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	20-17 / in Starts: 19-16
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	14 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 163 PAs	23
Actual Runners on Base	87 (45-21-21)
Avg. MLBer w/ 163 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	109 (54-34-20)

Most Driven In
E Ainsmith	4
Self	3
M Stock	3
G Toporcer	3
D Lavan	3
L Mann	1
L North	1
V Clemons	1

Most Driven In By
R Hornsby	8
J Bottomley	6
J Smith	3
Self	3
G Toporcer	1
M Stock	1
J Pfeffer	1
B Sherdel	1

1922 Batting Game Log

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1922 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	1	115 (114)	Aug 19	STL		PHI	L,7-8	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	2.07	0.072	8.73	0.18%	0.21	LF
2	2	116	Aug 20	STL		PHI	W,9-6	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	2	1.06	0.124	4.01	0.28%	0.41	LF
3	3	117	Aug 23	STL		BSN	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.308	.100	.408	2	.83	-0.025	3.06	-0.06%	-0.37	LF
4	4	118	Aug 24	STL		BSN	L,11-12	GS-8	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.294	.077	.371	2	.99	-0.045	4.10	-0.11%	-0.57	SS LF
5	5	122 (3)	Aug 29	STL		CHC	L,11-15	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	1	.077	.294	.077	.371	8	3.27	-0.088	2.57	-0.04%	-0.61	PR
6	6	123	Aug 30	STL		CHC	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.294	.077	.371	4	4.28	0.135	2.49	0.05%	0.50	PR
Sep/Oct		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
7	7	124	Sep 1 (1)	STL		PIT	L,4-14	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.333	.313	.646	1	.90	0.077	1.08	0.06%	0.75	RF
8	8	125	Sep 1 (2)	STL		PIT	W,11-6	CG	5	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.211	.423	.421	.844	2	.51	0.103	.38	0.05%	1.94	LF
9	9	126	Sep 2	STL		PIT	L,5-9	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.419	.364	.783	1	.77	-0.009	.81	-0.01%	-0.01	LF
10	10	127	Sep 3	STL	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.417	.346	.763	1	.64	-0.063	.50	-0.03%	-0.60	LF
11	11	128	Sep 4 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.425	.433	.858	7	.87	0.047	1.03	0.03%	0.74	LF
12	12	129	Sep 4 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.455	.485	.939	7	1.65	0.391	2.00	0.28%	2.39	LF
13	13	130	Sep 5	STL	@	PIT	L,0-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.417	.432	.849	7	1.02	-0.104	.89	-0.06%	-1.29	LF
14	14	131	Sep 6	STL	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.220	.385	.390	.775	7	1.12	-0.050	1.05	-0.03%	-0.42	LF
15	15	132	Sep 7	STL	@	CIN	L,6-10	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.393	.444	.837	7	.32	-0.003	.21	0.00%	1.49	3B LF
16	16	133	Sep 8	STL	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.393	.440	.833	1	.92	-0.012	.26	0.00%	-0.41	SS
17	17	134	Sep 9	STL	@	CIN	W,12-10	CG	5	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.439	.472	.911	1	1.01	0.180	.62	0.07%	2.05	SS
18	18	135	Sep 10	STL	@	CIN	L,8-13	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.451	.464	.915	1	.55	-0.026	.30	-0.01%	-0.59	SS
19	19	136	Sep 13 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,13-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.461	.467	.927	1	.33	0.022	.03	0.00%	1.33	LF
20	20	137	Sep 13 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,11-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	1	.323	.457	.508	.964	1	.40	0.062	.05	0.01%	0.40	LF
21	21	138	Sep 14	STL	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0		0		1	0	.338	.477	.515	.991	1	.51	0.046	.07	0.00%	1.79	LF
22	22	139	Sep 15	STL	@	PHI	L,9-10	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.324	.467	.493	.960	1	1.09	-0.069	.11	0.00%	-0.91	LF
23	23	140	Sep 16	STL	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.442	.461	.903	1	.73	-0.093	.02	0.00%	-1.37	LF
24	24	141	Sep 18	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		1		2	0	.288	.436	.438	.873	1	.69	0.059	.05	0.00%	-0.49	LF
25	25	142	Sep 19	STL	@	BSN	W,8-4	CG	5	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.434	.459	.893	1	.78	-0.044	.05	0.00%	-0.16	LF
26	26	143	Sep 20 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.292	.427	.449	.877	1	.71	0.029	.06	0.00%	0.24	LF
27	27	144	Sep 20 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,13-7	CG	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.287	.417	.436	.854	1	1.17	0.028	.06	0.00%	-0.27	LF
28	28	145	Sep 21	STL	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.420	.427	.847	1	1.15	0.049	.15	0.00%	0.36	LF
29	29	146	Sep 22	STL	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.423	.424	.847	1	.98	0.042	.08	0.00%	0.14	LF
30	30	147	Sep 23	STL	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.430	.427	.857	1	1.24	0.113	.13	0.01%	0.87	LF
31	31	148	Sep 24	STL	@	NYG	W,10-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0		1		0	0	.296	.429	.444	.873	1	.80	0.140	.00	0.00%	2.19	LF
32	32	149	Sep 25	STL	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.428	.438	.865	1	1.46	-0.081	.01	0.00%	-0.11	LF
33	33	150	Sep 26	STL	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.423	.431	.854	1	.85	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.66	LF
34	34	151	Sep 29	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		1		0	1	.294	.425	.429	.853	1	.85	0.078	.00	0.00%	0.81	LF
35	35	152	Sep 30 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	5	4	2	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.309	.437	.472	.909	1	1.11	0.303	.00	0.00%	3.48	LF
36	36	153	Sep 30 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG(5)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.435	.464	.899	1	.84	-0.009	.00	0.00%	0.02	LF
37	37	154	Oct 1	STL	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1		0	0	.300	.428	.454	.882	1	.43	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.12	LF
							20-17		163	130	27	39	3	4	3	23	25	0	21	4	2		8		3	3	.300	.428	.454	.882		.92	1.341	.85	0.68%	13.37

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