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Chris Ray

Christopher Thomas Ray

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 12, 1982 in Tampa, FL
High School: Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL)
School: College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, VA)
Drafted
by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed July 10, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 2005
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Rangers/Mariners/Giants 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.064, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Lon Babby, previously: Joe Urbon [*]
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Standard Pitching

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 0 174 164 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 1 179 105 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 63 2.008 13.3 1.7 4.8 8.1 1.70
2010 28 TOT MLB 5 0 1.000 3.72 63 0 13 0 0 2 55.2 48 23 23 5 25 2 31 0 0 1 234 115 1.311 7.8 0.8 4.0 5.0 1.24
2010 28 TEX AL 2 0 1.000 3.41 35 0 6 0 0 1 31.2 24 12 12 4 16 1 16 0 0 1 133 133 1.263 6.8 1.1 4.5 4.5 1.00
2010 28 SFG NL 3 0 1.000 4.13 28 0 7 0 0 1 24.0 24 11 11 1 9 1 15 0 0 0 101 96 1.375 9.0 0.4 3.4 5.6 1.67
2011 29 SEA AL 3 2 .600 4.68 29 0 15 0 0 0 32.2 33 18 17 2 12 2 22 0 1 4 139 82 1.378 9.1 0.6 3.3 6.1 1.83
6 Yrs 18 19 .486 4.10 283 0 141 0 0 51 281.0 259 136 128 35 123 18 230 5 2 8 1207 107 1.359 8.3 1.1 3.9 7.4 1.87
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .486 4.10 68 0 34 0 0 12 68 62 33 31 8 30 4 55 1 0 2 290 107 1.359 8.3 1.1 3.9 7.4 1.87
BAL (4 yrs) 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
SFG (1 yr) 3 0 1.000 4.13 28 0 7 0 0 1 24.0 24 11 11 1 9 1 15 0 0 0 101 96 1.375 9.0 0.4 3.4 5.6 1.67
TEX (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 3.41 35 0 6 0 0 1 31.2 24 12 12 4 16 1 16 0 0 1 133 133 1.263 6.8 1.1 4.5 4.5 1.00
SEA (1 yr) 3 2 .600 4.68 29 0 15 0 0 0 32.2 33 18 17 2 12 2 22 0 1 4 139 82 1.378 9.1 0.6 3.3 6.1 1.83
AL (6 yrs) 15 19 .441 4.10 255 0 134 0 0 50 257.0 235 125 117 34 114 17 215 5 2 8 1106 108 1.358 8.2 1.2 4.0 7.5 1.89
NL (1 yr) 3 0 1.000 4.13 28 0 7 0 0 1 24.0 24 11 11 1 9 1 15 0 0 0 101 96 1.375 9.0 0.4 3.4 5.6 1.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2005 23 BAL AL 40.2 41 0 15 3.32 5.08 0.15 -0.38 99.0 4.50 5 0.5 1.3 -0.0 0.9 10 .512 .503 $
2006 24 BAL AL 66.0 61 0 22 3.00 5.01 -0.04 -0.37 98.6 4.62 11 1.1 1.6 0.2 1.9 20 .518 .507 $335,000
2007 25 BAL AL 42.2 43 0 22 4.64 4.91 0.01 -0.36 101.5 4.61 -1 -0.1 1.7 -0.1 0.2 5 .499 .500 $420,000
