Ray Katt
Raymond Frederick Katt
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 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
Final Game: July 21, 1959
Died: October 20, 1999 in New Braunfels, TX
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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
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 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 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
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

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
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 1.1 112 .192 .172 .278 .200 .349 .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 -23.1 -2.3 .468 .166 .098 .0
1956 29 TOT NL 276 203 31 4.1 103 .246 .247 .263 .285 .330 .429 .416 .713 .746 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 .443 -4.4 -0.4 .575 .171 .139 .0
1957 30 NYG NL 188 140 15 2.9 103 .271 .230 .268 .294 .332 .297 .416 .591 .748 60 .299 -8.9 -0.9 .500 .164 .067 1.3
1958 31 STL NL 47 39 2 1.4 109 .171 .171 .274 .239 .343 .268 .428 .507 .771 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 .268 .282 .337 .356 .420 .638 .758 68 .338 -51.7 -5.2 .537 .193 .124 3.8
162 Game Avg. 457 344 41 3.2 106 .244 .232 .268 .282 .337 .356 .420 .638 .758 68 .338 -51.7 -5.2 .537 .193 .124 1
NYG (6 yrs) 938 704 84 3.2 106 .238 .228 .269 .283 .338 .351 .420 .634 .758 67 .334 -42.2 -4.3 .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 -0.9 .528 .166 .126 .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
1952 25 NYG NL 28 0.0% 17.9% 3.6% 0.0% 0% 5.00 5.4 27.0 79%
1953 26 NYG NL 31 0.0% 9.7% 3.2% 3.2% 20% 3.00 9.7 29.0 84%
1954 27 NYG NL 227 4.0% 12.8% 8.4% 7.5% 33% 1.53 6.9 22.2 6.1 0.58 73%
1955 28 NYG NL 355 2.0% 10.7% 6.2% 4.5% 23% 1.73 8.6 46.6 11.6 0.89 79%
1956 29 TOT NL 276 4.7% 14.5% 4.4% 7.6% 33% 3.33 6.5 19.9 7.6 0.72 75%
1956 29 NYG NL 109 6.4% 14.7% 5.5% 10.1% 48% 2.67 6.3 14.4 7.2 0.65 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 0.62 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 0.74 75%
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 NYG NL 3 0 28% 62 1 0 100% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 33% 10 8 1 0 0 0 8 3 5
1955 28 NYG NL 2 0 23% 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 31% 11 10 1 1 0 1 4 1 3
1956 29 TOT NL 3 0 12% 65 0 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 56% 5 2 3 0 0 0 4 2 2
1956 29 NYG NL 2 0 13% 23 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1956 29 STL NL 1 0 12% 42 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 43% 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 2 1
1957 30 NYG NL 0 0 17% 38 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17% 8 8 0 1 1 0 3 1 2
1958 31 STL NL 2 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 32 STL NL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 10 0 20% 231 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 13 33% 36 29 6 2 1 1 19 7 12
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 NYG NL 212 42% 51 5 0 0 0 1.30 9 0 5 5 4 6 3 0 4 4 100% 34 4 12% 23 10 43% 135 23 17% 10 7 70% 12 2 17% 15
1955 28 NYG NL 247 36% 70 3 2 1 1 0.97 7 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 2 4 200% 34 13 38% 19 4 21% 143 14 10% 12 2 17% 10 2 20% 108
1956 29 TOT NL 266 32% 64 0 0 0 0 13 0 8 7 5 7 5 0 2 2 100% 44 3 7% 15 6 40% 140 20 14% 10 4 40% 11 1 9% 10
1956 29 NYG NL 99 27% 23 0 0 0 0 7 0 4 3 3 2 4 0 1 1 100% 15 1 7% 7 1 14% 52 6 12% 3 0 0% 6 1 17% 10
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% 5 0 0% 0
1957 30 NYG NL 149 28% 38 6 2 0 2 1.94 2 0 7 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 100% 34 7 21% 17 7 41% 98 15 15% 16 9 56% 6 0 0% 38
1958 31 STL NL 47 36% 7 5 0 0 0 1.61 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 7 3 43% 5 2 40% 30 3 10% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 0
1959 32 STL NL 25 16% 7 1 0 0 0 6.90 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 2 40% 6 1 17% 19 2 11% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 0
8 Seasons 946 34% 248 20 4 1 3 1.80 32 0 26 16 12 14 14 0 12 14 117% 158 34 22% 85 30 35% 565 77 14% 54 24 44% 44 5 11% 171
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
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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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 26 53 7 1 9 33 1 20 31 .252 .312 .424 .736 28 86
1955 28 130 363 338 27 69 7 2 7 28 0 22 40 .204 .256 .299 .555 25 124
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 46 42 1 6 1 0 1 4 0 3 6 .143 .196 .238 .434 2 19
1959 32 16 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 15
8 Seasons 436 1214 1120 97 249 27 4 33 124 2 76 172 .222 .273 .342 .615 109 417
162 Game Avg. 162 451 416 36 93 10 1 12 46 1 28 64 .222 .273 .342 .615 41 417

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1361), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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