Ray Stephens

Carl Ray Stephens

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 22, 1962 in Houston, TX
School: Troy University (Troy, AL)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 6th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1990
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Rangers 1990-1992

Final Game: October 3, 1992
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Standard Batting

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
1985	22	STL-min	A,A-	48	182	158	14	35	7	1	1	11	1	1	21	38	.222	.315	.297	.612		47		1	1	1	0		SAV,ERI · SALL,NYPL
1986	23	STL-min	A,AAA	107	422	356	54	77	11	0	14	58	2	4	58	89	.216	.330	.365	.695		130		4	1	3	1		SAV,LOU · SALL,AA
1987	24	STL-min	AA,AAA	109	387	337	36	81	20	0	8	44	6	3	42	77	.240	.327	.371	.698		125		3	2	3	5		ARK,LOU · TL,AA
1988	25	STL-min	AAA	115	404	355	26	67	13	2	3	25	2	0	45	78	.189	.280	.262	.542		93		1	0	3	3		LOU · AA
1989	26	STL-min	AA	112	418	363	49	95	14	0	7	44	2	1	44	61	.262	.345	.358	.704		130		4	4	3	2		ARK · TL
1990	27	STL-min	AAA	98	335	294	20	65	8	1	3	27	0	1	27	74	.221	.294	.286	.580		84		4	9	1	3		LOU · AA
1990	27	STL	NL	5	15	15	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	.133	.133	.400	.533	41	6	2	0	0	0	0	/2
1991	28	STL-min	AAA	60	195	165	16	46	7	0	7	28	0	3	24	39	.279	.383	.448	.832		74	4	4	2	0	1		LOU · AA
1991	28	STL	NL	6	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.286	.375	.286	.661	89	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1992	29	TEX-PHI-min	AAA	71	260	235	26	67	9	0	7	34	0	1	18	49	.285	.333	.413	.746		97	14	0	5	2	1		OKC,SWB · AA,IL
1992	29	TEX	AL	8	14	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	-12	2	0	0	1	0	0	/2D
1993	30	TEX-min	AAA	97	376	333	29	76	15	2	7	49	0	2	32	78	.228	.294	.348	.642		116	9	2	2	7	2		OKC · AA
3 Yrs				19	37	35	2	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	11	.171	.194	.286	.480	33	10	2	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	315	298	17	51	9	0	9	9	0	0	9	94	.171	.194	.286	.480	33	85	17	0	9	0	0

STL (2 yrs)				11	23	22	2	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	6	.182	.217	.364	.581	59	8	2	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				8	14	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	-12	2	0	0	1	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				11	23	22	2	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	6	.182	.217	.364	.581	59	8	2	0	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				8	14	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	-12	2	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1990	27	STL	NL	5	15	-1	0	-0	-2	0	-4	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.425	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$100,000	/2
1991	28	STL	NL	6	8	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/2
1992	29	TEX	AL	8	14	-2	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.486	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	/2D
3 Seasons				19	37	-3	0	-0	-2	1	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.469	.499	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$100,000

STL (2 yrs)				11	23	-1	0	-0	-3	0	-4	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.457	.499	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$100,000
TEX (1 yr)				8	14	-2	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.486	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$

Advanced Batting

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
1990	27	STL	NL	15	15	0	0.0	98	.091	.133	.264	.133	.331	.400	.397	.533	.728	41	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.400	.267	.267	.0
1991	28	STL	NL	8	5	1	5.4	94	.500	.286	.258	.375	.325	.286	.386	.661	.711	89	.612	-0.1	-0.0	.600	.143	.000
1992	29	TEX	AL	14	12	0	0.0	92	.250	.154	.256	.154	.324	.154	.380	.308	.704	-12	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.182	.000	.000
3 Yrs				37	32	1	0.8	95	.217	.171	.260	.194	.327	.286	.388	.480	.716	33	.047	-3.4	-0.4	.355	.143	.114	.0
162 Game Avg.				315	273	9	0.8	95	.217	.171	.260	.194	.327	.286	.388	.480	.716	33	.047	-3.4	-0.4	.355	.143	.114

