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Jim Ray

James Francis Ray (Sting)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 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
Teams (by GP): Astros/Tigers 1965-1974

Final Game: September 30, 1974
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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
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 33 2.217 12.9 1.2 7.0 8.2 1.17
1966 21 HOU NL 0 0 inf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 0.00
1968 23 HOU NL 2 3 .400 2.67 41 2 14 1 0 1 81.0 65 26 24 5 25 8 71 1 1 1 333 112 1.111 7.2 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 3 443 120 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 5 382 160 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 79 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 85 1.490 8.4 0.7 5.0 4.5 0.90
9 Yrs 43 30 .589 3.61 308 20 115 1 0 25 618.0 541 271 248 52 271 37 407 12 3 21 2614 97 1.314 7.9 0.8 3.9 5.9 1.50
162 Game Avg. 9 6 .589 3.61 64 4 24 0 0 5 128 112 56 51 11 56 8 84 2 1 4 542 97 1.314 7.9 0.8 3.9 5.9 1.50
HOU (8 yrs) 42 27 .609 3.53 280 20 96 1 0 23 565.2 492 244 222 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 85 1.490 8.4 0.7 5.0 4.5 0.90
NL (8 yrs) 42 27 .609 3.53 280 20 96 1 0 23 565.2 492 244 222 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 85 1.490 8.4 0.7 5.0 4.5 0.90

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
1965 20 HOU NL 7.2 3 2 9 10.57 4.01 -0.40 0.04 109.3 4.85 -5 -0.5 .0 0.0 -0.4 -4 .343 .497 $
1966 21 HOU NL 0.0 1 0 1 104.0 .1 0.0 $
1968 23 HOU NL 81.0 41 2 26 2.89 3.38 -0.58 -0.12 100.7 3.86 8 1.0 1.3 0.0 1.8 16 .524 .506 $
1969 24 HOU NL 115.0 40 13 55 4.30 4.15 -0.42 -0.02 98.5 4.48 1 0.1 .9 -0.1 1.1 14 .503 .501 $
1970 25 HOU NL 105.0 52 2 39 3.34 4.62 -0.36 -0.16 98.3 4.74 15 1.6 1.8 0.4 2.8 27 .530 .510 $
1971 26 HOU NL 97.2 47 1 27 2.49 4.04 -0.02 -0.16 97.6 3.79 13 1.6 1.3 0.0 2.4 23 .533 .510 $
1972 27 HOU NL 90.1 54 0 50 4.98 4.00 -0.44 -0.17 96.2 4.10 -10 -1.1 1.7 -0.6 -1.0 -1 .479 .493 $
1973 28 HOU NL 69.0 42 0 37 4.83 4.17 0.00 -0.34 100.5 3.85 -8 -0.8 1.5 -0.3 -0.6 -1 .480 .495 $46,000
1974 29 DET AL 52.1 28 0 27 4.64 4.17 -0.16 -0.35 105.4 4.20 -3 -0.3 .8 -0.1 0.1 3 .490 .498 $46,000
9 Seasons 618.0 308 20 271 3.95 4.09 -0.30 -0.17 99.2 4.19 12 1.6 1.4 -0.7 6.2 76 .503 .501 $92,000
HOU (8 yrs) 565.2 280 20 244 3.88 4.09 -0.31 -0.15 98.6 4.19 14 1.8 1.5 -0.6 6.1 73 .505 .502 $46,000
DET (1 yr) 52.1 28 0 27 4.64 4.17 -0.16 -0.35 105.4 4.20 -3 -0.3 .8 -0.1 0.1 3 .490 .498 $46,000

