Ray Jablonski
Raymond Leo Jablonski (Jabbo)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 183 lb.

Born: December 17, 1926 in Chicago, IL
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1953
Final Game: September 17, 1960
Died: November 25, 1985 in Chicago, IL
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Standard Batting

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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
1953 26 STL NL 157 640 604 64 162 23 5 21 112 2 2 34 61 .268 .308 .427 .735 89 258 15 1 1 *5 RoY-3
1954 27 STL NL 152 674 611 80 181 33 3 12 104 9 4 49 42 .296 .345 .419 .764 99 256 17 2 1 11 *5/3 AS
1955 28 CIN NL 74 239 221 28 53 9 0 9 28 0 1 13 35 .240 .289 .403 .691 78 89 4 3 0 2 1 57
1956 29 CIN NL 130 458 407 42 104 25 1 15 66 2 4 37 57 .256 .324 .432 .756 97 176 14 7 1 6 6 *5/4
1957 30 NYG NL 107 344 305 37 88 15 1 9 57 0 2 31 47 .289 .346 .433 .779 108 132 8 0 0 8 2 5/37
1958 31 SFG NL 82 251 230 28 53 15 1 12 46 2 0 17 50 .230 .287 .461 .748 96 106 11 2 0 2 2 5/7
1959 32 TOT MLB 85 164 152 15 39 5 0 5 22 1 0 11 30 .257 .305 .388 .693 83 59 3 0 0 1 0 5/6
1959 32 STL NL 60 96 87 11 22 4 0 3 14 1 0 8 19 .253 .313 .402 .715 85 35 3 0 0 1 0 5/6
1959 32 KCA AL 25 68 65 4 17 1 0 2 8 0 0 3 11 .262 .294 .369 .663 80 24 0 0 0 0 0 5
1960 33 KCA AL 21 37 32 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 8 .219 .297 .250 .547 50 8 1 0 0 1 0 /5
8 Seasons 808 2807 2562 297 687 126 11 83 438 16 13 196 330 .268 .320 .423 .743 94 1084 73 15 3 31 11
162 Game Avg. 162 563 514 60 138 25 2 17 88 3 3 39 66 .268 .320 .423 .743 94 217 15 3 1
STL (3 yrs) 369 1410 1302 155 365 60 8 36 230 12 6 91 122 .280 .326 .422 .748 93 549 35 3 2 12 0
SFG (2 yrs) 189 595 535 65 141 30 2 21 103 2 2 48 97 .264 .321 .445 .766 103 238 19 2 0 10 4
KCA (2 yrs) 46 105 97 7 24 2 0 2 11 0 0 7 19 .247 .295 .330 .625 70 32 1 0 0 1 0
CIN (2 yrs) 204 697 628 70 157 34 1 24 94 2 5 50 92 .250 .312 .422 .734 90 265 18 10 1 8 7
NL (7 yrs) 762 2702 2465 290 663 124 11 81 427 16 13 189 311 .269 .321 .427 .748 95 1052 72 15 3 30 11
AL (2 yrs) 46 105 97 7 24 2 0 2 11 0 0 7 19 .247 .295 .330 .625 70 32 1 0 0 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1953 26 STL NL 640 460 79 4.5 110 .270 .268 .274 .308 .345 .427 .427 .735 .773 89 .472 -12.0 -1.2 .638 .215 .159 3.7
1954 27 STL NL 674 463 89 5.2 109 .298 .296 .274 .345 .345 .419 .424 .764 .769 99 .533 -0.3 -0.0 .692 .211 .123 10.3
1955 28 CIN NL 239 175 25 3.8 110 .246 .240 .271 .289 .343 .403 .429 .691 .772 78 .408 -7.9 -0.8 .601 .217 .163 .0
1956 29 CIN NL 458 328 54 4.4 108 .261 .256 .271 .324 .339 .432 .428 .756 .766 97 .493 -1.3 -0.1 .679 .263 .177 3.5
1957 30 NYG NL 344 235 46 5.3 103 .307 .289 .268 .346 .332 .433 .416 .779 .748 108 .562 4.8 0.5 .709 .239 .144 .0
1958 31 SFG NL 251 190 27 3.8 104 .241 .230 .267 .287 .335 .461 .417 .748 .752 96 .409 -2.0 -0.2 .676 .313 .230 3.4
1959 32 TOT MLB 164 117 18 4.1 106 .288 .257 .271 .305 .340 .388 .417 .693 .757 83 .457 -4.2 -0.4 .612 .211 .132 1.7
1959 32 STL NL 96 69 11 4.3 110 .288 .253 .277 .313 .344 .402 .429 .715 .773 85 .463 -2.0 -0.2 .647 .253 .149 1.5
1959 32 KCA AL 68 48 7 3.9 100 .288 .262 .263 .294 .334 .369 .401 .663 .736 80 .447 -2.2 -0.2 .563 .154 .108 .0
1960 33 KCA AL 37 27 3 3.0 101 .280 .219 .263 .297 .337 .250 .403 .547 .740 50 .322 -2.1 -0.2 .462 .156 .031
8 Seasons 2807 1995 341 4.6 108 .277 .268 .272 .320 .341 .423 .423 .743 .765 94 .488 -24.9 -2.4 .662 .233 .155 26.8
162 Game Avg. 563 400 68 4.6 108 .277 .268 .272 .320 .341 .423 .423 .743 .765 94 .488 -24.9 -2.4 .662 .233 .155 5
STL (3 yrs) 1410 992 179 4.8 109 .285 .280 .274 .326 .345 .422 .426 .748 .771 93 .501 -14.3 -1.4 .664 .216 .141 18.0
SFG (2 yrs) 595 425 73 4.6 104 .281 .264 .268 .321 .333 .445 .416 .766 .750 103 .500 2.9 0.3 .694 .271 .181 3.7
KCA (2 yrs) 105 75 10 3.6 101 .286 .247 .263 .295 .335 .330 .402 .625 .737 70 .404 -4.2 -0.4 .527 .155 .082 .0
CIN (2 yrs) 697 503 79 4.2 109 .256 .250 .271 .312 .340 .422 .428 .734 .768 90 .464 -9.2 -0.9 .652 .247 .172 3.7
NL (7 yrs) 2702 1920 331 4.6 108 .277 .269 .272 .321 .341 .427 .424 .748 .766 95 .491 -20.6 -2.0 .667 .236 .158 26.7
