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Jim Ray
Hart		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: October 30, 1941 in Usa, NC, HOOKERTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1964    1965    1966    1969    1970    1972    1973    1974    1975   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 21 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1964 22 WAS NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1965 23 WAS NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1966 24 WAS NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1967 25 WAS NL $ 4,292,857   8 8 8 10 10 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1968 26 WAS NL $ 4,292,857   8 8 8 10 10 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1969 27 WAS NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1970 28 WAS NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1971 29 WAS NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1972 30 WAS NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1973 31 WAS NL $ 6,500,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1974 32 WAS NL $ 6,500,000   7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1975 33 SDP NL $ 6,500,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1976 34 MIN AL $ 6,500,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1977 35 BOS AL $ 9,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
1978 36 PHN NL $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1979 37 PHN NL $ 1,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
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
1963 21 WAS NL 55 202 15 44 8 1 2 11 1 2 12 38 .218 .264 .297 .561 12.7 0.1
    AAA   104 398 65 120 18 1 28 83 7 9 40 60 .302 .365 .563 .928 76.1  
1964 22 WAS NL 150 570 78 161 20 3 28 64 8 4 39 66 .282 .337 .475 .813 86.4 20.8
1965 23 WAS NL 151 552 69 157 26 6 24 76 5 2 46 60 .284 .341 .484 .825 86.4 16.5
1966 24 WAS NL 159 574 91 159 32 4 32 99 2 1 55 85 .277 .342 .514 .856 95.6 24.6
1967 25 WAS NL 161 588 81 162 34 1 26 99 6 1 46 68 .276 .327 .469 .796 85.6 16.9
1968 26 WAS NL 160 572 67 152 28 2 24 78 2 1 55 81 .266 .330 .448 .777 76.3 15.7
1969 27 WAS NL 158 586 93 158 22 3 20 94 3 0 58 78 .270 .334 .420 .754 77.2 13.2
1970 28 WAS NL 154 573 94 164 23 2 38 87 4 1 59 72 .286 .353 .532 .885 102.9 22.8
1971 29 WAS NL 157 614 95 157 24 6 31 125 3 3 52 75 .256 .312 .466 .777 83.6 13.0
1972 30 WAS NL 157 564 86 142 22 2 29 80 5 3 68 57 .252 .334 .452 .786 84.7 14.8
1973 31 WAS NL 156 622 97 168 31 5 29 124 6 5 41 77 .270 .315 .476 .790 88.8 14.9
1974 32 WAS NL 154 610 86 166 28 3 24 99 2 3 44 108 .272 .327 .446 .773 83.0 14.2
1975 33 SDP NL 145 514 78 145 16 3 28 105 2 1 43 95 .282 .334 .488 .822 78.8 14.8
1976 34 MIN AL 157 600 82 170 27 1 19 84 6 4 43 108 .283 .332 .427 .759 80.0 12.6
1977 35 BOS AL 135 377 46 90 13 1 10 58 2 1 26 62 .239 .289 .358 .647 34.1 2.0
1978 36 PHN NL 53 210 12 64 2 0 3 27 2 1 10 36 .305 .335 .357 .692 23.2 4.2
    AAA   42 142 21 49 9 1 4 17 1 0 8 22 .345 .380 .507 .887 24.8  
1979 37 AAA   133 489 48 127 15 1 11 52 2 2 30 103 .260 .303 .362 .664 52.8  
16 Years Sim 2262 8328 1170 2259 356 43 367 1310 59 33 697 1166 .271 .328 .457 .785 1179.4 221.0
3 Years AAA 279 1029 134 296 42 3 43 152 10 11 78 185 .288 .339 .460 .799 153.7  
162 Game Average 596 83 161 25 3 26 93 4 2 49 83 .271 .328 .457 .785 84.5  
Career Highs 161 622 97 170 34 6 38 125 8 5 68 108 .305 .353 .532 .885 102.9  
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   5169 709 1397 232 29 205 798 42 20 420 748 .270 .326 .445 .771 739.7
vs LH   3159 461 862 124 14 162 512 17 13 277 418 .273 .333 .475 .807 490.7
