5.54	-0.154	14.44	-0.24%	-0.33	PH
3	690	9 (6)	Apr 22	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG(10)	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.375	.444	.500	.944	2	1.38	-0.064	2.26	-0.06%	-0.50	LF
4	691	10	Apr 23	STL	@	PIT	L,9-10	8-8	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.444	.500	.667	1.167	9	.96	0.061	1.80	0.07%	0.42	PH
5	692	11	Apr 24	STL	@	CIN	W,8-3	GS-9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.333	.385	.500	.885	2	.37	0.019	.56	0.02%	-0.18	LF
6	693	14 (2)	Apr 28	STL	@	CHC	L,7-12	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.462	.819	9	.07	-0.002	.14	0.00%	-0.24	PH
7	694	15	Apr 30	STL	@	CHC	L,3-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.462	.819	6						LF
May		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
8	695	16	May 1	STL	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.294	.333	.471	.804	5	.62	0.088	.98	0.08%	0.62	RF
9	696	17	May 2	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.286	.400	.686	5	.48	-0.037	.75	-0.04%	-0.53	RF
10	697	18	May 3	STL		CIN	W,9-0	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.360	.500	.860	5	.34	0.097	.59	0.10%	1.35	RF
11	698	19	May 4	STL		CIN	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.379	.643	1.022	5	.53	0.000	1.02	0.00%	1.38	RF
12	699	20	May 5	STL		NYG	L,6-10	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.412	.719	1.131	5	1.13	0.386	2.20	0.45%	2.80	RF
13	700	21	May 6	STL		NYG	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.368	.639	1.007	5	1.97	-0.321	3.54	-0.35%	-1.87	RF
14	701	22	May 8 (1)	STL		NYG	L,1-4	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.368	.639	1.007	5						RF
15	702	30 (7)	May 17	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.381	.605	.986	3	.89	0.023	1.73	0.03%	0.25	RF
16	703	31	May 18	STL		BSN	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.370	.561	.931	3	.71	-0.053	1.48	-0.07%	-0.73	RF
17	704	32	May 20	STL		PIT	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.360	.523	.883	1	.69	0.003	1.07	0.00%	-0.34	RF
18	705	33	May 22 (1)	STL		PIT	L,1-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.267	.353	.511	.864	8						PH
19	706	35 (1)	May 24	STL		CHC	W,8-6	7-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.365	.511	.876	2	.19	0.006	.31	0.01%	0.27	PH RF
20	707	37 (1)	May 27	STL	@	PIT	L,4-8	CG	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.368	.479	.848	2	.58	-0.040	.83	-0.04%	-0.24	RF
21	708	40 (2)	May 29 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.379	.490	.869	9	1.56	0.061	1.96	0.05%	0.26	PH
22	709	42 (1)	May 30 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.373	.480	.853	9	.54	-0.014	.90	-0.01%	-0.11	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
23	710	48 (5)	Jun 8	STL	@	BSN	W,15-8	5-GF	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.397	.471	.867	6	.78	0.109	1.68	0.14%	0.24	PH LF
24	711	50 (1)	Jun 10	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.403	.491	.894	5	1.07	-0.019	2.98	-0.03%	0.02	RF
25	712	51	Jun 11	STL	@	BRO	L,3-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.380	.458	.838	5	.27	-0.027	.60	-0.04%	-0.42	RF
26	713	52	Jun 15	STL	@	PHI	L,4-7	6-GF(7)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.375	.450	.825	9	.38	-0.010	.74	-0.01%	-0.12	PH 3B
27	714	56 (3)	Jun 19	STL	@	NYG	W,7-0	GS-0	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.250	.368	.469	.837	5						RF
28	715	57	Jun 21	STL	@	NYG	W,5-1	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.380	.470	.849	5	.68	0.058	1.34	0.07%	0.50	RF
29	716	58	Jun 22	STL	@	NYG	L,1-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.366	.449	.815	5	.64	-0.048	1.41	-0.06%	-0.43	RF
30	717	59	Jun 23	STL	@	NYG	L,1-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.361	.443	.804	9	.59	-0.015	1.18	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
31	718	61 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	STL		CHC	W,4-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.357	.437	.794	9	1.43	-0.036	3.54	-0.05%	-0.17	PH
32	719	64 (2)	Jun 28	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.349	.425	.773	5	.50	-0.025	.97	-0.03%	-0.26	RF
33	720	65	Jun 29	STL	@	CIN	W,10-9	8-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.356	.425	.781	5	.05	0.002	.11	0.00%	0.23	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
34	721	67 (1)	Jul 1	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	6-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.364	.446	.810	2	.48	0.035	1.37	0.06%	0.62	RF
35	722	68	Jul 2	STL	@	PIT	W,5-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.364	.446	.810	5						RF
36	723	70 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CIN	L,3-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.360	.440	.800	9	.46	-0.012	1.31	-0.02%	-0.17	PH
37	724	71	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CIN	T,3-3	10-GF(13)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		1	0	.240	.367	.440	.807	6	3.71	0.098	8.41	0.13%	0.40	LF
38	725	72	Jul 5	STL		CIN	L,4-12	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.372	.456	.828	6	.18	0.040	.45	0.06%	1.06	RF
39	726	73	Jul 6	STL		BSN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.367	.446	.813	6	.51	0.011	1.28	0.02%	-0.15	RF
40	727	74	Jul 7	STL		BSN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.353	.425	.778	6	1.75	-0.099	4.59	-0.16%	-1.16	RF
41	728	75	Jul 8	STL		BSN	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.340	.407	.746	6	1.01	-0.104	2.31	-0.14%	-1.18	RF
