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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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	23 (22)	May 13	STL	@	NYG	W,11-1	GF	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	30 (6)	May 25 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	31	May 25 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	32	May 26	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	33	May 27	STL	@	PIT	L,7-8	GS	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	59 (25)	Jun 25 (1)	STL		CIN	W,2-1	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	60	Jun 25 (2)	STL		CIN	L,7-10	GS	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	61	Jun 26	STL		PIT	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
9	62	Jun 27	STL		PIT	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
10	63	Jun 28	STL		PIT	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	64	Jun 29	STL		PIT	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	65	Jul 1	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	44	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
13	66	Jul 2	STL	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	67	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	68	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	77 (8)	Jul 11	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	78	Jul 12	STL	@	PHI	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	80 (1)	Jul 14	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	2	2	0
19	82 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	83	Jul 16 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,9-2	GF	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	84	Jul 17	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	85	Jul 20 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	86	Jul 20 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	41	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	87	Jul 21	STL	@	NYG	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	88	Jul 22	STL	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
26	89	Jul 24	STL	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	90	Jul 25 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	43	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
28	91	Jul 25 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	92	Jul 26	STL	@	CIN	L,10-11	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	93	Jul 27	STL		PHI	W,9-8	CG	52	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	94	Jul 28	STL		PHI	W,10-8	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	109 (14)	Aug 16	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	47	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	110	Aug 17	STL	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	111	Aug 19 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	112	Aug 19 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	113	Aug 20	STL	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	114	Aug 22	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	115	Aug 23	STL	@	PHI	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	116	Aug 29 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	117	Aug 29 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	118	Aug 30	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	119	Aug 31	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	125 (5)	Sep 6	STL		CHC	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	129 (3)	Sep 9	STL		BRO	W,8-6	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	131 (1)	Sep 11	STL		BRO	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	132	Sep 12	STL		BRO	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	140 (7)	Sep 17	STL		PHI	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	143 (2)	Sep 19	STL		PHI	W,12-5	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	152 (8)	Sep 29	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	153	Oct 2	STL		CHC	W,6-4	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
							51gm			65	0	6	71	0