Ray
Corbin
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: February 12, 1949 in Usa, FL, LIVE OAK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1977   
Gold Glove 1983   
All-Star Selections 1980   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 22 KCR AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 6 6
1972 23 KCR AL $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 6 6
1973 24 KCR AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
1974 25 KCR AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 7 7 7 6 7 6
1975 26 KCR AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 7 8 7 7 8 8
1976 27 KCR AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 8 9 8 7 8 7
1977 28 KCR AL $ 350,000 5 4 4 4 8 9 9 7 7 7
1978 29 KCR AL $ 820,000 5 4 4 4 8 9 8 7 8 7
1979 30 KCR AL $ 2,650,000 5 4 4 4 9 10 9 8 9 8
1980 31 KCR AL $ 4,790,000 5 3 4 4 9 10 10 8 8 8
1981 32 KCR AL $ 4,790,000 5 3 3 3 9 9 9 8 9 9
1982 33 KCR AL $ 4,790,000 5 3 3 3 8 9 9 8 9 9
1983 34 KCR AL $ 1,000,000 4 2 2 2 8 9 8 7 8 7
1984 35 PHN NL $ 1,000,000 4 2 2 2 5 6 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 4 2 2 2 5 6 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,790,000 6 4 5 4 9 10 10 8 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1971 22 KCR AL 3 1 .750 4 4 1 0 0 29.3 24 12 3 5 16 3.68 .216 .263 .351 .614 2.2
    AAA   2 4 .333 8 8 0 0 0 54.3 48 23 7 22 39 3.81 .229 .302 .352 .654  
1972 23 KCR AL 3 1 .750 13 4 0 0 0 36.7 56 27 4 9 20 6.63 .344 .382 .491 .872 0.5
    AAA   10 6 .625 20 20 2 1 0 140.0 140 52 17 42 98 3.34 .262 .315 .413 .729  
1973 24 KCR AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.5
    AAA   0 3 .000 33 1 0 0 2 36.7 35 10 4 13 30 2.45 .263 .329 .368 .697  
1974 25 KCR AL 0 1 .000 10 0 0 0 0 18.3 26 12 2 6 11 5.89 .321 .368 .457 .825 0.2
    AAA   3 6 .333 13 13 0 0 0 85.7 97 49 12 40 47 5.15 .292 .368 .452 .820  
1975 26 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 30 1 0 0 1 41.7 55 25 7 16 17 5.40 .316 .372 .471 .843 1.2
1976 27 KCR AL 5 3 .625 45 0 0 0 5 78.3 96 48 9 22 36 5.52 .305 .349 .448 .797 2.3
1977 28 KCR AL 7 8 .467 51 9 0 0 13 136.7 140 55 8 49 53 3.62 .267 .330 .376 .706 11.7
1978 29 KCR AL 10 7 .588 29 28 0 0 0 197.0 208 78 14 50 84 3.56 .274 .319 .383 .702 13.1
1979 30 KCR AL 11 10 .524 34 33 1 1 1 226.7 227 76 13 47 76 3.02 .255 .292 .356 .647 16.9
1980 31 KCR AL 17 14 .548 33 33 0 0 0 224.3 249 104 11 33 85 4.17 .281 .305 .381 .686 11.1
1981 32 KCR AL 15 8 .652 30 30 1 1 0 211.0 231 78 8 30 76 3.33 .279 .304 .352 .656 16.7
1982 33 KCR AL 8 10 .444 27 27 1 0 0 181.0 231 95 10 27 55 4.72 .308 .333 .405 .739 4.5
1983 34 KCR AL 7 10 .412 33 31 1 1 1 137.3 165 74 12 39 41 4.85 .299 .351 .419 .770 3.8
1984 35 PHN NL 0 0 .000 24 0 0 0 3 23.7 24 10 1 8 7 3.80 .255 .327 .340 .667 1.8
    AAA   2 0 1.000 14 0 0 0 0 31.0 26 6 1 5 15 1.74 .226 .258 .296 .554  
1985 36 A   4 4 .500 55 0 0 0 4 34.0 37 20 4 18 20 5.29 .285 .372 .454 .825  
14 Years Sim 87 73 .544 367 200 5 3 24 1545.0 1732 694 102 341 578 4.04 .282 .321 .388 .709 86.5
5 Years AAA 17 19 .472 88 42 2 1 2 347.7 346 140 41 122 229 3.62 .261 .323 .398 .722  
1 Years A 4 4 .500 55 0 0 0 4 34.0 37 20 4 18 20 5.29 .285 .372 .454 .825  
6 Years Minors 21 23 .477 143 42 2 1 6 381.7 383 160 45 140 249 3.77 .263 .328 .403 .731  
Season Average 6 5 .545 26 14 0 0 1 110.4 123 49 7 24 41 4.04 .282 .321 .388 .709  
Career Highs 17 14 1.000 51 33 1 1 13 226.7 249 104 14 50 85 6.63 .344 .382 .491 .872  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   839 349 55 130 314   .277 .306 .385 .691
vs LH   893 345 47 211 264   .288 .333 .391 .724
Home 40 38 .513 198 106 3 2 17 820.9 917 390 62 187 307 4.28 .282 .321 .395 .716