Home 1145 4110 604 1144 194 19 184 675 33 12 332 594 .278 .333 .469 .802 628.1
Away 1117 4218 566 1115 162 24 183 635 26 21 365 572 .264 .324 .444 .768 602.3
RISP   2116 0 578 93 8 97 885 0 0 242 303 .273 .342 .462 .804 339.6
Pinch Hitting   189 25 50 11 1 4 39 0 1 9 26 .265 .299 .397 .695 21.1
Close/Late   1044 110 282 40 6 35 145 0 0 129 135 .270 .350 .420 .771 156.6
Mar/Apr 380 1424 213 416 57 5 80 232 9 6 124 195 .292 .351 .508 .859 243.5
May 398 1474 205 424 63 8 62 225 11 4 109 190 .288 .338 .467 .805 225.4
June 358 1339 185 335 56 9 62 217 12 2 109 176 .250 .307 .444 .751 185.2
July 351 1311 195 361 55 9 62 232 9 5 120 194 .275 .337 .473 .810 205.4
August 400 1431 201 387 65 7 53 215 10 7 113 211 .270 .326 .437 .763 199.2
Sep/Oct 375 1349 171 336 60 5 48 189 8 9 122 200 .249 .310 .408 .718 171.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1963 21 WAS NL 3B 45 43 376.3 28 78 9 2 .922 2.54   0.8
    LF 9 7 64.3 16 0 2 0 .889 2.24   0.1
1964 22 WAS NL 3B 130 125 1113.3 74 284 27 20 .930 2.89   2.9
    LF 13 11 106.3 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.52   0.1
    1B 7 7 66.0 89 6 3 6 .969 12.95   0.1
1965 23 WAS NL LF 143 140 1255.7 242 6 7 4 .973 1.78   2.5
    3B 5 0 8.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1966 24 WAS NL 3B 137 134 1187.7 81 294 24 22 .940 2.84   3.3
    LF 17 12 118.3 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.45   0.1
1967 25 WAS NL 3B 145 142 1268.0 66 338 36 28 .918 2.87   3.0
    LF 5 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
    SS 6 0 9.7 0 7 0 1 1.000 6.52   0.1
1968 26 WAS NL SS 76 73 650.3 110 291 8 51 .980 5.55   2.3
    3B 72 71 634.3 38 175 11 11 .951 3.02   1.9
    LF 7 0 20.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.45   0.0
1969 27 WAS NL 3B 4 3 31.0 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.61   0.1
    SS 6 1 18.0 3 11 1 2 .933 7.00   0.2
    LF 6 0 10.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87   0.0
1970 28 WAS NL SS 10 3 42.0 4 15 0 2 1.000 4.07   0.2
    3B 5 1 18.7 0 3 0 2 1.000 1.45   0.1
    LF 1 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1971 29 WAS NL LF 5 0 8.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.13   0.0
    SS 3 0 5.3 1 4 0 0 1.000 8.44   0.1
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.1
1972 30 WAS NL SS 6 0 16.0 5 9 0 2 1.000 7.88   0.2
    3B 3 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1973 31 WAS NL 3B 2 1 19.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.84   0.1
    SS 6 0 12.3 4 6 0 1 1.000 7.30   0.1
1974 32 WAS NL LF 9 8 74.0 16 0 2 0 .889 1.95   0.1
    SS 4 0 11.0 3 9 1 1 .923 9.82   0.1
    3B 2 0 6.0 0 2 2 0 .500 3.00   0.0
1975 33 SDP NL SS 102 99 881.0 135 371 8 73 .984 5.17   3.0
    3B 21 16 155.0 15 39 1 4 .982 3.14   0.5
    LF 13 4 46.0 12 0 3 0 .800 2.35   0.0
1976 34 MIN AL 3B 3 0 7.0 1 5 1 0 .857 7.71   0.1
    LF 4 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1977 35 BOS AL LF 67 49 455.0 90 2 6 0 .939 1.82   0.7
    3B 18 16 143.3 9 27 2 2 .947 2.26   0.1
    SS 37 8 137.3 14 52 1 9 .985 4.33   0.6
1978 36 PHN NL 3B 50 50 453.0 29 124 14 6 .916 3.04   0.9
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 644 602 5432.6 344 1385 127 98 .932 2.86   13.7
  LF 300 231 2177.3 421 8 21 4 .953 1.77   3.8
  SS 258 184 1787.0 280 777 19 142 .982 5.32   6.9
  1B 7 7 66.0 89 6 3 6 .969 12.95   0.1
Career Totals   1209 1024 9462.9 1134 2176 170 250 .951 3.15   24.4
Career Highs   156 146 1306.0 242 466 36 77 1.000 6.60    
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
1969 27 WAS NL 7 28 5 8 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .286 .310 .464 .775