42	729	76	Jul 9	STL		PHI	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.345	.404	.750	6	.81	-0.012	1.29	-0.01%	0.09	RF
43	730	77	Jul 10 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0	0	.235	.342	.398	.740	1						RF
44	731	78	Jul 10 (2)	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.238	.347	.396	.743	1						RF
45	732	79	Jul 12	STL		PHI	W,7-6	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.336	.381	.717	1	.43	-0.044	.68	-0.04%	-0.64	RF
46	733	80	Jul 13	STL		NYG	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.333	.376	.709	1	.39	0.009	.70	0.01%	-0.66	RF
47	734	81	Jul 14	STL		NYG	L,3-6	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.323	.363	.686	1	1.78	-0.108	3.93	-0.14%	-1.14	RF
48	735	83 (1)	Jul 16	STL		NYG	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.321	.360	.680	6	1.95	-0.046	2.86	-0.04%	-0.59	PH
49	736	91 (7)	Jul 24 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,1-0	13-13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.217	.318	.357	.675	9	3.27	0.127	3.60	0.08%	0.50	PH
50	737	95 (3)	Jul 28 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,6-9	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.316	.353	.669	9	1.97	-0.079	1.32	-0.03%	-0.80	PH
51	738	97 (1)	Jul 29	STL	@	BRO	L,4-7	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.319	.350	.669	4	1.20	0.024	.57	0.01%	0.43	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
52	739	103 (5)	Aug 4	STL	@	NYG	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.316	.347	.664	9	1.47	-0.037	.60	-0.01%	-0.44	PH
53	740	104	Aug 5	STL	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.317	.372	.688	7	.92	-0.006	.33	0.00%	0.53	LF
54	741	105	Aug 6 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.324	.369	.693	7	1.18	0.002	.34	0.00%	0.05	LF
55	742	107 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.210	.333	.363	.696	7	2.22	0.123	.83	0.03%	1.12	LF
56	743	108	Aug 8 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG(11)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.327	.349	.676	7	2.74	-0.238	1.43	-0.08%	-1.37	LF
57	744	109	Aug 9	STL	@	PHI	W,18-13	CG	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.201	.327	.343	.670	7	.74	-0.043	.48	-0.02%	-1.48	LF
58	745	110	Aug 10	STL	@	PHI	W,11-5	GS-11	6	4	0	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.339	.355	.694	7	.96	0.090	.84	0.05%	2.81	LF
59	746	115 (4)	Aug 18 (1)	STL		PHI	L,4-10	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.337	.353	.690	9	1.33	-0.066	1.73	-0.05%	-0.81	PH
60	747	119 (3)	Aug 21 (1)	STL		BSN	L,5-7	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.337	.353	.690	8						PR
61	748	122 (2)	Aug 22 (2)	STL		BSN	W,3-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.335	.345	.680	7	.63	-0.010	.27	0.00%	-0.33	LF
62	749	127 (4)	Aug 27	STL		BRO	L,3-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.335	.345	.680	5						RF
63	750	129 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	STL		BRO	W,6-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.333	.343	.676	9	.20	-0.005	.02	0.00%	-0.17	PH
64	751	130	Aug 30	STL		BRO	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.201	.331	.340	.672	1	4.93	-0.187	.40	-0.01%	-0.46	PH
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
65	752	140 (9)	Sep 10	STL	@	NYG	L,7-11	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.335	.345	.680	6	.91	0.148	.00	0.00%	1.68	RF
66	753	141	Sep 11 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0	0	.204	.328	.336	.663	6						RF
67	754	142	Sep 11 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.199	.321	.327	.648	6						RF
68	755	143	Sep 13 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,5-6	GS-10	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.323	.329	.652	6	2.17	-0.041	.00	0.00%	0.32	RF
69	756	145 (1)	Sep 14	STL	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.337	.341	.678	6	1.04	0.189	.00	0.00%	1.41	RF
70	757	146	Sep 15	STL	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.330	.333	.663	7	.84	-0.126	.00	0.00%	-1.88	RF
71	758	147	Sep 17	STL	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.328	.331	.660	6	1.25	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-0.23	RF
72	759	148	Sep 18 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0	0	.211	.327	.326	.653	6						RF
73	760	149	Sep 18 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.208	.325	.320	.646	6						RF
74	761	150	Sep 20	STL		CIN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.325	.320	.646	6	.39	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.23	RF
75	762	151	Sep 21	STL		CIN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.217	.330	.332	.662	6	.77	0.072	.00	0.00%	0.69	RF
76	763	152	Sep 22	STL		CIN	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.218	.329	.330	.659	6	1.14	0.057	.00	0.00%	0.39	RF
77	764	153	Sep 23	STL		PIT	W,8-4	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.221	.336	.332	.668	6	.41	0.047	.00	0.00%	0.51	RF
78	765	154	Sep 24	STL		PIT	L,4-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.339	.332	.671	6	1.28	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.54	RF
79	766	155	Sep 25 (1)	STL		PIT	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.342	.335	.677	6	.43	-0.044	.00	0.00%	0.61	RF
80	767	156	Sep 25 (2)	STL		PIT	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.340	.333	.674	6	.94	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.85	RF
							38-41		238	201	35	46	10	1	3	31	34	0	31	0	3		4		2	2	.229	.340	.333	.674		1.04	-0.135	1.23	-0.08%	3.91

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