2009 27 BAL AL 43.1 46 0 36 7.48 5.17 -0.13 -0.38 102.2 5.03 -12 -1.2 .8 -0.0 -0.8 -6 .474 .493 $850,000
2010 28 TEX AL 31.2 35 0 12 3.41 4.30 -0.05 -0.33 108.6 4.37 3 0.3 1.3 -0.0 0.6 7 .510 .502 $975,000
2010 28 SFG NL 24.0 28 0 11 4.13 4.58 0.21 -0.34 100.2 4.04 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.1 0.1 2 .499 .500 $
2011 29 SEA AL 32.2 29 0 18 4.96 4.53 0.07 -0.35 93.9 3.87 -4 -0.4 .8 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .486 .497 $1,000,000
6 Seasons 281.0 283 0 136 4.36 4.86 0.01 -0.36 100.4 4.50 2 0.3 1.3 -0.1 2.8 38 .501 .500 $3,580,000
BAL (4 yrs) 192.2 191 0 95 4.44 5.04 -0.01 -0.37 100.1 4.68 4 0.4 1.4 -0.0 2.2 29 .502 .501 $1,605,000
SFG (1 yr) 24.0 28 0 11 4.13 4.58 0.21 -0.34 100.2 4.04 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.1 0.1 2 .499 .500 $
TEX (1 yr) 31.2 35 0 12 3.41 4.30 -0.05 -0.33 108.6 4.37 3 0.3 1.3 -0.0 0.6 7 .510 .502 $975,000
SEA (1 yr) 32.2 29 0 18 4.96 4.53 0.07 -0.35 93.9 3.87 -4 -0.4 .8 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .486 .497 $1,000,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 2
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 1
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 0
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 2
2010 28 SFG NL 28 101 87 11 24 5 1 1 2 2 9 15 .276 .344 .391 .735 .324 34 2 0 5 0 1 0
2010 28 TEX AL 35 133 117 12 24 8 0 4 3 0 16 16 .205 .301 .376 .677 .206 44 1 0 0 0 1 0
2010 28 TOT MLB 63 234 204 23 48 13 1 5 5 2 25 31 .235 .319 .382 .701 .256 78 3 0 5 0 2 0
2011 29 SEA AL 29 139 122 18 33 6 1 2 6 1 12 22 .270 .328 .385 .714 .307 47 3 0 2 3 2 1
6 Yrs 283 1207 1052 136 259 51 5 35 20 8 123 230 .246 .324 .404 .728 .280 425 17 5 14 13 18 6
162 Game Avg. 68 290 253 33 62 12 1 8 5 2 30 55 .246 .324 .404 .728 .280 102 4 1 3 3 4 1
MLB Averages .263 .331 .416 .746 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2005 23 BAL AL 6.8 0.7 177 -0.8 3.0 -3.8 1.01 0.1 -0.8 0.6 0.1 1.01 0.7 14 12 15
2006 24 BAL AL 13.5 1.3 274 2.9 10.1 -7.2 1.91 1.1 0.4 12.0 1.2 1.91 12.0 33 13 14
2007 25 BAL AL 1.3 0.1 187 -1.1 5.4 -6.5 1.90 0.7 -1.3 -1.3 -0.1 1.90 5.8 25 7 11
2009 27 BAL AL -11.9 -1.1 222 -1.6 2.1 -3.7 .80 -1.3 -0.7 -18.8 -1.8 0.80 -13.3 10 13 21
2010 28 TOT MLB 4.1 0.4 242 0.8 4.4 -3.6 .99 0.4 0.4 2.1 0.2 0.99 4.5 18 14 31
2010 28 TEX AL 4.0 0.4 137 0.6 2.8 -2.2 1.11 0.2 0.3 2.1 0.2 1.11 3.0 12 8 15
2010 28 SFG NL 0.0 0.0 105 0.2 1.6 -1.4 .83 0.2 0.1 -0.0 -0.0 0.83 1.5 6 6 16
2011 29 SEA AL -2.8 -0.3 152 -0.6 1.8 -2.4 .83 0.1 -0.9 0.8 0.1 0.83 0.8 5 4 18
6 Yrs 11.0 1.1 1254 -0.4 26.7 -27.2 1.27 1.1 -1.5 -4.6 -0.4 1.27 10.5 105 63 110

