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Ray Washburn

Ray Clark Washburn

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 31, 1938 in Pasco, WA
High School: Columbia-Burbank HS (Burbank, WA)
School: Whitworth College (Spokane, WA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1961
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Reds 1961-1970

Final Game: October 1, 1970
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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
1961 23 STL NL 3 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -35 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1962 24 STL NL 34 66 56 8 10 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 21 .179 .242 .214 .456 19 12 0 1 4 1 0 1
1963 25 STL NL 11 24 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .053 .100 .053 .153 -56 1 0 0 4 0 0 1
1964 26 STL NL 15 18 15 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .133 .133 .200 .333 -11 3 0 0 3 0 0 1
1965 27 STL NL 28 38 33 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 19 .152 .200 .182 .382 5 6 0 0 3 0 0 1
1966 28 STL NL 27 61 54 2 5 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 25 .093 .123 .167 .289 -20 9 2 0 4 1 0 1
1967 29 STL NL 27 71 66 0 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 41 .091 .104 .136 .241 -31 9 0 0 4 0 0 1
1968 30 STL NL 31 79 60 5 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 8 38 .083 .191 .117 .308 -5 7 2 0 11 0 0 1
1969 31 STL NL 28 39 37 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 .081 .105 .081 .186 -47 3 2 0 1 0 0 1
1970 32 CIN NL 35 16 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .000 .067 .000 .067 -81 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
10 Yrs 239 420 361 22 38 6 2 1 24 0 0 20 201 .105 .153 .141 .295 -17 51 6 1 35 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 285 245 15 26 4 1 1 16 0 0 14 136 .105 .153 .141 .295 -17 35 4 1 24 2 0
STL (9 yrs) 204 404 348 22 38 6 2 1 23 0 0 19 191 .109 .157 .147 .303 -15 51 6 1 34 2 0
CIN (1 yr) 35 16 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .000 .067 .000 .067 -81 0 0 0 1 1 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 Awards
1961 23 STL NL 3 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .483 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1962 24 STL NL 34 66 -7 0 1 0 8 2 0.3 2 5 0.3 .507 .502 0.2 0.0 5 $ 1
1963 25 STL NL 11 24 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .479 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1964 26 STL NL 15 18 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0.1 1 1 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1965 27 STL NL 28 38 -5 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1966 28 STL NL 27 61 -9 0 -0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .491 .498 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1967 29 STL NL 27 71 -11 -1 0 0 8 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .482 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $ 1
1968 30 STL NL 31 79 -8 0 -0 0 8 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1969 31 STL NL 28 39 -7 0 -0 0 5 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $35,000 1
1970 32 CIN NL 35 16 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ 1
10 Seasons 239 420 -59 0 0 0 47 -11 -1.2 14 3 -1.1 .494 .499 -1.3 0.2 3 $35,000
STL (9 yrs) 204 404 -55 0 0 0 45 -9 -1.0 14 4 -0.9 .495 .499 -1.1 0.1 4 $35,000
CIN (1 yr) 35 16 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -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
1961 23 STL NL 8 7 0 0.0 113 .250 .125 .280 .125 .348 .125 .437 .250 .785 -35 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .143 .000 .000
1962 24 STL NL 66 51 4 2.1 112 .278 .179 .283 .242 .352 .214 .429 .456 .780 19 .195 -6.7 -0.7 .370 .107 .036
1963 25 STL NL 24 22 0 0.0 97 .125 .053 .265 .100 .328 .053 .396 .153 .725 -56 .000 -4.0 -0.4 .111 .053 .000
1964 26 STL NL 18 16 1 1.7 101 .250 .133 .273 .133 .332 .200 .406 .333 .739 -11 .164 -2.3 -0.2 .231 .067 .067
1965 27 STL NL 38 31 1 0.9 101 .357 .152 .268 .200 .333 .182 .405 .382 .738 5 .054 -4.4 -0.5 .286 .091 .030
