Ray Lankford
Raymond Lewis Lankford
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: June 5, 1967 in Los Angeles, CA
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 21, 1990
Final Game: October 3, 2004
Relatives: Nephew of Carl Nichols
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1990 STL NL 23 CF 35 30 273.1 94 92 1 1 0 .989 -2.2 -9.7 -1.2 0.9 -2.1 -1 3.06 2.66 .984 2.74 2.35
1990 STL NL 23 OF 35 30 273.1 94 92 1 1 0 .989 -2.2 -9.7 -1.2 0.9 -2.1 -1 3.06 2.66 .981 2.39 2.01
1991 STL NL 24 CF 149 135 1217.1 382 369 7 6 2 .984 -2.7 -2.7 -4.7 2.4 -7.1 2 2.78 2.52 .985 2.59 2.12 RoY-3
1991 STL NL 24 OF 149 135 1217.1 380 367 7 6 2 .984 -2.7 -2.7 -4.7 2.4 -7.1 2 2.77 2.51 .983 2.28 1.88 RoY-3
1992 STL NL 25 CF 153 151 1369.0 446 439 5 2 0 .996 -11.0 -9.6 -9.0 1.0 -10.0 -2 2.92 2.90 .989 2.80 2.44 MVP-18
1992 STL NL 25 OF 153 151 1369.0 445 438 5 2 0 .996 -11.0 -9.6 -9.0 1.0 -10.0 -2 2.91 2.90 .983 2.34 1.96 MVP-18
1993 STL NL 26 CF 121 112 1012.2 329 316 6 7 0 .979 9.9 11.7 8.9 6.8 2.1 1 2.86 2.66 .985 2.75 2.37
1993 STL NL 26 OF 121 112 1012.2 325 312 6 7 0 .978 9.9 11.7 8.9 6.8 2.1 1 2.83 2.63 .979 2.34 2.00
1994 STL NL 27 CF 104 103 902.0 272 261 5 6 1 .978 -2.8 -3.7 -4.8 3.3 -8.1 2 2.65 2.56 .982 2.63 2.40
1994 STL NL 27 OF 104 103 902.0 271 260 5 6 1 .978 -2.8 -3.7 -4.8 3.3 -8.1 2 2.64 2.55 .980 2.24 1.90
1995 STL NL 28 CF 129 128 1116.0 309 299 7 3 2 .990 2.2 2.4 2.2 6.7 -4.5 0 2.47 2.37 .984 2.48 2.16
1995 STL NL 28 OF 129 128 1116.0 310 300 7 3 2 .990 2.2 2.4 2.2 6.7 -4.5 0 2.48 2.38 .979 2.15 1.82
1996 STL NL 29 CF 144 142 1242.0 366 356 9 1 0 .997 14.3 13.8 15.3 0.5 14.8 -1 2.64 2.53 .983 2.48 2.13
1996 STL NL 29 OF 144 142 1242.0 367 358 8 1 0 .997 14.3 13.8 15.3 0.5 14.8 -1 2.65 2.54 .978 2.13 1.80
1997 STL NL 30 CF 132 130 1141.1 305 292 4 9 2 .970 -2.4 -2.5 2.6 0.8 1.8 -5 2.33 2.24 .983 2.40 2.03 AS,MVP-16
1997 STL NL 30 OF 132 130 1141.1 306 293 4 9 2 .971 -2.4 -2.5 2.6 0.8 1.8 -5 2.34 2.25 .980 2.13 1.77 AS,MVP-16
1998 STL NL 31 CF 145 137 1216.1 349 337 7 5 2 .986 3.5 3.5 6.5 -0.9 7.4 -3 2.55 2.37 .987 2.53 2.15
1998 STL NL 31 OF 145 137 1216.1 350 338 7 5 2 .986 3.5 3.5 6.5 -0.9 7.4 -3 2.55 2.38 .980 2.17 1.78
1998 STL NL 31 DH 1
1999 STL NL 32 OF 106 103 892.2 223 214 6 3 0 .987 14.3 19.2 16.3 6.4 9.9 -2 2.22 2.08 .981 2.26 1.86
1999 STL NL 32 LF 105 103 883.2 219 210 6 3 0 .986 15.4 20.9 17.4 6.4 11.0 -2 2.20 2.06 .977 2.00 1.48
1999 STL NL 32 CF 2 0 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -146.7 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 0 4.00 2.00 .975 2.60 2.20
1999 STL NL 32 DH 1
2000 STL NL 33 OF 117 106 919.0 188 179 4 5 0 .973 -6.6 -8.6 -6.6 -0.4 -6.2 0 1.79 1.56 .981 2.25 1.86
2000 STL NL 33 LF 116 105 909.0 186 178 3 5 0 .973 -5.4 -7.1 -5.4 -0.3 -5.1 0 1.79 1.56 .976 1.91 1.41
2000 STL NL 33 CF 2 1 10.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -144.0 -1.2 -0.1 -1.1 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 2.61 2.25
2000 STL NL 33 DH 1
2001 TOT NL 34 OF 123 109 948.4 210 198 6 6 1 .971 -9.3 -11.8 -7.3 -5.8 -1.4 -2 1.94 1.66 .982 2.20 1.86
2001 TOT NL 34 LF 106 96 826.4 179 167 6 6 1 .966 -5.6 -8.1 -4.6 -2.9 -1.7 -1 1.88 1.63 .979 1.91 1.48
2001 STL NL 34 LF 85 76 663.2 145 135 5 5 1 .966 -4.9 -8.9 -3.9 -1.5 -2.4 -1 1.90 1.65 .979 1.91 1.48
2001 STL NL 34 OF 85 76 663.2 145 135 5 5 1 .966 -4.9 -8.9 -3.9 -1.5 -2.4 -1 1.90 1.65 .982 2.20 1.86
