Ray
Burris
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 200
 
Born: August 22, 1950 in Usa, OK, IDABEL
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 22 BSN NL   8 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1974 23 BSN NL   8 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 6 6
1975 24 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 7 7
1976 25 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 6 7 6 6 6 6
1977 26 OAK AL $ 300,000 8 4 5 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
1978 27 OAK AL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1979 28 OAK AL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1980 29 OAK AL $ 400,000 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1981 30 OAK AL $ 400,000 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
1982 31 OAK AL   8 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1983 32 MIN AL $ 5,000,000 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000 8 4 5 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
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
1973 22 AA   12 14 .462 29 29 2 1 0 209.3 214 86 12 52 146 3.70 .260 .304 .352 .656  
1974 23 AA   12 14 .462 29 29 3 2 0 206.3 215 73 12 66 148 3.18 .265 .321 .367 .687  
1975 24 BSN NL 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.3
    AAA   13 9 .591 26 24 5 2 0 184.0 162 68 19 62 87 3.33 .237 .300 .367 .667  
1976 25 BSN NL 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 11.0 11 6 0 6 5 4.91 .244 .382 .289 .671 0.6
    AAA   8 13 .381 28 28 1 0 0 186.7 192 84 13 84 103 4.05 .262 .337 .379 .716  
1977 26 MIA NL 3 6 .333 36 7 3 0 0 76.7 82 39 6 34 28 4.58 .272 .343 .387 .731 2.2
  OAK AL 4 8 .333 19 4 1 0 0 107.0 109 43 9 39 41 3.62 .264 .325 .383 .708 7.5
  TOT   7 14 .333 55 11 4 0 0 183.7 191 82 15 73 69 4.02 .267 .333 .385 .718 9.7
1978 27 OAK AL 14 10 .583 32 32 16 1 0 249.3 248 108 26 71 94 3.90 .259 .311 .394 .705 15.8
1979 28 OAK AL 9 19 .321 32 32 9 0 0 237.7 272 119 20 75 79 4.51 .290 .344 .417 .761 9.5
1980 29 OAK AL 4 11 .267 21 21 6 1 0 140.3 172 93 16 52 49 5.96 .302 .356 .444 .799 1.0
    AAA   5 2 .714 10 10 2 1 0 76.7 84 15 6 15 48 1.76 .279 .313 .382 .695  
1981 30 OAK AL 4 4 .500 10 10 3 0 0 76.3 78 31 4 18 34 3.66 .265 .307 .367 .674 6.1
    AAA   9 5 .643 18 18 3 1 0 126.0 121 41 9 42 75 2.93 .252 .312 .341 .653  
1982 31 OAK AL 8 6 .571 53 5 1 0 3 128.7 141 56 12 41 46 3.92 .281 .332 .401 .733 6.8
1983 32 MIN AL 16 8 .667 27 27 8 2 0 206.3 206 90 22 58 66 3.93 .261 .313 .401 .714 12.7
9 Years Sim 64 72 .471 239 138 47 4 3 1234.0 1319 585 115 395 443 4.27 .274 .329 .402 .731 62.3
4 Years AAA 35 29 .547 82 80 11 4 0 573.3 559 208 47 203 313 3.27 .254 .317 .367 .684  
2 Years AA 24 28 .462 58 58 5 3 0 415.7 429 159 24 118 294 3.44 .263 .312 .359 .671  
6 Years Minors 59 57 .509 140 138 16 7 0 989.0 988 367 71 321 607 3.34 .258 .315 .364 .679  
Season Average 7 8 .467 26 15 5 0 0 137.1 146 65 12 43 49 4.27 .274 .329 .402 .731  
Career Highs 16 19 1.000 55 32 16 2 3 249.3 272 119 26 75 94 5.96 .302 .382 .444 .799  
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   641 290 52 180 236   .269 .320 .391 .712
vs LH   678 295 63 215 207   .280 .338 .413 .751
Home 39 27 .591 122 69 22 2 0 644.6 668 272 53 193 225 3.80 .268 .320 .382 .702
Away 25 45 .357 117 69 25 2 3 589.3 651 313 62 202 218 4.78 .281 .339 .424 .763
Mar/Apr 7 10 .412 36 19 8 0 1 176.7 178 86 14 60 72 4.38 .264 .325 .379 .704
May 7 7 .500 44 14 2 0 0 150.7 184 91 17 58 45 5.44 .299 .359 .443 .802
June 12 10 .545 41 18 5 0 1 198.3 199 83 20 57 72 3.77 .263 .314 .397 .711
July 17 13 .567 39 30 14 2 0 259.0 259 106 20 73 86 3.68 .265 .316 .373 .689
August 11 17 .393 37 31 10 1 1 242.3 267 122 26 71 99 4.53 .279 .329 .423 .752
Sep/Oct 10 15 .400 42 26 8 1 0 207.0 232 97 18 76 69 4.22 .281 .341 .405 .746
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1975 24 BSN NL P 3 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 25 BSN NL P 6 0 11.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1977 26 MIA NL P 36 7 76.7 5 9 1 0 .933 1.64    
  OAK AL P 19 4 107.0 7 13 1 0 .952 1.68    
  TOT   P 55 11 183.7 12 22 2 0 .944 1.67    
1978 27 OAK AL P 32 32 249.3 19 28 0 3 1.000 1.70    
1979 28 OAK AL P 32 32 237.7 18 29 1 4 .979 1.78    
1980 29 OAK AL P 21 21 140.3 1 17 0 0 1.000 1.15    
1981 30 OAK AL P 10 10 76.3 4 8 0 1 1.000 1.41    
1982 31 OAK AL P 53 5 128.7 10 23 2 2 .943 2.31    
1983 32 MIN AL P 27 27 206.3 19 19 1 0 .974 1.66    
Career Totals   239 138 1234.0 84 147 6 10 .975 1.68    
Career Highs   55 32 249.3 19 29 2 4 1.000 2.31    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1983-5-16
Losses
1979-2-19
Winning Pct
1983-5-.667
Complete Games
1978-3-16
1979-7-9
1983-9-8
Shutouts
1983-6-2
Hits Allowed
1979-2-272
Homeruns Allowed
1978-9-26
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 50th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1973
Injured on 4/30/1974 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/7/1975 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for one week
Earned first career win on 9/28/1975
Injured on 7/19/1976 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 7/30/1976 with a Inflamed Tricep Tendon, out for 2 weeks
Traded from Miami to Oakland on 7/1/1977 (Going to OAK: P Ray Burris, C Mike Sadek, 3B George Scott. Going to MIA: CF Cookie Rojas)
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $400,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $400,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $400,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Oakland on 10/23/1982
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/17/1983 to a 1-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1983, going 4-0, 1.03