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Ray Oyler

Raymond Francis Oyler

Position: Shortstop
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
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Pilots/Angels 1965-1970

Final Game: October 1, 1970
Died: January 26, 1981 in Redmond, WA
Buried: Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Bellevue, WA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:13AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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 60 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

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 Awards
1965 26 DET AL 217 -11 1 -1 -2 5 4 6 2 0.0 -3 -0.3 0.3 $ 64/35
1966 27 DET AL 237 -15 0 1 -1 2 4 7 -2 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 6
1967 28 DET AL 424 -18 0 1 0 17 8 12 20 1.6 3 0.3 1.3 $ *6
1968 29 DET AL 247 -19 -1 -1 0 3 5 7 -6 -1.2 -9 -1.0 -0.2 $ *6
1969 30 SEP AL 291 -17 0 0 -2 -2 6 8 -7 -0.9 -5 -0.5 -0.4 $18,800 6
1970 31 CAL AL 29 -4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -5 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $ 6/5
6 Seasons 1445 -84 0 0 -5 23 27 41 2 -1.6 -21 -2.2 0.6 $18,800
DET (4 yrs) 1125 -63 0 0 -3 27 21 32 14 -0.1 -13 -1.4 1.3 $
CAL (1 yr) 29 -4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -5 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $
SEP (1 yr) 291 -17 0 0 -2 -2 6 8 -7 -0.9 -5 -0.5 -0.4 $18,800

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 DET AL 26 SS 57 54 43 467.1 246 79 156 11 17 .955 5 12 4.53 4.12 .962 4.74 4.73
1965 DET AL 26 2B 11 4 3 46.2 18 12 6 0 1 1.000 -1 -18 3.47 1.64 .978 5.07 5.06
1965 DET AL 26 1B 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 360 18.00 2.00 .990 9.90 9.50
1965 DET AL 26 3B 1 0 0 4.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1 270 6.75 3.00 .960 3.15 3.10
1966 DET AL 27 SS 69 63 54 565.0 312 107 194 11 42 .965 2 5 4.79 4.36 .960 4.79 4.78
1967 DET AL 28 SS 146 125 82 1067.1 580 185 374 21 61 .964 17 19 4.71 3.83 .963 4.62 4.63
1968 DET AL 29 SS 111 70 46 687.1 354 139 207 8 31 .977 3 6 4.53 3.12 .962 4.79 4.77
1969 SEP AL 30 SS 106 93 55 745.2 424 143 266 15 47 .965 -2 -4 4.94 3.86 .966 4.96 4.96
1970 CAL AL 31 SS 13 2 0 47.0 16 6 10 0 1 1.000 -1 -33 3.06 1.23 .967 4.92 4.91
1970 CAL AL 31 3B 2 1 1 11.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -62 2.31 1.50 .950 3.09 3.05
6 Seasons SS 502 407 280 3579.2 1932 659 1207 66 199 .966 24 8 4.69 3.72 .963 4.77 4.77
1 Season 2B 11 4 3 46.2 18 12 6 0 1 1.000 -1 -18 3.47 1.64 .978 5.07 5.06
2 Seasons 3B 3 1 1 15.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0 23 3.45 2.00 .955 3.10 3.07
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 360 18.00 2.00 .990 9.90 9.50
6 Seasons TOT 517 412 284 3643.0 1958 673 1219 66 200 .966 23 8 4.67 3.66 .963 4.77 4.78
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1967 AL  1.3 (9th)

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

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1967 AL  146 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1967 AL  17 (1st)
Career  24 (67th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1967 AL  4.71 (4th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1968 AL  .977 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1409), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  3. Jackie Hernandez (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jackie Hernandez (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196930Seattle Pilots$18,800Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197031Oakland Athletics$18,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$36,800
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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