Floyd Rayford

Positions: Third Baseman and Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: July 27, 1957 in Memphis, TN us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Manual Arts HS (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Manual Arts HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 17, 1980 (Age 22-265d, 14,287th in major league history)
vs. KCR 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 16, 1987 (Age 30-051d)
vs. TOR 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: Floyd Kinnard Rayford

Nicknames: Honey Bear or Sugar Bear

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.0

1044

255

.244

112

RBI

117

OBP

.283

SLG

.397

OPS

.680

OPS+

Summary of 38 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 6 tying, 9 go ahead

2 Tms
BAL	35
STL	3

Platoon
vs LHP	25
vs RHP	13

Home/Road
Away	20
Home	18

Outs
0	17
2	12
1	9

16 Opps
DET	5
CLE	5
BOS	4
OAK	3
NYY	3
MIL	3
CAL	2
SEA	2
KCR	2
TOR	2
CHW	2
MIN	1
SFG	1
TEX	1
CHC	1
LAD	1

31 Pitchers
Steve Carlton	2
Oil Can Boyd	2
Jimmy Key	2
Charlie Leibrandt	2
Mark Langston	2
Al Nipper	2
Frank Tanana	2
Jerry Reuss	1
Bill Wegman	1
Willie Hernández	1
Bob McClure	1
Steve Trout	1
Don Sutton	1
Juan Berenguer	1
Teddy Higuera	1
Neal Heaton	1
Chris Welsh	1
Frank Viola	1
Rick Sutcliffe	1
Gary Lavelle	1
Alan Fowlkes	1
Tim Birtsas	1
Floyd Bannister	1
Ron Guidry	1
Joe Cowley	1
Luis Sánchez	1
Dennis Rasmussen	1
Bob Owchinko	1
Dave Schmidt	1
Aurelio López	1
Curt Wardle	1

13 Parks
Memor. Stad (BAL)	17
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1

Where Hit
7	16
8	2
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	38

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	20
1--	10
12-	3
--3	2
-2-	2
1-3	1

60 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	20
1 on	14
2 on	4
Any on	18

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

1-3	10
4-6	13
7-end	15

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	2
+2	2
+1	3
Tied	6
-1	7
-2	5
-3	3
-4..	6