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
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 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 0
1968 23 HOU NL 41 309 295 26 65 7 5 5 6 2 25 71 .220 .278 .329 .607 .267 97 4 1 6 6 8 6
1969 24 HOU NL 40 440 427 55 105 15 5 11 12 8 48 115 .246 .323 .382 .705 .309 163 5 2 8 3 4 7
1970 25 HOU NL 52 413 386 39 97 17 1 13 4 5 49 67 .251 .333 .402 .735 .272 155 10 0 5 3 2 2
1971 26 HOU NL 47 367 341 27 72 14 3 3 5 3 31 46 .211 .277 .296 .573 .232 101 11 2 3 5 5 4
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 4
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 3
1974 29 DET AL 28 228 193 27 49 9 0 4 4 2 29 26 .254 .350 .363 .712 .271 70 4 1 3 3 4 1
9 Yrs 308 2495 2269 271 541 91 15 52 41 24 271 407 .238 .320 .361 .680 .266 818 46 12 36 25 37 27
162 Game Avg. 64 517 470 56 112 19 3 11 9 5 56 84 .238 .320 .361 .680 .266 170 10 2 7 5 8 6
MLB Averages .249 .316 .367 .683 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1965 20 HOU NL -5.8 -0.6 41 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 .79 -0.1 -0.3 -2.9 -0.3 0.79 -1.8 0 0 1
1966 21 HOU NL -0.8 -0.1 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .06 -0.0 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.06 -0.4 0 0 1
1968 23 HOU NL 3.5 0.4 319 -0.1 5.3 -5.4 1.06 0.4 -0.5 3.2 0.4 1.06 3.3 14 4 13
1969 24 HOU NL -4.1 -0.4 515 -1.1 7.9 -9.0 .94 -0.3 -0.8 -10.5 -1.1 0.96 -4.6 7 6 13
1970 25 HOU NL 9.5 1.0 460 1.6 8.4 -6.9 1.00 -0.0 1.6 0.8 0.1 1.02 1.8 24 13 13
1971 26 HOU NL 13.6 1.5 380 2.3 7.8 -5.4 1.05 1.6 0.6 19.0 2.1 1.05 17.4 16 13 15
1972 27 HOU NL -10.2 -1.1 403 -1.7 9.8 -11.5 1.53 -0.8 -0.3 -9.8 -1.1 1.53 -6.4 25 15 12
1973 28 HOU NL -5.4 -0.6 315 -0.3 6.6 -6.9 1.41 0.3 -0.5 -6.5 -0.7 1.41 -0.6 18 7 17
1974 29 DET AL -2.7 -0.3 238 -0.5 2.2 -2.7 .65 0.1 -0.9 -2.3 -0.2 0.65 0.1 7 2 15
9 Yrs -2.3 -0.1 2672 -0.2 48.4 -48.6 1.10 1.1 -1.2 -9.3 -0.8 1.11 8.7 111 60 100

Starting Pitching*

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% 33.5 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% 50.5 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% 54.6 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% 56.5 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% 27.0 27 27 11 5 1 0 3.0 0.0 4.3
5 Yrs 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 .500 56% 54 114 -3 4.0 3.9 6.5

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
1965 20 HOU NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .790 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 .060 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 36 14 39% 8 1.060 14 4 13 4 8 21 20 13 23 9 22 8 5.3
1969 24 HOU NL 40 27 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 35 15 43% 4 .944 7 6 13 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 1.002 24 13 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 1.053 16 13 15 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 1.535 25 15 12 21 12 21 28 26 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 1.415 18 7 17 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 .649 7 2 15 3 3 22 16 12 21 6 21 2 5.6
9 Yrs 308 288 115 38 23 44 25 19 57% 60 12 294 107 36% 1.105 111 60 100 68 52 160 159 121 180 64 185 46 5.3

