Ray Oyler
Raymond Francis Oyler
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 4, 1938 in Indianapolis, IN
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1965
Final Game: October 1, 1970
Died: January 26, 1981 in Seattle, WA
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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
1965 26 DET AL 82 217 194 22 36 6 0 5 13 1 0 21 61 .186 .265 .294 .559 58 57 9 0 2 0 3 64/35
1966 27 DET AL 71 237 210 16 36 8 3 1 9 0 0 23 62 .171 .263 .252 .515 48 53 6 3 1 0 4 6
1967 28 DET AL 148 424 367 33 76 14 2 1 29 0 2 37 91 .207 .281 .264 .545 61 97 10 2 15 3 3 *6
1968 29 DET AL 111 247 215 13 29 6 1 1 12 0 2 20 59 .135 .213 .186 .399 20 40 8 2 7 3 0 *6
1969 30 SEP AL 106 291 255 24 42 5 0 7 22 1 2 31 80 .165 .260 .267 .526 50 68 9 2 2 1 0 6
1970 31 CAL AL 24 29 24 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .083 .185 .083 .269 -22 2 0 0 2 0 0 6/5
6 Seasons 542 1445 1265 110 221 39 6 15 86 2 6 135 359 .175 .258 .251 .508 48 317 42 9 29 7 10
162 Game Avg. 162 432 378 33 66 12 2 4 26 1 2 40 107 .175 .258 .251 .508 48 95 13 3 9 2 3
DET (4 yrs) 412 1125 986 84 177 34 6 8 63 1 4 101 273 .180 .259 .251 .510 49 247 33 7 25 6 10
CAL (1 yr) 24 29 24 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .083 .185 .083 .269 -22 2 0 0 2 0 0
SEP (1 yr) 106 291 255 24 42 5 0 7 22 1 2 31 80 .165 .260 .267 .526 50 68 9 2 2 1 0

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
1965 26 DET AL 217 169 14 2.2 93 .242 .186 .253 .265 .323 .294 .388 .559 .711 58 .253 -11.2 -1.2 .473 .222 .108 1.7
1966 27 DET AL 237 181 14 2.1 92 .238 .171 .251 .263 .319 .252 .388 .515 .706 48 .241 -14.5 -1.6 .439 .190 .081 .0
1967 28 DET AL 424 321 28 2.4 87 .270 .207 .246 .281 .316 .264 .369 .545 .686 61 .301 -17.7 -2.0 .442 .153 .057 .0
1968 29 DET AL 247 206 8 1.0 82 .177 .135 .241 .213 .311 .186 .357 .399 .668 20 .097 -20.8 -2.4 .306 .135 .051 .0
1969 30 SEP AL 291 227 17 2.0 92 .207 .165 .251 .260 .327 .267 .379 .526 .706 50 .206 -17.3 -1.8 .446 .220 .102 1.8
1970 31 CAL AL 29 24 1 1.1 94 .111 .083 .253 .185 .327 .083 .386 .269 .713 -22 .079 -4.0 -0.4 .227 .125 .000
6 Seasons 1445 1128 82 2.0 89 .229 .175 .248 .258 .319 .251 .375 .508 .694 48 .223 -85.4 -9.4 .418 .179 .076 3.5
162 Game Avg. 432 337 25 2.0 89 .229 .175 .248 .258 .319 .251 .375 .508 .694 48 .223 -85.4 -9.4 .418 .179 .076 1
DET (4 yrs) 1125 877 64 2.0 88 .238 .180 .248 .259 .317 .251 .374 .510 .691 49 .232 -64.2 -7.2 .416 .170 .071 1.8
CAL (1 yr) 29 24 1 1.1 94 .111 .083 .253 .185 .327 .083 .386 .269 .713 -22 .079 -4.0 -0.4 .227 .125 .000
SEP (1 yr) 291 227 17 2.0 92 .207 .165 .251 .260 .327 .267 .379 .526 .706 50 .206 -17.3 -1.8 .446 .220 .102 1.8

