Chris Ray
Christopher T. Ray
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 12, 1982 in Tampa, FL
High School: Hillsborough (Tampa, FL)
School: College of William and Mary
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed July 10, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 2005
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2005 23 BAL AL 1 3 .250 2.66 41 0 8 0 0 0 40.2 34 15 12 5 18 3 43 1 1 0 174 163 1.279 7.5 1.1 4.0 9.5 2.39
2006 24 BAL AL 4 4 .500 2.73 61 0 56 0 0 33 66.0 45 22 20 10 27 2 51 1 0 2 267 167 1.091 6.1 1.4 3.7 7.0 1.89
2007 25 BAL AL 5 6 .455 4.43 43 0 37 0 0 16 42.2 35 22 21 5 18 2 44 2 0 1 179 104 1.242 7.4 1.1 3.8 9.3 2.44
2009 27 BAL AL 0 4 .000 7.27 46 0 12 0 0 0 43.1 64 36 35 8 23 7 39 1 0 0 214 62 2.008 13.3 1.7 4.8 8.1 1.70
4 Seasons 10 17 .370 4.11 191 0 113 0 0 49 192.2 178 95 88 28 86 14 177 5 1 3 834 110 1.370 8.3 1.3 4.0 8.3 2.06
162 Game Avg. 4 6 .370 4.11 68 0 40 0 0 17 69 63 34 31 10 31 5 63 2 0 1 297 110 1.370 8.3 1.3 4.0 8.3 2.06

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 23 BAL AL 41 174 153 15 34 6 1 5 1 1 18 43 .222 .306 .373 .679 .274 57 2 1 1 1 3
2006 24 BAL AL 61 267 233 22 45 5 1 10 0 2 27 51 .193 .275 .352 .627 .199 82 3 1 2 4 2
2007 25 BAL AL 43 179 158 22 35 6 1 5 2 1 18 44 .222 .307 .367 .674 .273 58 2 2 0 1 2
2009 27 BAL AL 46 214 182 36 64 15 0 8 6 1 23 39 .352 .419 .566 .985 .403 103 4 1 4 4 7
4 Seasons 191 834 726 95 178 32 3 28 9 5 86 177 .245 .325 .413 .738 .282 300 11 5 7 10 14
162 Game Avg. 68 297 258 34 63 11 1 10 3 2 31 63 .245 .325 .413 .738 .282 107 4 2 2 4 5
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2005 23 BAL AL 41 41 8 1 3 4 0 4 0% 12 8 31 13 42% 8 1.023 15 11 15 18 4 19 18 23 11 15 14 12 3.0 16
2006 24 BAL AL 61 61 56 4 4 38 33 5 87% 39 0 19 7 37% 9 1.913 34 12 14 49 6 6 13 48 11 7 11 18 3.2 17
2007 25 BAL AL 43 43 37 5 6 20 16 4 80% 20 0 8 5 63% 9 1.904 25 7 11 27 11 5 5 38 4 5 4 12 3.0 17
2009 27 BAL AL 46 46 12 0 4 3 0 3 0% 9 6 29 11 38% 7 0.803 11 12 21 14 6 26 18 28 12 17 17 7 2.8 17
4 Seasons 191 191 113 10 17 65 49 16 75% 80 14 87 36 41% 1.441 85 42 61 108 27 56 54 137 38 44 46 49 3.0 17

