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Ray Blades

Birthdate:

8/6/1896

Died:

5/18/1979

Height / Weight:

' " / 163 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Mount Vernon, IL, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

1926 Informal portrait of outfielder Ray Blades of the National League's St. Louis Cardinals, following through after swinging a baseball bat, standing on the field at Wrigley Field, located at 1060 West Addison Street and bounded by West Waveland Avenue, North Seminary Avenue, North Clark Street, and North Sheffield Avenue in the Lake View community area of Chicago, Illinois. SDN-066010, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

A standout batsman, Ray Blades compiled a very solid .301 MLB career batting average during his 10-year tenure. He played on four St Louis Cardinals pennant winners, 1926, 1928, 1930 and 1931. And, he also managed the Cardinals in 1939 and 1940, finishing second and seventh. After that, he was a long-time coach.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
10 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1922	STL (NL)	37	130	27	39	2	4	3	21	25	21	3	3	0	4	4	0	.300	.428	SLG
1923	STL (NL)	98	317	48	78	21	5	5	44	37	46	4	2	0	9	3	0	.246	.342	SLG
1924	STL (NL)	131	456	86	142	21	13	11	68	35	38	7	9	0	10	13	0	.311	.373	SLG
1925	STL (NL)	122	462	112	158	37	8	12	57	59	47	6	8	0	6	5	0	.342	.423	SLG
1926	STL (NL)	107	416	81	127	17	12	8	43	62	57	6	0	0	11	9	0	.305	.409	SLG
1927	STL (NL)	61	180	33	57	8	5	2	29	28	22	3	0	0	2	6	0	.317	.414	SLG
1928	STL (NL)	51	85	9	20	7	1	1	19	20	26	0	0	0	2	4	0	.235	.393	SLG
1930	STL (NL)	45	101	26	40	6	2	4	25	21	15	1	0	0	1	4	0	.396	.504	SLG
1931	STL (NL)	35	67	10	19	4	0	1	5	10	7	1	0	0	2	2	0	.284	.392	SLG
1932	STL (NL)	80	201	35	46	10	1	3	29	34	31	2	0	0	0	3	0	.229	.340	SLG
10 years		767	2415	467	726	133	51	50	340	331	310	33	22	0	47	53	0	.301	.395	.SLG

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