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Ray Starr
Raymond Francis Starr (Iron Man)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 178 lb.

Debut September 11, 1932
Final Game September 26, 1945
Born April 23, 1906 in Nowata, OK
Died February 9, 1963 in Baylis, IL

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1932 26 STL NL   1   1   3   2   1   1   1  0   20.0   19    7    6   2   10    6   1   0    79       0  2.70  3.92  145 1.450
 1933 27 TOT NL   0   2  15   3   0   0   6  0   41.3   51   26   20   4   19   17   2   3   190       0  4.35  3.11   71 1.694
         NYG NL   0   1   6   2   0   0   3  0   13.3   19   11    8   0   10    2   1   0    69       0  5.40  3.20   59 2.175
         BSN NL   0   1   9   1   0   0   3  0   28.0   32   15   12   4    9   15   1   3   121       0  3.86  3.07   80 1.464
 1941 35 CIN NL   3   2   7   4   3   2   2  0   34.0   28   10   10   1    6   11   1   0   136       0  2.65  3.63  137 1.000
 1942 36 CIN NL  15  13  37  33  17   4   2  0  276.7  228   88   82  10  106   83   3   0  1136       0  2.67  3.31  124 1.207 MVP-23,AS
 1943 37 CIN NL  11  10  36  33   9   2   2  1  217.3  201   93   88   9   91   42   5   0   923       1  3.64  3.34   92 1.344
 1944 38 PIT NL   6   5  27  12   5   0   6  3   89.7  116   60   50   6   36   25   1   1   413       0  5.02  3.72   74 1.695
 1945 39 TOT NL   1   2  13   1   0   0   4  0   20.0   27   18   18   1   11    5   0   0    97       0  8.10  3.75   46 1.900
         PIT NL   0   2   4   0   0   0   1  0    6.7   10    7    7   0    4    0   0   0    33       0  9.45  3.95   42 2.100
         CHC NL   1   0   9   1   0   0   3  0   13.3   17   11   11   1    7    5   0   0    64       0  7.43  3.65   49 1.800
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .514  37  35 138  88  35   9  23  4  699.0  670  302  274  33  279  189  13   4  2974       1  3.53  3.41   97 1.358
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  10  41  26  10   2   6  1  210.0  201   90   82   9   83   56   3   1   894   0   0  3.53  3.41   97 1.358
 Career High     15  13  37  33  17   4   6  3  276.7  228   93   88  10  106   83   5   3  1136   0   1  2.67  3.72  124 1.207

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1932 26 STL NL   3    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .250  .250  .250   33    1   1           0    
 1933 27 TOT NL  15   10    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   4  .100  .182  .100  -16    1   1           0   1
         NYG NL   6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
         BSN NL   9    7    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   2  .143  .250  .143   19    1   1           0   1
 1941 35 CIN NL   7   11    1    2   0  0   0    1   0      0   7  .182  .182  .182    2    2   4           0   1
 1942 36 CIN NL  37   88    2    8   1  0   0    1   0      5  35  .091  .140  .102  -29    9  12           0   0 MVP-23,AS
 1943 37 CIN NL  36   74    3    9   1  0   0    6   0      1  25  .122  .133  .135  -22   10   6           0   0
 1944 38 PIT NL  27   22    4    3   1  0   0    3   0      6   9  .136  .321  .182   42    4   0           0   0
 1945 39 TOT NL  13    3    1    2   1  0   0    1   0      0   0  .667  .667 1.000  360    3   1           0   1
         PIT NL   4    1    0    1   1  0   0    1   0      0   0 1.000 1.000 2.000  708    2   0           0   0
         CHC NL   9    2    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .500  .500  .500  181    1   1           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      138  212   12   26   4  0   0   12   0  0  13  81  .123  .173  .142   -9   30  25   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        249   14   31   5  0   0   14   0  0  15  95  .123  .173  .142   -9   35  29   0   0   0   4
 Career High     37   88    4    9   1  0   0    6   0  0   6  35                          10  12   0   0   0   1

