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.

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	STL		PIT	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 14	STL		PIT	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 15	STL		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
4	4	Apr 16	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 17	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
6	6	Apr 18	STL		CHC	W,10-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 19	STL		CHC	L,4-5	CG	52	14.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 20	STL		CHC	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 22	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 23	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 24	STL	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 25	STL	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
13	14 (1)	Apr 28	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	15	Apr 29	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	16	Apr 30	STL	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	49	10.1	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	17	May 1	STL	@	CHC	L,8-11	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	18	May 2	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	19	May 3	STL		CIN	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	20	May 4	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	21	May 5	STL		CIN	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	24 (2)	May 8	STL		BRO	L,3-5	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	25	May 9	STL		BRO	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	26	May 10	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	27	May 11	STL		NYG	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	28	May 12	STL		NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	29	May 13	STL		NYG	L,1-12	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	30	May 15	STL		BSN	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	31	May 16	STL		BSN	W,13-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	32	May 17	STL		BSN	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	33	May 19	STL		PHI	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	34	May 20	STL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	35	May 21	STL		PHI	W,12-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	36	May 22	STL		PHI	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	37	May 23	STL		PHI	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
35	38	May 24	STL		CIN	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	39	May 25	STL		CIN	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
37	40	May 26	STL		CIN	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	41	May 27 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	42	May 27 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	43	May 28	STL	@	CIN	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
41	44	May 29	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	45	May 30	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	46	May 31 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	47	May 31 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	48	Jun 1	STL	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	49	Jun 2	STL	@	CHC	W,14-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	50	Jun 5 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	51	Jun 5 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	52	Jun 9	STL	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	53	Jun 10	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	54	Jun 11	STL	@	NYG	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	55	Jun 14	STL	@	BRO	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	56	Jun 15	STL	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	57	Jun 17 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
55	58	Jun 17 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	59	Jun 19 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	60	Jun 19 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
58	61	Jun 20	STL	@	BRO	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	62	Jun 21	STL	@	PIT	L,11-13	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	63	Jun 22	STL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	64	Jun 23	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	65	Jun 24	STL		PIT	T,3-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	66	Jun 26	STL		CHC	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	67	Jun 27 (1)	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	68	Jun 27 (2)	STL		CHC	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	69	Jun 28	STL		CHC	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	70	Jun 30	STL	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	71	Jul 1	STL	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	72	Jul 2	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	73	Jul 3	STL	@	PIT	L,3-12	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	74	Jul 4	STL		CIN	L,2-7	CG	48	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
72	75	Jul 5 (1)	STL		CIN	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
73	80 (4)	Jul 10	STL		BSN	W,18-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	81	Jul 11 (1)	STL		BSN	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	82	Jul 11 (2)	STL		BSN	L,5-19	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
76	83	Jul 12	STL		BSN	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	84	Jul 13	STL		BRO	W,12-10	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	85	Jul 14	STL		BRO	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	86	Jul 15	STL		BRO	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	87	Jul 16	STL		BRO	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
81	91 (3)	Jul 22	STL		NYG	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	92	Jul 23	STL		NYG	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	93	Jul 24	STL		NYG	L,3-5	CG	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	94	Jul 25	STL		NYG	W,6-5	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	95	Jul 27	STL	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	96	Jul 28 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	97	Jul 28 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	98	Jul 30	STL	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	99	Jul 31 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	100	Jul 31 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	101	Aug 1	STL	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
92	102	Aug 2	STL	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	103	Aug 4	STL	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	104	Aug 5	STL	@	BRO	W,11-9	CG	46	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
95	105	Aug 6	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	106	Aug 7 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	107	Aug 7 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	108	Aug 8	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	109	Aug 9	STL	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	110	Aug 10	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	111	Aug 11	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	112	Aug 14	STL		CHC	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	113	Aug 15	STL		CHC	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	114	Aug 16	STL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
105	115	Aug 17	STL		BRO	W,8-7	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							105gm			231	10	5	246	1