Ray Katt

Raymond Frederick Katt

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 9, 1927 in New Braunfels, TX
School: Texas A&M University
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1952
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cardinals 1952-1959

Final Game: July 21, 1959
Died: October 19, 1999 in New Braunfels, TX
Buried: Guadalupe Valley Memorial Park, New Braunfels, TX
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Standard Batting

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
1947	20	CLE-min	C	32	114	114		32	6	3	0						.281	.281	.386	.667		44						JKV · LONE
1948	21	SFG-min	C	97	335	335		107	23	6	6						.319	.319	.478	.797		160						SCL · NORL
1949	22	SFG-min	A,B	115	357	357		102	15	2	10						.286	.286	.423	.709		151						SXC,TRE · WL,ISLG
1950	23	SFG-min	A	134	465	465		130	25	1	10						.280	.280	.402	.682		187						SXC · WL
1951	24	SFG-min	AAA	117	411	354	56	109	27	0	11	57	0		43	44	.308	.388	.477	.865		169	14	3	11			MNE · AA
1952	25	SFG-min	AAA	123	484	448	57	136	24	1	15	68	0		33	58	.304	.354	.462	.816		207	10	2	1			MNE · AA
1952	25	NYG	NL	9	28	27	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.222	.250	.222	.472	31	6	2	0	0			/2
1953	26	SFG-DET-min	AAA	131	549	501	83	159	34	3	30	101	0		44	50	.317	.374	.577	.950		289	5	1	3			MNE,BFL · AA,IL
1953	26	NYG	NL	8	31	29	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.172	.200	.207	.407	5	6	0	0	1			/2
1954	27	NYG	NL	86	227	200	26	51	7	1	9	33	1	0	19	29	.255	.314	.435	.749	93	87	4	0	4	4		2
1955	28	NYG	NL	124	355	326	27	70	7	2	7	28	0	0	22	38	.215	.268	.313	.581	53	102	13	2	4	1	4	*2
1956	29	TOT	NL	84	276	259	21	64	8	0	13	34	0	2	12	40	.247	.285	.429	.713	89	111	3	2	2	1	2	2
1956	29	NYG	NL	37	109	101	10	23	4	0	7	14	0	1	6	16	.228	.278	.475	.753	99	48	1	1	1	0	1	2
1956	29	STL	NL	47	167	158	11	41	4	0	6	20	0	1	6	24	.259	.289	.399	.688	83	63	2	1	1	1	1	2
1957	30	NYG	NL	72	188	165	11	38	3	1	2	17	1	0	15	35	.230	.294	.297	.591	60	49	7	2	1	5	1	2
1958	31	STL-min	AAA	83	306	277	32	79	18	0	11	42	0		22	30	.285	.341	.469	.810		130		2	4	1	3	ROC · IL
1958	31	STL	NL	19	47	41	1	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	4	6	.171	.239	.268	.507	32	11	3	0	1	1	0	2
1959	32	STL	NL	15	25	24	0	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.292	.292	.375	.667	72	9	2	0	1	0	0	2
1960	33	STL-min	AA,AAA	47	132	107	13	23	4	1	1	15	0	0	17	14	.215	.315	.299	.614		32		0	5	3		TUL,ROC · TL,IL
1961	34	STL-min	AAA	32	112	95	8	18	3	0	2	12	1	0	17	24	.189	.313	.284	.597		27						POR · PCL
8 Seasons				417	1177	1071	92	248	29	4	32	120	2	2	74	164	.232	.282	.356	.638	68	381	34	6	14	12	7
162 Game Avg.				162	457	416	36	96	11	2	12	47	1	1	29	64	.232	.282	.356	.638	68	148	13	2	5

NYG (6 yrs)				336	938	848	80	193	22	4	25	94	2	1	64	126	.228	.283	.351	.634	67	298	27	5	11	10	6
STL (3 yrs)				81	239	223	12	55	7	0	7	26	0	1	10	38	.247	.280	.372	.652	72	83	7	1	3	2	1

