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 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
1964 27 BOS AL 1 1 .500 2.74 21 0 4 0 0 0 46.0 43 21 14 4 14 2 35 0 0 0 195 140 1.239 8.4 0.8 2.7 6.8 2.50
1965 28 BOS AL 1 2 .333 3.17 44 0 24 0 0 2 71.0 83 30 25 3 26 5 55 1 1 0 311 118 1.535 10.5 0.4 3.3 7.0 2.12
1966 29 ATL NL 0 1 .000 4.08 22 0 9 0 0 4 35.1 32 17 16 3 12 4 33 0 1 0 150 90 1.245 8.2 0.8 3.1 8.4 2.75
1967 30 ATL NL 4 6 .400 3.17 52 0 15 0 0 2 82.1 75 32 29 6 29 11 57 4 0 6 351 105 1.263 8.2 0.7 3.2 6.2 1.97
1968 31 CIN NL 2 3 .400 4.61 28 2 6 0 0 0 56.2 68 32 29 7 13 2 32 1 0 3 251 69 1.429 10.8 1.1 2.1 5.1 2.46
5 Seasons 8 13 .381 3.49 167 2 58 0 0 8 291.1 301 132 113 23 94 24 212 6 2 9 1258 101 1.356 9.3 0.7 2.9 6.5 2.26
162 Game Avg. 3 5 .381 3.49 67 1 23 0 0 3 117 121 53 45 9 38 10 85 2 1 4 506 101 1.356 9.3 0.7 2.9 6.5 2.26
ATL (2 yrs) 4 7 .364 3.44 74 0 24 0 0 6 117.2 107 49 45 9 41 15 90 4 1 6 501 100 1.258 8.2 0.7 3.1 6.9 2.20
BOS (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 3.00 65 0 28 0 0 2 117.0 126 51 39 7 40 7 90 1 1 0 506 126 1.419 9.7 0.5 3.1 6.9 2.25
CIN (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.61 28 2 6 0 0 0 56.2 68 32 29 7 13 2 32 1 0 3 251 69 1.429 10.8 1.1 2.1 5.1 2.46
NL (3 yrs) 6 10 .375 3.82 102 2 30 0 0 6 174.1 175 81 74 16 54 17 122 5 1 9 752 88 1.314 9.0 0.8 2.8 6.3 2.26
AL (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 3.00 65 0 28 0 0 2 117.0 126 51 39 7 40 7 90 1 1 0 506 126 1.419 9.7 0.5 3.1 6.9 2.25

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
1964 27 BOS AL 21 196 174 21 43 9 1 4 3 0 14 35 .247 .302 .379 .681 .287 66 3 0 7 1 2
1965 28 BOS AL 44 311 275 30 83 10 1 3 7 3 26 55 .302 .361 .378 .739 .364 104 5 1 6 3 5
1966 29 ATL NL 22 150 133 17 32 8 2 3 0 0 12 33 .241 .303 .398 .702 .299 53 0 0 5 0 4
1967 30 ATL NL 52 352 307 32 75 11 0 6 2 7 29 57 .244 .316 .339 .655 .280 104 2 4 10 2 11
1968 31 CIN NL 28 251 232 32 68 13 2 7 3 1 13 32 .293 .332 .457 .789 .314 106 1 1 4 1 2
5 Seasons 167 1260 1121 132 301 51 6 23 15 11 94 212 .269 .327 .386 .713 .311 433 11 6 32 7 24
162 Game Avg. 67 507 451 53 121 21 2 9 6 4 38 85 .269 .327 .386 .713 .311 174 4 2 13 3 10
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
1968 31 CIN NL 28 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 36 31 14 4 1 1 2.0 1.8 3.2
1 Season 28 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 36 31 14 4 1 1 2.0 1.8 3.2
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
1964 27 BOS AL 21 21 4 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 17 5 29% 3 0.618 4 4 13 2 0 19 9 12 13 2 14 3 6.6
1965 28 BOS AL 44 44 24 1 2 2 2 0 100% 2 0 30 19 63% 7 0.425 5 9 30 2 4 38 15 29 25 9 26 9 4.8
1966 29 ATL NL 22 22 9 0 1 5 4 1 80% 5 0 21 6 29% 8 1.327 8 4 8 5 3 12 12 8 13 5 13 6 4.8
1967 30 ATL NL 52 52 15 4 6 7 2 5 29% 9 2 35 15 43% 6 1.118 16 6 27 10 7 32 23 26 29 13 30 13 4.8
1968 31 CIN NL 28 26 6 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 24 10 42% 6 0.734 9 6 11 3 3 20 13 13 21 3 22 10 5.8
5 Seasons 167 165 58 8 11 15 8 7 53% 19 4 127 55 43% 0.808 42 29 89 22 17 121 72 88 101 32 105 41 5.2

