Ray Mueller

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: March 8, 1912 in Pittsburg, KS us

Died: June 29, 1994 in Lower Paxton Township, PA

Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA

Debut: May 11, 1935 (Age 23-064d, 7,874th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 9, 1951 (Age 39-185d)
vs. PHI 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Ray Coleman Mueller

Nicknames: Iron Man

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Relatives: Cousin of Don Gutteridge

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.0

2911

733

.252

281

RBI

373

OBP

.314

SLG

.368

OPS

.681

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 56 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 18 go ahead

4 Tms
CIN	33
BSN	10
PIT	8
NYG	5

Platoon
vs RHP	45
vs LHP	11

Home/Road
Home	28
Away	28

Outs
0	23
2	19
1	14

8 Opps
BRO	15
NYG	8
PHI	7
CHC	7
STL	6
PIT	5
BSN	5
CIN	3

46 Pitchers
Vern Bickford	3
Bill Lohrman	2
Fred Frankhouse	2
Van Mungo	2
Les Webber	2
Ken Raffensberger	2
Jack Kraus	2
Rip Sewell	2
Cal McLish	2
Rube Melton	1
Lon Warneke	1
Nate Andrews	1
Paul Erickson	1
Don Brennan	1
Joe Landrum	1
Carl Hubbell	1
Rex Barney	1
Hal Schumacher	1
Bill Voiselle	1
Cloyd Boyer	1
Sheriff Blake	1
Dan Bankhead	1
Newt Kimball	1
Ken Heintzelman	1
Nick Strincevich	1
Bill Lee	1
Johnny Vander Meer	1
Gerry Staley	1
Al Jurisich	1
Kent Peterson	1
Doyle Lade	1
Clay Bryant	1
Harry Brecheen	1
Harry Feldman	1
Red Adams	1
Kirby Higbe	1
Jack Brewer	1
Bill Werle	1
Jim Hearn	1
Murry Dickson	1
Russ Meyer	1
Johnny Sain	1
Paul Minner	1
Johnnie Wittig	1
Hal Gregg	1
Dutch Leonard	1

8 Parks
Crosley Fld (CIN)	15
Braves Fld (BOS)	11
Polo Grounds (NYC)	9
Forbes Fld (PIT)	6
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	6
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	5
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	2
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	2

Where Hit
7	36
9	3
8	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	48
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	10
12-	7
123	1
-23	1
-2-	1
1-3	1

88 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	35
1 on	11
2 on	9
3 on	1
Any on	21

Inning
1	2
2	12
3	5
4	11
5	5
6	5
7	7
8	5
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	19
4-6	21
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	5
+2	1
+1	10
Tied	15
-1	5
-2	7
-3	3
-4..	7