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2005 23 BAL AL 174 43% 2.9% 24.7% 10.3% 6.9% 35% 0.52 0.70 61% 22% 8.3% 18% 34 2 6%
2006 24 BAL AL 267 51% 3.8% 19.1% 10.1% 6.0% 36% 0.56 0.68 66% 16% 9.5% 11% 47 3 6%
2007 25 BAL AL 179 49% 2.8% 24.6% 10.1% 6.7% 34% 0.79 0.84 61% 17% 8.5% 6% 28 2 7%
2009 27 BAL AL 214 42% 3.7% 18.2% 10.8% 10.8% 36% 0.73 1.05 65% 19% 10.1% 7% 54 4 7%
4 Seasons 834 46% 3.4% 21.2% 10.3% 7.6% 35% 0.64 0.79 64% 18% 9.2% 11% 163 11 7%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2005 23 BAL AL 174 674 3.87 427 63% 29% 18% 27% 26% 71% 5% 45% 74% 56% 8% 14 7 26% 45 29 1 28% 14 4 0 0 0
2006 24 BAL AL 267 1037 3.88 657 63% 29% 16% 27% 29% 71% 2% 45% 78% 56% 6% 16 7 20% 54 33 2 35% 10 7 0 0 0
2007 25 BAL AL 179 747 4.17 470 63% 29% 19% 27% 24% 71% 3% 45% 73% 61% 4% 8 4 25% 45 20 2 20% 4 2 0 0 0
2009 27 BAL AL 214 783 3.66 488 62% 27% 16% 26% 31% 73% 8% 45% 78% 63% 5% 11 2 24% 51 22 3 28% 8 2 0 0 0
4 Seasons 834 3241 3.89 2042 63% 28% 17% 27% 28% 72% 4% 45% 76% 59% 6% 49 20 23% 195 104 8 28% 36 15 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2005 23 BAL AL 174 34 3 0 5 0 9 2 3 3 2 10 6 1 60% 2 0 1 65 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2006 24 BAL AL 267 45 4 0 10 1 11 2 8 7 3 21 8 4 38% 1 2 1 87 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2007 25 BAL AL 179 35 6 0 5 2 8 4 1 2 3 10 5 0 50% 0 1 0 60 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2009 27 BAL AL 214 64 5 0 8 1 13 3 5 6 2 23 13 3 57% 2 0 1 94 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
4 Seasons 834 178 18 0 28 4 41 11 17 18 10 64 32 8 50% 5 3 3 306 9 5 64% 8 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 20 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2005 23 1 3 .250 2.66 41 0 8 0 0 0 40.2 34 15 12 5 18 3 43 1 1 0 174 163 1.279 7.5 1.1 4.0 9.5 2.39 163
2006 24 5 7 .417 2.70 102 0 64 0 0 33 106.2 79 37 32 15 45 5 94 2 1 2 441 166 1.163 6.7 1.3 3.8 7.9 2.09 166
2007 25 10 13 .435 3.19 145 0 101 0 0 49 149.1 114 59 53 20 63 7 138 4 1 3 620 141 1.185 6.9 1.2 3.8 8.3 2.19 141
2008 26 10 13 .435 3.19 145 0 101 0 0 49 149.1 114 59 53 20 63 7 138 4 1 3 620 141 1.185 6.9 1.2 3.8 8.3 2.19 141
2009 27 10 17 .370 4.11 191 0 113 0 0 49 192.2 178 95 88 28 86 14 177 5 1 3 834 110 1.370 8.3 1.3 4.0 8.3 2.06 110

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2005 23 3 1 .750 2.70 40.0 35 13 12 5 19 42 1 1.350 7.9 4.3 9.5 2.21 1.1 41
2006 24 5 2 .714 2.63 65.0 45 21 19 10 27 50 1 1.108 6.2 3.7 6.9 1.85 1.4 61
2007 25 2 2 .500 4.29 42.0 34 22 20 5 17 43 2 1.214 7.3 3.6 9.2 2.53 1.1 43
2009 27 1 3 .250 7.29 42.0 64 38 34 8 23 38 1 2.071 13.7 4.9 8.1 1.65 1.7 46
4 Seasons 11 8 .579 4.05 189.0 178 94 85 28 86 173 5 1.397 8.5 8.2 2.01 1.3 191

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Saves s c a p y
2006 AL--33--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
2006 AL--56--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  6. Pete Ladd (971)
  7. Ron Piche (970)
  8. John Hudek (970)
  9. Johnny Ruffin (968)
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  6. Gary Majewski (967)
  7. Antonio Alfonseca (966)
  8. Ed Sprague (966)
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  3. Darren Holmes (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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