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
1952	25	NYG	NL	28	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2
1953	26	NYG	NL	31	-4	0	0	0	0	0	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	/2
1954	27	NYG	NL	227	-2	0	1	0	-1	3	8	9	0.9	10	1.0	-0.1	$	2
1955	28	NYG	NL	355	-23	-1	-1	-1	3	4	12	-7	-0.8	-10	-1.0	0.2	$	*2
1956	29	NYG	NL	109	-1	0	1	0	5	2	4	11	1.1	6	0.6	0.5	$	2
1956	29	STL	NL	167	-4	0	-1	0	-2	3	6	2	0.1	4	0.4	-0.3	$	2
1957	30	NYG	NL	187	-8	0	-1	-1	1	3	6	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	2
1958	31	STL	NL	47	-4	0	1	-1	0	1	2	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	2
1959	32	STL	NL	25	-1	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	2
8 Seasons				1176	-49	-1	0	-4	7	16	41	10	0.7	3	0.3	0.4	$

NYG (6 yrs)				937	-40	-1	0	-2	8	12	32	9	0.8	1	0.1	0.7	$
STL (3 yrs)				239	-9	0	0	-2	-1	4	9	1	-0.1	2	0.2	-0.3	$

Advanced Batting

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
1952	25	NYG	NL	28	23	2	2.3	98	.273	.222	.263	.250	.336	.222	.391	.472	.727	31	.258	-2.6	-0.3	.304	.037	.000
1953	26	NYG	NL	31	25	1	1.1	113	.192	.172	.278	.200	.350	.207	.433	.407	.782	5	.059	-4.2	-0.4	.292	.069	.034
1954	27	NYG	NL	227	161	28	4.7	110	.253	.255	.275	.314	.347	.435	.426	.749	.772	93	.487	-2.7	-0.3	.699	.280	.180	1.8
1955	28	NYG	NL	355	274	25	2.4	106	.223	.215	.267	.268	.338	.313	.422	.581	.760	53	.233	-23.2	-2.3	.468	.166	.098	.0
1956	29	TOT	NL	276	203	31	4.1	103	.246	.247	.264	.285	.330	.429	.416	.713	.747	89	.458	-5.1	-0.5	.615	.220	.181	.0
1956	29	NYG	NL	109	81	13	4.3	102	.205	.228	.263	.278	.330	.475	.415	.753	.745	99	.481	-0.8	-0.1	.675	.297	.248	.0
1956	29	STL	NL	167	122	18	3.9	103	.271	.259	.264	.289	.331	.399	.417	.688	.748	83	.442	-4.4	-0.4	.575	.171	.139	.0
1957	30	NYG	NL	188	140	15	2.9	103	.271	.230	.269	.294	.332	.297	.416	.591	.748	60	.299	-8.9	-0.9	.500	.164	.067	1.3
1958	31	STL	NL	47	39	2	1.4	110	.171	.171	.274	.239	.343	.268	.429	.507	.772	32	.097	-4.1	-0.4	.405	.195	.098	.0
1959	32	STL	NL	25	20	2	2.7	110	.438	.292	.277	.292	.344	.375	.429	.667	.773	72	.268	-1.0	-0.1	.474	.083	.083
8 Seasons				1177	885	106	3.2	106	.244	.232	.269	.282	.337	.356	.420	.638	.758	68	.338	-51.8	-5.1	.537	.193	.124	3.8
162 Game Avg.				457	344	41	3.2	106	.244	.232	.269	.282	.337	.356	.420	.638	.758	68	.338	-51.8	-5.1	.537	.193	.124	1

