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Ray King

Raymond Keith King (Burger)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: January 15, 1974 in Chicago, IL
High School: Ripley (Ripley, TN)
School: Lambuth University
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 8th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 1999
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Cardinals/Braves/Rockies/Nationals/... 1999-2008
Agents: Tom O'Connell, previously: Dave Meier [*]
Final Game: April 23, 2008
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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
1995	21	CIN-min	Rk	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BIL · PION
1996	22	ATL-min	A,A+	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	MAC,DHM · SALL,CARL
1997	23	ATL-min	AA,A+	36	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286		1	0	0	1	0	0	GRV,DHM · SOUL,CARL
1998	24	CHC-min	AA,AAA	62	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	2	0	0	WTN,IWA · SOUL,PCL
1999	25	CHC-min	AAA	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	IWA · PCL
1999	25	CHC	NL	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	26	MIL-CHC-min	AAA	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	INA,IWA · IL,PCL
2000	26	MIL	NL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	27	MIL	NL	82	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	28	MIL-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	INA · IL
2002	28	MIL	NL	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	29	ATL	NL	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	30	STL	NL	86	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	31	STL	NL	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	32	COL	NL	67	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	33	WSN-min	AA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	HRB · EL
2007	33	TOT	NL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	33	WSN	NL	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	33	MIL	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	34	HOU-CHW-min	AAA	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	RRK,CHR · PCL,IL
2008	34	WSN	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10 Seasons				593	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

MIL (4 yrs)				206	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (2 yrs)				163	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
WSN (2 yrs)				67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
COL (1 yr)				67	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1999	25	CHC	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1

2001	27	MIL	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$220,000	1

2004	30	STL	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$900,000	1

2006	32	COL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$2,500,000	1
4 Seasons				6	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$3,620,000

COL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$2,500,000
STL (1 yr)				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$900,000
CHC (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
MIL (1 yr)				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$220,000

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
1999	25	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0.0	113		.000	.272	.000	.347	.000	.438	.000	.785	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

2001	27	MIL	NL	2	2	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.266	.000	.337	.000	.436	.000	.773	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

2004	30	STL	NL	2	2	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.270	.000	.342	.000	.437	.000	.778	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

2006	32	COL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	121		.000	.283	.000	.355	.000	.459	.000	.814	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
10 Seasons				6	6	0	0.0	113	.000	.000	.271	.000	.343	.000	.440	.000	.784	-100	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				2	2	0	0.0	113	.000	.000	.271	.000	.343	.000	.440	.000	.784	-100	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

COL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	121		.000	.283	.000	.355	.000	.459	.000	.814	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
STL (2 yrs)				2	2	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.270	.000	.342	.000	.437	.000	.778	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
CHC (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	113		.000	.272	.000	.347	.000	.438	.000	.785	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
MIL (4 yrs)				2	2	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.266	.000	.337	.000	.436	.000	.773	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
2003	29	ATL	NL	NLDS	CHC	L	4
2004	30	STL	NL	NLDS	LAD	W	3
2004	30	STL	NL	NLCS	HOU	W	4
2004	30	STL	NL	WS	BOS	L	1
2 Seasons (4 Series)							12
2 NLDS							7
1 NLCS							4
1 WS							1

Ratio Batting*

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
1999	25	CHC	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%

2001	27	MIL	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0					50%	0%

2004	30	STL	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	1.00	100%	0%	0.0%	0%

2006	32	COL	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
10 Seasons				6	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			1.00	2.00	50%	0%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	8.7%	8.0%	34%	1.93	5.3	31.7	7.5	0.78	1.07	70%	21%	8.0%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1999	25	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	-0.0	1.35	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0
2000	26	MIL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2001	27	MIL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	-0.0	.20	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.74	-0.5	0
2002	28	MIL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2003	29	ATL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2004	30	STL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	-0.0	.95	-0.0	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.44	-0.4	0
2005	31	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2006	32	COL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	-0.0	.49	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.47	-0.3	0
2007	33	TOT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2007	33	WSN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2007	33	MIL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2008	34	WSN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
10 Seasons				-1.8	-0.2	6	-0.1	-0.1	.69	-0.1	0.0	-1.7	-0.2	1.11	-1.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1999	25	CHC	NL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2001	27	MIL	NL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2004	30	STL	NL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2006	32	COL	NL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Seasons				0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1999	25	CHC	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

2001	27	MIL	NL	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

2004	30	STL	NL	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2006	32	COL	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
10 Seasons				6	67%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			70%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1999	25	CHC	NL	1	3	3.00	3	100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	100%		100%	0%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

2001	27	MIL	NL	2	11	5.50	7	64%	43%	0%	43%	14%	57%	0%	36%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	100%	2	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0

2004	30	STL	NL	2	5	2.50	4	80%	0%	50%	0%	50%	100%	0%	80%	50%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0

2006	32	COL	NL	1	3	3.00	3	100%	33%	67%	0%	0%	67%		67%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
4 Seasons				6	22	3.67	17	77%	24%	41%	18%	18%	76%	0%	59%	46%	33%	0%	0	0	33%	2	0	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		62%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1999	25	10	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2000	26	46	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2001	27	128	3	3	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2002	28	204	3	3	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2003	29	284	3	3	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2004	30	370	5	5	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2005	31	447	5	5	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2006	32	514	6	6	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2007	33	581	6	6	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2008	34	593	6	6	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

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
1999	25	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10

2001	27	82	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	82

2004	30	86	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	86

2006	32	67	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	67
4 Seasons		245	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	245
162 Game Avg.		162	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	245

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