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Ray
Barker		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 192
 
Born: March 12, 1936 in Usa, WV, MARTINSBURG
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1966   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1960 24 OAK AL     4 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 5
1961 25 OAK AL     4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 4 5 5 4 6 5
1962 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 6 5 4 6 6
1963 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 6 6
1964 28 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 6
1965 29 CLN NL $ 500,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 6
1966 30 CLN NL $ 500,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 4 5 6 6
1967 31 CLN NL $ 529,286   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 3 4 3 4 6 5
1968 32 CLN NL $ 1,300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 6 6 2 4 3 3 4 4
1969 33 CLN NL $ 1,300,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 5 6 6 2 4 3 3 3 3
1970 34 CLN NL $ 1,300,000   3 3 2 1 2 2 3 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3
1971 35 NYA AL $ 1,300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 5 5 6 6
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
1960 24 AA   54 202 30 49 10 1 19 34 0 2 23 48 .243 .320 .584 .904 37.6  
    A   82 292 50 87 19 0 27 52 1 2 54 55 .298 .408 .640 1.048 71.3  
1961 25 AA   54 203 26 42 5 1 12 32 0 0 23 43 .207 .288 .419 .706 26.3  
    A   83 289 48 80 19 2 15 35 2 3 56 57 .277 .394 .512 .906 57.7  
1962 26 OAK AL 96 197 18 44 11 1 4 24 0 1 15 35 .223 .280 .350 .631 16.9 1.3
1963 27 OAK AL 134 314 28 62 12 0 8 29 0 1 35 63 .197 .280 .312 .592 26.6 2.5
1964 28 CLN NL 84 249 30 69 13 2 10 50 0 0 17 38 .277 .323 .466 .789 35.6 8.5
    AAA   26 100 15 30 6 1 5 13 0 1 8 13 .300 .352 .530 .882 17.2  
1965 29 CLN NL 45 119 7 26 5 0 0 11 0 1 6 25 .218 .256 .261 .517 6.2 0.0
    AAA   45 165 31 48 10 0 9 30 0 1 18 23 .291 .361 .515 .876 29.2  
1966 30 CLN NL 60 78 13 32 3 0 4 10 1 0 4 9 .410 .435 .603 1.038 17.4 5.0
1967 31 CLN NL 103 326 43 88 16 1 12 55 0 0 16 56 .270 .316 .436 .752 42.7 8.7
1968 32 CLN NL 106 315 34 91 10 0 12 41 0 0 23 82 .289 .342 .435 .777 44.8 9.8
    AAA   29 106 14 27 4 1 10 16 0 0 14 20 .255 .342 .594 .936 21.5  
1969 33 CLN NL 96 357 45 97 18 0 9 42 0 0 19 94 .272 .312 .398 .710 41.1 6.6
1970 34 CLN NL 8 20 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .150 .261 .200 .461 1.2 0.0
1971 35 NYA AL 10 21 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .143 .217 .143 .360 0.5 0.0
    A   81 309 35 66 16 0 4 18 0 3 33 58 .214 .289 .304 .594 27.2  
10 Years Sim 742 1996 223 515 89 4 59 263 1 3 138 413 .258 .311 .395 .706 233.2 42.3
3 Years AAA 100 371 60 105 20 2 24 59 0 2 40 56 .283 .358 .542 .900 68.0  
2 Years AA 108 405 56 91 15 2 31 66 0 2 46 91 .225 .314 .501 .815 63.9  
3 Years A 246 890 133 233 54 2 46 105 3 8 143 170 .262 .368 .482 .850 156.2  
8 Years Minors 454 1666 249 429 89 6 101 230 3 12 229 317 .258 .353 .500 .853 288.1  
162 Game Average 435 48 112 19 0 12 57 0 0 30 90 .258 .311 .395 .706 50.9  
Career Highs 134 357 45 97 18 2 12 55 1 1 35 94 .410 .435 .603 1.038 44.8  
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   1727 189 450 76 4 54 239 1 2 118 336 .261 .313 .403 .716 211.7
vs LH   269 34 65 13 0 5 24 0 1 20 77 .242 .297 .346 .642 27.0
Home 350 911 96 219 41 2 23 100 0 1 50 197 .240 .285 .366 .650 91.5
Away 392 1085 127 296 48 2 36 163 1 2 88 216 .273 .332 .420 .752 147.2
RISP   503 0 139 24 3 12 193 0 0 31 118 .276 .316 .408 .724 63.3
Pinch Hitting   221 28 65 8 1 8 29 0 1 13 40 .294 .336 .448 .784 31.4
Close/Late   317 24 79 14 0 7 36 0 0 17 65 .249 .291 .360 .650 32.1
Mar/Apr 106 280 25 66 13 1 5 25 0 1 15 66 .236 .281 .343 .624 25.3
