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.

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 21	STL		PIT	W,11-9	GS	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	9 (1)	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	L,1-12	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	10	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	1	0	1	2	0
4	11	Apr 25	STL	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	12	Apr 27	STL	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	13	Apr 28	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
7	14	Apr 29	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	16 (1)	May 2	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
9	17	May 3	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	18	May 4	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	20 (1)	May 11	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	22 (1)	May 13	STL		NYG	W,8-3	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	23	May 14	STL		BRO	L,3-4	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	24	May 15	STL		BRO	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	25	May 16	STL		BRO	W,6-5	CG	51	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	27 (1)	May 18	STL		BSN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
17	28	May 21	STL		BSN	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	29	May 22	STL		PHI	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	30	May 24	STL		PHI	W,4-3	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	31	May 25	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	32	May 26	STL		CIN	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	33	May 27 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	34	May 27 (2)	STL		CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	35	May 28 (1)	STL		CIN	W,6-0	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	37 (1)	May 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	47 (9)	Jun 9	STL	@	BSN	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	53 (5)	Jun 16	STL	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	54	Jun 17	STL	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	55	Jun 18	STL	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	56	Jun 21 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
31	57	Jun 21 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	59 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	38	8.1	3	1	0	4	1
33	60	Jun 26	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	61	Jun 27 (1)	STL		CIN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	62	Jun 27 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	63	Jun 28 (1)	STL		CIN	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	64	Jun 28 (2)	STL		CIN	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	65	Jun 29	STL		PIT	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
39	66	Jun 30	STL		PIT	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	67	Jul 1	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	68	Jul 2	STL		PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	69	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	70	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	71	Jul 5	STL		CHC	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
45	72	Jul 6	STL		CHC	W,13-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	73	Jul 7	STL		CHC	W,15-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	74	Jul 8	STL		NYG	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	75	Jul 10	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	76	Jul 11	STL		NYG	L,5-10	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	77	Jul 13	STL		BRO	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	78	Jul 14	STL		BRO	W,12-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	79	Jul 15	STL		BRO	L,4-7	GS	18	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	80	Jul 16 (1)	STL		BSN	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	81	Jul 16 (2)	STL		BSN	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	82	Jul 17	STL		BSN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	83	Jul 18	STL		BSN	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
57	84	Jul 19 (1)	STL		BSN	W,6-1	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	85	Jul 19 (2)	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	86	Jul 20 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	87	Jul 20 (2)	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
61	88	Jul 21	STL		PHI	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	89	Jul 22	STL		PHI	L,2-5	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	90	Jul 23	STL		PHI	L,5-8	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	91	Jul 25	STL	@	NYG	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	92	Jul 26	STL	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	93	Jul 27	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	94	Jul 28	STL	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	95	Jul 29	STL	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	96	Jul 30	STL	@	PHI	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
70	97	Jul 31	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	98	Aug 2 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	99	Aug 2 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	100	Aug 4	STL	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	101	Aug 5	STL	@	BSN	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	102	Aug 6	STL	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	103	Aug 7	STL	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	104	Aug 8	STL	@	BRO	L,9-11	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	105	Aug 9	STL	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
79	106	Aug 10 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	45	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
80	107	Aug 10 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	108	Aug 11	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	109	Aug 15	STL		BSN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	110	Aug 16	STL		BSN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	111	Aug 17	STL		BSN	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	112	Aug 18	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
86	113	Aug 20 (1)	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	114	Aug 20 (2)	STL		PHI	W,13-10	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
88	115	Aug 21 (1)	STL		NYG	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
89	116	Aug 21 (2)	STL		NYG	L,1-12	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	117	Aug 22	STL		NYG	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
91	118	Aug 23	STL		NYG	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
92	119	Aug 24 (1)	STL		BRO	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	120	Aug 24 (2)	STL		BRO	W,17-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	121	Aug 25	STL		BRO	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
95	122	Aug 26	STL		BRO	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	123	Aug 27	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	126 (2)	Aug 29	STL	@	CHC	W,12-5		23	5.0	2	3	0	5	0
98	127	Aug 30	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
99	128	Aug 31	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	129	Sep 1 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
101	130	Sep 1 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
102	131	Sep 3	STL	@	PIT	L,1-14	CG	46	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
103	132	Sep 4	STL	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
104	133	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	134	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-12	GS	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	135	Sep 7 (1)	STL		CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
107	136	Sep 7 (2)	STL		CHC	W,15-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
108	137	Sep 9 (1)	STL		PIT	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
109	138	Sep 9 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
110	139	Sep 10	STL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
111	141 (1)	Sep 13	STL	@	NYG	L,2-12	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	142	Sep 14	STL	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	143	Sep 16	STL	@	BRO	W,17-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	144	Sep 18 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	57	11.2	5	0	0	5	0
115	147 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	148	Sep 20 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	149	Sep 23	STL	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	48	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	150	Sep 24	STL	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
119	151	Sep 25	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
120	152	Sep 27	STL	@	CIN	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
121	153	Sep 28 (1)	STL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	154	Sep 28 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							123gm		105.0	276	30	13	319	3