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%
1965 20 HOU NL 38 47% 2.6% 18.4% 15.8% 5.3% 18% 0.36 63% 7 0 0%
1966 21 HOU NL 1 100% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0% 0 0
1968 23 HOU NL 333 66% 1.6% 23.0% 8.1% 5.5% 26% 0.94 73% 57 4 7%
1969 24 HOU NL 489 64% 2.5% 26.1% 10.9% 7.1% 30% 0.85 69% 90 5 6%
1970 25 HOU NL 443 62% 3.2% 16.2% 11.9% 7.5% 32% 1.17 75% 82 10 12%
1971 26 HOU NL 382 54% 0.8% 12.5% 8.5% 5.5% 28% 0.83 81% 58 11 19%
1972 27 HOU NL 393 56% 2.5% 12.7% 11.2% 7.6% 39% 1.09 72% 76 8 11%
1973 28 HOU NL 306 60% 1.6% 8.2% 12.4% 4.6% 22% 0.92 75% 62 4 6%
1974 29 DET AL 229 66% 1.8% 11.4% 12.7% 5.7% 27% 1.31 73% 48 4 8%
9 Yrs 2614 61% 2.1% 16.3% 10.9% 6.3% 29% 0.98 74% 480 46 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.9% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.10 73% 11%

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
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 309 65 5 0 7 3 2 2 3 22 13 4 59% 6 1 0 112 6 2 75% 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 24
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 5 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 0 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 393 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 0
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 Yrs 2495 541 52 1 98 34 18 25 27 174 88 26 51% 27 21 4 978 41 24 63% 38 18 3 2 0 1 2 1 69 119
MLB Averages 49% 63%

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+
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 33 2.217 12.9 1.2 7.0 8.2 1.17 33
1966 21 0 2 .000 11.74 4 2 1 0 0 0 7.2 11 10 10 1 7 0 7 0 0 0 39 32 2.348 12.9 1.2 8.2 8.2 1.00 32
1967 22 0 2 .000 11.74 4 2 1 0 0 0 7.2 11 10 10 1 7 0 7 0 0 0 39 32 2.348 12.9 1.2 8.2 8.2 1.00 32
1968 23 2 5 .286 3.45 45 4 15 1 0 1 88.2 76 36 34 6 32 8 78 1 1 1 372 88 1.218 7.7 0.6 3.2 7.9 2.44 88
1969 24 10 7 .588 3.71 85 17 19 1 0 1 203.2 181 91 84 17 80 12 193 3 1 5 861 89 1.282 8.0 0.8 3.5 8.5 2.41 89
1970 25 16 10 .615 3.56 137 19 35 1 0 6 308.2 278 130 122 30 129 14 260 3 2 8 1304 99 1.319 8.1 0.9 3.8 7.6 2.02 99
1971 26 26 14 .650 3.21 184 20 56 1 0 9 406.1 350 157 145 33 160 19 306 5 3 13 1686 109 1.255 7.8 0.7 3.5 6.8 1.91 109
1972 27 36 23 .610 3.41 238 20 81 1 0 17 496.2 427 207 188 43 204 25 356 8 3 17 2079 102 1.270 7.7 0.8 3.7 6.5 1.75 102
1973 28 42 27 .609 3.53 280 20 96 1 0 23 565.2 492 244 222 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 3.61 308 20 115 1 0 25 618.0 541 271 248 52 271 37 407 12 3 21 2614 97 1.314 7.9 0.8 3.9 5.9 1.50 97

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
1965 20 0 0 16.50 6.0 12 12 11 1 7 6 0 3.167 18.0 10.5 9.0 0.86 1.5 3
1968 23 4 4 .500 3.67 76.0 74 34 31 6 28 67 1 1.342 8.8 3.3 7.9 2.39 0.7 41
1969 24 5 7 .417 4.67 108.0 111 62 56 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 6 3 .667 2.73 89.0 78 30 27 3 34 42 2 1.258 7.9 3.4 4.2 1.24 0.3 47
1972 27 4 6 .400 5.30 90.0 87 59 53 11 50 50 3 1.522 8.7 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 Yrs 30 31 .492 4.39 580.0 580 313 283 55 291 384 12 1.502 9.0 6.0 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 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

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ()

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

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
1971 NL  19.03 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
1971 NL  2.3 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
1971 NL  2.1 (9th)

                                         

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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