Ray Washburn
Ray Clark Washburn
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 31, 1938 in Pasco, WA
High School: Columbia-Burbank (Burbank, WA)
School: Whitworth College
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1961
Final Game: October 1, 1970
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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
1961 23 STL NL 1 1 .500 1.77 3 2 1 1 0 0 20.1 10 4 4 1 7 0 12 1 1 1 75 250 0.836 4.4 0.4 3.1 5.3 1.71
1962 24 STL NL 12 9 .571 4.10 34 25 3 2 1 0 175.2 187 90 80 25 58 2 109 3 0 6 758 105 1.395 9.6 1.3 3.0 5.6 1.88
1963 25 STL NL 5 3 .625 3.08 11 11 0 4 2 0 64.1 50 25 22 5 14 0 47 1 1 0 252 116 0.995 7.0 0.7 2.0 6.6 3.36
1964 26 STL NL 3 4 .429 4.05 15 10 3 0 0 2 60.0 60 29 27 7 17 2 28 5 0 0 255 94 1.283 9.0 1.1 2.6 4.2 1.65
1965 27 STL NL 9 11 .450 3.62 28 16 8 1 1 2 119.1 114 57 48 15 28 7 67 1 0 3 490 107 1.190 8.6 1.1 2.1 5.1 2.39
1966 28 STL NL 11 9 .550 3.76 27 26 1 4 1 0 170.0 183 75 71 15 44 5 98 1 2 1 712 96 1.335 9.7 0.8 2.3 5.2 2.23
1967 29 STL NL 10 7 .588 3.53 27 27 0 3 1 0 186.1 190 78 73 14 42 7 98 4 0 2 777 93 1.245 9.2 0.7 2.0 4.7 2.33
1968 30 STL NL 14 8 .636 2.26 31 30 1 8 4 0 215.0 191 67 54 9 47 7 124 1 0 3 861 128 1.107 8.0 0.4 2.0 5.2 2.64
1969 31 STL NL 3 8 .273 3.06 28 16 5 2 0 1 132.1 133 59 45 9 49 9 80 1 0 4 569 116 1.375 9.0 0.6 3.3 5.4 1.63
1970 32 CIN NL 4 4 .500 6.92 35 3 9 0 0 0 66.1 90 61 51 7 48 9 37 0 0 0 331 60 2.080 12.2 0.9 6.5 5.0 0.77
10 Seasons 72 64 .529 3.53 239 166 31 25 10 5 1209.2 1208 545 475 107 354 48 700 18 4 20 5080 102 1.291 9.0 0.8 2.6 5.2 1.98
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .529 3.53 40 28 5 4 2 1 203 203 92 80 18 59 8 118 3 1 3 853 102 1.291 9.0 0.8 2.6 5.2 1.98
STL (9 yrs) 68 60 .531 3.34 204 163 22 25 10 5 1143.1 1118 484 424 100 306 39 663 18 4 20 4749 107 1.245 8.8 0.8 2.4 5.2 2.17
CIN (1 yr) 4 4 .500 6.92 35 3 9 0 0 0 66.1 90 61 51 7 48 9 37 0 0 0 331 60 2.080 12.2 0.9 6.5 5.0 0.77

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1967 29 STL NL WS W BOS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 9 0.857 3.9 0.0 3.9 7.7 2.00
1968 30 STL NL WS L DET 1 1 .500 9.82 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.1 7 8 8 2 7 0 6 0 0 0 35 1.909 8.6 2.5 8.6 7.4 0.86
1970 32 CIN NL WS L BAL 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
3 Seasons (3 Series) 1 1 .500 8.18 5 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 10 10 10 2 10 1 8 0 0 0 52 1.818 8.2 1.6 8.2 6.5 0.80
3 WS 1 1 .500 8.18 5 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 10 10 10 2 10 1 8 0 0 0 52 1.818 8.2 1.6 8.2 6.5 0.80