Ahead	19
Tied	15
Behind	22

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	56

OrderPos
8th	28
5th	13
6th	8
7th	7

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	28
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1935-05-31 (2)	BSN		NYG	Carl Hubbell	behind 0-4	b 9	0	---	1	8	2	0.022	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1935-07-04 (2)	BSN		NYG	Hal Schumacher	behind 1-12	b 9	2	1--	2	8	2
3	3	3	1	1935-07-22	BSN	@	CIN	Don Brennan	behind 0-2	t 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.123	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1937-07-21 (1)	BSN		STL	Sheriff Blake	tied 1-1	b 11	1	123	4	8	2	0.171	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); T. Cuccinello Scores; G. Moore Scores; E. Fletcher Scores
5	5	2	1	1937-09-30 (2)	BSN		BRO	Fred Frankhouse	tied 2-2	b 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.215	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1938-05-15	BSN	@	BRO	Van Mungo	ahead 3-2	t 4	0	---	1	7	2	0.107	73%		Home Run
7	7	2	1	1938-05-24	BSN		CIN	Johnny Vander Meer	behind 0-4	b 2	2	---	1	7	2	0.065	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	3	1	1938-05-28	BSN		BRO	Fred Frankhouse	behind 3-6	b 4	2	1--	2	7	2	0.196	36%		Home Run; G. Moore Scores
9	9	4	1	1938-06-17 (1)	BSN		CHC	Bill Lee	tied 0-0	b 7	1	---	1	7	2	0.238	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1939-06-24	PIT		BRO	Van Mungo	ahead 5-2	b 8	1	---	1	8	2	0.016	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	2	1	1939-08-12	PIT	@	CHC	Clay Bryant	ahead 2-1	t 7	2	1--	2	8	2	0.215	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Young Scores
1943	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1943-06-11	CIN	@	CHC	Lon Warneke	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	8	2	0.130	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	2	1	1943-07-04 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	Bill Lohrman	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.108	38%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	3	2	1943-07-04 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	Bill Lohrman	tied 2-2	t 6	2	12-	3	8	2	0.375	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Tipton Scores; S. Mesner Scores
15	15	4	1	1943-07-26	CIN		PHI	Jack Kraus	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	12-	3	8	2	0.226	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Tipton Scores; E. Miller Scores
16	16	5	2	1943-07-26	CIN		PHI	Newt Kimball	ahead 5-1	b 5	2	12-	3	8	2	0.047	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. McCormick Scores; E. Tipton Scores
17	17	6	1	1943-08-01 (1)	CIN		NYG	Johnnie Wittig	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.127	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	7	1	1943-08-21	CIN	@	BSN	Nate Andrews	behind 1-3	t 8	0	---	1	8	2	0.115	23%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	8	1	1943-09-28 (2)	CIN		PHI	Jack Kraus	tied 0-0	b 8	0	---	1	8	2	0.280	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1944	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1944-04-21	CIN	@	PIT	Rip Sewell	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.102	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	2	1	1944-05-20	CIN		BRO	Hal Gregg	behind 0-3	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.097	27%		Home Run
22	22	3	1	1944-05-21 (1)	CIN		BRO	Cal McLish	ahead 3-1	b 6	2	1--	2	8	2	0.108	95%		Home Run; E. Miller Scores
23	23	4	1	1944-06-22 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	Nick Strincevich	behind 0-1	t 4	2	1--	2	6	2	0.247	59%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Crabtree Scores
24	24	5	1	1944-07-20	CIN	@	BRO	Cal McLish	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	---	1	5	2	0.065	88%		Home Run
25	25	6	1	1944-07-23 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	Ken Raffensberger	tied 0-0	t 7	1	1--	2	5	2	0.315	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Walker Scores
26	26	7	1	1944-07-29 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	Jack Brewer	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	2	0.110	61%		Home Run (LF-CF)
27	27	8	1	1944-07-30 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	Harry Feldman	behind 0-2	t 2	1	---	1	5	2	0.098	37%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	9	1	1944-07-31	CIN	@	NYG	Bill Voiselle	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1--	2	5	2	0.174	75%		Home Run; F. McCormick Scores/unER; R. Mueller Scores/unER
29	29	10	1	1944-09-14 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	Paul Erickson	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	2	0.113	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1946-05-30 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	Red Adams	behind 5-6	t 9	2	1--	2	5	2	0.758	83%		Home Run; B. Haas Scores
31	31	2	1	1946-06-25	CIN	@	BRO	Les Webber	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	2	0.113	61%		Home Run
32	32	3	2	1946-06-25	CIN	@	BRO	Les Webber	ahead 2-1	t 4	0	---	1	5	2	0.113	75%		Home Run
33	33	4	1	1946-06-26	CIN	@	BRO	Rex Barney	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	2	0.113	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	5	1	1946-07-19	CIN		BRO	Rube Melton	behind 2-3	b 4	0	---	1	6	2	0.150	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	6	1	1946-07-31 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	Ken Raffensberger	behind 0-2	t 2	2	---	1	6	2	0.101	34%		Home Run
36	36	7	1	1946-08-11 (1)	CIN		STL	Murry Dickson	behind 3-12	b 8	2	---	1	5	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep CF)
37	37	8	1	1946-08-23	CIN		BRO	Kirby Higbe	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	6	2	0.122	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1947-04-18	CIN	@	PIT	Ken Heintzelman	behind 6-12	t 8	2	12-	3	6	2	0.028	4%		Home Run; G. Hatton Scores; A. Galan Scores
39	39	2	1	1947-04-22	CIN	@	CHC	Russ Meyer	ahead 4-3	t 4	0	---	1	6	2	0.108	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	3	1	1947-05-11 (1)	CIN		CHC	Doyle Lade	behind 0-3	b 4	2	12-	3	6	2	0.303	51%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hatton Scores/unER; B. Haas Scores/unER; R. Mueller Scores/unER
41	41	4	1	1947-05-15	CIN		PHI	Al Jurisich	ahead 8-1	b 4	1	---	1	5	2	0.009	99%		Home Run
42	42	5	1	1947-05-17	CIN		PHI	Dutch Leonard	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	2	0.091	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	6	1	1947-05-30 (1)	CIN	@	STL	Jim Hearn	behind 1-3	t 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.111	37%		Home Run
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1949-05-18	CIN		BSN	Johnny Sain	behind 0-4	b 4	2	1-3	3	8	2	0.233	38%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Wyrostek Scores; T. Kluszewski Scores
45	45	2	1	1949-07-02	NYG		BRO	Paul Minner	tied 4-4	b 4	0	---	1	7	2	0.126	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	3	1	1949-07-31 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	Kent Peterson	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	12-	3	8	2	0.147	91%		Home Run; M. Irvin Scores; B. Rigney Scores
47	47	4	1	1949-08-11	NYG		BSN	Vern Bickford	behind 2-3	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.152	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	5	1	1949-08-31	NYG		PIT	Bill Werle	ahead 6-3	b 6	1	---	1	7	2	0.043	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	6	2	1949-08-31	NYG		PIT	Rip Sewell	ahead 11-3	b 7	1	---	1	7	2	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1950-05-20 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	Dan Bankhead	tied 0-0	t 2	2	-2-	2	8	2	0.180	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Murtaugh Scores
51	51	2	1	1950-05-30 (1)	PIT		STL	Cloyd Boyer	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	1--	2	8	2	0.148	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Murtaugh Scores
52	52	3	1	1950-06-18 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	Vern Bickford	behind 2-3	t 2	0	1--	2	8	2	0.173	61%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Rojek Scores
53	53	4	1	1950-07-23	PIT		BRO	Joe Landrum	behind 4-6	b 6	0	---	1	8	2	0.135	40%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	5	1	1950-07-26	PIT	@	BSN	Vern Bickford	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---	1	8	2
55	55	6	1	1950-09-10 (2)	PIT	@	STL	Gerry Staley	ahead 3-0	t 6	2	12-	3	8	2	0.115	97%		Home Run; W. Westlake Scores; J. Phillips Scores
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	1951-06-10	BSN		STL	Harry Brecheen	behind 1-5	b 7	1	-23	3	6	2	0.172	30%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Gordon Scores; E. Torgeson Scores

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