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 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
1965 20 HOU NL 0 2 .000 10.57 3 2 1 0 0 0 7.2 11 9 9 1 6 0 7 0 0 0 38 31 2.217 12.9 1.2 7.0 8.2 1.17
1966 21 HOU NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
1968 23 HOU NL 2 3 .400 2.68 41 2 14 1 0 1 80.2 65 26 24 5 25 8 71 1 1 1 333 110 1.116 7.3 0.6 2.8 7.9 2.84
1969 24 HOU NL 8 2 .800 3.91 40 13 4 0 0 0 115.0 105 55 50 11 48 4 115 2 0 4 489 90 1.330 8.2 0.9 3.8 9.0 2.40
1970 25 HOU NL 6 3 .667 3.26 52 2 16 0 0 5 105.0 97 39 38 13 49 2 67 0 1 3 443 119 1.390 8.3 1.1 4.2 5.7 1.37
1971 26 HOU NL 10 4 .714 2.12 47 1 21 0 0 3 97.2 72 27 23 3 31 5 46 2 1 5 382 159 1.055 6.6 0.3 2.9 4.2 1.48
1972 27 HOU NL 10 9 .526 4.28 54 0 25 0 0 8 90.1 77 50 43 10 44 6 50 3 0 4 393 78 1.339 7.7 1.0 4.4 5.0 1.14
1973 28 HOU NL 6 4 .600 4.43 42 0 15 0 0 6 69.0 65 37 34 5 38 8 25 3 0 2 306 82 1.493 8.5 0.7 5.0 3.3 0.66
1974 29 DET AL 1 3 .250 4.47 28 0 19 0 0 2 52.1 49 27 26 4 29 4 26 1 0 2 229 84 1.490 8.4 0.7 5.0 4.5 0.90
9 Seasons 43 30 .589 3.60 308 20 115 1 0 25 617.2 541 271 247 52 271 37 407 12 3 21 2614 97 1.315 7.9 0.8 3.9 5.9 1.50
162 Game Avg. 9 6 .589 3.60 64 4 24 0 0 5 128 112 56 51 11 56 8 84 2 1 4 542 97 1.315 7.9 0.8 3.9 5.9 1.50
HOU (8 yrs) 42 27 .609 3.52 280 20 96 1 0 23 565.1 492 244 221 48 242 33 381 11 3 19 2385 99 1.298 7.8 0.8 3.9 6.1 1.57
DET (1 yr) 1 3 .250 4.47 28 0 19 0 0 2 52.1 49 27 26 4 29 4 26 1 0 2 229 84 1.490 8.4 0.7 5.0 4.5 0.90
NL (8 yrs) 42 27 .609 3.52 280 20 96 1 0 23 565.1 492 244 221 48 242 33 381 11 3 19 2385 99 1.298 7.8 0.8 3.9 6.1 1.57
AL (1 yr) 1 3 .250 4.47 28 0 19 0 0 2 52.1 49 27 26 4 29 4 26 1 0 2 229 84 1.490 8.4 0.7 5.0 4.5 0.90

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
1965 20 HOU NL 3 38 31 9 11 1 0 1 1 2 6 7 .355 .447 .484 .931 .417 15 0 0 0 1 0
1966 21 HOU NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 23 HOU NL 41 333 295 26 65 7 5 5 6 2 25 71 .220 .278 .329 .607 .267 97 3 1 6 6 8
1969 24 HOU NL 40 488 427 55 105 15 5 11 12 8 48 115 .246 .323 .382 .705 .309 163 5 2 8 3 4
1970 25 HOU NL 52 443 386 39 97 17 1 13 4 5 49 67 .251 .333 .402 .735 .272 155 10 0 5 3 2
1971 26 HOU NL 47 382 341 27 72 14 3 3 5 3 31 46 .211 .277 .296 .573 .232 101 11 2 3 5 5
1972 27 HOU NL 54 393 339 50 77 20 0 10 4 0 44 50 .227 .319 .375 .693 .238 127 8 3 4 3 6
1973 28 HOU NL 42 306 257 37 65 8 1 5 5 2 38 25 .253 .355 .350 .705 .263 90 4 3 7 1 8
1974 29 DET AL 28 229 193 27 49 9 0 4 4 2 29 26 .254 .350 .363 .712 .271 70 4 1 3 3 4
9 Seasons 308 2613 2269 271 541 91 15 52 41 24 271 407 .238 .320 .361 .680 .266 818 45 12 36 25 37
162 Game Avg. 64 542 470 56 112 19 3 11 9 5 56 84 .238 .320 .361 .680 .266 170 9 2 7 5 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1965 20 HOU NL 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 34 47 20 3 3 0 2 4.5 0.0 3.3
1968 23 HOU NL 41 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 51 78 23 11 3 1 1 3.5 4.5 6.0
1969 24 HOU NL 40 13 4 2 7 0 1 6 7 .462 0 8 0 0 9 69% 55 68 20 22 5 9 2 3.7 2.9 5.7
1970 25 HOU NL 52 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 .000 1 0 0 0 2 100% 57 59 54 25 3 0 1 3.0 3.0 6.3
1971 26 HOU NL 47 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27 27 27 11 5 1 0 3.0 0.0 4.3
5 Seasons 183 20 5 7 8 0 3 7 13 .350 1 8 1 0 13 65% 51 78 20 72 19 11 6 3.7 2.8 5.5
MLB Averages