2001 SDP NL 34 OF 38 33 284.2 65 63 1 1 0 .985 -4.4 -18.5 -3.4 -4.3 1.0 -1 2.02 1.68 .982 2.20 1.86
2001 SDP NL 34 LF 21 20 162.2 34 32 1 1 0 .971 -0.7 -5.2 -0.7 -1.4 0.7 0 1.83 1.57 .979 1.91 1.48
2001 SDP NL 34 CF 16 12 112.2 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 -3.2 -34.1 -2.2 -2.4 0.3 -1 2.48 1.94 .987 2.59 2.18
2001 SDP NL 34 RF 2 1 9.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -64.3 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.12 1.75
2002 SDP NL 35 LF 59 53 425.0 106 98 4 4 1 .962 -1.2 -3.4 -2.2 -1.1 -1.1 1 2.16 1.73 .977 1.92 1.51
2002 SDP NL 35 OF 59 54 440.0 107 98 4 5 1 .953 -3.5 -9.5 -4.5 -1.4 -3.2 1 2.09 1.73 .983 2.19 1.84
2002 SDP NL 35 CF 3 1 15.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -2.3 -184.0 -2.3 -0.3 -2.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 2.58 2.13
2002 SDP NL 35 DH 1
2004 STL NL 37 OF 70 45 413.0 90 85 1 4 0 .956 -1.4 -4.1 -1.4 0.2 -1.6 0 1.87 1.23 .982 2.16 1.85
2004 STL NL 37 LF 66 43 392.0 87 82 1 4 0 .954 -1.0 -3.1 -1.0 0.6 -1.6 0 1.91 1.26 .980 1.85 1.48
2004 STL NL 37 CF 4 2 21.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -22.9 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.29 0.75 1.000 2.53 2.25
14 Seasons OF 1587 1485 13103.0 3666 3532 71 63 11 .983 2.3 0.2 12.3 20.5 -8.2 -10 2.47 2.27 .981 2.23 1.86
14 Seasons CF 1139 1084 9657.2 2893 2800 52 41 9 .986 0.6 0.1 8.6 18.3 -9.7 -8 2.66 2.50 .985 2.59 2.22
5 Seasons LF 452 400 3436.0 777 735 20 22 2 .972 2.2 0.8 4.2 2.7 1.5 -2 1.98 1.67 .978 1.93 1.47
4 Seasons DH 4
1 Season RF 2 1 9.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -64.3 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.12 1.75
14 Seasons TOT 1593 1485 13103.0 3662 3527 72 63 11 .983 2.3 0.2 12.3 20.5 -8.2 -10 2.47 2.26 .965 2.27 1.87
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1990 STL NL 23 39 30 39 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 35 0 7 0
1991 STL NL 24 151 135 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 0 7 7
1992 STL NL 25 153 151 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 153 0 1 1
1993 STL NL 26 127 112 127 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 0 121 0 8 4
1994 STL NL 27 109 103 109 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 104 0 5 0
1995 STL NL 28 132 128 132 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 129 0 4 0
1996 STL NL 29 149 142 149 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 0 7 0
1997 STL NL 30 133 130 133 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 132 0 2 0
1998 STL NL 31 154 138 154 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145 1 16 0
1999 STL NL 32 122 104 122 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 2 0 106 1 15 0
2000 STL NL 33 128 107 128 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 2 0 117 1 14 0
2001 STL NL 34 91 76 91 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 85 0 9 0
2001 SDP NL 34 40 33 40 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 16 2 38 0 5 0
2002 SDP NL 35 81 55 81 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 3 0 59 1 23 0
2004 STL NL 37 92 45 92 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 4 0 70 0 30 7
14 Seasons 1701 1489 1701 1587 0 0 0 0 0 0 452 1139 2 1587 4 153 19
