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.

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	46	10.2	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 18	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
3	3	Apr 19	STL	@	CIN	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 20	STL	@	CIN	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 22	STL	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 25	STL		CIN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 26	STL		CIN	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 28	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 29	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 30	STL		PIT	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	STL		PIT	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	15	May 2	STL		PIT	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	16	May 3	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 4	STL		CHC	L,1-2	CG	38	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 5	STL		CHC	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
19	19	May 6	STL		CHC	W,16-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	20	May 7	STL	@	PIT	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	21	May 8	STL	@	PHI	W,11-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 9	STL	@	PHI	W,9-7	GF	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	26 (3)	May 15	STL	@	BSN	W,10-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	27	May 16	STL	@	BSN	L,6-7	GS	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	30 (2)	May 19	STL	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
26	31	May 20	STL	@	NYG	L,4-14	CG	47	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
27	33 (1)	May 23	STL	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	34	May 24	STL	@	PIT	L,4-11	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	36 (1)	May 26	STL	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	40 (3)	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	44 (3)	Jun 3	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	46 (1)	Jun 7	STL		PHI	W,1-0	CG	36	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	47	Jun 8	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	51 (3)	Jun 14	STL		BSN	L,4-6	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	54 (2)	Jun 17	STL		NYG	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	56 (1)	Jun 19	STL		NYG	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	57	Jun 20	STL		NYG	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	58	Jun 21	STL		CHC	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	59	Jun 22	STL		CHC	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	60	Jun 23	STL		CHC	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	61	Jun 24	STL		PIT	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
42	62	Jun 25	STL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	63	Jun 26	STL		PIT	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	64	Jun 27	STL		PIT	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	65	Jun 28	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	66	Jun 29	STL	@	CHC	L,4-11	GS	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	67	Jun 30	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	68	Jul 1	STL	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	69	Jul 2	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	70	Jul 3	STL	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
51	71	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	73 (1)	Jul 5	STL	@	PHI	W,16-12	CG	52	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	74	Jul 7 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	76 (1)	Jul 8	STL	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
55	77	Jul 9	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
56	78	Jul 10 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,11-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	80 (1)	Jul 11	STL	@	BSN	W,10-4	GS	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	83 (2)	Jul 14	STL	@	PHI	L,12-15	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	84	Jul 16	STL	@	PHI	W,13-7	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	89 (4)	Jul 21	STL	@	NYG	L,7-14	CG	45	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
61	90	Jul 22	STL	@	CIN	W,2-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	91	Jul 23	STL	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
63	92	Jul 24	STL	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	93	Jul 26	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	95 (1)	Jul 28	STL		PHI	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	98 (2)	Jul 31 (1)	STL		BRO	W,11-3	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	101 (2)	Aug 1 (2)	STL		BRO	W,7-6	CG	0	14.0	4	0	1	5	0
68	103 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	STL		BSN	L,6-7	GF	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	104	Aug 5	STL		BSN	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	106 (1)	Aug 8	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	107	Aug 9	STL		NYG	W,13-12	CG	74	15.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	108	Aug 11 (1)	STL		NYG	L,4-6	GF	7	2.0	2	1	0	3	1
73	110 (1)	Aug 12	STL		NYG	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	111	Aug 15	STL	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	115 (3)	Aug 20	STL	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	116	Aug 21	STL	@	BSN	W,8-2	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	118 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,7-8	GS	40	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
78	119	Aug 23 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,7-4	GF	26	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	125 (5)	Aug 31	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	128 (2)	Sep 3 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	129	Sep 3 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	132 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	STL		CIN	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
83	133	Sep 8 (1)	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	56	13.0	3	0	1	4	0
84	134	Sep 8 (2)	STL		CIN	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	135	Sep 9	STL		CHC	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	136	Sep 14	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	138 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	STL		PHI	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	141 (2)	Sep 18	STL		NYG	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
							90gm		6.0	195	11	7	213	2