#74 Jim "Sting" Ray, Starting Pitcher, 23 yrs, Houston Astros Thursday, 10/19/1968 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Jim Ray Sting 12/1/1944 23 USA,SC,ROCK HILL 6"1 195
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Average Normal Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1968 (Automatic) 2 Year(s), 40 Days (384 total Days) 172 Day(s) 3 Year(s), 160 Days (676 total Days) 3 Year(s) Last Option Year
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 9 | 6 | 5 | 89-92 Mph |
Versus LHB | 8 | 5 | 4 | |
Versus RHB | 9 | 6 | 5 | |
Talent | 9 | 5 | 6 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 6 71 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 7 (Range), .996 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/23 | @PIT | W 8-1 | * | 8.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
8/27 | CIN | L 0-3 | * | 7.2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | L | | | | |
9/1 | @SF | W 7-4 | * | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | W | | | | |
9/5 | CIN | L 0-4 | * | 7.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | L | | | | |
9/9 | @CHN | L 2-9 | * | 7.2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 8 | L | | | | |
9/13 | STL | L 1-4 | * | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | L | | | | |
9/17 | @PIT | L 4-8 | * | 6.2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | L | | | | |
9/22 | ATL | W 6-4 | * | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | W | | | | |
9/27 | @PHI | L 3-4 | * | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | | | | | |
10/3 | @SF | L 0-7 | * | 8 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 34 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 5.22 | 160.1 | 156 | 106 | 93 | 69 | 139 | 3 | 15.8 | 0 | 5 | 26.3 |
Projected | 34 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 5.22 | 160.0 | 156 | 106 | 93 | 69 | 139 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 3 | 0 | 100.0 | 15 | 6 | 12.9 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 3.9 | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 4.51 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 277 | 69 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 48 | 28 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .249 | .313 | .487 | .801 |
vs. RHB | 336 | 87 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 54 | 58 | 41 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .259 | .339 | .509 | .848 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 14 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5.84 | 69.1 | 69 | 48 | 45 | 36 | 64 |
Road | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4.75 | 91.0 | 87 | 58 | 48 | 33 | 75 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.38 | 42.1 | 52 | 31 | 30 | 18 | 26 |
May | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.00 | 15.0 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 18 |
June | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.23 | 7.1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
July | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.38 | 11.1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
August | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.49 | 21.2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
Sept./Oct. | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5.46 | 62.2 | 55 | 43 | 38 | 25 | 64 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1965 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8.61 | 23.0 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.70 | .253 | HOU |
1966 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.36 | 18.1 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.85 | .328 | HOU |
1967 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 6.22 | 227.0 | 260 | 163 | 157 | 43 | 92 | 147 | 3 | 1 | 1.55 | .302 | HOU |
1968 | 34 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 5.22 | 160.1 | 156 | 106 | 93 | 27 | 69 | 139 | 3 | 0 | 1.40 | .289 | HOU |
Total | 75 | 60 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 6.03 | 428.2 | 463 | 306 | 287 | 76 | 187 | 300 | 7 | 1 | 1.52 | .296 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1965, AA | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 16.2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0.66 | .065 |
1965, AAA | 16 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3.78 | 119.0 | 104 | 58 | 50 | 18 | 54 | 108 | 3 | 1 | 1.33 | .267 |
1966, AA | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3.67 | 61.1 | 47 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 1.17 | .265 |
1966, AAA | 16 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3.83 | 112.2 | 111 | 58 | 48 | 13 | 51 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 1.44 | .313 |
1968, AAA | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.84 | 6.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.95 | .167 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1965 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | HOU |
1966 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .286 | .333 | .619 | HOU |
1967 | 34 | 82 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | .098 | .098 | .110 | .207 | HOU |
1968 | 34 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .098 | .098 | .118 | .216 | HOU |
Total | 75 | 147 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 0 | .102 | .114 | .122 | .237 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 34 | 19 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 45 | 1 | .978 | 160.1 | 2.53 | | | | |
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Drafted in 4th round, 70th overall pick, by Houston in 1965... Had first career hit on 5/8/1965, off Camilo Pascual (CHN)... Earned first career win on 5/12/1965... Injured on 6/1/1965 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks... Injured on 8/16/1966 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week...
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