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1990 STL NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 7 0 10 2 0 4 1 0 7 0 0 6 5 0 37 15 40.5% 22 0 0.0% 1 1192 53% 80% 43% 157 59%
1991 STL NL 24 6 0 6 0 1 7 0 2 2 2 26 19 1 18 3 1 2 0 0 21 6 1 37 24 1 104 52 50.0% 48 4 3.8% 3 5278 47% 79% 41% 497 75%
1992 STL NL 25 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 3 26 18 0 25 6 1 2 1 0 23 2 0 29 19 0 105 46 43.8% 58 1 1.0% 4 5907 53% 80% 41% 586 75%
1993 STL NL 26 7 0 5 2 0 6 0 4 0 2 44 28 0 49 10 2 7 2 0 12 2 0 29 18 0 141 60 42.6% 79 2 1.4% 4 4406 63% 80% 40% 569 57%
1994 STL NL 27 6 0 5 1 2 5 0 1 1 2 36 31 0 33 5 2 15 2 0 19 6 0 23 15 0 126 59 46.8% 65 2 1.6% 3 4108 61% 78% 39% 516 51%
1995 STL NL 28 3 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 1 5 48 32 0 45 9 3 16 3 1 18 2 1 37 22 0 164 68 41.5% 91 5 3.0% 2 5026 62% 77% 36% 587 52%
1996 STL NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 6 2 0 49 30 0 44 6 0 14 8 0 22 1 0 22 13 0 151 58 38.4% 93 0 0.0% 8 5465 60% 74% 39% 656 56%
1997 STL NL 30 9 0 8 1 3 4 1 2 0 0 44 26 0 38 4 0 12 3 0 17 2 0 17 11 0 128 46 35.9% 82 0 0.0% 4 5044 53% 73% 35% 587 50%
1998 STL NL 31 5 0 5 0 0 7 0 2 1 1 74 43 1 58 10 1 15 4 0 21 2 0 30 19 0 198 78 39.4% 118 2 1.0% 5 5441 56% 76% 38% 696 50%
1999 STL NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 43 65% 56% 28% 6 67%
2000 STL NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 60 68% 68% 33% 6 33%
2001 SDP NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 0 9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 23 9 39.1% 14 0 0.0% 0 556 58% 76% 37% 66 47%
2002 SDP NL 35 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 68 54% 71% 26% 9 0%
2004 STL NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 87 68% 72% 32% 8 38%
14 Seasons 41 0 35 6 7 51 1 19 9 15 371 245 2 330 56 10 90 25 1 161 23 2 235 148 1 1187 497 41.9% 674 16 1.3% 35 42681 57% 77% 39% 4946 57%
MLB Averages 41.8% 1.9% 56% 75% 39% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1999 STL NL 32 3 0 3 0 0 6 0 3 0 2 41 33 0 36 15 2 22 10 0 14 5 0 16 15 0 129 78 60.5% 49 2 1.6% 4 4087 63% 74% 40% 452 48%
2000 STL NL 33 5 0 3 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 29 23 2 30 16 0 32 19 0 13 4 0 15 12 0 119 74 62.2% 43 2 1.7% 1 4062 58% 73% 39% 401 45%
2001 STL NL 34 5 0 3 2 2 5 0 3 0 1 28 24 0 17 5 0 21 14 0 8 1 0 13 11 0 87 55 63.2% 32 0 0.0% 5 2956 62% 73% 37% 329 42%
2001 SDP NL 34 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 8 0 6 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 10 62.5% 5 1 6.3% 0 728 55% 76% 37% 70 47%
2002 SDP NL 35 4 0 3 1 1 4 0 1 2 0 15 14 1 18 7 0 16 13 0 8 1 0 12 11 0 69 46 66.7% 22 1 1.4% 3 1964 56% 73% 37% 221 46%
2004 STL NL 37 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 17 17 0 11 7 0 5 2 0 4 0 0 11 8 0 48 34 70.8% 14 0 0.0% 1 1634 57% 77% 35% 181 46%
5 Seasons 22 0 17 5 4 20 0 9 3 4 138 119 3 118 52 2 97 58 1 48 11 0 67 57 0 468 297 63.5% 165 6 1.3% 14 15431 59% 74% 38% 1654 45%
MLB Averages 60.9% 2.5% 56% 75% 39% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2001 SDP NL 34 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 0 40 65% 83% 45% 1 0%
1 Season 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 0 40 65% 83% 45% 1 0%
MLB Averages 45.7% 2.4% 56% 75% 39% 52%

* 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.

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