May 146 415 47 98 15 0 15 51 0 0 26 91 .236 .288 .381 .669 44.8
June 125 369 42 98 11 0 11 50 0 1 33 78 .266 .334 .385 .719 46.6
July 111 277 43 88 14 1 11 50 0 0 22 60 .318 .371 .495 .865 47.3
August 130 339 36 91 23 1 11 47 0 0 18 56 .268 .308 .440 .748 43.8
Sep/Oct 124 316 30 74 13 1 6 40 1 1 24 62 .234 .288 .339 .626 30.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1962 26 OAK AL 3B 28 25 217.0 14 68 4 2 .953 3.40 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    1B 23 13 161.0 204 15 2 20 .991 12.24 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1963 27 OAK AL 3B 43 36 326.7 17 81 3 10 .970 2.70 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    1B 37 32 293.7 365 31 1 40 .997 12.14 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1964 28 CLN NL 1B 70 63 558.3 637 59 3 54 .996 11.22 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    3B 3 0 7.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1965 29 CLN NL 1B 35 26 238.7 251 25 2 22 .993 10.41 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 3 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 30 CLN NL 1B 14 8 75.0 90 7 2 7 .980 11.64 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 31 CLN NL 1B 82 79 694.7 797 45 9 77 .989 10.91 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 32 CLN NL 1B 88 85 700.3 850 48 6 76 .993 11.54 0 0 .000 0 2.0
1970 34 CLN NL 1B 8 7 54.0 65 2 0 5 1.000 11.17 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1971 35 NYA AL 3B 5 2 26.3 1 9 1 0 .909 3.42 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 4 0 14.0 24 0 0 1 1.000 15.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 361 313 2789.6 3283 232 25 302 .993 11.34 0 0 .000 0 7.1
  3B 84 63 593.0 34 162 8 12 .961 2.97 0 0 .000 0 2.2
  C 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   446 376 3385.3 3318 394 33 314 .991 9.87 0 0 .000 1 9.3
Career Highs   88 85 700.3 850 112 9 77 1.000 11.54 0 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 26 OAK AL 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250
1964 28 CLN NL 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750
1966 30 CLN NL 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .600 .333 .933
1967 31 CLN NL 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 32 CLN NL 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1969 33 CLN NL 11 38 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .132 .214 .132 .346
Career Post-Season Batting 34 58 6 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 18 .121 .215 .138 .353
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  1. Duane Walker (967)
  2. Bob Repass (963)
  3. Paul Easterling (960)
  4. Rick Joseph (952)
  5. Willie Smith (951)
  6. Steve Garvey (945)
  7. Bill Buckner (943)
  8. Richie Scheinblum (941)
  9. John Castino (941)
  10. Norm Zauchin (938)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Oakland in 1960
Had first career hit on 4/8/1962, off Juan Marichal (COL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/5/1962, off Juan Pizarro (CLE)
Traded from Oakland to Cleveland (N) on 2/3/1964 (Going to OAK: C Red Wilson. Going to CLN: DH Ray Barker, 2B Jim Gilliam, P Virgil Jester)
6/1/1964: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $500,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 9/9/1964 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 7/14/1965 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $529,286 through salary arbitration
7/31/1967: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $1,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1968, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Cleveland (N) to New York (A) on 2/1/1971 (Going to NYA: C Chris Cannizzaro, 1B Ray Barker. Going to CLN: P Don O'riley)
 
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