AL (2 yrs) 105 75 10 3.6 101 .286 .247 .263 .295 .335 .330 .402 .625 .737 70 .404 -4.2 -0.4 .527 .155 .082 .0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 STL NL 27 as 3B 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1953 26 STL NL 640 3.3% 9.5% 5.3% 7.7% 30% 1.79 9.9 28.8 5.4 82%
1954 27 STL NL 674 1.8% 6.2% 7.3% 7.1% 27% 0.86 14.5 50.9 5.9 0.93 84%
1955 28 CIN NL 239 3.8% 14.6% 5.4% 7.5% 34% 2.69 6.3 24.6 7.9 0.67 75%
1956 29 CIN NL 458 3.3% 12.5% 8.1% 9.0% 39% 1.54 7.1 27.1 6.2 0.78 74%
1957 30 NYG NL 344 2.6% 13.7% 9.0% 7.3% 28% 1.52 6.5 33.9 5.4 1.10 75%
1958 31 SFG NL 251 4.8% 19.9% 6.8% 11.2% 53% 2.94 4.6 19.2 5.0 1.12 68%
1959 32 TOT MLB 164 3.1% 18.3% 6.7% 6.1% 26% 2.73 5.1 30.4 6.9 0.89 72%
1959 32 STL NL 96 3.1% 19.8% 8.3% 7.3% 32% 2.38 4.6 29.0 6.2 1.23 69%
1959 32 KCA AL 68 2.9% 16.2% 4.4% 4.4% 18% 3.67 5.9 32.5 8.1 0.55 76%
1960 33 KCA AL 37 0.0% 21.6% 10.8% 2.7% 14% 2.00 4.0 10.7 0.46 68%
8 Seasons 2807 3.0% 11.8% 7.0% 7.8% 32% 1.68 7.8 30.9 5.8 0.88 78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 27 STL NL 14 0 31% 195 9 4 69% 6 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 10 32% 33 25 6 4 3 1 25 11 13
1955 28 CIN NL 4 0 32% 63 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 35% 11 8 1 1 0 1 8 3 5
1956 29 CIN NL 8 0 20% 136 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 28% 21 17 3 3 3 0 15 5 8
1957 30 NYG NL 3 0 26% 116 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 37% 17 13 4 4 3 1 6 1 5
1958 31 SFG NL 3 0 27% 66 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 48% 9 6 3 3 2 1 9 3 6
1959 32 TOT MLB 4 0 22% 59 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 8 5 3 1 1 0 3 0 3
1959 32 STL NL 1 0 30% 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 5 2 3 1 1 0 3 0 3
1959 32 KCA AL 3 0 11% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 33 KCA AL 0 0 27% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
8 Seasons 36 0 26% 652 16 13 55% 11 10 0 0 0 1 1 0 20 27 35% 103 77 21 16 12 4 67 24 40
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 27 STL NL 509 41% 181 2 2 0 0 2.18 12 0 13 4 6 5 5 0 0 1 112 17 15% 43 16 37% 378 82 22% 39 25 64% 26 9 35% 164
1955 28 CIN NL 239 44% 53 17 4 1 4 2.45 9 0 7 5 4 4 5 0 0 0 44 4 9% 22 4 18% 143 19 13% 9 5 56% 10 2 20% 0
1956 29 CIN NL 458 31% 104 14 5 1 3 1.42 15 2 18 8 7 4 11 0 2 1 50% 97 14 14% 34 13 38% 300 52 17% 28 17 61% 23 10 43% 0
1957 30 NYG NL 284 23% 88 23 5 1 5 2.69 9 0 12 4 3 2 5 0 1 0 0% 65 8 12% 30 11 37% 197 41 21% 30 19 63% 21 5 24% 59
1958 31 SFG NL 250 20% 53 30 9 1 8 2.01 12 0 11 10 2 5 7 0 0 0 52 11 21% 25 8 32% 188 35 19% 17 7 41% 12 5 42% 1
1959 32 TOT MLB 164 42% 39 53 8 1 5 1.66 5 0 7 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 42 3 7% 25 4 16% 130 18 14% 14 4 29% 9 3 33% 0
1959 32 STL NL 96 42% 22 44 7 1 4 1.74 3 0 4 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 29 3 10% 16 2 13% 91 11 12% 9 2 22% 7 3 43% 0
1959 32 KCA AL 68 43% 17 9 1 0 1 1.29 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 13 0 0% 9 2 22% 39 7 18% 5 2 40% 2 0 0% 0
1960 33 KCA AL 37 68% 7 14 3 0 2 1.71 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 9% 8 2 25% 29 3 10% 4 1 25% 3 1 33% 0
8 Seasons 1941 34% 687 153 36 5 27 1.96 83 2 70 33 25 22 36 0 3 3 100% 423 73 17% 187 58 31% 1365 250 18% 141 78 55% 104 35 34% 224
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1953 26 157 640 604 64 162 23 5 21 112 2 2 34 61 .268 .308 .427 .735 89 258 15 1 1
1954 27 309 1314 1215 144 343 56 8 33 216 11 6 83 103 .282 .327 .423 .750 94 514 32 3 2 11
1955 28 383 1553 1436 172 396 65 8 42 244 11 7 96 138 .276 .321 .420 .741 92 603 36 6 2 13 1
1956 29 513 2011 1843 214 500 90 9 57 310 13 11 133 195 .271 .322 .423 .744 93 779 50 13 3 19 7
1957 30 620 2355 2148 251 588 105 10 66 367 13 13 164 242 .274 .325 .424 .749 95 911 58 13 3 27 9
1958 31 702 2606 2378 279 641 120 11 78 413 15 13 181 292 .270 .322 .428 .749 95 1017 69 15 3 29 11
1959 32 787 2770 2530 294 680 125 11 83 435 16 13 192 322 .269 .321 .425 .746 94 1076 72 15 3 30 11
1960 33 808 2807 2562 297 687 126 11 83 438 16 13 196 330 .268 .320 .423 .743 94 1084 73 15 3 31 11

