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Ray Starr
Raymond Francis Starr (Iron Man)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: April 23, 1906 in Nowata, OK (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1932
Final Game: September 26, 1945
Died: February 9, 1963 in Baylis, IL
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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
1932 26 STL NL 1 1 .500 2.70 3 2 1 1 1 0 20.0 19 7 6 2 10 6 1 0 0 79 145 1.450 8.6 0.9 4.5 2.7 0.60
1933 27 TOT NL 0 2 .000 4.35 15 3 6 0 0 0 41.1 51 26 20 4 19 17 2 0 3 190 71 1.694 11.1 0.9 4.1 3.7 0.89
1933 27 NYG NL 0 1 .000 5.40 6 2 3 0 0 0 13.1 19 11 8 0 10 2 1 0 0 69 59 2.175 12.8 0.0 6.8 1.4 0.20
1933 27 BSN NL 0 1 .000 3.86 9 1 3 0 0 0 28.0 32 15 12 4 9 15 1 0 3 121 80 1.464 10.3 1.3 2.9 4.8 1.67
1941 35 CIN NL 3 2 .600 2.65 7 4 2 3 2 0 34.0 28 10 10 1 6 11 1 0 0 136 137 1.000 7.4 0.3 1.6 2.9 1.83
1942 36 CIN NL 15 13 .536 2.67 37 33 2 17 4 0 276.2 228 88 82 10 106 83 3 0 0 1136 124 1.207 7.4 0.3 3.4 2.7 0.78 AS,MVP-23
1943 37 CIN NL 11 10 .524 3.64 36 33 2 9 2 1 217.1 201 93 88 9 91 42 5 1 0 923 92 1.344 8.3 0.4 3.8 1.7 0.46
1944 38 PIT NL 6 5 .545 5.02 27 12 6 5 0 3 89.2 116 60 50 6 36 25 1 0 1 413 74 1.695 11.6 0.6 3.6 2.5 0.69
1945 39 TOT NL 1 2 .333 8.10 13 1 4 0 0 0 20.0 27 18 18 1 11 5 0 0 0 97 46 1.900 12.2 0.5 5.0 2.3 0.45
1945 39 PIT NL 0 2 .000 9.45 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 10 7 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 33 42 2.100 13.5 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
1945 39 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 7.42 9 1 3 0 0 0 13.1 17 11 11 1 7 5 0 0 0 64 49 1.800 11.5 0.7 4.7 3.4 0.71
7 Seasons 37 35 .514 3.53 138 88 23 35 9 4 699.0 670 302 274 33 279 189 13 1 4 2974 97 1.358 8.6 0.4 3.6 2.4 0.68
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .514 3.53 42 26 7 11 3 1 210 202 91 82 10 84 57 4 0 1 895 97 1.358 8.6 0.4 3.6 2.4 0.68
CIN (3 yrs) 29 25 .537 3.07 80 70 6 29 8 1 528.0 457 191 180 20 203 136 9 1 0 2195 109 1.250 7.8 0.3 3.5 2.3 0.67
PIT (2 yrs) 6 7 .462 5.33 31 12 7 5 0 3 96.1 126 67 57 6 40 25 1 0 1 446 70 1.723 11.8 0.6 3.7 2.3 0.63
NYG (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.40 6 2 3 0 0 0 13.1 19 11 8 0 10 2 1 0 0 69 59 2.175 12.8 0.0 6.8 1.4 0.20
BSN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.86 9 1 3 0 0 0 28.0 32 15 12 4 9 15 1 0 3 121 80 1.464 10.3 1.3 2.9 4.8 1.67
STL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 2.70 3 2 1 1 1 0 20.0 19 7 6 2 10 6 1 0 0 79 145 1.450 8.6 0.9 4.5 2.7 0.60
CHC (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 7.42 9 1 3 0 0 0 13.1 17 11 11 1 7 5 0 0 0 64 49 1.800 11.5 0.7 4.7 3.4 0.71