1966 28 STL NL 61 56 1 0.5 96 .138 .093 .265 .123 .324 .167 .399 .289 .722 -20 .018 -8.9 -0.9 .216 .111 .074 .0
1967 29 STL NL 71 64 1 0.4 90 .240 .091 .257 .104 .319 .136 .377 .241 .696 -31 .016 -11.4 -1.2 .167 .061 .045
1968 30 STL NL 79 68 2 0.8 81 .227 .083 .251 .191 .309 .117 .354 .308 .663 -5 .060 -7.7 -0.9 .263 .167 .033
1969 31 STL NL 39 37 0 0.0 95 .250 .081 .259 .105 .330 .081 .384 .186 .714 -47 .000 -7.4 -0.8 .111 .027 .000
1970 32 CIN NL 16 15 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .272 .067 .345 .000 .415 .067 .760 -81 .000 -3.4 -0.3 .077 .077 .000
10 Yrs 420 367 10 0.7 96 .228 .105 .265 .153 .328 .141 .393 .295 .721 -17 .041 -57.9 -6.2 .219 .091 .036 .0
162 Game Avg. 285 249 7 0.7 96 .228 .105 .265 .153 .328 .141 .393 .295 .721 -17 .041 -57.9 -6.2 .219 .091 .036
STL (9 yrs) 404 352 10 0.8 96 .234 .109 .264 .157 .327 .147 .392 .303 .719 -15 .045 -54.5 -5.8 .225 .092 .037 .0
CIN (1 yr) 16 15 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .272 .067 .345 .000 .415 .067 .760 -81 .000 -3.4 -0.3 .077 .077 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 29 STL NL WS BOS W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 30 STL NL WS DET L 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 32 CIN NL WS BAL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1961 23 STL NL 8 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 50%
1962 24 STL NL 66 0.0% 31.8% 6.1% 3.0% 20% 5.25 2.7 8.0 1.64 55%
1963 25 STL NL 24 0.0% 45.8% 4.2% 0.0% 0% 11.00 1.7 10.00 33%
1964 26 STL NL 18 0.0% 38.9% 0.0% 5.6% 50% 2.1 15.0 7.00 44%
1965 27 STL NL 38 0.0% 50.0% 5.3% 2.6% 20% 9.50 1.7 33.0 1.20 37%
1966 28 STL NL 61 1.6% 41.0% 3.3% 3.3% 40% 12.50 2.2 54.0 9.0 1.58 48%
1967 29 STL NL 71 0.0% 57.8% 1.4% 2.8% 33% 41.00 1.6 22.0 2.57 35%
1968 30 STL NL 79 0.0% 48.1% 10.1% 1.3% 20% 4.75 1.6 12.0 2.67 28%
1969 31 STL NL 39 0.0% 64.1% 2.6% 0.0% 0% 25.00 1.5 1.00 31%
1970 32 CIN NL 16 0.0% 62.5% 6.3% 0.0% 10.00 1.3 13.0 1.00 25%
10 Yrs 420 0.2% 47.9% 4.8% 2.1% 24% 10.05 1.8 361.0 15.0 2.07 39%
MLB Averages 2.2% 15.2% 8.3% 6.2% 28% 1.82 5.9 41.1 9.0 1.10 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1961 23 STL NL -1.6 -0.2 8 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .41 -0.1 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.73 -1.6 0
1962 24 STL NL -6.7 -0.7 68 -0.5 0.6 -1.1 .92 -0.5 -0.1 -3.6 -0.3 0.93 -5.5 0
1963 25 STL NL -4.0 -0.4 24 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 .78 -0.4 0.1 -4.2 -0.4 1.01 -4.2 0
1964 26 STL NL -2.3 -0.2 18 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .92 -0.1 0.0 -2.2 -0.2 1.00 -1.8 0
1965 27 STL NL -4.4 -0.5 38 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 1.05 -0.3 -0.1 -4.5 -0.5 0.95 -4.2 0
1966 28 STL NL -8.9 -0.9 61 -0.7 0.5 -1.2 .92 -0.9 0.2 -7.9 -0.8 0.99 -8.9 0
1967 29 STL NL -11.4 -1.2 72 -1.2 0.4 -1.6 .93 -1.2 -0.2 -10.5 -1.2 0.94 -11.5 0
1968 30 STL NL -7.7 -0.9 80 -1.1 0.4 -1.5 1.04 -1.0 -0.1 -7.6 -0.9 1.05 -8.1 0
1969 31 STL NL -7.4 -0.8 39 -0.9 0.2 -1.1 1.14 -0.7 -0.1 -8.4 -0.9 0.98 -7.0 0
1970 32 CIN NL -3.4 -0.3 16 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 1.04 -0.4 0.1 -4.0 -0.4 0.98 -4.2 0
10 Yrs -58.0 -6.2 424 -5.5 2.8 -8.3 .96 -5.6 -0.2 -54.2 -5.7 0.97 -57.1 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1961 23 STL NL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 24 STL NL 1 0 53% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 60% 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1
1963 25 STL NL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 26 STL NL 1 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 27 STL NL 0 0 43% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1966 28 STL NL 1 0 17% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 29 STL NL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 30 STL NL 0 0 39% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2
1969 31 STL NL 0 0 0% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 32 CIN NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 3 0 36% 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 47% 10 7 3 4 2 2 3 0 3

