Ray Caldwell Stats

Ray Caldwell was born on Thursday, April 26, 1888, in Corydon Township, Pennsylvania. Caldwell was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 9, 1910, with the New York Highlanders. 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 Ray Caldwell baseball stats page.

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"Ask any American League batter the half dozen toughest pitching propositions he faces in a season, and nine out of ten of them will include (Ray) Caldwell's name in the list." - Baseball Magazine (February 1919, Leading Stars of the Winter Trades)

Ray Caldwell



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Birth Name:   Raymond Benjamin Caldwell
Nickname:   Rube or Slim
Born On:   04-26-1888  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Corydon Township, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-17-1967 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Salamanca, New York
Cemetery:   Randolph Cemetery, Randolph, New York
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   09-09-1910 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-29-1921
Draft:   Not Applicable

Ray Caldwell

Ray Caldwell Pitching Stats

1910 22 Highlanders 6 2 2 1 0 1.000 3.72 1 0 1 19.1 83 19 8 8 1 9 - 17 0 1 0 -
1911 23 Highlanders 41 27 12 14 14 .500 3.35 19 1 1 255.0 1,015 240 95 115 7 79 - 145 6 13 1 -
1912 24 Highlanders 30 26 3 8 16 .333 4.47 13 3 0 183.1 781 196 91 111 1 67 - 95 6 6 1 -
1913 25 Yankees 27 16 9 9 8 .529 2.41 15 2 1 164.1 659 131 44 57 5 60 - 87 1 9 0 -
1914 26 Yankees 31 23 7 17 9 .654 1.94 22 5 1 213.0 800 153 46 53 5 51 - 92 1 4 0 -
1915 27 Yankees 36 35 1 19 16 .543 2.89 31 3 0 305.0 1,201 266 98 115 6 107 - 130 4 5 0 -
1916 28 Yankees 21 18 1 5 12 .294 2.99 14 1 0 165.2 658 142 55 62 6 65 - 76 3 8 0 -
1917 29 Yankees 32 29 2 13 16 .448 2.86 21 1 0 236.0 935 199 75 92 8 76 - 102 0 6 0 -
1918 30 Yankees 24 21 3 9 8 .529 3.06 14 1 1 176.2 741 173 60 69 2 62 - 59 1 1 0 -
1919 31 Red Sox 18 12 5 7 4 .636 3.96 6 1 0 86.1 363 92 38 66 1 31 - 23 2 3 0 -
1919 31 Indians 6 6 0 5 1 .833 1.71 4 1 0 52.2 203 33 10 18 1 19 - 24 1 2 0 0
1920 32 Indians 34 33 0 20 10 .667 3.86 20 1 0 237.2 1,012 286 102 135 9 63 - 80 1 4 0 -
1921 33 Indians 37 12 17 6 6 .500 4.90 4 1 4 147.0 644 159 80 91 7 49 - 76 3 2 0 -
12 Years 343 260 62 133 120 .526 3.22 184 21 9 2,242.0 9,095 2,089 802 992 59 738 - 1,006 29 64 2 0

Ray Caldwell

Ray Caldwell Hitting Stats

1910 22 Highlanders 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 - .000 .000 .000
1911 23 Highlanders 59 147 14 40 4 1 0 0 17 11 - - 1 - 0 - .272 .323 .313
1912 24 Highlanders 44 76 18 18 1 2 0 0 6 5 - - 1 - 0 - .237 .284 .303
1913 25 Yankees 59 97 10 28 3 2 0 0 11 3 - 15 2 - 0 - .289 .310 .361
1914 26 Yankees 59 113 9 22 4 0 0 0 10 7 - 24 5 - 1 - .195 .248 .230
1915 27 Yankees 72 144 27 35 4 1 4 0 20 9 - 32 2 - 0 - .243 .288 .368
1916 28 Yankees 45 93 6 19 2 0 0 0 4 2 - 17 0 - 0 - .204 .221 .226
1917 29 Yankees 63 124 12 32 6 1 2 0 12 16 - 16 0 - 0 - .258 .343 .371
1918 30 Yankees 65 151 14 44 10 0 1 0 18 13 - 23 4 - 1 - .291 .352 .377
1919 31 Red Sox 33 48 5 13 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 9 3 - 0 - .271 .271 .333
1919 31 Indians 6 23 4 8 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 - 0 - .348 .348 .522
1920 32 Indians 41 89 17 19 3 0 0 0 7 10 - 13 5 - 1 - .213 .300 .247
1921 33 Indians 38 53 2 11 4 0 1 0 3 2 - 5 1 - 0 - .208 .236 .340
12 Years 590 1,164 138 289 46 8 8 0 114 78 0 158 24 0 3 - .248 .297 .322

