Jim Ray
James Francis Ray (Sting)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 1, 1944 in Rock Hill, SC
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1965
Final Game: September 30, 1974
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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
1965 20 HOU NL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1966 21 HOU NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1968 23 HOU NL 42 16 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .067 .067 .067 .133 -59 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
1969 24 HOU NL 40 30 26 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .115 .148 .115 .264 -24 3 1 1 3 0 0 1
1970 25 HOU NL 52 27 27 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 9 .185 .185 .185 .370 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 1
1971 26 HOU NL 47 20 18 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .167 .250 .167 .417 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 27 HOU NL 54 17 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .063 .063 .063 .125 -64 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1973 28 HOU NL 42 15 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .231 .231 .231 .462 29 3 1 0 2 0 0 1
9 Seasons 281 127 117 4 16 0 0 0 6 0 1 2 43 .137 .158 .137 .295 -15 16 5 1 7 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 73 67 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 25 .137 .158 .137 .295 -15 9 3 1 4 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1965 20 HOU NL 2 2 0 0.0 87 .000 .000 .248 .000 .311 .000 .376 .000 .687 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1968 23 HOU NL 16 16 0 0.0 79 .125 .067 .249 .067 .306 .067 .350 .133 .657 -59 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .067 .000 .000
1969 24 HOU NL 30 27 0 0.0 93 .176 .115 .257 .148 .327 .115 .381 .264 .708 -24 .000 -4.4 -0.5 .167 .000 .000
1970 25 HOU NL 27 25 0 0.0 100 .278 .185 .262 .185 .334 .185 .401 .370 .735 2 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .160 -0.037 .000
1971 26 HOU NL 20 15 1 1.8 91 .214 .167 .257 .250 .323 .167 .377 .417 .700 22 .183 -1.8 -0.2 .333 .111 .000
1972 27 HOU NL 17 16 0 0.0 90 .143 .063 .254 .063 .322 .063 .376 .125 .698 -64 .000 -3.4 -0.4 .067 .000 .000
1973 28 HOU NL 15 13 1 2.1 96 .333 .231 .261 .231 .330 .231 .389 .462 .719 29 .210 -1.3 -0.1 .273 .000 .000
9 Seasons 127 114 2 0.5 92 .216 .137 .257 .158 .325 .137 .381 .295 .706 -15 .018 -18.1 -2.0 .168 .009 .000
162 Game Avg. 73 66 1 0.5 92 .216 .137 .257 .158 .325 .137 .381 .295 .706 -15 .018 -18.1 -2.0 .168 .009 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1965 20 HOU NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1968 23 HOU NL 16 0.0% 43.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.1 2.33 50%
1969 24 HOU NL 30 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.9 13.0 4.00 57%
1970 25 HOU NL 27 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 13.5 1.33 67%
1971 26 HOU NL 20 0.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 4.5 18.0 10.00 70%
1972 27 HOU NL 17 0.0% 52.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.8 1.25 41%
1973 28 HOU NL 15 0.0% 26.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.3 13.0 2.00 60%
9 Seasons 127 0.0% 33.9% 1.6% 0.0% 0% 21.50 2.7 19.5 2.45 58%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1965 20 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 23 HOU NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1969 24 HOU NL 1 0 25% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1970 25 HOU NL 0 0 20% 7 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 26 HOU NL 0 0 20% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 27 HOU NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 28 HOU NL 0 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1 0 21% 23 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 3 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 1
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1965 20 HOU NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1968 23 HOU NL 15 7% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 1 25% 4 1 25% 10 0 0% 0 0 0 0 1
1969 24 HOU NL 28 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 7 1 14% 9 2 22% 19 2 11% 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 2
1970 25 HOU NL 25 20% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 2 50% 5 0 0% 15 2 13% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 2
1971 26 HOU NL 20 20% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 11 1 9% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1972 27 HOU NL 17 24% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1973 28 HOU NL 15 20% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 1 25% 3 1 33% 11 1 9% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
9 Seasons 122 21% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 64% 25 5 20% 27 4 15% 73 6 8% 9 3 33% 4 2 50% 5
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 20 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 21 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 22 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 23 46 18 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .059 .059 .059 .118 -64 1 1 0 1 0 0
1969 24 86 48 43 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 .093 .114 .093 .207 -39 4 2 1 4 0 0
1970 25 138 75 70 2 9 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 26 .129 .141 .129 .269 -23 9 4 1 4 0 0
1971 26 185 95 88 3 12 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 30 .136 .165 .136 .301 -13 12 4 1 4 0 0
1972 27 239 112 104 3 13 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 39 .125 .150 .125 .275 -21 13 4 1 5 0 0
1973 28 281 127 117 4 16 0 0 0 6 0 1 2 43 .137 .158 .137 .295 -15 16 5 1 7 0 0
1974 29 281 127 117 4 16 0 0 0 6 0 1 2 43 .137 .158 .137 .295 -15 16 5 1 7 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1965 20 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1968 23 42 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 42
1969 24 40 27 26 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 .000 .037 .000 .037 1 40
1970 25 52 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 52
1971 26 47 22 19 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 .211 .318 .211 .529 1 47
1972 27 56 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 54
1973 28 42 13 13 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 42
7 Seasons 282 123 119 5 4 0 0 0 7 0 3 43 .034 .065 .034 .099 3 280
162 Game Avg. 162 71 68 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 25 .034 .065 .034 .099 2 280

* 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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