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
1961 23 STL NL 3 75 66 4 10 3 1 1 2 0 7 12 .152 .243 .273 .516 .170 18 4 1 1 0 0
1962 24 STL NL 34 757 685 90 187 30 8 25 12 8 58 109 .273 .331 .450 .781 .292 308 16 3 8 3 2
1963 25 STL NL 11 252 236 25 50 8 1 5 2 3 14 47 .212 .259 .318 .577 .245 75 7 1 1 0 0
1964 26 STL NL 15 255 227 29 60 7 0 7 0 2 17 28 .264 .325 .388 .713 .272 88 6 5 3 3 2
1965 27 STL NL 28 490 448 57 114 23 3 15 3 4 28 67 .254 .298 .420 .718 .268 188 7 1 10 3 7
1966 28 STL NL 27 712 655 75 183 17 4 15 6 4 44 98 .279 .324 .386 .710 .308 253 16 1 8 4 5
1967 29 STL NL 27 777 718 78 190 23 2 14 1 9 42 98 .265 .307 .361 .668 .289 259 11 4 9 4 7
1968 30 STL NL 31 861 798 67 191 18 8 9 7 7 47 124 .239 .282 .316 .597 .272 252 21 1 12 3 7
1969 31 STL NL 28 570 511 59 133 17 4 9 11 4 49 80 .260 .323 .362 .685 .290 185 12 1 4 5 9
1970 32 CIN NL 35 331 278 61 90 17 3 7 0 1 48 37 .324 .421 .482 .903 .352 134 9 0 3 2 9
10 Seasons 239 5080 4622 545 1208 163 34 107 44 42 354 700 .261 .315 .381 .695 .287 1760 109 18 59 27 48
162 Game Avg. 40 853 776 92 203 27 6 18 7 7 59 118 .261 .315 .381 .695 .287 296 18 3 10 5 8
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
1961 23 STL NL 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 2 100% 67 73 60 0 0 0 0 6.5 6.8 8.0
1962 24 STL NL 34 25 11 7 7 4 2 15 9 .625 1 4 2 1 10 40% 49 86 7 25 3 6 11 4.8 5.1 6.2
1963 25 STL NL 11 11 5 3 3 0 1 7 4 .636 0 1 4 2 6 55% 58 89 27 2 0 1 5 3.8 3.7 5.8
1964 26 STL NL 15 10 3 4 3 0 3 4 6 .400 1 0 0 0 6 60% 52 71 29 9 2 0 8 3.0 3.7 5.2
1965 27 STL NL 28 16 4 9 3 0 4 6 10 .375 1 2 1 1 11 69% 53 82 34 12 1 2 10 3.4 2.9 6.3
1966 28 STL NL 27 26 11 9 6 5 4 15 11 .577 2 0 4 1 13 50% 51 85 11 25 10 1 17 4.1 4.5 6.5
1967 29 STL NL 27 27 10 7 10 1 2 16 11 .593 3 3 3 1 19 70% 54 85 11 32 13 2 8 3.9 3.8 6.9
1968 30 STL NL 31 30 13 8 9 1 5 18 12 .600 2 4 8 4 22 73% 60 90 31 10 1 2 13 3.8 3.6 7.1
1969 31 STL NL 28 16 2 8 6 0 4 5 11 .313 1 4 2 0 10 63% 52 71 32 15 6 0 12 3.3 2.2 6.4
1970 32 CIN NL 35 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 27 41 13 17 5 0 3 3.7 2.6 2.2
10 Seasons 239 166 60 58 48 11 26 87 78 .527 11 19 25 10 99 60% 53 90 7 147 41 14 87 3.9 3.9 6.4
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
1961 23 STL NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0.602 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 13.0
1962 24 STL NL 34 9 3 1 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 2 33% 3 1.001 2 1 6 1 1 7 5 4 5 3 5 1 7.1
1964 26 STL NL 15 5 3 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0% 7 0.832 0 0 3 2 0 3 1 4 4 0 4 0 4.8
1965 27 STL NL 28 12 8 5 2 2 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 8 1.089 6 0 6 2 5 5 0 12 7 1 7 0 4.6
1966 28 STL NL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.987 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1968 30 STL NL 31 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.030 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1969 31 STL NL 28 12 5 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 5 63% 7 1.121 3 2 7 2 2 8 4 8 9 1 9 1 7.5
1970 32 CIN NL 35 32 9 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 34 15 44% 5 0.812 6 7 19 2 2 28 16 16 20 8 21 7 5.6
8 Seasons 201 73 31 12 6 6 5 1 83% 6 0 50 22 44% 0.999 17 11 43 9 10 54 27 46 48 13 49 9 6.0