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
1965 20 HOU NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.787 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1966 21 HOU NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.070 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0
1968 23 HOU NL 41 39 14 1 2 3 1 2 33% 4 1 33 12 36% 1.192 15 7 9 4 8 19 18 13 23 9 21 8 5.3
1969 24 HOU NL 40 27 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 35 15 43% 4 0.953 7 8 11 4 2 21 19 8 16 7 18 6 4.6
1970 25 HOU NL 52 50 16 6 2 7 5 2 71% 15 6 63 27 43% 7 1.038 25 12 13 18 7 25 33 17 33 11 34 10 5.5
1971 26 HOU NL 47 46 21 10 3 5 3 2 60% 5 0 39 7 18% 7 1.140 16 15 13 5 11 28 21 23 30 9 29 7 6.1
1972 27 HOU NL 54 54 25 10 9 17 8 9 47% 20 1 52 18 35% 8 1.605 31 12 9 21 12 20 28 25 35 11 37 9 5.0
1973 28 HOU NL 42 42 15 6 4 9 6 3 67% 12 3 42 18 43% 7 1.467 18 10 14 13 9 20 22 20 22 10 24 4 4.9
1974 29 DET AL 28 28 19 1 3 3 2 1 67% 3 0 27 8 30% 7 0.689 7 2 17 3 3 22 16 12 21 6 21 2 5.6
9 Seasons 308 288 115 38 23 44 25 19 57% 60 12 291 105 36% 1.162 119 66 88 68 52 157 157 120 180 64 184 46 5.3

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%
1965 20 HOU NL 38 53% 2.6% 18.4% 15.8% 5.3% 18% 0.36 63% 7 0 0%
1966 21 HOU NL 1 0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0% 0 0
1968 23 HOU NL 333 34% 1.5% 21.3% 7.5% 5.1% 26% 0.97 68% 54 3 6%
1969 24 HOU NL 489 36% 2.3% 23.6% 9.8% 6.4% 30% 0.85 62% 90 5 6%
1970 25 HOU NL 443 38% 2.9% 15.1% 11.1% 7.0% 32% 1.17 70% 82 10 12%
1971 26 HOU NL 382 46% 0.8% 12.0% 8.1% 5.2% 28% 0.83 78% 58 11 19%
1972 27 HOU NL 393 43% 2.5% 12.7% 11.2% 7.6% 39% 1.10 72% 76 8 11%
1973 28 HOU NL 306 40% 1.6% 8.2% 12.4% 4.6% 22% 0.92 75% 62 4 6%
1974 29 DET AL 229 34% 1.8% 11.4% 12.7% 5.7% 27% 1.31 72% 48 4 8%
9 Seasons 2614 39% 2.0% 15.6% 10.4% 6.1% 29% 0.99 70% 477 45 9%
MLB Averages