1970 28 WAS NL 12 45 10 11 1 0 4 6 1 0 5 3 .244 .333 .533 .867
1971 29 WAS NL 6 24 2 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .375 .423 .458 .881
1972 30 WAS NL 6 24 2 6 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 .250 .269 .292 .561
1973 31 WAS NL 4 16 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .125 .222 .313 .535
Career Post-Season Batting 35 137 20 36 6 0 6 20 2 0 10 11 .263 .320 .438 .758
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1966-9-.514
1970-4-.532
1973-10-.476
1975-6-.488
 OPS
1970-4-.885
 XR
1970-6-102.9
 Games
1966-1-159
1967-1-161
1968-1-160
1969-3-158
1971-4-157
1972-3-157
1973-10-156
1976-2-157
 At-Bats
1967-8-588
1971-2-614
1973-5-622
1974-3-610
1976-8-600
CAR-48-8328
 Runs
1969-6-93
1970-10-94
1971-5-95
1973-6-97
Hits
1964-7-161
1967-10-162
1973-9-168
 Total Bases
1964-9-271
1966-5-295
1967-10-276
1970-3-305
1971-5-286
1973-4-296
1974-10-272
 Doubles
1966-5-32
1967-8-34
1973-10-31
 Triples
1965-4-6
1971-3-6
1973-10-5
 Homeruns
1964-9-28
1966-5-32
1970-3-38
1971-3-31
1972-6-29
1973-6-29
1974-9-24
1975-3-28
CAR-50-367
 RBIs
1966-8-99
1967-7-99
1971-1-125
1973-1-124
1974-7-99
1975-5-105
Strikeouts
1976-10-108
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 111    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Tony Perez (925)
  2. Dan Ford (923)
  3. Oscar Gamble (918)
  4. John Milner (913)
  5. Bill White (910)
  6. Eddie Mathews (910)
  7. Frank Howard (906)
  8. Billy Williams (899)
  9. Bob Bailey (894)
  10. Tommie Agee (892)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Washington in 1963
Had first career hit on 8/1/1963, off Gerry Arrigo (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 8/13/1963, off Hersh Freeman (NYG)
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1964, hitting .448 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 9/11/1964 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Injured on 5/3/1965 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,292,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1967, hitting .481 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,292,857 through salary arbitration
10/13/1968: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,292,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Cleveland (N) on 6/7/1971
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1971, hitting .370 with 5 HR, 15 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 9/7/1971
6/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $6,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1973, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 16 RBI
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Pittsburgh on 7/19/1974
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1974, hitting .407 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Traded from Washington to San Diego on 2/1/1975 (Going to WAS: C Ron Hodges, P Elias Sosa. Going to SDP: 3B Jim ray Hart, P Steve Hargan, SS Marty Martinez, P Ray Lamb)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1975, hitting .524 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Traded from San Diego to Minnesota on 2/7/1976 (Going to SDP: 3B Tom Matchick. Going to MIN: 3B Jim ray Hart)
Had 2000th career hit on 6/12/1976, off Danny Frisella (CLE)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/4/1977 to a 1-year deal worth $9,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/20/1978 to a 4-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Injured on 7/9/1978 with a Broken Ulna, out for 5 weeks
 
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