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Ray Mueller
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Birthdate: 3/8/1912 Died: 6/29/1994
Height / Weight: 5' 9" / 175 lbs. Place of Birth: Pittsburg, KS, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

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Born in the town of Pittsburg, located in the state of Kansas - a veteran of 14 major league seasons, Ray Mueller played four seasons with the old Boston Braves, 1935-38; two with Pittsburgh, 1939-1940; and then caught for the Cincinnati Reds starting in 1943 - finishing his career in 1951 with the Boston Braves. In 1943, Mueller, then 31-years old, lined 19 doubles, batted a solid .260 for the Reds, while working behind home plate in 140 games. He caught every one of Cincinnati's 155 games the next year - had career-highs with 159 hits in 555 at bats, rifled 24 doubles, 4 triples and 10 homers, scored 54 runs, and drove in 73 runs. In 1946 he caught 100 games, and lined 30 extra base hits. A patient batsman, Iron Man Ray Mueller struck out just 322 times and walked 250 times in 982 games spanning 14 years - 1935-1951... Ray Mueller career stats: .252 BA, 123Ds, 23Ts, 56Hrs, 733 hits in 2911 at-bats, 281 Runs and 373 RBIs... Braves 1935-39, 1951; Pirates 1939-40, 1950; Reds 1943-49; NY Giants 1949-50...   Baseball History


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
16 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
1935 BSN (NL) 42 97 10 22 5 0 3 11 3 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 .227 .250 SLG
1936 BSN (NL) 24 71 5 14 4 0 0 5 5 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 .197 .250 SLG
1937 BSN (NL) 64 187 21 47 9 2 2 26 18 36 1 0 0 0 5 0 .251 .317 SLG
1938 BSN (NL) 83 274 23 65 8 6 4 35 16 28 3 0 0 1 5 0 .237 .282 SLG
1939 PIT (NL) 86 180 14 42 8 1 2 18 14 22 0 0 0 0 10 0 .233 .289 SLG
1940 PIT (NL) 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .600 SLG
1943 CIN (NL) 141 427 50 111 19 4 8 52 56 42 1 0 0 1 12 0 .260 .347 SLG
1944 CIN (NL) 155 555 54 159 24 4 10 73 53 47 4 0 0 4 6 0 .286 .353 SLG
1946 CIN (NL) 114 378 35 96 18 4 8 48 27 37 0 0 0 3 11 0 .254 .309 SLG
1947 CIN (NL) 71 192 17 48 11 0 6 33 16 25 1 0 0 1 2 0 .250 .311 SLG
1948 CIN (NL) 14 34 2 7 1 0 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 .289 SLG
1949 NYG (NL) 56 170 17 38 2 2 5 23 13 14 1 0 0 0 3 0 .224 .279 SLG
1949 CIN (NL) 32 106 7 29 4 0 1 13 5 13 1 0 0 2 4 0 .274 .319 SLG
1950 PIT (NL) 67 156 17 42 7 0 6 24 11 14 2 0 0 1 2 0 .269 .321 SLG
1950 NYG (NL) 4 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .91 .91 SLG
1951 BSN (NL) 28 70 8 11 2 0 1 9 7 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 .157 .234 SLG
16 years   985 2911 281 733 123 23 56 373 250 322 14 0 0 13 64 0 .252 .314 .SLG



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