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%
1964 27 BOS AL 196 40% 2.0% 17.9% 7.1% 7.1% 33% 0.92 69% 39 3 8%
1965 28 BOS AL 311 30% 1.0% 17.7% 8.4% 4.5% 17% 0.81 71% 69 5 7%
1966 29 ATL NL 150 46% 2.0% 22.0% 8.0% 8.7% 41% 0.68 65% 25 0 0%
1967 30 ATL NL 352 36% 1.7% 16.2% 8.2% 4.8% 23% 0.93 70% 64 2 3%
1968 31 CIN NL 251 37% 2.8% 12.8% 5.2% 8.8% 32% 0.52 77% 33 1 3%
5 Seasons 1260 36% 1.8% 16.8% 7.5% 6.4% 27% 0.77 71% 230 11 5%
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
1964 27 BOS AL 196 43 4 0 10 2 2 3 1 17 7 1 41% 4 0 0 77 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 28 BOS AL 310 83 3 0 13 2 1 0 3 22 14 2 64% 3 0 2 135 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 1
1966 29 ATL NL 137 32 3 0 8 1 1 2 0 8 2 0 25% 2 0 1 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 13
1967 30 ATL NL 334 75 6 0 17 3 3 4 2 24 4 5 17% 6 6 0 124 2 7 22% 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 18
1968 31 CIN NL 250 68 7 0 7 4 3 6 1 18 10 2 56% 3 3 1 86 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
5 Seasons 1227 301 23 0 55 12 10 15 7 89 37 10 42% 18 9 4 480 15 11 58% 13 11 2 0 0 0 2 0 29 33
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+
1964 27 1 1 .500 2.74 21 0 4 0 0 0 46.0 43 21 14 4 14 2 35 0 0 0 195 140 1.239 8.4 0.8 2.7 6.8 2.50 140
1965 28 2 3 .400 3.00 65 0 28 0 0 2 117.0 126 51 39 7 40 7 90 1 1 0 506 126 1.419 9.7 0.5 3.1 6.9 2.25 126
1966 29 2 4 .333 3.25 87 0 37 0 0 6 152.1 158 68 55 10 52 11 123 1 2 0 656 116 1.379 9.3 0.6 3.1 7.3 2.37 116
1967 30 6 10 .375 3.22 139 0 52 0 0 8 234.2 233 100 84 16 81 22 180 5 2 6 1007 112 1.338 8.9 0.6 3.1 6.9 2.22 112
1968 31 8 13 .381 3.49 167 2 58 0 0 8 291.1 301 132 113 23 94 24 212 6 2 9 1258 101 1.356 9.3 0.7 2.9 6.5 2.26 101

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
1964 27 3 2 .600 2.80 45.0 44 16 14 4 14 34 0 1.289 8.8 2.8 6.8 2.43 0.8 21
1965 28 4 3 .571 3.49 67.0 84 29 26 3 26 52 1 1.642 11.3 3.5 7.0 2.00 0.4 44
1966 29 1 2 .333 4.50 34.0 34 19 17 3 13 32 0 1.382 9.0 3.4 8.5 2.46 0.8 22
1967 30 4 4 .500 3.92 78.0 82 38 34 7 32 54 4 1.462 9.5 3.7 6.2 1.69 0.8 52
1968 31 2 3 .400 6.06 52.0 76 39 35 8 15 29 1 1.750 13.2 2.6 5.0 1.93 1.4 28
5 Seasons 14 14 .500 4.11 276.0 320 141 126 25 100 201 6 1.522 10.4 6.6 2.01 0.8 167

* 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
1967 NL  52 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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