Ray Blades

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-7, 163lb (170cm, 73kg)

Born: August 6, 1896 in Mount Vernon, IL us

Died: May 18, 1979 in Lincoln, IL

Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, McLeansboro, IL

Debut: August 19, 1922 (Age 26-013d, 5,492nd in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1932 (Age 36-050d)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: Francis Raymond Blades

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.5

2415

726

.301

467

RBI

340

OBP

.395

SLG

.460

OPS

.855

OPS+

123

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-32 / in Starts: 11-7
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 111 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	82 (39-27-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 111 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	73 (36-23-13)

Most Driven In
J Bottomley	6
C Hafey	5
J Wilson	2
F Frisch	2
G Harper	1
A High	1
W Roettger	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
P Alexander	2
Self	1
R Maranville	1
V Davis	1
G Mancuso	1
T Thevenow	1
J Wilson	0

1928 Batting Game Log

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1928 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	557	6 (5)	Apr 17	STL		CHC	L,2-3	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	1.91	0.099	5.24	0.16%	0.23	PH
2	558	9 (2)	Apr 23	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	2.89	0.115	8.41	0.20%	0.39	PH
3	559	11 (1)	Apr 25	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.90	-0.023	2.67	-0.04%	-0.24	PH
4	560	14 (2)	Apr 29	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						PH
5	561	15	Apr 30	STL		CIN	L,4-6	6-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	7	1.81	0.023	5.61	0.04%	0.24	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	562	16	May 1	STL		CIN	L,3-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	1	.92	-0.119	2.60	-0.20%	-1.17	LF
7	563	17	May 2	STL		CIN	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.143	.077	.220	5	1.32	0.038	3.61	0.06%	0.11	LF
8	564	18	May 3	STL		CIN	W,7-5	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3		0		0	0	.071	.133	.071	.205	5	.45	-0.022	1.04	-0.03%	-0.73	LF
9	565	19	May 5	STL		BRO	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.158	.111	.269	5	1.58	-0.047	3.96	-0.07%	-0.67	LF
10	566	21 (1)	May 6 (2)	STL		BRO	L,4-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.150	.105	.255	8	2.50	-0.065	6.24	-0.10%	-0.25	PH
11	567	22	May 7	STL		BRO	W,6-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.143	.100	.243	9	3.84	-0.109	8.27	-0.14%	-0.52	PH
12	568	23	May 8	STL		PHI	W,15-4	CG	5	4	1	2	2	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.231	.250	.481	6	.83	0.144	1.99	0.21%	3.12	RF
13	569	24	May 9	STL		PHI	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.233	.222	.456	6	.36	-0.039	.84	-0.06%	-0.92	RF
14	570	25	May 10	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.265	.323	.587	6	1.64	0.408	4.14	0.62%	1.67	RF
15	571	26	May 11	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.316	.353	.669	6	1.46	0.191	4.05	0.32%	1.69	RF
16	572	27	May 12	STL		BSN	W,5-3	GS-2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.235	.333	.353	.686	6	2.93	0.095	8.90	0.17%	1.00	RF
17	573	28	May 13	STL		BSN	L,5-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.229	.325	.343	.668	8						PH
18	574	29	May 14	STL		BSN	W,4-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.317	.333	.650	9	.75	-0.019	2.09	-0.03%	-0.17	PH
19	575	31 (1)	May 18	STL		NYG	L,6-10	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.310	.324	.634	9	.73	-0.021	2.68	-0.05%	-0.52	PH
20	576	32	May 19	STL		NYG	L,3-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.302	.316	.618	8	2.64	-0.076	8.17	-0.14%	-0.37	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	577	46 (13)	Jun 2	STL	@	PHI	W,13-12	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.318	.316	.634	9	1.51	0.068	3.96	0.11%	0.40	PH
22	578	57 (10)	Jun 16	STL	@	BRO	W,6-5	9-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.333	.410	.744	8	1.26	0.359	6.51	1.11%	2.60	PH
23	579	67 (9)	Jun 25	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	11-11	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.348	.475	.823	8	5.90	0.269	41.64	1.14%	2.68	PH
