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 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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 DET AL 26 SS 57 54 467.1 246 79 156 11 17 .955 4.8 12.3 5.8 4.7 1.2 -1 4.53 4.12 .962 4.74 4.38
1965 DET AL 26 2B 11 4 46.2 18 12 6 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -18.0 -0.7 -0.2 -0.5 0 3.47 1.64 .978 5.07 4.38
1965 DET AL 26 1B 1 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 7.90
1965 DET AL 26 3B 1 0 4.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.9 270.0 0.9 0.0 0.9 0 6.75 3.00 .967 3.15 2.90
1966 DET AL 27 SS 69 63 565.0 312 107 194 11 42 .965 2.2 4.7 0.2 0.8 -0.6 2 4.79 4.36 .960 4.79 4.41
1967 DET AL 28 SS 146 125 1067.1 580 185 374 21 61 .964 16.7 18.8 15.7 2.1 13.6 1 4.71 3.83 .963 4.62 4.09
1968 DET AL 29 SS 111 70 687.1 354 139 207 8 31 .977 3.3 5.8 3.3 2.2 1.1 0 4.53 3.12 .961 4.79 4.07
1969 SEP AL 30 SS 106 93 745.2 424 143 266 15 47 .965 -2.2 -3.5 -1.2 -5.2 4.1 -1 4.94 3.86 .966 4.96 4.43
1970 CAL AL 31 SS 13 2 47.0 16 6 10 0 1 1.000 -1.3 -33.2 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 0 3.06 1.23 .969 4.94 4.39
1970 CAL AL 31 3B 2 1 11.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -61.7 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 2.31 1.50 .933 3.09 2.65
6 Seasons SS 502 407 3579.2 1932 659 1207 66 199 .966 23.5 7.9 22.5 3.3 19.4 1 4.69 3.72 .963 4.77 4.24
1 Season 2B 11 4 46.2 18 12 6 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -18.0 -0.7 -0.2 -0.5 0 3.47 1.64 .978 5.07 4.38
2 Seasons 3B 3 1 15.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.3 23.0 0.3 -0.6 0.9 0 3.45 2.00 .950 3.10 2.73
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 7.90
6 Seasons TOT 517 412 3643.0 1958 673 1219 66 200 .966 23.4 7.7 22.4 2.5 20.1 1 4.67 3.66 .929 4.77 4.24

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
1965 DET AL 26 82 58 82 82 0 0 1 11 1 57 0 0 0 0 12 6
1966 DET AL 27 71 63 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 1 2
1967 DET AL 28 148 125 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 5
1968 DET AL 29 111 70 111 111 0 0 0 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 2
1969 SEP AL 30 106 93 106 106 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CAL AL 31 24 3 24 24 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 0 0 0 9 0
6 Seasons 542 412 542 542 0 0 1 11 3 502 0 0 0 0 22 15
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 -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1965 DET AL 26 2022 61% 74% 25% 213 92% 0 77 49 25 4 158 121 34 2 0 11 2 9 0 8 17 6 2 6 1 1 16 8 8 0 0 0
1966 DET AL 27 2452 62% 77% 24% 242 94% 0 109 58 38 13 190 142 41 0 3 11 2 8 1 8 42 19 3 11 0 3 39 22 14 2 1 1
1967 DET AL 28 4552 61% 75% 25% 492 92% 4 183 97 67 19 382 295 74 3 7 21 0 17 4 15 61 27 3 16 3 2 58 30 22 2 0 1
1968 DET AL 29 2885 58% 74% 25% 299 93% 3 142 85 45 12 205 163 33 0 4 8 0 7 1 7 31 10 5 6 0 3 25 15 9 3 2 0
1969 SEP AL 30 3437 57% 75% 26% 347 92% 2 152 74 63 15 263 206 49 2 4 15 0 15 0 14 48 20 6 14 3 1 45 26 19 3 2 0
1970 CAL AL 31 213 66% 74% 19% 18 89% 0 5 5 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 15561 60% 75% 25% 1611 92% 9 668 368 238 63 1209 935 234 7 18 66 4 56 6 52 200 83 19 53 7 10 184 102 72 10 5 2
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1965 DET AL 26 186 68% 82% 25% 9 100% 0 11 4 5 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1 Season 186 68% 82% 25% 9 100% 0 11 4 5 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 DET AL 26 16 56% 88% 50% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CAL AL 31 55 69% 65% 24% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 71 66% 70% 30% 6 100% 0 1 1 0 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 90% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 DET AL 26 6 50% 100% 17% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 6 50% 100% 17% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 94% 88%

* 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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