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Ray
Crone		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 185
 
Born: August 7, 1931 in Usa, TN, MEMPHIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1958   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 22 BOS AL   9 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
1955 23 BOS AL   9 4 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1956 24 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 6 7 6 6 6 6
1957 25 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
1958 26 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 3 4 4 6 7 7 6 6 6
1959 27 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 6 6
1960 28 BOS AL   9 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1961 29 BOS AL   9 3 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1962 30 BOS AL   8 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
1963 31 BOS AL   9 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
1964 32 BOS AL   9 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 3 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 22 BOS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1955 23 BOS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 28 BOS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 29 BOS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 30 BOS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 31 BOS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 32 BOS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1954 22 AAA   17 7 .708 30 30 3 0 0 208.3 232 90 20 72 140 3.89 .283 .341 .404 .744  
1955 23 AAA   10 9 .526 28 28 4 2 0 191.3 183 80 15 49 122 3.76 .245 .291 .347 .638  
1956 24 BOS AL 0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 2 8.0 6 3 1 0 5 3.38 .207 .207 .345 .552 1.5
    AAA   7 10 .412 24 24 3 0 0 169.7 184 69 15 62 122 3.66 .275 .337 .395 .731  
1957 25 BOS AL 5 0 1.000 31 0 0 0 1 31.7 35 14 5 15 6 3.98 .285 .360 .423 .782 2.6
1958 26 BOS AL 11 4 .733 82 0 0 0 21 92.0 97 44 15 36 35 4.30 .275 .338 .445 .783 10.4
1959 27 BOS AL 0 2 .000 16 0 0 0 1 17.7 20 10 5 11 12 5.10 .282 .369 .535 .904 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 14.0 19 9 1 10 12 5.79 .339 .439 .518 .957  
1960 28 AAA   4 3 .571 30 0 0 0 3 33.0 32 10 2 11 18 2.73 .269 .331 .378 .709  
1961 29 AAA   1 2 .333 19 0 0 0 0 28.0 33 14 4 8 20 4.50 .300 .347 .491 .838  
1962 30 AAA   1 0 1.000 28 0 0 0 0 52.7 39 11 3 18 39 1.88 .211 .281 .297 .578  
1963 31 AAA   0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 0 22.0 23 7 3 3 14 2.86 .267 .292 .430 .722  
1964 32 AAA   0 1 .000 13 0 0 0 0 25.3 22 16 3 9 24 5.68 .232 .298 .379 .677  
4 Years Sim 16 7 .696 138 0 0 0 25 149.3 158 71 26 62 58 4.28 .274 .341 .446 .787 14.6
9 Years AAA 40 32 .556 196 82 10 2 3 744.3 767 306 66 242 511 3.70 .266 .322 .384 .707  
Season Average 4 1 .800 34 0 0 0 6 37.3 39 17 6 15 14 4.28 .274 .341 .446 .787  
Career Highs 11 4 1.000 82 0 0 0 21 92.0 97 44 15 36 35 5.10 .285 .369 .535 .904  
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   81 40 13 38 34   .242 .319 .382 .701
vs LH   77 31 13 24 24   .320 .381 .535 .916
Home 12 4 .750 76 0 0 0 10 84.7 85 40 13 37 39 4.25 .264 .340 .422 .762
Away 4 3 .571 62 0 0 0 18 64.7 73 31 13 25 19 4.32 .287 .351 .476 .828
Mar/Apr 7 1 .875 34 0 0 0 2 40.3 31 11 7 13 8 2.45 .220 .286 .390 .676
May 0 2 .000 26 0 0 0 5 27.0 35 14 4 16 11 4.67 .310 .395 .460 .856
June 3 1 .750 20 0 0 0 6 19.7 22 8 5 5 7 3.66 .289 .333 .526 .860
July 2 1 .667 17 0 0 0 3 18.3 26 12 3 7 10 5.89 .342 .398 .513 .911
August 3 1 .750 20 0 0 0 5 24.0 27 15 3 9 13 5.63 .281 .343 .427 .770
Sep/Oct 1 1 .500 21 0 0 0 7 20.0 17 11 4 12 9 4.95 .230 .337 .405 .743
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1957 25 BOS AL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1958 26 BOS AL 82 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6 0.3
2 Years Sim 113 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.3
162 Game Average 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.8  
Career Highs 82 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5
Home 44 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6
Away 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
RISP   3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 13 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7
August 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1956 24 BOS AL P 9 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1957 25 BOS AL P 31 0 31.7 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.42    
1958 26 BOS AL P 82 0 92.0 5 14 0 4 1.000 1.86    
1959 27 BOS AL P 16 0 17.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.51    
Career Totals   138 0 149.3 7 18 0 5 1.000 1.51    
Career Highs   82 0 92.0 5 14 0 4 1.000 1.86    
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
1958 26 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 3 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .077 .077 .077 .154
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 3 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .077 .077 .077 .154
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1958-2-21
 Games Pitched
1958-5-82
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  5. Bill Fischer (970)
  6. Jeff Brantley (970)
  7. Lynn Nelson (969)
  8. John Gabler (969)
  9. Rob Dibble (969)
  10. Frank Wills (968)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1954
Injured on 4/8/1955 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Earned first career win on 4/2/1957
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Had first career hit (double) on 7/5/1958, off Bob Mabe (MIN)
Injured on 6/21/1961 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 7/12/1964 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
 
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