Away 47 35 .573 169 94 2 1 8 724.0 815 304 40 154 271 3.78 .282 .319 .380 .698
Mar/Apr 11 9 .550 53 30 1 1 5 235.0 262 100 20 42 77 3.83 .279 .310 .404 .714
May 17 13 .567 69 37 0 0 5 285.0 318 120 19 63 102 3.79 .282 .320 .391 .710
June 17 13 .567 71 40 0 0 5 294.3 321 124 21 69 114 3.79 .277 .317 .381 .698
July 14 12 .538 57 33 0 0 2 250.0 259 103 18 59 94 3.71 .269 .311 .360 .671
August 15 15 .500 65 34 2 1 3 257.3 313 139 12 63 104 4.86 .299 .338 .401 .739
Sep/Oct 13 11 .542 52 26 3 1 5 223.3 259 108 12 45 87 4.35 .289 .323 .391 .714
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1971 22 KCR AL P 4 4 29.3 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1972 23 KCR AL P 13 4 36.7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.72    
1973 24 KCR AL P 4 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 25 KCR AL P 10 0 18.3 0 1 1 0 .500 0.49    
1975 26 KCR AL P 30 1 41.7 6 8 0 0 1.000 3.02    
1976 27 KCR AL P 45 0 78.3 3 13 2 1 .889 1.84    
1977 28 KCR AL P 51 9 136.7 11 27 1 3 .974 2.50    
1978 29 KCR AL P 29 28 197.0 9 35 3 3 .936 2.01    
1979 30 KCR AL P 34 33 226.7 15 38 2 3 .964 2.10    
1980 31 KCR AL P 33 33 224.3 10 36 3 4 .939 1.85    
1981 32 KCR AL P 30 30 211.0 20 30 0 0 1.000 2.13    
1982 33 KCR AL P 27 27 181.0 16 38 4 2 .931 2.69    
1983 34 KCR AL P 33 31 137.3 12 32 0 1 1.000 2.88    
1984 35 PHN NL P 24 0 23.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.14    
Career Totals   367 200 1545.0 106 272 16 17 .959 2.20    
Career Highs   51 33 226.7 20 38 4 4 1.000 3.02    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1977 28 KCR AL 2 1 .667 6 0 0 0 1 16.3 16 9 1 9 9 4.96 .254 .347 .381 .728
1978 29 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 11.3 20 9 2 2 6 7.15 .385 .407 .596 1.004
1979 30 KCR AL 0 3 .000 5 5 1 0 0 34.3 44 15 3 8 7 3.93 .317 .354 .446 .800
1980 31 KCR AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .333 .333 1.000 1.333
1981 32 KCR AL 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 14.7 18 3 1 3 6 1.84 .300 .333 .383 .717
1983 34 KCR AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 0 0 1 0 0.00 .235 .278 .294 .572
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 4 .556 18 9 1 0 1 82.3 103 36 7 23 28 3.94 .308 .353 .443 .796
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1979-5-3.02
Wins
1980-8-17
Winning Pct
1981-9-.652
Saves
1977-5-13
Walks per 9IP
1978-10-2.3
1979-9-1.9
1980-3-1.3
1981-3-1.3
1982-3-1.3
OOPS
1979-10-.647
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 24    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 44th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1971
Earned first career win on 9/8/1971
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1977
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $820,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,650,000 through salary arbitration
7/31/1979: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $4,790,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
7/1/1982: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 8/15/1982 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 4-5 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1983
Traded from Kansas City to San Diego on 2/2/1984 (Going to SDP: P Luis Aponte, P Ed Halicki, P Balor Moore, P Ray Corbin, 2B Bob Sheldon. Going to KCR: RF Sam Mejias)
Traded from San Diego to Philadelphia on 3/4/1984 (Going to SDP: C Gary Allenson. Going to PHN: P Dave Pagan, P Ray Corbin)
Traded from Philadelphia to New York (N) on 2/2/1985 (Going to NYG: P Ray Corbin. Going to PHN: SS Taylor Duncan)
Injured on 8/21/1985 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks
Released by New York (N) on 10/13/1985