Ahead	11
Tied	6
Behind	21

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	28
C	6
PH	4

OrderPos
8th	19
9th	5
7th	4
6th	4
2nd	2
3rd	1
1st	1
5th	1
4th	1

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	12
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1982-07-03	BAL	@	DET	Aurelio López	ahead 4-0	t 6	1	1--	2	8	5	0.051	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Nolan Scores
2	2	2	1	1982-07-05	BAL	@	CAL	Luis Sánchez	ahead 6-1	t 8	0	1--	2	9	5	0.011	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Dempsey Scores
3	3	3	1	1982-07-24	BAL		OAK	Bob Owchinko	tied 4-4	b 13	0	---	1	9	5	0.363	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1983-06-18	STL		CHC	Steve Trout	behind 0-10	b 9	1	---	1	4	PH	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	2	1	1983-07-13	STL	@	LAD	Jerry Reuss	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1-3	3	5	5	0.258	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Green Scores; G. Hendrick Scores
6	6	3	1	1983-07-14	STL	@	SFG	Gary Lavelle	tied 4-4	t 9	1	-2-	2	3	PH	0.368	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Herr Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1984-05-02	BAL		CLE	Rick Sutcliffe	tied 0-0	b 3	0	--3	2	8	2	0.111	77%		Home Run; W. Gross Scores
8	8	2	1	1984-05-09 (2)	BAL		TOR	Jimmy Key	ahead 4-3	b 8	2	12-	3	9	2	0.120	99%		Home Run; T. Cruz Scores; L. Sakata Scores
9	9	3	1	1984-07-13	BAL		CHW	Floyd Bannister	behind 3-4	b 9	1	---	1	2	5	0.470	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	4	1	1984-07-17	BAL		MIN	Frank Viola	ahead 2-1	b 7	2	---	1	1	5	0.113	88%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1985-06-10	BAL	@	DET	Willie Hernández	behind 5-6	t 9	2	---	1	2	PH	0.359	40%		Home Run
12	12	2	1	1985-06-29	BAL	@	BOS	Oil Can Boyd	ahead 5-2	t 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.067	86%		Home Run
13	13	3	1	1985-07-07	BAL	@	KCR	Charlie Leibrandt	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	8	5	0.095	70%		Home Run
14	14	4	1	1985-07-29	BAL		TOR	Jimmy Key	behind 2-3	b 5	0	---	1	8	5	0.155	57%		Home Run
15	15	5	1	1985-08-03	BAL	@	CLE	Curt Wardle	behind 0-5	t 4	1	1--	2	8	5	0.083	16%		Home Run; M. Young Scores
16	16	6	1	1985-08-04	BAL	@	CLE	Neal Heaton	behind 3-4	t 7	0	---	1	8	5	0.194	50%		Home Run
17	17	7	1	1985-08-10	BAL	@	TEX	Chris Welsh	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	8	5	0.112	50%		Home Run
18	18	8	1	1985-08-25	BAL	@	OAK	Tim Birtsas	behind 2-10	t 9	2	1--	2	7	5	0.000	0%		Home Run; E. Murray Scores
19	19	9	1	1985-08-26	BAL	@	CAL	Alan Fowlkes	ahead 7-2	t 3	0	---	1	6	5	0.033	94%		Home Run
20	20	10	1	1985-08-30	BAL		SEA	Mark Langston	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---	1	7	5	0.079	85%		Home Run (Deep CF)
21	21	11	1	1985-09-04	BAL		OAK	Don Sutton	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	---	1	7	2	0.051	92%		Home Run
22	22	12	1	1985-09-12	BAL	@	BOS	Al Nipper	behind 0-1	t 3	0	1--	2	8	5	0.177	61%		Home Run; J. Shelby Scores
23	23	13	1	1985-09-13	BAL	@	DET	Juan Berenguer	behind 0-2	t 4	2	12-	3	7	5	0.323	59%		Home Run; M. Young Scores; L. Sheets Scores
24	24	14	1	1985-09-14 (1)	BAL	@	DET	Frank Tanana	behind 1-6	t 6	2	---	1	6	2	0.025	5%		Home Run
25	25	15	1	1985-09-21	BAL		NYY	Joe Cowley	behind 0-3	b 6	2	1--	2	8	5	0.196	32%		Home Run; M. Young Scores
26	26	16	1	1985-09-22	BAL		NYY	Ron Guidry	behind 2-5	b 9	0	-2-	2	6	5	0.105	20%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Young Scores
27	27	17	1	1985-09-24	BAL	@	MIL	Bob McClure	behind 4-10	t 9	2	1--	2	8	5	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Young Scores
28	28	18	1	1985-10-06	BAL		DET	Frank Tanana	behind 0-2	b 2	0	1--	2	6	5	0.175	55%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Young Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1986-04-29	BAL	@	CHW	Dave Schmidt	ahead 6-0	t 8	2	--3	2	9	5	0.007	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Sheets Scores
30	30	2	1	1986-07-07	BAL	@	KCR	Charlie Leibrandt	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	8	5	0.111	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF Line)
31	31	3	1	1986-09-07	BAL		SEA	Mark Langston	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	1--	2	8	5	0.103	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Dempsey Scores
32	32	4	1	1986-09-09	BAL		BOS	Al Nipper	behind 0-1	b 2	0	12-	3	8	5	0.204	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Young Scores; J. Stefero Scores
33	33	5	1	1986-09-11	BAL		BOS	Oil Can Boyd	behind 3-5	b 4	1	---	1	8	5	0.117	40%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	6	1	1986-09-20	BAL		MIL	Bill Wegman	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	1	8	5	0.128	41%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	7	1	1986-09-24	BAL		NYY	Dennis Rasmussen	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	1	8	5	0.110	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	8	1	1986-09-25	BAL	@	MIL	Teddy Higuera	behind 1-7	t 8	1	---	1	9	5	0.006	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1987-04-19 (2)	BAL		CLE	Steve Carlton	behind 5-8	b 9	2	1--	2	8	PH	0.034	5%		Home Run; F. Lynn Scores/unER; F. Rayford Scores/unER
38	38	2	1	1987-07-30	BAL	@	CLE	Steve Carlton	tied 0-0	t 5	2	---	1	8	2	0.142	59%		Home Run