Ray
Blades
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: August 6, 1896 in Usa, IL, MOUNT VERNON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1923   
Gold Glove Award 1924   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1922 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6
1923 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1924 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1925 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6
1926 29 CIN NL $ 2,807,143   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5
1927 30 CIN NL $ 2,807,143   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 6
1928 31 CIN NL $ 7,000,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1929 32 CIN NL $ 7,000,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1922 25 CIN NL 125 407 76 129 20 12 9 73 17 7 47 52 .317 .392 .491 .883 75.1 12.9
1923 26 CIN NL 141 475 83 167 19 13 6 78 5 8 46 41 .352 .408 .484 .892 80.9 14.3
1924 27 CIN NL 148 555 82 163 25 10 7 93 10 9 64 43 .294 .370 .413 .783 77.3 11.9
1925 28 CIN NL 116 426 95 134 31 2 6 68 8 3 60 34 .315 .403 .439 .842 75.1 14.2
1926 29 CIN NL 145 524 77 149 36 11 9 85 5 5 47 53 .284 .354 .447 .800 78.4 15.7
1927 30 CIN NL 146 553 106 171 24 12 5 84 9 10 57 43 .309 .379 .423 .802 87.2 18.2
1928 31 CIN NL 143 535 95 162 26 4 8 64 12 10 50 46 .303 .365 .411 .777 76.7 13.6
1929 32 CIN NL 149 540 73 158 21 1 9 74 9 9 64 36 .293 .367 .385 .752 78.5 11.5
8 Years Sim 1113 4015 687 1233 202 65 59 619 75 61 435 348 .307 .378 .434 .812 629.3 112.3
162 Game Average 584 99 179 29 9 8 90 10 8 63 50 .307 .378 .434 .812 91.6  
Career Highs 149 555 106 171 36 13 9 93 17 10 64 53 .352 .408 .491 .892 87.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2965 524 908 153 48 52 477 53 46 310 266 .306 .377 .443 .820 465.2
vs LH   1050 163 325 49 17 7 142 22 15 125 82 .310 .382 .409 .791 161.1
Home 542 1915 321 577 93 27 29 294 31 35 195 166 .301 .369 .423 .793 283.0
Away 571 2100 366 656 109 38 30 325 44 26 240 182 .312 .387 .443 .830 343.3
RISP   1153 0 376 55 25 24 537 0 0 143 93 .326 .395 .480 .875 210.2
Pinch Hitting   80 19 29 4 1 2 18 1 1 10 7 .363 .429 .513 .941 16.2
Close/Late   443 72 152 17 8 9 74 0 0 46 34 .343 .409 .479 .888 80.2
Mar/Apr 115 384 71 131 25 6 2 61 9 6 67 37 .341 .445 .453 .898 74.3
May 203 705 110 205 29 9 10 94 15 7 69 73 .291 .357 .400 .757 99.1
June 204 723 133 245 38 15 12 118 10 20 76 51 .339 .401 .483 .884 125.6
July 179 667 116 208 38 13 10 126 11 11 65 64 .312 .375 .453 .827 105.3
August 204 763 125 240 33 11 14 119 15 8 77 58 .315 .384 .442 .826 122.5
Sep/Oct 208 773 132 204 39 11 11 101 15 9 81 65 .264 .338 .386 .723 99.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1922 25 CIN NL LF 89 85 704.3 165 9 6 2 .967 2.22   2.2
    3B 19 8 93.7 7 21 1 1 .966 2.69   0.3
    RF 13 5 58.3 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.93    
    SS 8 0 20.7 4 8 0 2 1.000 5.23   0.1
    CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1923 26 CIN NL LF 114 102 919.7 222 6 7 2 .970 2.23   3.1
    3B 17 5 63.0 8 16 0 1 1.000 3.43   0.5
    RF 5 4 37.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.19    
    SS 2 1 12.0 1 6 3 2 .700 5.25   0.0
1924 27 CIN NL LF 147 146 1266.3 307 14 6 8 .982 2.28   3.9
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1925 28 CIN NL LF 110 104 928.0 225 7 14 2 .943 2.25   1.4
    SS 3 2 23.0 3 3 0 2 1.000 2.35   0.1
    3B 4 0 7.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1926 29 CIN NL LF 141 140 1197.0 300 6 16 1 .950 2.30   3.2
    SS 6 0 16.0 2 4 0 3 1.000 3.38   0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1927 30 CIN NL LF 140 138 1177.0 290 15 20 5 .938 2.33   3.9
    SS 8 0 19.0 8 8 2 2 .889 7.58   0.2
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1928 31 CIN NL LF 101 98 840.3 189 6 11 1 .947 2.09   2.6
    CF 28 28 251.7 67 3 2 0 .972 2.50    
    3B 9 0 20.0 2 7 0 0 1.000 4.05   0.2
    SS 7 0 15.3 2 7 0 2 1.000 5.28   0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1929 32 CIN NL LF 144 139 1231.7 289 8 14 4 .955 2.17   5.1
    RF 3 1 19.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.47    
    SS 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 2 1.000 18.00   0.1
  LF 986 952 8264.3 1987 71 94 25 .956 2.24   25.5
  CF 29 29 260.7 69 3 2 0 .973 2.49    
  3B 51 13 185.7 17 46 2 2 .969 3.05   1.0
  RF 23 10 119.3 27 2 0 0 1.000 2.19    
  SS 36 3 109.0 22 38 5 15 .923 4.95   0.5
Career Totals   1125 1007 8939.0 2122 160 103 42 .957 2.30   27.0
Career Highs   149 146 1267.3 307 39 22 8 .982 2.41    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1923 26 CIN NL 14 58 11 17 7 0 0 7 4 1 2 3 .293 .311 .414 .725
1924 27 CIN NL 12 47 8 12 1 1 1 10 0 0 3 7 .255 .321 .383 .704
1925 28 CIN NL 11 45 7 12 2 0 2 4 2 0 4 4 .267 .340 .444 .784
1926 29 CIN NL 7 27 4 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .259 .276 .296 .572
1927 30 CIN NL 13 54 13 19 3 1 1 7 1 0 7 6 .352 .426 .500 .926
Career Post-Season Batting 57 231 43 67 14 2 4 33 7 1 17 25 .290 .343 .420 .762
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1923-4-.352
1925-9-.315
1927-10-.309
1928-9-.303
CAR-36-.307
On-Base Pct
1923-5-.408
1925-5-.403
CAR-34-.378
Slugging Pct
CAR-50-.434
OPS
CAR-29-.812
XR
1927-9-87.2
Games
1924-9-148
1929-5-149
Runs
1927-4-106
1928-7-95
Hits
1927-5-171
1928-9-162
Singles
1923-6-129
1927-6-130
1928-5-124
1929-5-127
Doubles
1925-9-31
1926-5-36
Walks
1924-8-64
Strikeouts
1924-9-43
1926-5-53
1928-5-46
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  6. Bernie Neis (927)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1922
Had first career hit on 4/14/1922, off Gene Dale (CHN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/15/1922, off Fred Johnson (PHI)
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1923
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1924
Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against New York (N) on 6/17/1925
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against New York (N) on 6/21/1925
Injured on 6/29/1925 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1925, hitting .467 with 3 HR, 23 RBI
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/24/1926, hitting .536 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 7/18/1926 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
8/16/1927: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $7,000,000 per year, for 3 years