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Irv Ray

Irving Burton Ray (Stubby)

Positions: Shortstop and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 22, 1864 in Harrington, ME
School: University of Maine at Orono (Orono, ME) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1888 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Beaneaters 1888-1891

Final Game: September 2, 1891 (Age 27)
Died: February 21, 1948 in Harrington, ME
Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Harrington, ME
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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
1888 24 BSN NL 50 213 206 26 51 2 3 2 26 7 6 11 .248 .272 .316 .588 84 65 1 6/4
1889 25 TOT MLB 35 153 139 28 46 5 1 0 19 13 11 6 .331 .392 .381 .773 116 53 3 6/O5
1889 25 BSN NL 9 37 33 8 10 1 0 0 2 1 4 0 .303 .378 .333 .712 95 11 0 /65
1889 25 BAL AA 26 116 106 20 36 4 1 0 17 12 7 6 .340 .397 .396 .793 123 42 3 6/O
1890 26 BAL AA 38 157 139 28 50 6 2 1 20 11 15 .360 .433 .453 .886 153 63 3 6
1891 27 BAL AA 103 476 418 72 116 17 5 0 58 28 54 18 .278 .366 .342 .708 102 143 4 O6
4 Yrs 226 999 902 154 263 30 11 3 123 59 86 35 .292 .360 .359 .720 109 324 11
162 Game Avg. 162 716 647 110 189 22 8 2 88 42 62 .292 .360 .359 .720 109 232 8
BAL (3 yrs) 167 749 663 120 202 27 8 1 95 51 76 24 .305 .385 .374 .759 116 248 10
BSN (2 yrs) 59 250 239 34 61 3 3 2 28 8 10 11 .255 .288 .318 .606 86 76 1
AA (3 yrs) 167 749 663 120 202 27 8 1 95 51 76 24 .305 .385 .374 .759 116 248 10
NL (2 yrs) 59 250 239 34 61 3 3 2 28 8 10 11 .255 .288 .318 .606 86 76 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1888 24 BSN NL 50 213 -3 -1 0 1 3 -0 -0.1 7 7 0.7 .500 .500 0.7 0.4 6 6/4
1889 25 BSN NL 9 37 0 -0 0 -1 0 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .495 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 /65
1889 25 BAL AA 26 116 5 1 0 -4 1 3 0.2 2 5 0.5 .509 .501 0.8 -0.2 9 6/O
1890 26 BAL AA 38 157 10 -1 0 0 2 12 0.9 4 16 1.3 .526 .506 1.4 0.2 15 6
1891 27 BAL AA 103 476 5 -1 0 -5 -1 -2 -0.0 11 9 1.1 .498 .499 1.4 -0.5 14 O6
4 Seasons 226 999 17 -2 0 -9 6 12 1.0 26 38 3.7 .504 .501 4.5 -0.2 46
BAL (3 yrs) 167 749 20 -1 0 -9 2 13 1.1 17 30 2.9 .506 .502 3.6 -0.5 39
BSN (2 yrs) 59 250 -3 -1 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 8 8 0.8 .499 .500 0.9 0.4 8

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1888 BSN NL 24 SS 48 214 58 130 26 6 .879 3.92 .881 4.47
1888 BSN NL 24 2B 3 10 3 3 4 0 .600 2.00 .920 5.67
1889 TOT MLB 25 SS 25 118 27 67 24 9 .797 3.76 .875 5.08
1889 BSN NL 25 SS 5 16 3 11 2 1 .875 2.80 .888 4.90
1889 BSN NL 25 3B 4 12 6 4 2 1 .833 2.50 .885 3.55
1889 BAL AA 25 SS 20 102 24 56 22 8 .784 4.00 .873 5.13
1889 BAL AA 25 OF 6 15 12 1 2 0 .867 2.17 .903 2.00 0-0-6
1890 BAL AA 26 SS 38 161 40 104 17 7 .894 3.79 .885 4.90
1891 BAL AA 27 OF 64 122 97 11 14 1 .885 1.69 .908 1.88 0-0-64
1891 BAL AA 27 SS 40 202 71 103 28 9 .861 4.35 .879 5.14
4 Seasons SS 151 695 196 404 95 31 .863 3.97 .880 4.86
2 Seasons OF 70 137 109 12 16 1 .883 1.73 .907 1.89 0-0-70
1 Season 3B 4 12 6 4 2 1 .833 2.50 .885 3.55
1 Season 2B 3 10 3 3 4 0 .600 2.00 .920 5.67
4 Seasons TOT 228 854 314 423 117 33 .863 3.23 .885 3.93 0-0-70
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

AB per SO s c a p y
1891 AA  23.2 (6th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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Name and misspellings: Irving Burton Irv Stubby Ray

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