Jay Ritchie
Jay Seay Ritchie
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 20, 1936 in Salisbury, NC
High School: Granite Quarry (Granite Quarry, NC)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 1964
Final Game: September 6, 1968
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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
1964 27 BOS AL 21 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -39 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1965 28 BOS AL 44 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 52 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 29 ATL NL 22 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 177 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1967 30 ATL NL 52 10 10 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .300 .300 .500 .800 127 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 31 CIN NL 28 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons 167 37 35 0 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 8 .200 .222 .257 .479 35 9 2 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 36 34 0 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 8 .200 .222 .257 .479 35 9 2 0 1 0 0
ATL (2 yrs) 74 15 14 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 .357 .357 .500 .857 141 7 0 0 1 0 0
BOS (2 yrs) 65 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .143 .200 .143 .343 -4 2 1 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 28 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 102 22 21 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 .238 .238 .333 .571 63 7 1 0 1 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 65 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .143 .200 .143 .343 -4 2 1 0 0 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
1964 27 BOS AL 9 9 0 0.0 100 .143 .111 .261 .111 .330 .111 .406 .222 .736 -39 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .111 .000 .000
1965 28 BOS AL 6 4 0 0.0 97 .333 .200 .257 .333 .328 .200 .394 .533 .723 52 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .200 .000
1966 29 ATL NL 5 3 1 9.0 99 .500 .500 .268 .500 .327 .500 .404 1.000 .731 177 .799 0.4 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1967 30 ATL NL 10 7 2 7.7 90 .375 .300 .257 .300 .319 .500 .377 .800 .696 127 .771 0.2 0.0 .714 .200 .200
1968 31 CIN NL 7 8 0 0.0 86 .000 .000 .259 .000 .318 .000 .365 .000 .682 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
5 Seasons 37 31 3 2.6 94 .259 .200 .260 .222 .324 .257 .387 .479 .712 35 .313 -3.2 -0.4 .333 .086 .057
162 Game Avg. 36 30 3 2.6 94 .259 .200 .260 .222 .324 .257 .387 .479 .712 35 .313 -3.2 -0.4 .333 .086 .057
ATL (2 yrs) 15 10 3 8.1 92 .417 .357 .260 .357 .321 .500 .385 .857 .706 141 .780 0.5 0.1 .778 .143 .143
BOS (2 yrs) 15 13 0 0.0 99 .200 .143 .260 .200 .330 .143 .402 .343 .731 -4 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .231 .071 .000
CIN (1 yr) 7 8 0 0.0 86 .000 .000 .259 .000 .318 .000 .365 .000 .682 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
NL (3 yrs) 22 18 3 4.5 90 .294 .238 .260 .238 .320 .333 .378 .571 .698 63 .565 -1.2 -0.1 .412 .095 .095
AL (2 yrs) 15 13 0 0.0 99 .200 .143 .260 .200 .330 .143 .402 .343 .731 -4 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .231 .071 .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
1964 27 BOS AL 9 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.5 78%
1965 28 BOS AL 6 0.0% 33.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.5 5.0 50%
1966 29 ATL NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 80%
1967 30 ATL NL 10 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 10.0% 33% 5.0 10.0 4.00 80%
1968 31 CIN NL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 3.5 5.00 71%
5 Seasons 37 0.0% 21.6% 2.7% 2.7% 14% 8.00 4.4 11.7 9.50 73%
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
1964 27 BOS AL 1 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1965 28 BOS AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 29 ATL 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
1967 30 ATL NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 31 CIN NL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1 1 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
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
1964 27 BOS AL 9 11% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1965 28 BOS AL 6 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 0 0 0 0 0
1966 29 ATL NL 5 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0
1967 30 ATL NL 10 30% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1968 31 CIN NL 8 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 38 16% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 2 33% 4 2 50% 25 4 16% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
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
1964 27 21 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -39 1 1 0 0 0 0
1965 28 65 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .143 .200 .143 .343 -4 2 1 0 0 0 0
1966 29 87 20 18 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .222 .263 .222 .485 35 4 1 0 1 0 0
1967 30 139 30 28 0 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 6 .250 .276 .321 .597 66 9 1 0 1 0 0
1968 31 167 37 35 0 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 8 .200 .222 .257 .479 35 9 2 0 1 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
1964 27 21 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 21
1965 28 44 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 44
1966 29 22 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 22
1967 30 52 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 52
1968 31 28 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 28
5 Seasons 167 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 8 .000 .028 .000 .028 3 167
162 Game Avg. 162 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 8 .000 .028 .000 .028 3 167

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