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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
1932 26 STL NL 3 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 1 0 1 /1
1933 27 TOT NL 15 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .100 .182 .100 .282 -16 1 1 0 1 1
1933 27 NYG NL 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1933 27 BSN NL 9 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 19 1 1 0 1 /1
1941 35 CIN NL 7 15 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .182 .182 .182 .364 2 2 1 0 4 /1
1942 36 CIN NL 37 105 88 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 5 35 .091 .140 .102 .242 -29 9 0 0 12 1 AS,MVP-23
1943 37 CIN NL 36 81 74 3 9 1 0 0 6 0 1 25 .122 .133 .135 .268 -22 10 0 0 6 1
1944 38 PIT NL 27 28 22 4 3 1 0 0 3 0 6 9 .136 .321 .182 .503 42 4 0 0 0 1
1945 39 TOT NL 13 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 360 3 1 0 1 1
1945 39 PIT NL 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 708 2 0 0 0 /1
1945 39 CHC NL 9 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 181 1 1 0 1 /1
7 Seasons 138 250 212 12 26 4 0 0 12 0 13 81 .123 .173 .142 .315 -9 30 3 0 25
162 Game Avg. 162 293 249 14 31 5 0 0 14 0 15 95 .123 .173 .142 .315 -9 35 0 29
CIN (3 yrs) 80 201 173 6 19 2 0 0 8 0 6 67 .110 .140 .121 .261 -24 21 1 0 22
PIT (2 yrs) 31 29 23 4 4 2 0 0 4 0 6 9 .174 .345 .261 .606 69 6 0 0 0
NYG (1 yr) 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
BSN (1 yr) 9 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 19 1 1 0 1
STL (1 yr) 3 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 1 0 1
CHC (1 yr) 9 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 181 1 1 0 1

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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
1932 STL NL 26 P 3 9 2 6 1 1 .889 2.67 .956 1.20
1933 TOT NL 27 P 15 13 4 9 0 0 1.000 0.87 .962 1.28
1933 NYG NL 27 P 6 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.50 .967 1.28
1933 BSN NL 27 P 9 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.11 .960 1.28
1941 CIN NL 35 P 7 11 2 8 1 0 .909 1.43 .964 1.09
1942 CIN NL 36 P 37 68 12 55 1 3 .985 1.81 .968 1.17 AS,MVP-23
1943 CIN NL 37 P 36 55 4 50 1 2 .982 1.50 .960 1.16
1944 PIT NL 38 P 27 18 1 16 1 0 .944 0.63 .961 1.09
1945 TOT NL 39 P 13 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.46 .967 1.05
1945 PIT NL 39 P 4 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.75 .967 1.05
1945 CHC NL 39 P 9 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.33 .967 1.06
7 Seasons P 138 180 25 150 5 6 .972 1.27 .963 1.15
7 Seasons TOT 138 180 25 150 5 6 .972 1.27 .936 1.15

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1942

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1942-NL-23-3%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1942 NL--2.667--7th

Wins s c a p y
1942 NL--15--8th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1942 NL--1.207--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 NL--7.417--4th

Saves s c a p y
1944 NL--3--6th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1942 NL--276.7--4th

Games Started s c a p y
1942 NL--33--4th
1943 NL--33--5th

Complete Games s c a p y
1942 NL--17--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1942 NL--4--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1943 NL--9--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1942 NL--106--2nd
1943 NL--91--6th

Hits s c a p y
1942 NL--228--5th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1942 NL--82--9th
1943 NL--88--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1943 NL--5--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1942 NL--1136--3rd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1942 NL--124--7th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1942 NL--12--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 15 (959), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  3. Lou Fette (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Johnny Niggeling (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

October 10, 1932: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Gus Mancuso to the New York Giants for Ethan Allen, Jim Mooney, Bob O'Farrell and Bill Walker.

June 12, 1933: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the New York Giants.

March 20, 1934: Purchased by Minneapolis (American Association) from the Boston Braves.

May 27, 1944: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Cincinnati Reds.

June 23, 1945: Selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Name and misspellings: Iron Raymond Francis Man Ray Starr

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