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Ray Garton	Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 6' 2'' Weight: 220   Born: May 17, 1906 in Pierre, SD

Awards & Accomplishments
WORLD SERIESs Won	1931    1932    1934
All-Star Selections	1934    1935

Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won PITCHER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS	PWS
1927	21	AA		4	7	.364	19	19	4	1	0	147.3	143	59	4	53	51	3.60	.254	.318	.351	.669
		A		3	2	.600	7	7	3	0	0	57.7	53	12	0	13	11	1.87	.240	.282	.290	.572
1928	22	AA		12	12	.500	29	29	8	3	0	213.3	214	97	9	78	52	4.09	.260	.324	.349	.674
1929	23	AAA		6	4	.600	15	15	2	0	0	99.3	111	66	10	45	30	5.98	.280	.354	.432	.786
		AA		6	2	.750	11	11	3	1	0	82.7	82	35	7	29	29	3.81	.256	.318	.363	.681
1930	24	DET	AL	5	6	.455	13	10	5	1	0	77.7	95	46	8	24	12	5.33	.303	.346	.449	.795	3.5
		AAA		12	8	.600	24	24	6	0	0	180.0	176	96	17	80	50	4.80	.257	.335	.395	.730
1931	25	DET	AL	20	9	.690	33	33	22	2	0	270.0	282	131	15	95	83	4.37	.270	.332	.362	.694	13.4
1932	26	DET	AL	21	9	.700	31	31	26	4	0	270.3	268	107	12	53	92	3.56	.259	.300	.365	.664	22.8
1933	27	DET	AL	22	8	.733	39	37	24	4	0	313.7	324	110	10	54	91	3.16	.268	.301	.337	.638	26.5
1934	28	DET	AL	25	14	.641	41	41	33	6	0	346.7	349	98	8	49	123	2.54	.263	.289	.311	.601	34.2
1935	29	DET	AL	20	13	.606	38	38	31	1	0	333.3	350	129	15	49	99	3.48	.273	.303	.347	.650	25.2
1936	30	DET	AL	15	7	.682	29	29	17	2	0	241.7	276	94	5	35	81	3.50	.288	.319	.356	.675	21.8
1937	31	DET	AL	19	17	.528	39	39	30	1	0	329.7	369	139	27	43	70	3.79	.284	.308	.405	.713	27.3
1938	32	DET	AL	15	10	.600	25	25	21	0	0	216.3	228	96	23	33	63	3.99	.267	.300	.396	.696	17.7
1939	33	DET	AL	15	12	.556	30	30	21	2	0	251.7	288	116	15	37	68	4.15	.291	.315	.404	.720	20.7
1940	34	SLA	AL	17	16	.515	38	38	27	3	0	314.3	360	140	31	36	116	4.01	.289	.311	.436	.747	23.7
1941	35	SLA	AL	17	19	.472	39	39	34	1	0	333.7	371	149	29	45	97	4.02	.283	.306	.406	.713	23.0
1942	36	SLA	AL	17	21	.447	39	39	32	1	0	326.7	362	153	29	77	94	4.21	.281	.318	.397	.716	14.5
1943	37	SLA	AL	12	15	.444	31	31	14	2	0	221.7	258	119	22	100	28	4.83	.299	.373	.415	.788	5.2
1944	38	AAA		6	17	.261	30	30	4	0	0	151.7	244	160	23	115	40	9.49	.367	.461	.553	1.014
14 Years Sim				240	176	.577	465	460	337	30	0	3847.5	4180	1627	249	730	1117	3.81	.278	.313	.380	.693	279.5
3 Years AAA				24	29	.453	69	69	12	0	0	431.0	531	322	50	240	120	6.72	.304	.389	.463	.852
3 Years AA				22	21	.512	59	59	15	5	0	443.3	439	191	20	160	132	3.88	.257	.321	.352	.673
1 Years A				3	2	.600	7	7	3	0	0	57.7	53	12	0	13	11	1.87	.240	.282	.290	.572
7 Years Minors				49	52	.485	135	135	30	5	0	932.0	1023	525	70	413	263	5.07	.279	.352	.401	.753
Season Average				17	12	.586	33	32	24	2	0	274.8	298	116	17	52	79	3.81	.278	.313	.380	.693
Career Highs				25	21	.733	41	41	34	6	0	346.7	371	153	31	100	123	5.33	.303	.373	.449	.795

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										2944	1129	175	517	764		.282	.316	.382	.697
vs LH										1236	498	74	213	353		.271	.303	.377	.680
Home	125	80	.610	233	230	177	15	0	1982.6	2115	825	132	362	587	3.75	.275	.307	.375	.682
Away	115	96	.545	232	230	160	15	0	1864.6	2065	802	117	368	530	3.87	.282	.317	.386	.702
Mar/Apr	19	20	.487	46	44	35	3	0	371.7	431	172	36	59	101	4.17	.288	.315	.423	.738
May	48	37	.565	91	91	61	4	0	750.3	775	318	50	151	249	3.81	.267	.303	.366	.669
June	48	24	.667	79	79	59	2	0	659.0	715	269	38	138	198	3.67	.279	.316	.377	.692
July	47	27	.635	83	83	60	9	0	696.3	753	291	45	135	181	3.76	.278	.313	.386	.698
August	39	38	.506	87	84	62	6	0	706.6	806	306	43	124	219	3.90	.290	.320	.385	.706
Sep/Oct	39	30	.565	79	79	61	6	0	663.3	700	271	37	123	169	3.68	.273	.306	.365	.671