STL (2 yrs)				23	20	1	1.3	97	.200	.182	.262	.217	.329	.364	.394	.581	.722	59	.105	-1.4	-0.2	.450	.227	.182	.0
TEX (1 yr)				14	12	0	0.0	92	.250	.154	.256	.154	.324	.154	.380	.308	.704	-12	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.182	.000	.000

NL (2 yrs)				23	20	1	1.3	97	.200	.182	.262	.217	.329	.364	.394	.581	.722	59	.105	-1.4	-0.2	.450	.227	.182	.0
AL (1 yr)				14	12	0	0.0	92	.250	.154	.256	.154	.324	.154	.380	.308	.704	-12	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.182	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

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
1990	27	STL	NL	15	6.7%	20.0%	0.0%	13.3%	100%		5.0	15.0	15.0	1.40	3.00	73%	17%	25.0%	20%
1991	28	STL	NL	8	0.0%	37.5%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	3.00	2.3			1.00	1.00	50%	25%	0.0%	50%
1992	29	TEX	AL	14	0.0%	35.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.6			1.00	2.50	57%	22%	0.0%	0%
3 Yrs				37	2.7%	29.7%	2.7%	5.4%	33%	11.00	3.2	35.0	35.0	1.18	2.50	62%	20%	11.1%	18%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.9%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.73	6.0	44.0	8.5	0.79	1.05	73%	21%	5.9%	17%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1990	27	STL	NL	-1.3	-0.1	15	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.86	-0.2	-0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.85	-1.9		0
1991	28	STL	NL	-0.1	-0.0	8	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.94	-0.0	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.81	-0.3		0
1992	29	TEX	AL	-2.0	-0.2	14	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.99	-0.2	-0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.96	-2.0	2.19	3
3 Yrs				-3.4	-0.4	37	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.93	-0.4	-0.1	-4.6	-0.5	0.88	-4.3	2.19	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO
1990	27	STL	NL	100%	1
1991	28	STL	NL	0%	3
1992	29	TEX	AL	0%	2
3 Yrs				17%	6

Situational Hitting*

						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
1990	27	STL	NL	15	47%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	2	100%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1991	28	STL	NL	8	75%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1992	29	TEX	AL	14	86%	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	2.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	2	1	50%	9	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				37	68%	6	1	0	3	0	0	0	2.19	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	100%	8	2	25%	4	1	25%	17	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			73%			10%			36%			14%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1990	27	STL	NL	15	42	2.80	33	79%	21%	18%	24%	36%	79%	0%	62%	77%	47%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1991	28	STL	NL	8	34	4.25	19	56%	16%	32%	32%	21%	84%	0%	47%	63%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	13%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
1992	29	TEX	AL	14	46	3.29	31	67%	26%	32%	13%	29%	74%	0%	50%	57%	43%	0%	0	0	14%	2	1	7%	1	1	40%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				37	122	3.30	83	68%	22%	27%	22%	30%	78%	0%	53%	66%	46%	0%	0	0	5%	2	1	5%	2	1	18%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1990	27	5	15	15	2	2	1	1	1	0	3	.133	.133	.400	.533	41	6	2	0
1991	28	11	23	22	2	4	1	1	1	1	6	.182	.217	.364	.581	59	8	2	0
1992	29	19	37	35	2	6	1	1	1	1	11	.171	.194	.286	.480	33	10	2	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1990	27	5	15	15	2	2	1	1	1	0	3	.133	.133	.400	.533	1	5
1991	28	6	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	.286	.375	.286	.661	1	6
1992	29	8	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
3 Yrs		19	37	35	2	4	1	1	1	1	11	.114	.139	.229	.367	2	19
162 Game Avg.		162	315	298	17	34	9	9	9	9	94	.114	.139	.229	.367	17	19

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