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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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Minors
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- 1965
- 1971
- 1966
- 1972
- 1968
- 1973
- 1969
- 1974
- 1970
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1965
- 1971
- 1966
- 1972
- 1968
- 1973
- 1969
- 1974
- 1970
HR Log
vs. Batter
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- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
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

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- 1965
- 1971
- 1966
- 1972
- 1968
- 1973
- 1969
- 1974
- 1970
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1965
- 1971
- 1966
- 1972
- 1968
- 1973
- 1969
- 1974
- 1970
HR Log
vs. Pitcher
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- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
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

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1965	HOU	NL	20	P	3	2	7.2	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.52	1.00	.967	2.11	0.80
1966	HOU	NL	21	P	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00			0.70
1968	HOU	NL	23	P	41	2	81.0	12	2	9	1	0	.917	1.22	0.27	.958	2.01	0.85
1969	HOU	NL	24	P	40	13	115.0	16	5	11	0	0	1.000	1.25	0.40	.956	1.95	0.78
1970	HOU	NL	25	P	52	2	105.0	22	4	17	1	1	.955	1.80	0.40	.950	1.85	0.71
1971	HOU	NL	26	P	47	1	97.2	9	2	7	0	0	1.000	0.83	0.19	.956	1.90	0.78
1972	HOU	NL	27	P	54	0	90.1	12	6	6	0	0	1.000	1.20	0.22	.950	1.78	0.73
1973	HOU	NL	28	P	42	0	69.0	13	4	9	0	0	1.000	1.70	0.31	.946	1.88	0.73
1974	DET	AL	29	P	28	0	52.1	11	2	9	0	0	1.000	1.89	0.39	.945	1.81	0.83
9 Seasons				P	308	20	618.0	98	26	70	2	1	.980	1.40	0.31	.952	1.89	0.77
9 Seasons				TOT	308	20	618.0	98	26	70	2	1	.980	1.40	0.31	.932	1.89	0.77

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Pitching - 4 (2077), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 2 (1615), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 15 (481), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Jack Banta (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sammy Stewart (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Foucault (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Sherry (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Sherry (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Sherry (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1963 Season: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.

December 2, 1963: Drafted by the Houston Colt .45's from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1963 first-year draft.

February 24, 1967: Purchased by the New York Mets from the Houston Astros.

March 24, 1967: Returned to the Houston Astros by the New York Mets following previous purchase.

December 3, 1973: Traded by the Houston Astros with Gary Sutherland to the Detroit Tigers for Fred Scherman and cash.

December 6, 1974: Sent to the Pittsburgh Pirates by the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Uniforms

View Jim Ray's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Name and misspellings: jimmie James jimmy jim jimmy jimmie Francis Jim james frank Sting Ray

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (2077), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1615), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 15 (481), Average HOFer ≈ 50