24	580	70 (2)	Jun 30	STL		PIT	L,3-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.340	.463	.804	8	1.43	-0.036	8.29	-0.13%	-0.17	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	581	71	Jul 1 (1)	STL		PIT	L,0-2	GS-0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.227	.333	.432	.765	5						RF
26	582	73 (1)	Jul 3	STL		CHC	L,5-13	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.327	.422	.749	8	2.41	-0.059	16.22	-0.24%	-0.31	PH
27	583	75 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	L,9-16	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.217	.321	.413	.734	9						PH
28	584	81 (5)	Jul 11	STL		NYG	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.315	.404	.719	8	1.94	-0.051	15.29	-0.24%	-0.25	PH
29	585	84 (2)	Jul 14	STL		BRO	L,2-5	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.327	.404	.732	9	.99	0.049	6.86	0.20%	0.39	PH
30	586	93 (8)	Jul 25	STL	@	BRO	L,1-8	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.339	.404	.744	6	.01	0.000	.07	0.00%	0.21	PH
31	587	98 (4)	Jul 30	STL	@	PHI	L,7-8	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.351	.404	.755	9	4.53	0.058	28.90	0.22%	0.35	PH
32	588	99	Jul 31	STL	@	PHI	W,18-5	CG	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.381	.420	.801	6	.46	0.047	3.01	0.18%	0.70	RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	589	102 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-2	GS-10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.373	.396	.769	6	1.35	0.005	7.69	0.02%	-0.24	RF
34	590	103	Aug 4 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.368	.389	.757	9	1.39	-0.036	7.50	-0.12%	-0.10	PH
35	591	104	Aug 5	STL	@	NYG	W,6-4	GS-15	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.373	.393	.767	6	1.32	-0.001	10.77	-0.01%	1.52	RF
36	592	106 (1)	Aug 8	STL	@	NYG	L,5-10	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.377	.387	.764	6	.20	0.000	1.62	0.00%	-0.16	PH RF
37	593	108 (1)	Aug 10	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS-12	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.378	.379	.757	6	1.30	0.089	9.07	0.37%	0.71	RF
38	594	113 (4)	Aug 16	STL		BSN	L,4-9	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.372	.362	.734	6	.21	-0.013	1.36	-0.05%	-0.27	RF
39	595	114	Aug 17	STL		NYG	L,2-3	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.379	.362	.742	6	5.16	0.146	55.84	0.95%	0.67	PH
40	596	115	Aug 18	STL		NYG	L,2-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.386	.371	.758	8	3.61	0.074	43.58	0.54%	0.21	PH
41	597	116	Aug 19	STL		NYG	L,2-3	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.393	.371	.765	9	6.76	0.102	86.80	0.79%	0.34	PH
42	598	119 (2)	Aug 22	STL		BRO	L,2-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.391	.361	.752	5	2.18	-0.311	16.71	-1.43%	-1.40	RF
43	599	122 (2)	Aug 26	STL		PHI	W,6-1	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.398	.370	.768	7	.05	0.002	.44	0.01%	0.39	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	600	129 (6)	Sep 3 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-9	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.402	.403	.805	6	1.15	0.179	6.98	0.65%	1.23	RF
45	601	133 (3)	Sep 8	STL		PIT	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.398	.397	.795	8	1.27	-0.033	9.23	-0.14%	-0.17	PH
46	602	135 (1)	Sep 10	STL		CIN	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.394	.392	.786	8	.59	-0.021	5.90	-0.13%	-1.22	PH
47	603	140 (4)	Sep 15 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.398	.390	.788	6	1.93	-0.027	22.45	-0.19%	-0.61	RF
48	604	141	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-6	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.394	.386	.780	7	3.19	-0.085	37.01	-0.59%	-0.81	PH
49	605	145 (3)	Sep 20 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.390	.381	.771	6	1.35	-0.043	27.32	-0.52%	-0.62	PH
50	606	146	Sep 22	STL	@	NYG	L,5-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.387	.376	.763	8	1.24	-0.036	32.87	-0.57%	-0.24	PH
51	607	152 (5)	Sep 28	STL	@	BSN	W,10-3	15-15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.393	.376	.769	9	6.00	0.186	120.65	2.25%	1.00	PH
							19-32		111	85	9	20	7	1	1	19	20	0	26	2	3		2		0	0	.235	.393	.376	.769		1.47	1.454	10.21	5.12%	9.67

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