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1930	24	DET	AL	13	27	4	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	3	.222	.323	.333	.656	3.4	0.5
1931	25	DET	AL	33	95	11	15	0	0	0	6	0	0	4	17	.158	.190	.158	.348	1.2	0.0
1932	26	DET	AL	31	98	12	20	4	0	1	20	0	0	4	11	.204	.243	.276	.518	5.2	0.0
1933	27	DET	AL	39	112	10	25	3	1	0	15	1	0	5	14	.223	.252	.268	.520	8.2	0.0
1934	28	DET	AL	41	120	11	20	2	1	0	6	1	1	8	16	.167	.223	.200	.423	4.6	0.0
1935	29	DET	AL	38	122	11	24	0	0	2	13	3	0	4	17	.197	.220	.246	.466	6.8	0.0
1936	30	DET	AL	29	81	9	19	4	0	0	7	0	0	3	11	.235	.256	.284	.540	6.3	0.0
1937	31	DET	AL	39	115	12	22	1	0	2	9	1	1	9	28	.191	.254	.252	.506	7.9	0.0
1938	32	DET	AL	25	74	4	16	1	0	1	8	0	1	3	13	.216	.256	.270	.527	5.1	0.0
1939	33	DET	AL	30	88	13	19	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	7	.216	.213	.227	.441	3.7	0.0
1940	34	SLA	AL	38	110	9	20	2	0	2	9	0	0	6	18	.182	.224	.255	.479	5.3	0.0
1941	35	SLA	AL	39	105	8	14	2	0	0	12	0	0	18	20	.133	.258	.152	.410	6.0	0.0
1942	36	SLA	AL	39	117	18	27	2	1	2	10	0	1	7	20	.231	.278	.316	.594	10.8	1.7
1943	37	SLA	AL	31	73	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	15	.110	.133	.123	.257	-1.1	0.0
14 Years Sim				465	1337	135	255	23	3	11	132	6	4	77	210	.191	.236	.237	.473	73.5	2.1
162 Game Average					465	47	88	8	1	3	45	2	1	26	73	.191	.236	.237	.473	25.6
Career Highs				41	122	18	27	4	1	2	20	3	1	18	28	.235	.323	.333	.656	10.8

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		907	83	171	17	1	5	84	5	3	47	126	.189	.230	.226	.456	39.7
vs LH		430	52	84	6	2	6	48	1	1	30	84	.195	.248	.260	.508	26.9
Home	233	645	63	125	11	1	6	64	3	2	36	105	.194	.237	.242	.479	33.3
Away	232	692	72	130	12	2	5	68	3	2	41	105	.188	.235	.233	.467	33.3
RISP		352	0	79	8	1	2	118	0	0	25	67	.224	.270	.270	.540	26.0
Close/Late		115	9	20	1	0	0	9	0	0	8	21	.174	.232	.183	.415	3.8
Mar/Apr	44	126	11	33	1	0	0	14	0	1	6	15	.262	.293	.270	.563	9.5
May	91	253	22	44	4	1	2	19	3	3	13	38	.174	.219	.221	.440	9.2
June	79	244	24	46	2	0	3	24	1	0	11	36	.189	.222	.234	.455	11.2
July	83	239	30	44	7	1	1	27	1	0	20	45	.184	.249	.234	.483	13.3
August	84	244	22	42	5	0	4	27	1	0	15	44	.172	.218	.242	.459	11.7
Sep/Oct	79	231	26	46	4	1	1	21	0	0	12	32	.199	.243	.238	.481	11.7

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF
1930	24	DET	AL	P	13	10	77.7	8	13	0	0	1.000	2.43
1931	25	DET	AL	P	33	33	270.0	19	45	0	2	1.000	2.13
1932	26	DET	AL	P	31	31	270.3	15	41	0	3	1.000	1.86
1933	27	DET	AL	P	39	37	313.7	17	57	3	3	.961	2.12
1934	28	DET	AL	P	41	41	346.7	20	49	1	4	.986	1.79
1935	29	DET	AL	P	38	38	333.3	27	41	2	2	.971	1.84
1936	30	DET	AL	P	29	29	241.7	18	30	0	1	1.000	1.79
1937	31	DET	AL	P	39	39	329.7	31	42	1	1	.986	1.99
1938	32	DET	AL	P	25	25	216.3	17	14	0	0	1.000	1.29
1939	33	DET	AL	P	30	30	251.7	17	34	0	2	1.000	1.82
1940	34	SLA	AL	P	38	38	314.3	15	37	2	2	.963	1.49
1941	35	SLA	AL	P	39	39	333.7	18	53	1	3	.986	1.92
1942	36	SLA	AL	P	39	39	326.7	12	50	2	4	.969	1.71
1943	37	SLA	AL	P	31	31	221.7	15	38	2	5	.964	2.15
Career Totals					465	460	3847.3	249	544	14	32	.983	1.86
Career Highs					41	41	346.7	31	57	3	5	1.000	2.43

Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series 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
1931	25	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	0	0	8.0	6	0	0	4	5	0.00	.200	.294	.300	.594
1934	28	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	1	1	1	0	0	10.0	9	4	0	0	4	3.60	.250	.250	.278	.528
Career Post-Season Pitching				2	0	1.000	2	2	1	0	0	18.0	15	4	0	4	9	2.00	.227	.271	.288	.559

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1931	25	DET	AL	1	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000
1934	28	DET	AL	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500
Career Post-Season Batting				2	5	3	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.600	.667	1.000	1.667

Pitching Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. Season Rankings are League Based.

ERA 1932-7-3.56 1933-8-3.16 1934-2-2.54 1935-6-3.48 1936-6-3.50 1937-8-3.79 1938-10-3.99 1940-9-4.01 ERA+ 1932-7-120 1933-8-128 1934-2-172 1935-6-125 1936-6-132 1937-8-119 1938-10-117 1940-9-115 Wins 1931-3-20 1932-3-21 1933-5-22 1934-3-25 1935-6-20 1937-9-19 CAR-40-240 Losses 1937-6-17 1940-10-16 Winning Pct 1931-2-.690 1932-1-.700 1933-2-.733 1934-10-.641 1935-9-.606 1936-4-.682 1938-9-.600 Games Pitched 1934-9-41 Games Started 1934-1-41 1935-8-38 1937-7-39 CAR-50-460 Complete Games 1932-8-26 1933-9-24 1934-1-33 1935-3-31 1937-2-30 1940-8-27 CAR-29-337 Shutouts 1931-5-2 1932-2-4 1933-3-4 1934-2-6 1936-8-2 1937-10-1 1939-6-2 1940-5-3 Innings Pitched 1934-1-346.7 1935-5-333.3 1937-6-329.7 Hits Allowed 1934-7-349 1935-3-350 1937-3-369 1940-4-360 CAR-33-4180 Homeruns Allowed 1931-9-15 1937-7-27 1938-10-23 1940-6-31 CAR-12-249 Strikeouts 1934-10-123 Walks Allowed 1931-8-95 Walks per 9IP 1932-10-1.8 1933-5-1.5 1934-1-1.3 1935-3-1.3 1936-3-1.3 1937-3-1.2 1938-4-1.4 1939-3-1.3 1940-2-1.0 CAR-24-1.7 Hits per 9IP 1932-7-8.9 1934-10-9.1 Strikeout to Walk Ratio 1933-7-1.7 1934-2-2.5 1935-6-2 1936-2-2.3 1937-8-1.6 1938-7-1.9 1939-6-1.8 1940-3-3.2 WHiP 1932-6-1.19 1933-10-1.20 1934-5-1.15 1935-7-1.20 1936-9-1.29 1937-5-1.25 1938-4-1.21 1939-8-1.29 1940-8-1.26 OAVG 1932-8-.259 1934-10-.263 OOBP 1932-5-.300 1934-3-.289 1935-8-.303 1936-9-.319 1937-7-.308 1938-4-.300 1939-8-.315 1940-7-.311 OSLG 1931-7-.362 1932-8-.365 1933-7-.337 1934-4-.311 1935-5-.347 1936-7-.356 OOPS 1932-7-.664 1933-8-.638 1934-4-.601 1935-4-.650 1936-8-.675 1938-8-.696 DICE 1933-8-3.44 1934-5-3.07 1935-6-3.55 1936-2-3.17 1939-10-3.72 1940-10-3.97 BABIP 1931-5-0.282 1932-7-0.275 1934-10-0.285 1937-9-0.285 1938-6-0.267 Win Shares 1932-7-23 1933-7-26.2 1934-2-35 1935-6-24.6 1936-9-21.5 1937-4-27.9 1940-9-24 CAR-44-279.5

Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)    Gray Ink Test: 136    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 282)    Hall of Fame Standards: 89    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)

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History

Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Detroit in 1927

Earned first career win on 7/31/1930

Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1930, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA

Had first career hit on 9/12/1930, off Bob McDill (CLE)

Hit first career homerun on 9/20/1930, off Ambrose Spike (BOS)

Won WORLD SERIES with Detroit in 1931

Won WORLD SERIES with Detroit in 1932

Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1933, winning 2 games with a 0.95 ERA

Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game

Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1934, going 6-1, 0.73

Won WORLD SERIES with Detroit in 1934

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