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
1961 23 STL NL 8 25% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1962 24 STL NL 66 39% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 15 0 0% 13 5 38% 39 7 18% 8 4 50% 2 1 50% 0
1963 25 STL NL 24 25% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 4 0 0% 6 2 33% 17 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1964 26 STL NL 18 11% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 7 0 0% 9 3 33% 10 1 10% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1965 27 STL NL 38 53% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 8 0 0% 9 1 11% 25 1 4% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1966 28 STL NL 61 25% 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 7 4 57% 14 2 14% 17 3 18% 44 6 14% 6 3 50% 3 2 67% 0
1967 29 STL NL 71 42% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 10 0 0% 14 3 21% 41 3 7% 5 1 20% 2 1 50% 0
1968 30 STL NL 79 24% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 11 73% 23 2 9% 25 5 20% 58 5 9% 3 2 67% 7 3 43% 0
1969 31 STL NL 39 38% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 2 29% 6 0 0% 23 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1970 32 CIN NL 16 6% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 6 1 17% 15 1 7% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
10 Yrs 420 32% 38 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 1 0 0 1 0 44 35 80% 92 6 7% 106 24 23% 274 24 9% 30 13 43% 19 9 47% 0
MLB Averages 52% 77% 10% 30% 14% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

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
1961 23 3 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -35 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 24 37 74 64 9 11 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 25 .172 .229 .203 .432 12 13 0 1 4 1 0
1963 25 48 98 83 10 12 2 0 0 7 0 0 5 36 .145 .200 .169 .369 -2 14 0 1 8 1 0
1964 26 63 116 98 12 14 3 0 0 8 0 0 5 43 .143 .190 .173 .364 -3 17 0 1 11 1 0
1965 27 91 154 131 15 19 4 0 0 9 0 0 7 62 .145 .193 .176 .368 -1 23 0 1 14 1 0
1966 28 118 215 185 17 24 5 0 1 15 0 0 9 87 .130 .173 .173 .346 -7 32 2 1 18 2 0
1967 29 145 286 251 17 30 6 1 1 18 0 0 10 128 .120 .155 .163 .319 -13 41 2 1 22 2 0
1968 30 176 365 311 22 35 6 2 1 23 0 0 18 166 .113 .163 .154 .317 -11 48 4 1 33 2 0
1969 31 204 404 348 22 38 6 2 1 23 0 0 19 191 .109 .157 .147 .303 -15 51 6 1 34 2 0
1970 32 239 420 361 22 38 6 2 1 24 0 0 20 201 .105 .153 .141 .295 -17 51 6 1 35 3 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1961 23 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1962 24 34 63 54 6 8 2 0 0 5 0 3 21 .148 .203 .185 .389 2 34
1963 25 11 24 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .000 .050 .000 .050 0 11
1964 26 15 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
1965 27 28 37 32 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 19 .125 .176 .156 .333 1 28
1966 28 27 61 54 2 5 1 0 1 5 0 2 25 .093 .123 .167 .289 1 27
1967 29 27 71 66 0 6 1 1 0 3 0 1 41 .091 .104 .136 .241 1 27
1968 30 31 82 61 7 6 0 1 0 7 0 10 38 .098 .225 .131 .356 2 31
1969 31 28 39 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 .000 .026 .000 .026 0 28
1970 32 35 16 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 35
10 Yrs 239 419 359 17 29 5 2 1 22 0 21 201 .081 .133 .114 .247 7 239
162 Game Avg. 162 284 243 12 20 3 1 1 15 0 14 136 .081 .133 .114 .247 5 239

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