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Ray Burris

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 200lb (196cm, 90kg)

Born: August 22, 1950 in Idabel, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 17th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Southwestern Oklahoma State University (Weatherford, OK).

High School: Duke HS (Duke, OK)

School: Southwestern Oklahoma State University (Weatherford, OK)

Debut: April 8, 1973 (Age 22-229d, 13,335th in major league history)
vs. MON 3.1 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1987 (Age 37-036d)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Full Name: Bertram Ray Burris

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.9

108

134

ERA

4.17

480

302

2188.2

1065

WHIP

1.405

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-19 / in Starts: 18-14
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	18 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 70 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	42 (25-12-5)
Avg. MLBer w/ 70 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	42 (20-14-7)

Most Driven In
L Biittner	1
M Trillo	1
R Scott	0
Self	0

Most Driven In By
I de JesÃºs	2
Self	0

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 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	190	2 (1)	Apr 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.51	0.032	.76	0.03%	0.24	P
2	191	6 (3)	Apr 12	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.28	-0.089	2.04	-0.09%	-0.92	P
3	192	10 (3)	Apr 18	CHC		MON	W,2-1	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.93	-0.018	1.65	-0.02%	-0.22	P
4	193	14 (3)	Apr 23	CHC		NYM	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.40	-0.020	.72	-0.02%	-0.21	P
5	194	18 (3)	Apr 28	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	1.55	-0.111	2.36	-0.10%	-0.76	P
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	195	22 (3)	May 3	CHC		LAD	L,5-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	1.19	-0.056	1.95	-0.06%	-0.65	P
7	196	25 (2)	May 7	CHC		SFG	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9	.73	-0.036	1.00	-0.03%	-0.26	P
8	197	29 (3)	May 12	CHC	@	LAD	W,9-7	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.37	-0.009	.51	-0.01%	-0.09	P
9	198	31 (1)	May 14	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-7	10-13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	7	3.47	0.117	5.12	0.10%	0.60	P
10	199	33 (1)	May 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.118	.118	.235	9	1.12	-0.030	1.81	-0.03%	-0.33	P
11	200	37 (3)	May 24	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.263	.421	9	.96	0.101	2.45	0.15%	0.77	P
12	201	41 (3)	May 28	CHC	@	STL	W,2-0	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.238	.381	9	.79	-0.041	1.82	-0.06%	-0.54	P
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
13	202	46 (4)	Jun 3	CHC		ATL	W,8-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.174	.261	.435	9	.83	-0.018	1.84	-0.02%	-0.06	P
14	203	50 (3)	Jun 7	CHC		CIN	L,6-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.174	.261	.435	9						P
15	204	54 (3)	Jun 11	CHC		SDP	W,7-4	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.200	.250	.450	9	1.51	-0.022	3.49	-0.03%	-0.05	P
16	205	58 (3)	Jun 16	CHC	@	HOU	W,7-6	GS-8	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.222	.308	.530	9	1.62	0.162	4.12	0.25%	1.38	P
17	206	63 (4)	Jun 21	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.200	.276	.476	9	.88	-0.065	2.74	-0.12%	-0.40	P
18	207	68 (4)	Jun 26	CHC		NYM	W,10-9	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.188	.258	.446	9	.32	-0.016	.74	-0.02%	-0.32	P
19	208	70 (1)	Jun 28	CHC		NYM	W,9-8	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.182	.250	.432	1	5.66	-0.175	13.17	-0.24%	-0.80	P
20	209	73 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.171	.235	.407	9	.86	-0.044	3.05	-0.09%	-0.34	P
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	210	77 (3)	Jul 4	CHC	@	STL	W,7-5	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.162	.222	.384	9	.45	-0.024	.84	-0.03%	-0.42	P
22	211	81 (3)	Jul 8	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.154	.211	.364	9	.91	-0.074	1.95	-0.10%	-1.07	P
23	212	87 (5)	Jul 16 (2)	CHC		LAD	L,3-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.154	.211	.364	9						P
24	213	90 (2)	Jul 19 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,4-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.146	.200	.346	9	.99	-0.048	2.13	-0.06%	-0.45	P
25	214	94 (3)	Jul 22	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.146	.200	.346	9						P
26	215	97 (2)	Jul 25	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-3	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.146	.200	.346	9						P
27	216	100 (2)	Jul 29	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.146	.200	.346	9						P
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
28	217	107 (6)	Aug 5	CHC		MON	L,4-7	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.146	.200	.346	6						PR
29	218	109 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	CHC		MON	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.140	.190	.330	9	.92	-0.052	2.35	-0.08%	-0.46	P
30	219	114 (4)	Aug 12	CHC	@	MON	L,3-4	13-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.119	.140	.190	.330	9						P
31	220	116 (1)	Aug 14	CHC		ATL	W,13-7	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.159	.209	.368	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.13	P
32	221	118 (1)	Aug 16	CHC		ATL	L,0-9	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.140	.159	.209	.368	6						P
33	222	122 (3)	Aug 20	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.152	.200	.352	9	.93	-0.046	2.70	-0.08%	-0.39	P
34	223	127 (4)	Aug 26	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.146	.191	.337	9	.88	-0.040	2.85	-0.08%	-0.48	P
35	224	131 (3)	Aug 30	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.140	.184	.324	9	1.13	-0.058	2.53	-0.08%	-0.47	P
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
36	225	136 (4)	Sep 4 (1)	CHC		MON	L,3-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.154	.180	.334	9	.97	-0.021	2.21	-0.03%	-0.03	P
37	226	141 (4)	Sep 8	CHC	@	MON	W,4-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.148	.173	.321	9	1.06	-0.026	.23	0.00%	-0.41	P
38	227	145 (3)	Sep 13	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.143	.167	.310	9	.38	-0.019	.49	-0.02%	-0.19	P
39	228	149 (3)	Sep 17	CHC		STL	W,4-2	CG(7)	3	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.123	.153	.211	.363	9	.87	0.080	.01	0.00%	0.71	P
40	229	153 (3)	Sep 22	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.117	.145	.200	.345	9	1.57	-0.208	.00	0.00%	-2.44	P
41	230	158 (4)	Sep 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-8	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.143	.197	.340	9	1.11	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.34	P
							22-19		70	61	3	7	1	2	0	2	2	0	13	0	7	0	2	1	0	0	.115	.143	.197	.340		1.07	-0.906	1.91	-0.95%	-9.27

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