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 Fielding

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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 Awards
1964 BOS AL 27 P 21 0 46.0 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.57 0.38 .950 1.90 0.72
1965 BOS AL 28 P 44 0 71.0 18 4 12 2 1 .889 2.03 0.36 .956 2.04 0.75
1966 ATL NL 29 P 22 0 35.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.04 0.36 .950 1.96 0.74
1967 ATL NL 30 P 52 0 82.1 26 8 16 2 1 .923 2.62 0.46 .962 2.00 0.78
1968 CIN NL 31 P 28 2 56.2 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.11 0.25 .957 2.02 0.85
5 Seasons P 167 2 291.1 67 15 48 4 2 .940 1.95 0.38 .957 1.99 0.77
5 Seasons TOT 167 2 291.1 67 15 48 4 2 .940 1.95 0.38 .897 1.99 0.77

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 BOS AL 27 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 BOS AL 28 44 0 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 ATL NL 29 22 0 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 ATL NL 30 52 0 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CIN NL 31 28 2 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 167 2 167 167 167 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1964 BOS AL 27 199 75% 22% 9 100% 0 2 0 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1965 BOS AL 28 326 75% 18% 12 92% 0 3 1 0 10 7 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1966 ATL NL 29 140 70% 17% 6 83% 0 2 0 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1967 ATL NL 30 349 76% 23% 17 88% 1 7 1 4 13 11 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 83%
1968 CIN NL 31 259 82% 18% 7 100% 1 0 0 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1273 76% 20% 51 92% 2 14 2 8 45 36 2 4 0 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 15 93%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 85%

* 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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