Reliever Pitching*

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 1.006 14 12 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 1.906 33 13 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 1.896 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 .803 10 13 21 14 6 26 18 28 12 17 17 7 2.8 17
2010 28 TOT MLB 63 63 13 5 0 4 2 2 50% 13 9 35 12 34% .990 18 14 31 26 11 26 22 41 8 25 8 15 2.7 14
2010 28 TEX AL 35 35 6 2 0 3 1 2 33% 10 7 14 6 43% 8 1.107 12 8 15 15 7 13 8 27 2 11 2 7 2.7 15
2010 28 SFG NL 28 28 7 3 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 21 6 29% 8 .835 6 6 16 11 4 13 14 14 6 14 6 8 2.6 13
2011 29 SEA AL 29 29 15 3 2 2 0 2 0% 3 1 14 3 21% 8 .827 5 4 18 5 3 21 8 21 8 7 8 3 3.4 17
6 Yrs 283 283 141 18 19 71 51 20 72% 96 24 136 51 38% 1.277 105 63 110 139 41 103 84 199 54 76 62 67 3.0 16

Ratio Pitching*

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 57% 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 49% 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 51% 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 58% 3.7% 18.2% 10.8% 10.8% 36% 0.73 1.05 65% 19% 10.1% 7% 54 4 7%
2010 28 TOT MLB 234 59% 2.1% 13.3% 10.7% 8.1% 40% 0.65 0.94 72% 15% 5.7% 16% 34 3 9%
2010 28 TEX AL 133 56% 3.0% 12.0% 12.0% 9.0% 50% 0.60 0.80 73% 11% 7.5% 16% 15 1 7%
2010 28 SFG NL 101 61% 1.0% 14.9% 8.9% 6.9% 29% 0.71 1.20 70% 21% 2.9% 17% 19 2 11%
2011 29 SEA AL 139 58% 1.4% 15.8% 8.6% 6.5% 27% 0.85 0.92 73% 17% 4.7% 20% 36 3 8%
6 Yrs 1207 55% 2.9% 19.1% 10.2% 7.5% 35% 0.66 0.84 66% 18% 8.1% 13% 233 17 7%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 268 1039 3.88 657 63% 29% 16% 27% 29% 71% 2% 45% 78% 56% 6% 16 7 20% 54 33 2 35% 10 7 -1 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
2010 28 TOT MLB 235 884 3.76 545 62% 27% 12% 29% 33% 73% 1% 45% 84% 60% 7% 16 11 21% 49 29 1 26% 5 3 -1 0 0
2010 28 TEX AL 133 511 3.84 310 61% 25% 14% 29% 33% 75% 0% 46% 82% 59% 9% 12 9 20% 26 13 1 25% 2 2 0 0 0
2010 28 SFG NL 102 373 3.66 235 63% 29% 9% 29% 33% 71% 3% 45% 87% 61% 4% 4 2 23% 23 16 0 27% 3 1 -1 0 0
2011 29 SEA AL 140 500 3.57 321 64% 21% 17% 29% 33% 79% 4% 51% 78% 61% 4% 6 3 21% 30 20 3 18% 7 2 -1 0 0
6 Yrs 1210 4627 3.82 2908 63% 27% 16% 27% 29% 73% 4% 46% 78% 59% 6% 71 34 23% 274 153 12 27% 48 20 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 0 0 6 0
2010 28 TOT MLB 234 48 4 0 5 0 6 1 4 4 1 12 7 0 58% 0 1 0 89 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2010 28 TEX AL 133 24 1 0 4 0 4 0 4 4 0 4 3 0 75% 0 1 0 48 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2010 28 SFG NL 101 24 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 8 4 0 50% 0 0 0 41 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 29 SEA AL 139 33 7 3 2 0 10 2 0 1 1 14 6 2 43% 1 4 0 54 6 1 86% 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
6 Yrs 1207 259 29 3 35 4 57 14 21 23 12 90 45 10 50% 6 8 3 449 20 8 71% 17 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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 0 174 164 1.279 7.5 1.1 4.0 9.5 2.39 164
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
2010 28 15 17 .469 4.02 254 0 126 0 0 51 248.1 226 118 111 33 111 16 208 5 1 4 1068 111 1.357 8.2 1.2 4.0 7.5 1.87 111
2011 29 18 19 .486 4.10 283 0 141 0 0 51 281.0 259 136 128 35 123 18 230 5 2 8 1207 107 1.359 8.3 1.1 3.9 7.4 1.87 107

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 34 13 12 5 18 43 1 1.300 7.7 4.1 9.7 2.39 1.1 41
2006 24 5 2 .714 2.63 65.0 44 21 19 10 26 50 1 1.077 6.1 3.6 6.9 1.92 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 6.91 43.0 62 37 33 8 22 39 1 1.953 13.0 4.6 8.2 1.77 1.7 46
2010 28 3 2 .600 3.83 54.0 48 26 23 5 25 30 0 1.352 8.0 4.2 5.0 1.20 0.8 63
2011 29 1 2 .333 5.70 30.0 35 21 19 2 13 20 0 1.600 10.5 3.9 6.0 1.54 0.6 29
6 Yrs 15 12 .556 4.14 274.0 257 140 126 35 121 225 5 1.380 8.4 7.4 1.86 1.1 283

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y
2006 AL  33 (10th)
Active  51 (46th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2006 AL  56 (7th)
Active  141 (48th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2127), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1307), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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