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 29 DET AL WS STL W 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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
1965 26 DET AL 217 2.3% 28.1% 9.7% 5.1% 31% 2.90 3.2 38.8 14.9 1.25 59%
1966 27 DET AL 237 0.4% 26.2% 9.7% 5.1% 33% 2.70 3.4 210.0 23.3 1.07 62%
1967 28 DET AL 424 0.2% 21.5% 8.7% 4.0% 22% 2.46 4.0 367.0 12.7 0.84 66%
1968 29 DET AL 247 0.4% 23.9% 8.1% 3.2% 28% 2.95 3.6 215.0 17.9 0.97 64%
1969 30 SEP AL 291 2.4% 27.5% 10.7% 4.1% 29% 2.58 3.2 36.4 11.6 0.86 58%
1970 31 CAL AL 29 0.0% 20.7% 10.3% 0.0% 0% 2.00 4.0 24.0 0.70 62%
6 Seasons 1445 1.0% 24.8% 9.3% 4.2% 27% 2.66 3.5 84.3 14.7 0.95 62%
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
1965 26 DET AL 1 0 33% 74 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 53% 7 2 5 4 2 1 4 2 2
1966 27 DET AL 4 0 25% 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 64% 4 2 2 1 0 1 6 2 4
1967 28 DET AL 6 0 28% 179 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 50% 26 15 10 0 0 0 16 4 11
1968 29 DET AL 5 0 24% 68 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 47% 9 7 2 1 1 0 5 0 5
1969 30 SEP AL 3 0 25% 91 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 3 52% 11 9 2 3 0 3 7 1 6
1970 31 CAL AL 0 0 40% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 19 0 27% 488 2 6 25% 2 5 0 0 0 1 4 0 17 34 52% 58 35 22 9 3 5 38 9 28
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
1965 26 DET AL 217 37% 36 11 3 0 0 1.05 5 0 3 2 3 3 2 0 2 2 100% 42 9 21% 18 3 17% 123 10 8% 4 2 50% 10 3 30% 0
1966 27 DET AL 237 37% 36 1 0 0 0 0.64 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 43 6 14% 22 1 5% 127 9 7% 12 0 0% 13 2 15% 0
1967 28 DET AL 424 40% 76 1 0 0 0 3.51 1 0 11 1 0 1 0 0 16 15 94% 91 10 11% 52 20 38% 286 32 11% 27 10 37% 25 11 44% 0
1968 29 DET AL 247 41% 29 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 7 7 100% 48 8 17% 34 14 41% 165 13 8% 16 6 38% 12 2 17% 0
1969 30 SEP AL 291 29% 42 0 0 0 0 7 0 6 4 3 5 2 0 3 2 67% 47 9 19% 31 6 19% 155 15 10% 15 2 13% 21 5 24% 0
1970 31 CAL AL 29 62% 2 7 0 0 0 2.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 0 0% 2 1 50% 17 1 6% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
6 Seasons 1445 37% 221 20 3 0 0 1.51 15 0 32 8 7 10 5 0 32 29 91% 278 42 15% 159 45 28% 873 80 9% 75 21 28% 83 24 29% 0
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
1965 26 82 217 194 22 36 6 0 5 13 1 0 21 61 .186 .265 .294 .559 58 57 9 0 2 0 3
1966 27 153 454 404 38 72 14 3 6 22 1 0 44 123 .178 .264 .272 .536 52 110 15 3 3 0 7
1967 28 301 878 771 71 148 28 5 7 51 1 2 81 214 .192 .272 .268 .541 56 207 25 5 18 3 10
1968 29 412 1125 986 84 177 34 6 8 63 1 4 101 273 .180 .259 .251 .510 49 247 33 7 25 6 10
1969 30 518 1416 1241 108 219 39 6 15 85 2 6 132 353 .176 .259 .254 .513 49 315 42 9 27 7 10
1970 31 542 1445 1265 110 221 39 6 15 86 2 6 135 359 .175 .258 .251 .508 48 317 42 9 29 7 10

Neutralized Batting

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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
1965 26 82 215 194 24 36 6 0 5 14 1 21 61 .186 .265 .294 .559 15 82
1966 27 71 242 214 17 39 9 3 1 10 0 25 62 .182 .277 .266 .543 15 71
1967 28 148 422 376 39 85 16 2 1 34 0 41 91 .226 .303 .287 .591 33 148
1968 29 111 248 220 17 34 7 1 1 16 0 23 59 .155 .238 .209 .447 11 111
1969 30 106 292 257 26 44 5 0 7 24 1 32 80 .171 .267 .272 .539 19 106
1970 31 24 32 26 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 6 .154 .313 .154 .466 1 24
6 Seasons 542 1451 1287 126 242 43 6 15 100 2 148 359 .188 .275 .266 .541 94 542
162 Game Avg. 162 434 385 38 72 13 2 4 30 1 44 107 .188 .275 .266 .541 28 542

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1967 AL--15--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1361), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  4. Fritz Buelow (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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