Ray Murray

Raymond Lee Murray (Deacon)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 204 lb.

Born: October 12, 1917 in Spring Hope, NC
Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1948
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Indians/Orioles 1948-1954

Final Game: September 25, 1954
Died: April 9, 2003 in Fort Worth, TX
Buried: Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park, Fort Worth, 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	Pos	Awards
1940	22	POC	D	90	308	308		81	11	1	2						.263	.263	.325	.588		100						POC · ESHL
1941	23	TAR	D	75	283	283		91	14	1	0						.322	.322	.378	.700		107						TAR · COPL
1946	28	CLE-min	AA,AAA	75	227	218	7	53	2	3	4	10	0	0	4	13	.243	.263	.335	.598		73	2	2	3			OKC,BLT · TL,IL
1947	29	CLE-min	AA	122	388	388		102	20	4	9						.263	.263	.405	.668		157						OKC · TL
1948	30	CLE-min	AA	64	202	202		60	8	2	5						.297	.297	.431	.728		87						OKC · TL
1948	30	CLE	AL	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

1949	31	CLE-min	AA	123	430	430		137	44	4	16						.319	.319	.551	.870		237						OKC · TL
1950	32	CLE	AL	55	153	139	16	38	8	2	1	13	1	0	12	13	.273	.331	.381	.712	85	53	9	0	2		2
1951	33	TOT	AL	41	139	123	10	27	6	0	0	14	0	0	14	8	.220	.299	.268	.568	54	33	5	0	2		2
1951	33	CLE	AL	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	456	1	0	0	0		/2
1951	33	PHA	AL	40	138	122	10	26	6	0	0	13	0	0	14	8	.213	.294	.262	.556	51	32	5	0	2		2
1952	34	PHA	AL	44	146	136	14	28	5	0	1	10	0	0	9	13	.206	.255	.265	.520	41	36	3	0	1		2
1953	35	PHA	AL	84	289	268	25	76	14	3	6	41	0	0	18	25	.284	.331	.425	.756	100	114	6	1	2		2
1954	36	BAL	AL	22	64	61	4	15	4	1	0	2	0	0	2	5	.246	.270	.344	.614	74	21	1	0	1	0	2
1955	37	SFG-min	AA	110	412	362	59	119	23	1	25	80	3	0	44	40	.329	.400	.605	1.005		219		2	0	4		DAL · TL
1956	38	SFG-min	AA	29	66	64	6	16	2	0	1	7	0	0	2	10	.250	.273	.328	.601		21		0	0	0		DAL · TL
1957	39	SFG-min	AA,A	68	188	179	16	52	6	1	9	22	0	0	7	13	.291	.316	.486	.802		87		0	1	1		DAL,SPF · TL,EL
1958	40	SFG-min	AA	93	304	283	45	101	14	2	19	63	0	1	17	31	.357	.395	.622	1.017		176		2	0	2		CPC · TL
1959	41	SFG-min	AA	83	223	198	22	65	9	0	4	38	0	1	23	23	.328	.396	.434	.831		86		0	1	1		CPC · TL
1960	42	SFG-min	AA	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0						RGV · TL
6 Yrs				250	795	731	69	184	37	6	8	80	1	0	55	67	.252	.305	.352	.657	76	257	24	1	8	0
162 Game Avg.				162	515	474	45	119	24	4	5	52	1	0	36	43	.252	.305	.352	.657	76	167	16	1	5

PHA (3 yrs)				168	573	526	49	130	25	3	7	64	0	0	41	46	.247	.303	.346	.649	74	182	14	1	5
CLE (3 yrs)				60	158	144	16	39	8	2	1	14	1	0	12	16	.271	.327	.375	.702	83	54	9	0	2
BAL (1 yr)				22	64	61	4	15	4	1	0	2	0	0	2	5	.246	.270	.344	.614	74	21	1	0	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1948	30	CLE	AL	4	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.469	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

1950	32	CLE	AL	55	153	-3	1	-1	-1	1	-4	-0.3	4	0	0.1	.494	.498	0.1	0.1	1	$	2
1951	33	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.549	.500	0.1	0.0	0	$	/2
1951	33	PHA	AL	40	138	-8	0	-1	0	1	-8	-0.8	4	-4	-0.4	.481	.495	-0.4	0.1	-4	$	2
1952	34	PHA	AL	44	146	-10	0	-0	0	1	-9	-1.0	4	-5	-0.6	.477	.494	-0.6	0.1	-5	$	2
1953	35	PHA	AL	84	289	-1	-1	-0	-1	3	-0	-0.0	8	8	0.8	.500	.500	0.9	0.2	9	$	2
1954	36	BAL	AL	22	64	-2	-0	-0	0	1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.491	.499	0.0	0.1	0	$	2
6 Seasons				250	795	-26	1	-3	-2	7	-23	-2.4	21	-2	-0.1	.490	.498	-0.0	0.6	0	$