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1932 26 STL NL    5    4    0   0.0   106| .250  .288| .250  .341| .250  .416| .500  .758|  33  .000  -0.4   0.0     
 1933 27 TOT NL   12   11    0   0.0    87| .100  .267| .182  .319| .100  .366| .282  .684| -16  .000  -1.5  -0.2     
         NYG NL    3    3    0   0.0    91| .000  .273| .000  .326| .000  .374| .000  .699|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
         BSN NL    9    8    0   0.0    85| .143  .265| .250  .316| .143  .362| .393  .678|  19  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
 1941 35 CIN NL   15   14    0   0.0    95| .182  .267| .182  .338| .182  .376| .364  .714|   2  .000  -1.5  -0.2     
 1942 36 CIN NL  105   92    1   0.3    87| .091  .256| .140  .328| .102  .356| .242  .684| -29  .009 -14.5  -1.6     
 1943 37 CIN NL   81   71    1   0.4    89| .122  .264| .133  .332| .135  .358| .268  .690| -22  .014 -11.8  -1.3     
 1944 38 PIT NL   28   19    1   1.4    97| .136  .273| .321  .340| .182  .383| .503  .723|  42  .119  -1.4  -0.1     
 1945 39 TOT NL    4    3    3  26.8    97| .667  .273| .667  .343|1.000  .377|1.667  .720| 360  .966   1.1   0.1     
         PIT NL    1    0    2         100|1.000  .278|1.000  .348|2.000  .384|3.000  .732| 708         0.8   0.1     
         CHC NL    3    3    1   8.9    95| .500  .271| .500  .340| .500  .374|1.000  .714| 181  .793   0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       250  214    6   0.8    89| .123  .262| .173  .331| .142  .362| .315  .693|  -9  .046 -30.0  -3.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1932 26 STL NL   P    3      2    6    1    1  .889  .952  2.67  1.20  3.60  2.29    2   20.0
 1933 27 TOT NL   P   15      4    9    0    0 1.000  .963  0.87  1.28  2.83  2.35    3   41.3
         NYG NL   P    6      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  0.50  1.28  2.03  2.37    2   13.3
         BSN NL   P    9      4    6    0    0 1.000  .962  1.11  1.28  3.21  2.35    1   28.0
 1941 35 CIN NL   P    7      2    8    1    0  .909  .962  1.43  1.09  2.65  2.22    4   34.0
 1942 36 CIN NL   P   37     12   55    1    3  .985  .968  1.81  1.17  2.18  2.35   33  276.7 AS
 1943 37 CIN NL   P   36      4   50    1    2  .982  .961  1.50  1.16  2.24  2.27   33  217.3
 1944 38 PIT NL   P   27      1   16    1    0  .944  .960  0.63  1.09  1.71  2.14   12   89.7
 1945 39 TOT NL   P   13      0    6    0    0 1.000  .968  0.46  1.05  2.70  2.16    1   20.0
         PIT NL   P    4      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  0.75  1.05  4.03  2.15    0    6.7
         CHC NL   P    9      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  0.33  1.06  2.03  2.17    1   13.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1932 26 STL NL   P    3      2    6    1    1  .889  .952  2.67  1.20  3.60  2.29    2   20.0
 1933 27 TOT NL   P   15      4    9    0    0 1.000  .963  0.87  1.28  2.83  2.35    3   41.3
         NYG NL   P    6      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  0.50  1.28  2.03  2.37    2   13.3
         BSN NL   P    9      4    6    0    0 1.000  .962  1.11  1.28  3.21  2.35    1   28.0
 1941 35 CIN NL   P    7      2    8    1    0  .909  .962  1.43  1.09  2.65  2.22    4   34.0
 1942 36 CIN NL   P   37     12   55    1    3  .985  .968  1.81  1.17  2.18  2.35   33  276.7
 1943 37 CIN NL   P   36      4   50    1    2  .982  .961  1.50  1.16  2.24  2.27   33  217.3
 1944 38 PIT NL   P   27      1   16    1    0  .944  .960  0.63  1.09  1.71  2.14   12   89.7
 1945 39 TOT NL   P   13      0    6    0    0 1.000  .968  0.46  1.05  2.70  2.16    1   20.0
         PIT NL   P    4      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  0.75  1.05  4.03  2.15    0    6.7
         CHC NL   P    9      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  0.33  1.06  2.03  2.17    1   13.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 138     25  150    5    6  .972  .964  1.27  1.15  2.25  2.28   88  699.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       138     25  150    5    6  .972  .964  1.27  1.15  2.25  2.28   88    699

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1942   CIN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+

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.

All-Star
1942

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1942-NL-23-0.03
Car-1205-0.03 shares

Sac. Hits
1942 NL-12-9

ERA
1942 NL-2.67-7

Wins
1942 NL-15-8

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1942 NL-1.207-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
1942 NL-7.42-4

Saves
1944 NL-3-6

Innings
1942 NL-276.7-4

Games Started
1942 NL-33-4
1943 NL-33-5

Comp. Games
1942 NL-17-10

Shutouts
1942 NL-4-5

Home Runs Allow.
1943 NL-9-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1942 NL-106-2
1943 NL-91-6

Hits Allowed
1942 NL-228-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1942 NL-82-9
1943 NL-88-5

Hit Batsmen
1943 NL-5-3

Batters Faced
1942 NL-1136-3

Adjusted ERA+
1942 NL-124-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 21 (1019) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (975) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1118) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
October 10, 1932: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Gus Mancuso to the New York Giants for Ethan Allen, Bob O'Farrell, Bill Walker, and Jim Mooney.
June 12, 1933: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the New York Giants.
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.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1942	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1942-NL-23-0.03 Car-1205-0.03 shares	Sac. Hits 1942 NL-12-9	ERA 1942 NL-2.67-7	Wins 1942 NL-15-8	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1942 NL-1.207-9
Hits Allowed/9IP 1942 NL-7.42-4	Saves 1944 NL-3-6	Innings 1942 NL-276.7-4	Games Started 1942 NL-33-4 1943 NL-33-5	Comp. Games 1942 NL-17-10	Shutouts 1942 NL-4-5
Home Runs Allow. 1943 NL-9-9	Bases On Balls Allow. 1942 NL-106-2 1943 NL-91-6	Hits Allowed 1942 NL-228-5	Earned Runs Allow. 1942 NL-82-9 1943 NL-88-5	Hit Batsmen 1943 NL-5-3	Batters Faced 1942 NL-1136-3
Adjusted ERA+ 1942 NL-124-7