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Ray Caldwell Fielding Stats

1910 Highlanders P 6 2 58 5 0.8 5 1 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.33
1911 Highlanders P 41 27 765 64 1.6 61 8 53 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .953 2.15
1912 Highlanders P 30 26 550 65 2.2 61 2 59 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .938 2.99
1913 Yankees P 27 16 493 48 1.8 48 7 41 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.63
1914 Yankees 1B 6 - 12 47 7.8 43 42 1 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .915 96.75
1914 Yankees P 31 23 639 61 2.0 59 14 45 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .967 2.49
1915 Yankees P 36 35 915 85 2.4 84 12 72 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.48
1916 Yankees CF 2 2 51 2 1.0 1 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.53
1916 Yankees P 21 18 497 50 2.4 48 4 44 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .960 2.61
1916 Yankees RF 2 - - 2 1.0 1 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
1917 Yankees CF 6 4 102 9 1.5 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.38
1917 Yankees LF 1 0 - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1917 Yankees P 32 29 708 73 2.3 71 11 60 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.71
1917 Yankees RF 1 1 24 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1918 Yankees CF 12 10 288 35 2.9 33 30 3 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .943 3.09
1918 Yankees LF 2 1 - 3 1.5 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1918 Yankees P 24 21 530 44 1.8 43 8 35 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.19
1918 Yankees RF 5 5 96 11 2.2 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.09
1919 Red Sox LF 2 0 12 4 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1919 Red Sox P 18 12 259 20 1.1 19 1 18 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .950 1.98
1919 Indians P 6 6 158 10 1.7 9 1 8 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .900 1.54
1920 Indians P 34 33 713 60 1.8 55 6 49 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .917 2.08
1921 Indians P 37 12 441 43 1.2 40 5 35 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .930 2.45
P Totals 343 260 6,726 628 1.8 603 80 523 25 17 n/a n/a n/a .960 2.42
CF Totals 20 16 441 46 2.3 43 39 4 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .935 2.63
RF Totals 8 6 120 15 1.9 14 13 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .933 3.15
1B Totals 6 0 12 47 7.8 43 42 1 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .915 96.75
LF Totals 5 1 12 8 1.6 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 18.00
12 Years 382 283 7,311 744 1.9 711 182 529 33 19 n/a n/a n/a .956 2.63

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Ray Caldwell Miscellaneous Stats

1910 Highlanders 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.89 7.91 4.19
1911 Highlanders 5 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 8.6 1.84 5.12 2.79
1912 Highlanders 4 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 12.7 1.42 4.66 3.29
1913 Yankees 3 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.5 8.8 1.45 4.76 3.29
1914 Yankees 2 1 .667 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.7 11.3 1.80 3.89 2.15
1915 Yankees 4 3 .571 0 0 n/a 36.0 4.5 7.2 1.21 3.84 3.16
1916 Yankees 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.5 23.3 1.17 4.13 3.53
1917 Yankees 2 - - 0 0 n/a 62.0 7.8 10.3 1.34 3.89 2.90
1918 Yankees 2 - - 0 0 n/a 151.0 6.6 8.4 0.95 3.01 3.16
1919 Red Sox 0 - - 12 0 n/a 0.0 5.3 12.0 0.74 2.40 3.23
1919 Indians 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.8 11.5 1.26 4.10 3.25
1920 Indians 0 2 .000 5 3 n/a 0.0 6.8 12.7 1.27 3.03 2.39
1921 Indians 0 0 .000 1 1 n/a 53.0 10.6 17.7 1.55 4.65 3.00
12 Years 23 6 .793 18 4 n/a 145.5 7.4 10.2 1.36 4.04 2.96

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Ray Caldwell Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1910 New York Highlanders n/a Undetermined n/a -
1911 New York Highlanders n/a $1,500.00 n/a -
1912 New York Highlanders n/a Undetermined n/a -
1913 New York Yankees n/a $2,400.00 n/a -
1914 New York Yankees n/a $8,000.00 n/a -
1915 New York Yankees n/a $8,000.00 n/a -
1916 New York Yankees n/a $8,000.00 n/a -
1917 New York Yankees n/a $8,000.00 n/a -
1918 New York Yankees n/a $4,000.00 n/a -
1919 Boston Red Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1919 Cleveland Indians n/a Undetermined n/a -
1920 Cleveland Indians n/a $8,000.00 n/a Stats
1921 Cleveland Indians n/a $4,000.00 n/a -

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