PHA (3 yrs)				168	573	-20	0	-1	-1	5	-17	-1.8	15	-1	-0.2	.489	.496	-0.1	0.5	-0	$
CLE (3 yrs)				60	158	-4	1	-1	-1	1	-4	-0.4	4	-0	0.1	.493	.499	0.1	0.1	1	$
BAL (1 yr)				22	64	-2	-0	-0	0	1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.491	.499	0.0	0.1	0	$

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
1948	30	CLE	AL	4	4	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.270	.000	.354	.000	.390	.000	.744	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1950	32	CLE	AL	153	112	18	4.3	110	.296	.273	.273	.331	.360	.381	.410	.712	.770	85	.431	-3.3	-0.3	.600	.201	.108	1.0
1951	33	TOT	AL	139	103	10	2.6	103	.235	.220	.269	.299	.350	.268	.394	.568	.744	54	.269	-7.8	-0.8	.465	.163	.049
1951	33	CLE	AL	1	0	1		97	1.000	1.000	.260	1.000	.340	1.000	.382	2.000	.722	456	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
1951	33	PHA	AL	138	103	9	2.4	103	.228	.213	.269	.294	.350	.262	.394	.556	.744	51	.233	-8.3	-0.8	.455	.164	.049
1952	34	PHA	AL	146	112	9	2.2	101	.221	.206	.267	.255	.348	.265	.390	.520	.737	41	.234	-11.4	-1.2	.405	.125	.059	.0
1953	35	PHA	AL	289	200	37	5.0	105	.295	.284	.273	.331	.350	.425	.402	.756	.752	100	.549	-0.9	-0.1	.672	.209	.142	.0
1954	36	BAL	AL	64	48	6	3.4	92	.268	.246	.256	.270	.330	.344	.374	.614	.704	74	.392	-2.4	-0.2	.489	.131	.098
6 Yrs				795	579	80	3.7	104	.268	.252	.270	.305	.350	.352	.397	.657	.747	76	.412	-27.0	-2.8	.550	.176	.100	1.8
162 Game Avg.				515	375	52	3.7	104	.268	.252	.270	.305	.350	.352	.397	.657	.747	76	.412	-27.0	-2.8	.550	.176	.100	1

PHA (3 yrs)				573	415	55	3.6	104	.260	.247	.271	.303	.349	.346	.397	.649	.746	74	.405	-20.6	-2.1	.546	.177	.099	.0
CLE (3 yrs)				158	116	19	4.3	110	.299	.271	.273	.327	.360	.375	.409	.702	.769	83	.441	-4.0	-0.4	.588	.194	.104	1.0
BAL (1 yr)				64	48	6	3.4	92	.268	.246	.256	.270	.330	.344	.374	.614	.704	74	.392	-2.4	-0.2	.489	.131	.098

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	30	CLE	AL	4	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3			0.00	25%

1950	32	CLE	AL	153	0.7%	8.5%	7.8%	7.2%	29%	1.08	10.7	139.0	10.7	1.17	82%
1951	33	TOT	AL	139	0.0%	5.8%	10.1%	4.3%	22%	0.57	15.4		8.8	1.07	83%
1951	33	CLE	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				1.0		100%
1951	33	PHA	AL	138	0.0%	5.8%	10.1%	4.4%	23%	0.57	15.3		9.4	1.07	83%
1952	34	PHA	AL	146	0.7%	8.9%	6.2%	4.1%	21%	1.44	10.5	136.0	13.6	0.80	84%
1953	35	PHA	AL	289	2.1%	8.7%	6.2%	8.0%	30%	1.39	10.7	44.7	6.5	0.73	82%
1954	36	BAL	AL	64	0.0%	7.8%	3.1%	7.8%	33%	2.50	12.2		30.5	0.64	88%
6 Yrs				795	1.0%	8.4%	6.9%	6.4%	28%	1.22	10.9	91.4	9.1	0.87	83%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.1%	9.8%	6.5%	28%	1.04	8.7	45.8	8.0	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	30	CLE	AL	-1.2	-0.1	4	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.76	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.94	-1.2	1.76	4

