Ray
Card
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: November 12, 1919 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Series of the Wests Won 1952   
Platinum Glove Award 1953   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 32 DEN PL $ 1,700,000  
1953 33 LAA CL $ 1,700,000  
1954 34 LAA CL $ 1,700,000  
1955 35 LAA CL    
OOTP6 Min Ratings    
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,700,000  
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 32 DEN PL $ 1,700,000  
1953 33 LAA CL $ 1,700,000  
1954 34 LAA CL $ 1,700,000  
1955 35 LAA CL    
OOTP6 Min Ratings    
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,700,000  
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Arm or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1955 35 LAA CL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 1 0 9.00 .400 .500 .400 .900 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 1 0 9.00 .400 .500 .400 .900 0.0
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   2 1 0 1 0   .667 .750 .667 1.417
vs LH   0 0 0 0 0   .000 .000 .000 .000
Home 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 1 0 9.00 .400 .500 .400 .900
June 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 1 0 9.00 .400 .500 .400 .900
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 32 DEN PL 127 462 77 127 30 4 13 60 12 13 45 94 .275 .335 .442 .777 66.9 7.9
1953 33 DEN PL 87 273 28 59 10 2 5 29 6 4 19 62 .216 .269 .322 .591 22.5 0.0
  LAA CL 45 141 27 41 12 2 2 15 3 2 14 25 .291 .355 .447 .802 20.5 3.3
  TOT   132 414 55 100 22 4 7 44 9 6 33 87 .242 .298 .365 .663 42.9 3.3
1954 34 LAA CL 73 125 9 26 4 0 0 8 0 2 16 33 .208 .298 .240 .538 9.2 0.0
1955 35 LAA CL 18 32 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .250 .273 .250 .523 1.7 0.0
4 Years Sim 350 1033 143 261 56 8 20 114 21 21 95 224 .253 .314 .380 .695 120.7 11.2
162 Game Average 478 66 120 25 3 9 52 9 9 43 103 .253 .314 .380 .695 55.9  
Career Highs 132 462 77 127 30 4 13 60 12 13 45 94 .275 .335 .442 .777 66.9  
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   930 133 241 54 6 19 108 20 21 88 200 .259 .322 .391 .713 114.1
vs LH   103 10 20 2 2 1 6 1 0 7 24 .194 .245 .282 .527 7.1
Home 174 496 60 118 25 2 11 50 13 10 46 114 .238 .300 .363 .663 54.4
Away 176 537 83 143 31 6 9 64 8 11 49 110 .266 .327 .397 .724 66.8
RISP   261 0 54 11 1 3 81 0 0 23 67 .207 .265 .291 .556 20.7
Pinch Hitting   11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .000 .083 .000 .083 -0.7
Close/Late   106 9 30 7 1 0 11 0 0 11 20 .283 .345 .368 .712 13.5
Mar/Apr 38 113 17 28 3 0 0 12 0 0 10 30 .248 .309 .274 .583 9.9
May 73 208 29 58 10 2 9 27 2 4 20 48 .279 .339 .476 .815 32.2
June 78 219 27 43 11 1 3 27 7 3 25 46 .196 .275 .297 .572 19.2
July 57 179 18 42 10 0 5 19 2 8 14 42 .235 .290 .374 .664 17.3
August 61 188 25 53 11 2 2 12 7 4 12 35 .282 .327 .394 .720 23.0
Sep/Oct 43 126 27 37 11 3 1 17 3 2 14 23 .294 .362 .452 .814 19.6
Fielding Stats     Help
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Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 32 DEN PL SS 123 115 995.7 132 337 15 49 .969 4.24   5.1
    3B 5 0 11.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
1953 33 DEN PL SS 86 78 676.0 93 248 9 37 .974 4.54   4.2
    3B 1 1 6.1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.48   0.0
  LAA CL SS 44 41 356.4 49 131 4 20 .978 4.55   1.4
    3B 1 0 3.2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.81   0.0
  TOT   SS 130 119 1032.4 142 379 13 57 .976 4.54   5.6
      3B 2 1 9.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.0
1954 34 LAA CL SS 60 26 307.0 55 148 6 23 .971 5.95   2.1
    3B 12 2 35.0 2 15 1 0 .944 4.37   0.4
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1955 35 LAA CL SS 13 6 63.0 7 24 5 2 .861 4.43   0.2
    3B 4 3 22.0 0 11 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.3
    P 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00    
  SS 326 266 2398.1 336 888 39 131 .969 4.59   13.1
  3B 23 6 77.3 2 30 1 0 .970 3.73   0.7
  P 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00    
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   351 272 2477.4 339 919 40 131 .969 4.57   13.9
Career Highs   132 120 1041.7 142 381 15 57 .976 5.77    
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
1952 32 DEN PL 11 45 8 10 3 1 2 4 1 1 7 19 .222 .327 .467 .794
1954 34 LAA CL 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 .311
Career Post-Season Batting 15 54 8 11 3 1 2 5 1 1 8 20 .204 .306 .407 .714
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.
Strikeouts
1952-8-94
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 0
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22
 
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History
Drafted in 23rd round, 447th overall pick, by Denver in 1952
Had first career hit (double) on 4/16/1952, off Cameron Hagans (SLC)
Hit first career homerun on 5/2/1952, off Wilber Gullett (KC)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1952, hitting .412 with 2 HR, 3 RBI
Won Series of the West with Denver in 1952
Traded from Denver to Los Angeles on 7/31/1953 (Going to LAA: C Kelvin Hinton, SS Ray Card. Going to DEN: C Jerry Barber, SS Franklin Grimshaw)
Won Platinum Glove Award at Shortstop in 1953
Injured on 4/4/1954 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Traded from Los Angeles to Long Beach on 6/23/1955 (Going to LB: 2B Lawrence Cuddy, 2B Bill Mangels, SS Ray Card, RF Jose Villar. Going to LA: 2B Ronald Whitson, LF Brian Stull, P Frank Surrett)
Released by Long Beach on 7/7/1955