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1953 26 163 654 619 62 160 23 5 21 108 2 34 63 .258 .298 .414 .712 76 157
1954 27 160 705 640 82 188 34 3 12 107 9 51 44 .294 .342 .413 .754 92 152
1955 28 78 248 230 27 53 9 0 9 27 0 13 37 .230 .278 .387 .665 24 74
1956 29 136 472 422 43 105 25 1 15 68 2 37 60 .249 .316 .419 .735 55 130
1957 30 112 358 318 39 91 16 1 9 60 0 32 49 .286 .344 .428 .771 48 107
1958 31 86 261 240 30 54 15 1 12 50 2 17 53 .225 .280 .446 .726 29 82
1959 32 89 169 157 15 39 5 0 5 22 1 11 31 .248 .296 .376 .672 18 85
1960 33 22 40 34 4 8 1 0 0 4 0 5 8 .235 .325 .265 .590 3 21
8 Seasons 846 2907 2660 302 698 128 11 83 446 16 200 345 .262 .314 .412 .726 345 808
162 Game Avg. 162 557 509 58 134 25 2 16 85 3 38 66 .262 .314 .412 .726 66 808

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1954 (3B)

Games Played s c a p y
1953 NL--157--2nd

At Bats s c a p y
1954 NL--611--6th

Hits s c a p y
1954 NL--181--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1954 NL--33--10th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1953 NL--112--8th
1954 NL--104--7th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1954 NL--9--7th

Singles s c a p y
1954 NL--133--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 NL--7--3rd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 NL--11--2nd
1956 NL--6--8th
1957 NL--8--2nd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1954 NL--17--8th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1954 NL--10.3--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1953 NL--460--7th
1954 NL--463--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 17 (1087), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1174), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Keith Moreland (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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