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%
1961 23 STL NL 75 39% 1.3% 16.0% 9.3% 6.7% 50% 1.53 71% 14 4 29%
1962 24 STL NL 757 41% 3.3% 14.4% 7.7% 8.3% 34% 1.12 73% 146 16 11%
1963 25 STL NL 252 44% 2.0% 18.7% 5.6% 5.6% 28% 1.27 73% 40 7 18%
1964 26 STL NL 255 49% 2.8% 11.0% 6.7% 5.5% 23% 1.13 76% 52 6 12%
1965 27 STL NL 490 43% 3.1% 13.7% 5.7% 8.4% 36% 1.52 75% 79 7 9%
1966 28 STL NL 712 43% 2.1% 13.8% 6.2% 5.1% 20% 1.41 77% 130 16 12%
1967 29 STL NL 777 46% 1.8% 12.6% 5.4% 5.0% 21% 1.29 79% 134 11 8%
1968 30 STL NL 861 41% 1.1% 14.4% 5.5% 4.1% 18% 1.25 78% 157 21 13%
1969 31 STL NL 570 41% 1.6% 14.0% 8.6% 5.3% 23% 1.21 75% 90 12 13%
1970 32 CIN NL 331 35% 2.1% 11.2% 14.5% 8.2% 30% 1.45 71% 90 9 10%
10 Seasons 5080 42% 2.1% 13.8% 7.0% 6.0% 25% 1.29 76% 932 109 12%
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
1961 23 STL NL 75 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 67% 1 1 0 24 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1962 24 STL NL 757 187 25 0 8 12 13 7 18 38 17 6 45% 12 6 2 280 12 8 60% 12 7 0 1 0 0 2 1 14 0
1963 25 STL NL 252 50 5 0 7 3 2 4 1 13 9 1 69% 2 0 0 67 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1964 26 STL NL 255 60 7 0 4 3 4 6 1 13 6 2 46% 3 0 0 94 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
1965 27 STL NL 490 114 15 0 6 10 5 8 7 26 12 3 46% 7 3 1 155 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1966 28 STL NL 712 183 15 0 4 8 7 5 10 23 15 1 65% 6 1 1 266 6 4 60% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1967 29 STL NL 777 190 14 0 3 7 7 11 3 21 17 1 81% 10 2 0 272 1 9 10% 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1968 30 STL NL 861 191 9 0 14 3 6 2 7 46 23 3 50% 14 3 0 274 7 7 50% 7 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 0
1969 31 STL NL 570 133 9 0 10 5 4 6 3 35 19 5 54% 10 4 0 207 11 4 73% 11 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 13 0
1970 32 CIN NL 331 90 7 0 36 5 2 3 4 39 24 7 62% 7 0 0 136 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Seasons 5080 1208 107 0 92 57 50 52 55 257 144 29 56% 72 20 4 1775 44 42 51% 43 39 1 3 0 0 10 3 74 0
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+
1961 23 1 1 .500 1.77 3 2 1 1 0 0 20.1 10 4 4 1 7 0 12 1 1 1 75 250 0.836 4.4 0.4 3.1 5.3 1.71 250
1962 24 13 10 .565 3.86 37 27 4 3 1 0 196.0 197 94 84 26 65 2 121 4 1 7 833 112 1.337 9.0 1.2 3.0 5.6 1.86 112
1963 25 18 13 .581 3.66 48 38 4 7 3 0 260.1 247 119 106 31 79 2 168 5 2 7 1085 113 1.252 8.5 1.1 2.7 5.8 2.13 113
1964 26 21 17 .553 3.74 63 48 7 7 3 2 320.1 307 148 133 38 96 4 196 10 2 7 1340 109 1.258 8.6 1.1 2.7 5.5 2.04 109
1965 27 30 28 .517 3.71 91 64 15 8 4 4 439.2 421 205 181 53 124 11 263 11 2 10 1830 108 1.240 8.6 1.1 2.5 5.4 2.12 108
1966 28 41 37 .526 3.72 118 90 16 12 5 4 609.2 604 280 252 68 168 16 361 12 4 11 2542 105 1.266 8.9 1.0 2.5 5.3 2.15 105
1967 29 51 44 .537 3.67 145 117 16 15 6 4 796.0 794 358 325 82 210 23 459 16 4 13 3319 102 1.261 9.0 0.9 2.4 5.2 2.19 102
1968 30 65 52 .556 3.37 176 147 17 23 10 4 1011.0 985 425 379 91 257 30 583 17 4 16 4180 106 1.228 8.8 0.8 2.3 5.2 2.27 106
1969 31 68 60 .531 3.34 204 163 22 25 10 5 1143.1 1118 484 424 100 306 39 663 18 4 20 4749 107 1.245 8.8 0.8 2.4 5.2 2.17 107
1970 32 72 64 .529 3.53 239 166 31 25 10 5 1209.2 1208 545 475 107 354 48 700 18 4 20 5080 102 1.291 9.0 0.8 2.6 5.2 1.98 102

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1961 23 2 0 1.000 1.80 20.0 10 4 4 1 7 12 1 0.850 4.5 3.2 5.4 1.71 0.5 3
1962 24 10 9 .526 3.75 173.0 179 80 72 24 56 107 3 1.358 9.3 2.9 5.6 1.91 1.2 34
1963 25 3 3 .500 3.54 61.0 52 27 24 5 15 45 1 1.098 7.7 2.2 6.6 3.00 0.7 11
1964 26 3 3 .500 4.42 57.0 61 31 28 7 17 27 5 1.368 9.6 2.7 4.3 1.59 1.1 15
1965 27 6 6 .500 3.79 114.0 115 53 48 15 28 64 1 1.254 9.1 2.2 5.1 2.29 1.2 28
1966 28 8 9 .471 4.39 158.0 190 86 77 16 46 91 1 1.494 10.8 2.6 5.2 1.98 0.9 27
1967 29 8 11 .421 4.53 173.0 207 97 87 15 46 91 4 1.462 10.8 2.4 4.7 1.98 0.8 27
1968 30 12 9 .571 3.29 194.0 218 79 71 10 54 112 1 1.402 10.1 2.5 5.2 2.07 0.5 31
1969 31 7 6 .538 3.60 125.0 140 56 50 9 52 76 1 1.536 10.1 3.7 5.5 1.46 0.6 28
1970 32 2 5 .286 6.65 65.0 88 53 48 7 47 36 0 2.077 12.2 6.5 5.0 0.77 1.0 35
10 Seasons 61 61 .500 4.02 1140.0 1260 566 509 109 368 661 18 1.428 9.9 5.2 1.80 0.9 239

* 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

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1968 NL--2.260--8th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1968 NL--.636--6th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 NL--2.029--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1962 NL--25--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 NL--.377--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1968 NL--128--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (917), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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