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	15-20 / in Starts: 10-5
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 81 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	53 (28-15-10) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 81 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	54 (27-17-9)

Most Driven In
S Adams	2
J Bottomley	1
P Martin	1
C Gelbert	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
F Frisch	2
C Gelbert	1
Self	1
W Roettger	1
J Bottomley	1
G Watkins	1
M GonzÃ¡lez	1
J Benes	0

1931 Batting Game Log

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1931 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	653	9 (8)	Apr 27	STL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	1.49	-0.214	5.33	-0.46%	-1.54	LF
2	654	10	Apr 28	STL		PIT	W,8-2	CG	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.444	.167	.611	2	.68	0.131	2.23	0.26%	1.55	LF
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
3	655	16 (5)	May 7	STL	@	PIT	W,11-5	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.364	.125	.489	2	1.18	-0.059	5.06	-0.15%	-0.59	LF
4	656	21 (4)	May 18	STL	@	NYG	L,3-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.333	.111	.444	2	1.69	-0.047	9.68	-0.16%	-0.50	PH
5	657	23 (1)	May 20	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.385	.300	.685	1	2.88	0.212	12.14	0.54%	1.10	PH
6	658	26 (2)	May 24 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,13-6	7-7	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.429	.455	.883	5	.03	0.003	.12	0.01%	1.00	PH
7	659	27	May 26	STL		PIT	W,11-9	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.444	.429	.873	2	.45	0.016	2.18	0.05%	0.16	RF
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
8	660	37 (9)	Jun 3	STL		NYG	L,5-9	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.333	.478	.444	.923	2	.66	0.023	4.21	0.09%	0.35	RF
9	661	38	Jun 4	STL		NYG	W,6-5	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		0		0	0	.350	.500	.450	.950	2	1.36	0.035	8.38	0.13%	-0.07	RF
10	662	39	Jun 5	STL		NYG	W,8-7	GS-6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.318	.500	.409	.909	2	1.68	-0.031	10.56	-0.12%	-0.31	RF
11	663	44 (4)	Jun 10	STL		BSN	L,4-13	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.484	.391	.875	9	.12	-0.003	.67	-0.01%	-0.17	PH
12	664	46 (1)	Jun 12	STL		BSN	L,5-7	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.458	.958	7	.97	0.056	5.40	0.19%	0.63	PH
13	665	48 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0	0	.310	.459	.414	.873	2						RF
14	666	49	Jun 14 (2)	STL		PHI	W,13-4	GS-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.310	.474	.414	.887	2						RF
15	667	51 (1)	Jun 18	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.439	.375	.814	2	1.13	-0.123	6.20	-0.40%	-1.16	RF
16	668	53 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.422	.361	.783	2	.65	0.011	3.48	0.03%	-0.03	RF
17	669	55 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.413	.351	.764	2	.48	-0.012	2.60	-0.04%	-0.23	PH RF
18	670	63 (7)	Jun 27 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.408	.350	.758	5	1.47	-0.039	8.52	-0.14%	-0.34	LF
19	671	65 (1)	Jun 29	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	GS-9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.389	.318	.707	3	2.14	-0.112	16.58	-0.52%	-0.82	RF
20	672	66	Jun 30	STL	@	NYG	W,11-10	GS-5	3	3	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.421	.426	.847	3	1.09	0.199	8.46	0.93%	1.95	RF
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
21	673	67	Jul 1	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.393	.392	.786	3	1.64	-0.244	12.57	-1.13%	-2.40	RF
22	674	71 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,8-9	6-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.403	.404	.807	9	2.74	0.163	14.74	0.53%	1.00	PH
23	675	81 (9)	Jul 12 (1)	STL		CHC	L,5-7	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.413	.415	.828	5	1.76	0.079	12.83	0.35%	0.39	PH LF
24	676	85 (3)	Jul 15	STL		BRO	L,3-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.406	.407	.814	9	.38	-0.011	2.52	-0.04%	-0.45	PH
25	677	88 (2)	Jul 18	STL		NYG	L,0-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.400	.400	.800	9	.69	-0.018	5.48	-0.08%	-0.17	PH
26	678	95 (6)	Jul 26 (1)	STL		BSN	L,2-3	0-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.286	.394	.393	.787	2						PH
27	679	97 (1)	Jul 28	STL		BSN	W,1-0	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.388	.386	.774	7	2.10	-0.060	9.63	-0.17%	-0.37	PH
28	680	98	Jul 29	STL		BSN	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.382	.379	.762	9	.97	-0.026	4.16	-0.07%	-0.25	PH
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
29	681	113 (14)	Aug 16 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.377	.373	.750	9	.00	0.003	.00	0.01%	0.61	PH
30	682	117 (3)	Aug 19 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.371	.367	.738	9	3.93	-0.096	6.12	-0.09%	-0.32	PH
31	683	126 (8)	Aug 28	STL		PIT	W,6-4	7-8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.380	.367	.747	9	.96	0.027	.25	0.00%	0.24	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
32	684	145 (18)	Sep 16	STL		PHI	W,6-3	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.384	.371	.755	2	.58	0.062	.00	0.00%	0.69	RF
33	685	146	Sep 17	STL		NYG	L,2-7	5-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.387	.391	.777	9	.68	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.17	PH LF
34	686	148 (1)	Sep 19	STL		NYG	L,6-10	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.382	.385	.766	9	4.29	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-0.82	PH
35	687	150 (1)	Sep 21	STL		BRO	W,11-10	6-GF(10)	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.392	.388	.780	5	2.03	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.35	PH LF
							15-20		81	67	10	19	4	0	1	7	10	0	7	2	2		0		1	0	.284	.392	.388	.780		1.25	-0.127	6.14	-0.48%	-0.33

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