NYG (6 yrs)				938	704	84	3.2	106	.238	.228	.269	.283	.338	.351	.420	.634	.759	67	.334	-42.3	-4.2	.539	.200	.124	3.7
STL (3 yrs)				239	181	22	3.3	105	.267	.247	.267	.280	.335	.372	.420	.652	.755	72	.353	-9.5	-1.0	.528	.166	.126	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1952	25	NYG	NL	28	0.0%	17.9%	3.6%	0.0%	0%	5.00	5.4		27.0	1.83	79%
1953	26	NYG	NL	31	0.0%	9.7%	3.2%	3.2%	20%	3.00	9.7		29.0	1.33	84%
1954	27	NYG	NL	227	4.0%	12.8%	8.4%	7.5%	33%	1.53	6.9	22.2	6.1	0.65	73%
1955	28	NYG	NL	355	2.0%	10.7%	6.2%	4.5%	23%	1.73	8.6	46.6	11.6	0.99	79%
1956	29	TOT	NL	276	4.7%	14.5%	4.4%	7.6%	33%	3.33	6.5	19.9	7.6	0.71	75%
1956	29	NYG	NL	109	6.4%	14.7%	5.5%	10.1%	48%	2.67	6.3	14.4	7.2	0.64	72%
1956	29	STL	NL	167	3.6%	14.4%	3.6%	6.0%	24%	4.00	6.6	26.3	7.9	0.76	77%
1957	30	NYG	NL	188	1.1%	18.6%	8.0%	3.2%	16%	2.33	4.7	82.5	9.7	0.68	71%
1958	31	STL	NL	47	2.1%	12.8%	8.5%	4.3%	29%	1.50	6.8	41.0	10.3	0.94	74%
1959	32	STL	NL	25	0.0%	32.0%	0.0%	8.0%	29%		3.0		12.0	1.80	64%
8 Seasons				1177	2.7%	13.9%	6.3%	5.5%	26%	2.22	6.5	33.5	8.9	0.83	75%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.8%	9.1%	6.6%	29%	1.30	7.5	39.8	8.3	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1952	25	NYG	NL	-2.6	-0.3	29	0.1	0.5	-0.4	.84	-0.2	0.3	-3.7	-0.4	1.05	-3.0		0
1953	26	NYG	NL	-4.2	-0.4	16	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.93	-0.2	-0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.89	-2.0		0
1954	27	NYG	NL	-2.7	-0.3	227	-1.2	3.0	-4.2	1.03	-0.2	-0.9	0.4	0.0	0.95	-1.4	1.23	5
1955	28	NYG	NL	-23.2	-2.3	311	-3.1	3.2	-6.3	.94	-2.2	-1.1	-24.5	-2.4	0.91	-22.9	0.91	3
1956	29	TOT	NL	-5.1	-0.5	273	0.2	5.0	-4.8	1.01	-0.5	0.6	-3.0	-0.3	0.92	-3.8		0
1956	29	NYG	NL	-0.8	-0.1	105	0.1	2.0	-1.9	1.01	0.2	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.90	2.2		0
1956	29	STL	NL	-4.4	-0.4	168	0.1	3.0	-2.9	1.01	-0.6	0.7	-2.8	-0.3	0.93	-6.1		0
1957	30	NYG	NL	-8.9	-0.9	160	-1.2	2.0	-3.2	1.09	-1.0	-0.2	-12.3	-1.2	0.95	-11.2	1.94	6
1958	31	STL	NL	-4.1	-0.4	47	-0.3	0.7	-1.0	1.06	-0.3	0.0	-5.9	-0.6	0.97	-3.7	1.58	5
1959	32	STL	NL	-1.0	-0.1	25	-0.6	0.3	-0.8	1.33	-0.2	-0.2	-4.4	-0.4	1.02	-2.6	6.88	1
8 Seasons				-51.8	-5.1	1088	-6.3	14.8	-21.1	1.01	-4.7	-1.6	-55.5	-5.5	0.93	-50.7	1.77	20

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	25	NYG	NL	1	57%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	2
1953	26	NYG	NL	0	33%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1954	27	NYG	NL	3	28%	63	1	0	100%	1	1	0	0	1	6	33%	10	8	1	0	0	0	8	3	5
1955	28	NYG	NL	2	23%	74	0	0		0	0	0	2	2	3	28%	12	11	1	1	0	1	5	2	3
1956	29	TOT	NL	3	12%	66	0	2	0%	0	1	1	0	2	1	56%	5	2	3	0	0	0	4	2	2
1956	29	NYG	NL	2	13%	24	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1956	29	STL	NL	1	12%	42	0	1	0%	0	0	1	0	1	0	43%	4	2	2	0	0	0	3	2	1
1957	30	NYG	NL	0	17%	39	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	3	23%	8	8	0	1	1	0	4	1	3
1958	31	STL	NL	2	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	32	STL	NL	0	0%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Seasons				11	20%	271	2	2	50%	2	2	1	2	7	14	36%	39	32	6	4	2	2	24	8	16

