Jim Ray Stats

Jim Ray was born on Friday, December 1, 1944, in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Ray was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 16, 1965, with the Houston Astros. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jim Ray baseball stats page.
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Jim Ray
 
 
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Birth Name:   James Francis Ray
Nickname:   Jim or Sting
Born On:   12-01-1944  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Rock Hill, South Carolina
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Holly High School (Holly, Michigan)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   09-16-1965 (Age 20)
Last Game:   09-30-1974
Draft:   Not Applicable
Jim Ray

Jim Ray Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1965 21 Astros 3 2 1 0 2 .000 10.56 0 0 0 7.2 38 11 9 9 1 6 0 7 0 0 0 -
1966 22 Astros 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Infinity 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1968 24 Astros 41 2 14 2 3 .400 2.68 1 0 1 80.2 333 65 24 26 5 25 8 71 1 1 1 -
1969 25 Astros 40 13 4 8 2 .800 3.91 0 0 0 115.0 489 105 50 55 11 48 4 115 4 2 0 -
1970 26 Astros 52 2 16 6 3 .667 3.26 0 0 5 105.0 443 97 38 39 13 49 2 67 3 0 1 -
1971 27 Astros 47 1 21 10 4 .714 2.12 0 0 3 97.2 382 72 23 27 3 31 5 46 5 2 1 -
1972 28 Astros 54 0 25 10 9 .526 4.28 0 0 8 90.1 393 77 43 50 10 44 6 50 4 3 0 -
1973 29 Astros 42 0 15 6 4 .600 4.43 0 0 6 69.0 306 65 34 37 5 38 8 25 2 3 0 -
1974 30 Tigers 28 0 19 1 3 .250 4.47 0 0 2 52.1 229 49 26 27 4 29 4 26 2 1 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
9 Years 308 20 115 43 30 .589 3.61 1 0 25 617.2 2,614 541 248 271 52 271 37 407 21 12 3 -
Jim Ray

Jim Ray Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1965 21 Astros 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1966 22 Astros 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1968 24 Astros 42 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 1 .067 .067 .067
1969 25 Astros 40 26 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 3 0 1 1 .115 .148 .115
1970 26 Astros 52 27 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 2 .185 .185 .185
1971 27 Astros 47 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 .167 .250 .167
1972 28 Astros 54 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 .063 .063 .063
1973 29 Astros 42 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 .231 .231 .231
1974 30 Tigers 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
9 Years 309 117 4 16 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 43 7 0 1 5 .137 .158 .137
Jim Ray

Jim Ray Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1965 Astros P 3 2 23 3 1.0 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.52
1966 Astros P 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1968 Astros P 41 2 242 12 0.3 11 2 9 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .917 1.23
1969 Astros P 40 13 345 16 0.4 16 5 11 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.25
1970 Astros P 52 2 315 22 0.4 21 4 17 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .955 1.80
1971 Astros P 47 1 293 9 0.2 9 2 7 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.83
1972 Astros P 54 0 271 12 0.2 12 6 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.20
1973 Astros P 42 0 207 13 0.3 13 4 9 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.70
1974 Tigers P 28 0 157 11 0.4 11 2 9 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.89
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 308 20 1,853 98 0.3 96 26 70 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .980 1.40
9 Years 308 20 1,853 98 0.3 96 26 70 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .980 1.40
Jim Ray

Jim Ray Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1965 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.17 8.22 7.04
1966 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
1968 Astros 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 2.1 0.0 2.84 7.92 2.79
1969 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.9 13.0 2.40 9.00 3.76
1970 Astros 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 13.5 1.37 5.74 4.20
1971 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.5 18.0 1.48 4.24 2.86
1972 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.8 0.0 1.14 4.98 4.38
1973 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.3 13.0 0.66 3.26 4.96
1974 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.90 4.47 4.99
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
9 Years 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0.0 2.7 19.5 1.50 5.93 3.95
Jim Ray

Jim Ray Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1965 Houston Astros 21 Undetermined - -
1966 Houston Astros 38 Undetermined - -
1968 Houston Astros 45 Undetermined - -
1969 Houston Astros 45 Undetermined - -
1970 Houston Astros 45 Undetermined - -
1971 Houston Astros 45 Undetermined - -
1972 Houston Astros 45 Undetermined - -
1973 Houston Astros 45 $46,000.00 - -
1974 Detroit Tigers 36 $46,000.00 - -




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Did you know that Jim Ray is one of the few Major League pitchers in history who had an infinite earned run average (ERA) season? Presented below is every pitcher (and some positional players who pitched) that had an infinite ERA season. Bold names have an infinite career ERA.

The Infinite ERA Club
Name Year

Team

 Lg   Name Year Team Lg
Nick Altrock 1919 WAS AL   Will Koenigsmark 1919 STL NL
Wilson Alvarez 1989 TEX AL   Dave Koslo 1955 MIL NL
Bob Apodaca 1973 NYM NL   Rick Kreuger 1977 BOS AL
Kirtley Baker 1894 BAL NL   Steve Luebber 1979 TOR AL
Lou Bauer 1918 PHI AL   Bob McGraw 1918 NYY AL
Ed Blake 1953 CIN NL   Cal McLish 1946 BKL NL
Fred Bruckbauer 1961 MIN AL   Doc Medich 1972 NYY AL
Joe Brown 1927 CHI AL   Al Milnar 1946 PHI NL
Bobby Burke 1937 PHI NL   Bill Moore 1925 DET AL
Tom Cheney 1961 PIT NL   Julio Navarro 1966 DET AL
Bill Childers 1895 LOU NL   Bob Owchinko 1983 PIT NL
Mort Cooper 1949 CHI NL   Phil Paine 1956 MIL NL
Ed Coughlin 1884 BUF NL   Mike Palagyi 1939 WAS AL
Vic Davalillo 1969 STL NL   Jay Parker 1899 PIT NL
Paul Dean 1937 STL NL   Brad Pennington 1998 TBR AL
Pedro Dibut 1925 CIN NL   Dave Pierson 1876 CIN NL
Frank Dupee 1901 CHI AL   Jim Ray 1966 HOU NL
Joe Engel 1919 CLE AL   Erik Sabel 2002 DET AL
Ed Farmer 1977 BAL AL   Jim Schelle 1939 PHI AL
Bill Ford 1936 BOS NL   Paul Stuffel 1953 PHI NL
Clark Griffith 1912 WAS AL   Billy Sunday 1890 PIT NL
Doc Hamann 1922 CLE AL   Gordie Sundin 1956 BAL AL
Brian Harvey 1995 FLO NL   Bob Uhl 1940 DET AL
Bob Kammeyer 1979 NYY AL   Marty Walker 1928 PHI NL
Al Kellett 1924 BOS AL   John Wood 1896 STL NL

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