1950	32	CLE	AL	-3.5	-0.3	158	-0.2	2.8	-3.1	1.10	-0.5	0.3	-10.3	-1.0	1.01	-7.1	1.24	11
1951	33	TOT	AL	-7.8	-0.8	130	-1.1	1.6	-2.7	1.10	-1.0	-0.1	-9.0	-0.9	1.00	-10.4	0.69	1
1951	33	CLE	AL	0.5	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.13	0.0	-0.0	0.9	0.1	1.03	0.9		0
1951	33	PHA	AL	-8.3	-0.8	129	-1.1	1.6	-2.7	1.11	-1.0	-0.0	-9.9	-1.0	1.00	-11.3	0.69	1
1952	34	PHA	AL	-11.4	-1.2	130	-1.2	1.6	-2.8	1.16	-1.1	0.1	-14.9	-1.5	1.03	-12.3	0.19	2
1953	35	PHA	AL	-1.2	-0.1	275	0.8	5.5	-4.7	1.03	0.0	0.8	7.5	0.7	0.98	4.0	2.16	6
1954	36	BAL	AL	-2.4	-0.2	64	0.1	1.0	-0.9	.80	-0.3	0.4	-3.1	-0.3	0.85	-2.6	2.28	0
6 Yrs				-27.5	-2.8	761	-1.8	12.5	-14.4	1.06	-2.9	1.2	-30.9	-3.2	0.99	-29.7	1.45	24

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	30	CLE	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1950	32	CLE	AL	0	0	31%	53	1	0	100%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	31%	6	5	1	3	2	0	4	1	3
1951	33	TOT	AL	1	0	24%	44	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	36%	7	5	2	2	2	0	5	2	3
1951	33	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	33	PHA	AL	1	0	25%	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	36%	7	5	2	2	2	0	5	2	3
1952	34	PHA	AL	0	0	36%	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	36%	4	4	0	2	1	1	5	2	3
1953	35	PHA	AL	3	0	21%	89	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	18%	4	4	0	2	2	0	5	2	2
1954	36	BAL	AL	1	0	24%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	50%	3	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	1
6 Yrs				5	0	26%	249	1	0	100%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8	33%	24	19	5	10	8	1	21	7	12

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
1948	30	CLE	AL	4	100%	0			4	0	0	0	1.76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1950	32	CLE	AL	153	42%	38			11	3	0	1	1.24	1	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	41	9	22%	19	6	32%	115	13	11%	10	5	50%	4	3	75%	0
1951	33	TOT	AL	139	22%	27			1	0	0	0	0.69	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	29	5	17%	16	8	50%	97	16	16%	10	7	70%	4	3	75%	0
1951	33	CLE	AL	1	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
1951	33	PHA	AL	138	22%	26			1	0	0	0	0.69	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	29	5	17%	16	8	50%	96	15	16%	10	7	70%	4	3	75%	0
1952	34	PHA	AL	146	32%	28			2	1	0	0	0.19	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	100%	27	3	11%	18	4	22%	100	8	8%	12	4	33%	2	1	50%	0
1953	35	PHA	AL	289	29%	76			6	2	0	1	2.16	6	0	6	5	1	5	1	0	3	2	67%	61	6	10%	22	5	23%	186	34	18%	11	7	64%	12	7	58%	0
1954	36	BAL	AL	64	67%	15			0	0	0	0	2.28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	1	11%	3	0	0%	29	3	10%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
6 Yrs				795	35%	184			24	6	0	2	1.45	8	0	21	5	3	7	1	0	9	8	89%	168	24	14%	78	23	29%	530	74	14%	44	23	52%	23	14	61%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			96%			13%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1948	30	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1949	31	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1950	32	59	157	143	16	38	8	2	1	13	1	12	16	.266	.323	.371	.693	80	53	9	0	2
1951	33	100	296	266	26	65	14	2	1	27	1	26	24	.244	.312	.323	.635	68	86	14	0	4
1952	34	144	442	402	40	93	19	2	2	37	1	35	37	.231	.293	.303	.596	59	122	17	0	5
1953	35	228	731	670	65	169	33	5	8	78	1	53	62	.252	.308	.352	.660	76	236	23	1	7
1954	36	250	795	731	69	184	37	6	8	80	1	55	67	.252	.305	.352	.657	76	257	24	1	8	0

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
1948	30	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4

1950	32	57	158	144	15	38	8	2	1	12	1	12	14	.264	.321	.368	.689	17	55
1951	33	43	147	130	10	29	6	0	0	14	0	15	8	.223	.303	.269	.573	11	41
1952	34	46	152	142	14	29	5	0	1	10	0	9	14	.204	.252	.261	.512	9	44
1953	35	88	300	279	25	78	14	3	6	41	0	18	26	.280	.326	.416	.741	38	84
1954	36	23	67	64	4	16	4	1	0	2	0	2	5	.250	.273	.344	.616	6	22
6 Yrs		261	828	763	68	190	37	6	8	79	1	56	70	.249	.301	.345	.646	81	250
162 Game Avg.		162	514	474	42	118	23	4	5	49	1	35	43	.249	.301	.345	.646	50	250

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