Situational Hitting*

						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
1952	25	NYG	NL	28	14%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	2	22%	2	1	50%	20	1	5%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1953	26	NYG	NL	16	75%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	2	2	100%	9	1	11%	1	1	100%	0	0		15
1954	27	NYG	NL	223	39%	51			5	0	0	0	1.23	9	0	5	5	4	6	3	0	5	4	80%	36	4	11%	26	11	42%	140	23	16%	11	7	64%	12	5	42%	4
1955	28	NYG	NL	302	38%	70			3	2	1	1	0.91	7	0	2	4	3	2	5	0	5	4	80%	48	13	27%	28	7	25%	178	17	10%	14	2	14%	6	4	67%	53
1956	29	TOT	NL	270	32%	64			0	0	0	0		13	0	8	7	5	7	5	0	2	2	100%	44	3	7%	15	6	40%	142	20	14%	10	4	40%	5	2	40%	6
1956	29	NYG	NL	103	26%	23			0	0	0	0		7	0	4	3	3	2	4	0	1	1	100%	15	1	7%	7	1	14%	54	6	11%	3	0	0%	4	1	25%	6
1956	29	STL	NL	167	35%	41			0	0	0	0		6	0	4	4	2	5	1	0	1	1	100%	29	2	7%	8	5	63%	88	14	16%	7	4	57%	1	1	100%	0
1957	30	NYG	NL	156	28%	38			6	2	0	2	1.94	2	0	7	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	100%	35	7	20%	17	7	41%	101	15	15%	16	9	56%	4	2	50%	31
1958	31	STL	NL	47	36%	7			5	0	0	0	1.58	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	7	3	43%	5	2	40%	30	3	10%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
1959	32	STL	NL	25	16%	7			1	0	0	0	6.88	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	5	2	40%	6	1	17%	19	2	11%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
8 Seasons				1067	35%	248			20	4	1	3	1.77	32	0	28	18	13	16	15	0	17	14	82%	187	34	18%	101	37	37%	639	82	13%	59	25	42%	30	14	47%	109
MLB Averages					49%																			81%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1952	25	9	28	27	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.222	.250	.222	.472	31	6	2	0	0
1953	26	17	59	56	6	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.196	.224	.214	.438	17	12	2	0	1
1954	27	103	286	256	32	62	8	1	9	35	1	0	21	37	.242	.295	.387	.682	77	99	6	0	5	4
1955	28	227	641	582	59	132	15	3	16	63	1	0	43	75	.227	.280	.345	.625	64	201	19	2	9	5	4
1956	29	311	917	841	80	196	23	3	29	97	1	2	55	115	.233	.281	.371	.652	71	312	22	4	11	6	6
1957	30	383	1105	1006	91	234	26	4	31	114	2	2	70	150	.233	.284	.359	.642	70	361	29	6	12	11	7
1958	31	402	1152	1047	92	241	27	4	32	118	2	2	74	156	.230	.282	.355	.637	68	372	32	6	13	12	7
1959	32	417	1177	1071	92	248	29	4	32	120	2	2	74	164	.232	.282	.356	.638	68	381	34	6	14	12	7

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1952	25	9	30	29	6	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.241	.267	.241	.508	2	9
1953	26	8	31	30	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	.167	.194	.200	.394	1	8
1954	27	90	234	210	27	53	7	1	9	34	1	20	31	.252	.312	.424	.736	28	86
1955	28	130	367	341	27	72	7	2	7	28	0	23	40	.211	.264	.305	.569	27	124
1956	29	88	288	272	23	68	8	0	14	37	0	13	42	.250	.288	.434	.722	33	84
1957	30	75	197	174	12	41	3	1	2	18	1	16	37	.236	.299	.299	.598	16	72
1958	31	20	50	44	1	8	1	0	1	5	0	5	6	.182	.260	.273	.533	3	19
1959	32	16	24	24	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	8	.250	.250	.333	.583	2	15
8 Seasons		436	1221	1124	98	260	29	4	33	126	2	79	172	.231	.283	.352	.635	112	417
162 Game Avg.		162	454	418	36	97	11	1	12	47	1	29	64	.231	.283	.352	.635	42	417

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1409), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (2527), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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