Jim Ray

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: December 1, 1944 in Rock Hill, SC us

Died: May 26, 2005 in Margate, FL

Last Game: September 30, 1974 (Age 29-303d)
vs. BAL 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: James Francis Ray

Nicknames: Sting

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.5

ERA

3.61

308

618.0

407

WHIP

1.314

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1963	18		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A	BAL	5	1	.833	2.77	4.33	10	6		4	1		52.0	35	25	16	0	37	0	80	1	0	0		1.385	6.1	0.0	6.4	13.8	2.16
1963	18	-2.4	Fox Cities	MIDW	A	BAL	0	1	.000	0.00	13.50	1	1		0	0		2.0	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1963	18	-1.3	Bluefield	APPY	Rk	BAL	5	0	1.000	2.88	3.96	9	5		4	1		50.0	33	22	16	0	37	0	78	1	0	0		1.400	5.9	0.0	6.7	14.0	2.11
1964	19	-4.0	San Antonio	TL	AA	HOU	4	4	.500	3.72	4.60	16	16		3	2		92.0	76	47	38	5	55	1	77	1	1	7		1.424	7.4	0.5	5.4	7.5	1.40
1965	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	HOU	9	7	.563	2.71	3.05	21	18		7	1		133.0	97	45	40	10	68	2	146	6	0	8		1.241	6.6	0.7	4.6	9.9	2.15
1965	20	-3.0	Amarillo	TL	AA	HOU	4	4	.500	2.83	3.21	13	10		2	1		70.0	51	25	22	5	31	1	61	3	0	4		1.171	6.6	0.6	4.0	7.8	1.97
1965	20	-1.6	Durham	CARL	A	HOU	5	3	.625	2.57	2.86	8	8		5	0		63.0	46	20	18	5	37	1	85	3	0	4		1.317	6.6	0.7	5.3	12.1	2.30
1965	20	-8.3	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	0	2	.000	10.57	10.57	3	2	1	0	0	0	7.2	11	9	9	1	6	0	7	0	0	0	38	2.217	12.9	1.2	7.0	8.2	1.17
1966	21	-4.6	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	HOU	8	7	.533	3.97	4.75	29	20		2	1		127.0	111	67	56	11	69	1	108	2	0	10		1.417	7.9	0.8	4.9	7.7	1.57
1966	21	-6.8	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	0	0		inf	inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1						0.00
1967	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	HOU	11	12	.478	2.94	3.66	30	25		13	2		187.0	153	76	61	16	98	2	180	2	1	5		1.342	7.4	0.8	4.7	8.7	1.84
1967	22	-3.5	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	HOU	3	11	.214	4.24	5.02	20	15		6	0		104.0	95	58	49	11	54	2	95	1	1	4		1.433	8.2	1.0	4.7	8.2	1.76
1967	22	-1.3	Amarillo	TL	AA	HOU	8	1	.889	1.30	1.95	10	10		7	2		83.0	58	18	12	5	44	0	85	1	0	1		1.229	6.3	0.5	4.8	9.2	1.93
1968	23	-4.4	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	2	3	.400	2.67	2.89	41	2	14	1	0	1	81.0	65	26	24	5	25	8	71	1	1	1	333	1.111	7.2	0.6	2.8	7.9	2.84
1969	24	-3.0	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	8	2	.800	3.91	4.30	40	13	4	0	0	0	115.0	105	55	50	11	48	4	115	2	0	4	489	1.330	8.2	0.9	3.8	9.0	2.40
1969	24	2.5	Astros	FLIN	WRk	HOU	0	0		3.00	3.00	2	2		0		0	6.0	4	2	2	0	4	0	7	0	0	0		1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	10.5	1.75
1970	25	-2.1	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	6	3	.667	3.26	3.34	52	2	16	0	0	5	105.0	97	39	38	13	49	2	67	0	1	3	443	1.390	8.3	1.1	4.2	5.7	1.37
1971	26	-1.4	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	10	4	.714	2.12	2.49	47	1	21	0	0	3	97.2	72	27	23	3	31	5	46	2	1	5	382	1.055	6.6	0.3	2.9	4.2	1.48
1972	27	-0.1	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	10	9	.526	4.28	4.98	54	0	25	0	0	8	90.1	77	50	43	10	44	6	50	3	0	4	393	1.339	7.7	1.0	4.4	5.0	1.14
1973	28	0.7	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	6	4	.600	4.43	4.83	42	0	15	0	0	6	69.0	65	37	34	5	38	8	25	3	0	2	306	1.493	8.5	0.7	5.0	3.3	0.66
1974	29	0.9	DET	AL	Maj	DET	1	3	.250	4.47	4.64	28	0	19	0	0	2	52.1	49	27	26	4	29	4	26	1	0	2	229	1.490	8.4	0.7	5.0	4.5	0.90
1975	30	5.7	Denver	AA	AAA	CHW	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		3.000	0.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
1976	31	8.6	Columbus	SOUL	AA	HOU	1	1	.500	11.77	13.15	8	3		0	0	0	13.0	20	19	17	1	14	0	5	0	0	3		2.615	13.8	0.7	9.7	3.5	0.36
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (9 seasons)					Majors		43	30	.589	3.61	3.95	308	20	115	1	0	25	618.0	541	271	248	52	271	37	407	12	3	21	2614	1.314	7.9	0.8	3.9	5.9	1.50
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		38	32	.543	3.39	4.15	116	88		29	7	0	605.0	492	279	228	43	344	6	596	12	2	33		1.382	7.3	0.6	5.1	8.9	1.73
Other (1 season)					Other		0	0		3.00	3.00	2	2		0		0	6.0	4	2	2	0	4	0	7	0	0	0		1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	10.5	1.75
All Levels (14 Seasons)							81	62	.566	3.50	4.04	426	110	115	30	7	25	1229.0	1037	552	478	95	619	43	1010	24	5	54	2614	1.347	7.6	0.7	4.5	7.4	1.63

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		11	18	.379	4.07	4.85	51	35		8	1	0	232.0	206	125	105	22	126	3	203	3	1	14		1.431	8.0	0.9	4.9	7.9	1.61
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		17	10	.630	3.10	3.80	47	39		12	5	0	258.0	205	109	89	16	144	2	228	5	1	15		1.353	7.2	0.6	5.0	8.0	1.58
A (2 seasons)					Minors		5	4	.556	2.49	3.18	9	9		5	0		65.0	48	23	18	5	37	1	87	3	0	4		1.308	6.6	0.7	5.1	12.0	2.35
Rk (1 season)					Minors		5	0	1.000	2.88	3.96	9	5		4	1		50.0	33	22	16	0	37	0	78	1	0	0		1.400	5.9	0.0	6.7	14.0	2.11