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Jay Ritchie
Jay Seay Ritchie

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 190 lb.

Debut August 4, 1964
  vs. MIN 4.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 6, 1968
Born November 20, 1936 in Salisbury, NC

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1964 27 BOS AL   1   1  21   0   0   0   4  0   46.0   43   21   14   4   14   35   0   0   195   2   0  2.74  3.84  140 1.239
 1965 28 BOS AL   1   2  44   0   0   0  24  2   71.0   83   30   25   3   26   55   1   0   311   5   1  3.17  3.74  118 1.535
 1966 29 ATL NL   0   1  22   0   0   0   9  4   35.3   32   17   16   3   12   33   0   0   150   4   1  4.08  3.68   90 1.245
 1967 30 ATL NL   4   6  52   0   0   0  15  2   82.3   75   32   29   6   29   57   4   6   351  11   0  3.17  3.34  105 1.263
 1968 31 CIN NL   2   3  28   2   0   0   6  0   56.7   68   32   29   7   13   32   1   3   251   2   0  4.61  3.16   69 1.429
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .381   8  13 167   2   0   0  58  8  291.3  301  132  113  23   94  212   6   9  1258  24   2  3.49  3.52  101 1.356
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3   5  67   0   0   0  23  3  117.0  121   53   45   9   37   85   2   3   506   9   0  3.49  3.52  101 1.356
 Career High      4   6  52   2   0   0  24  4   82.3   83   32   29   7   29   57   4   6   351  11   1  2.74  3.84  140 1.239

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1964 27 BOS AL  21    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .111  .111  .111  -39    1   0   0   0   0   1
 1965 28 BOS AL  44    5    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   2  .200  .333  .200   52    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1966 29 ATL NL  22    4    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0  .500  .500  .500  177    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1967 30 ATL NL  52   10    0    3   0  1   0    1   0  0   0   2  .300  .300  .500  127    5   0   0   0   0   0
 1968 31 CIN NL  28    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      167   35    0    7   0  1   0    3   0  0   1   8  .200  .222  .257   35    9   1   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         34    0    7   0  1   0    3   0  0   1   8  .200  .222  .257   35    9   1   0   0   0   2
 Career High     52   10    0    3   0  1   0    1   0  0   1   2                           5   1   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1964 27 BOS AL    9    9    0   0.0   100| .111  .261| .111  .330| .111  .406| .222  .736| -39  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1965 28 BOS AL    6    4    0   0.0    97| .200  .257| .333  .328| .200  .394| .533  .723|  52  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1966 29 ATL NL    5    3    1   9.0    99| .500  .268| .500  .327| .500  .404|1.000  .731| 177  .799   0.4   0.0   0%
 1967 30 ATL NL   10    7    2   7.7    90| .300  .257| .300  .319| .500  .377| .800  .696| 127  .771   0.2   0.0   0%
 1968 31 CIN NL    7    8    0   0.0    86| .000  .259| .000  .318| .000  .365| .000  .682|-100  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        37   31    3   2.6    94| .200  .260| .222  .324| .257  .387| .479  .712|  35  .313  -3.2  -0.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1964 27 BOS AL P 21 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.38 0.72 1.57 1.90 0 46.0 1965 28 BOS AL P 44 4 12 2 1 .889 .952 0.36 0.75 2.03 2.04 0 71.0 1966 29 ATL NL P 22 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.36 0.74 2.04 1.96 0 35.3 1967 30 ATL NL P 52 8 16 2 1 .923 .960 0.46 0.78 2.62 2.00 0 82.3 1968 31 CIN NL P 28 0 7 0 0 1.000 .959 0.25 0.85 1.11 2.02 2 56.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1964 27 BOS AL P 21 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.38 0.72 1.57 1.90 0 46.0 1965 28 BOS AL P 44 4 12 2 1 .889 .952 0.36 0.75 2.03 2.04 0 71.0 1966 29 ATL NL P 22 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.36 0.74 2.04 1.96 0 35.3 1967 30 ATL NL P 52 8 16 2 1 .923 .960 0.46 0.78 2.62 2.00 0 82.3 1968 31 CIN NL P 28 0 7 0 0 1.000 .959 0.25 0.85 1.11 2.02 2 56.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 167 15 48 4 2 .940 .956 0.38 0.77 1.95 1.99 2 291.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 167 15 48 4 2 .940 .956 0.38 0.77 1.95 1.99 2 291
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1967 NL-52-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2553) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

December, 1955: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

January 11, 1966: Sent by the Boston Red Sox to the Atlanta Braves to complete an earlier deal made on December 15, 1965. The Boston Red Sox sent a player to be named later, Lee Thomas, and Arnold Earley to the Atlanta Braves for Bob Sadowski and Dan Osinski. The Boston Red Sox sent Jay Ritchie (January 11, 1966) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

October 10, 1967: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Jim Beauchamp and Mack Jones to the Cincinnati Reds for Deron Johnson.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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