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
1965 20 HOU NL 38 11 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 50% 0 0 0 14 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
1966 21 HOU NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 23 HOU NL 290 65 5 0 7 3 2 2 3 21 12 4 57% 4 1 0 106 6 2 75% 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 10 43
1969 24 HOU NL 440 105 11 0 18 9 2 5 6 25 12 8 48% 7 4 0 171 12 8 60% 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 49
1970 25 HOU NL 413 97 13 0 14 9 4 8 5 22 11 2 50% 2 3 1 172 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 30
1971 26 HOU NL 367 72 3 0 9 1 2 1 2 27 12 4 44% 4 5 0 129 5 3 63% 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 12 15
1972 27 HOU NL 390 77 10 0 17 6 4 4 6 28 16 4 57% 4 4 2 160 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3
1973 28 HOU NL 306 65 5 1 19 3 2 3 2 25 13 1 52% 3 2 0 121 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1974 29 DET AL 228 49 4 0 12 2 2 2 2 21 9 2 43% 1 2 1 99 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 1
9 Seasons 2473 541 52 1 98 34 18 25 27 173 87 26 50% 25 21 4 972 41 24 63% 38 21 3 2 0 1 5 1 69 141
MLB Averages

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+
1965 20 0 2 .000 10.57 3 2 1 0 0 0 7.2 11 9 9 1 6 0 7 0 0 0 38 31 2.217 12.9 1.2 7.0 8.2 1.17 31
1966 21 0 2 .000 10.57 4 2 1 0 0 0 7.2 11 10 9 1 7 0 7 0 0 0 39 31 2.348 12.9 1.2 8.2 8.2 1.00 31
1967 22 0 2 .000 10.57 4 2 1 0 0 0 7.2 11 10 9 1 7 0 7 0 0 0 39 31 2.348 12.9 1.2 8.2 8.2 1.00 31
1968 23 2 5 .286 3.36 45 4 15 1 0 1 88.1 76 36 33 6 32 8 78 1 1 1 372 89 1.223 7.7 0.6 3.3 7.9 2.44 89
1969 24 10 7 .588 3.67 85 17 19 1 0 1 203.1 181 91 83 17 80 12 193 3 1 5 861 90 1.284 8.0 0.8 3.5 8.5 2.41 90
1970 25 16 10 .615 3.53 137 19 35 1 0 6 308.1 278 130 121 30 129 14 260 3 2 8 1304 99 1.320 8.1 0.9 3.8 7.6 2.02 99
1971 26 26 14 .650 3.19 184 20 56 1 0 9 406.0 350 157 144 33 160 19 306 5 3 13 1686 109 1.256 7.8 0.7 3.5 6.8 1.91 109
1972 27 36 23 .610 3.39 238 20 81 1 0 17 496.1 427 207 187 43 204 25 356 8 3 17 2079 102 1.271 7.7 0.8 3.7 6.5 1.75 102
1973 28 42 27 .609 3.52 280 20 96 1 0 23 565.1 492 244 221 48 242 33 381 11 3 19 2385 99 1.298 7.8 0.8 3.9 6.1 1.57 99
1974 29 43 30 .589 3.60 308 20 115 1 0 25 617.2 541 271 247 52 271 37 407 12 3 21 2614 97 1.315 7.9 0.8 3.9 5.9 1.50 97

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1965 20 0 0 12.86 7.0 11 11 10 1 6 6 0 2.429 14.1 7.7 7.7 1.00 1.3 3
1968 23 4 4 .500 3.72 75.0 75 34 31 6 29 66 1 1.387 9.0 3.5 7.9 2.28 0.7 41
1969 24 5 7 .417 4.58 108.0 111 61 55 12 51 108 2 1.500 9.3 4.3 9.0 2.12 1.0 40
1970 25 6 4 .600 3.58 98.0 98 43 39 13 50 63 0 1.510 9.0 4.6 5.8 1.26 1.2 52
1971 26 7 3 .700 2.60 90.0 76 29 26 3 33 42 2 1.211 7.6 3.3 4.2 1.27 0.3 47
1972 27 4 6 .400 5.20 90.0 88 58 52 11 50 50 3 1.533 8.8 5.0 5.0 1.00 1.1 54
1973 28 3 4 .429 5.12 65.0 68 41 37 5 40 24 3 1.662 9.4 5.5 3.3 0.60 0.7 42
1974 29 2 3 .400 5.44 48.0 52 32 29 4 31 24 1 1.729 9.8 5.8 4.5 0.77 0.8 28
8 Seasons 31 31 .500 4.32 581.0 579 309 279 55 290 383 12 1.496 9.0 5.9 1.32 0.9 307

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1972 NL  54 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Mark Williamson (961)
  7. Casey Cox (960)
  8. Eduardo Rodriguez (960)
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  4. Larry Sherry (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Larry Sherry (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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